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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

To round out our special series for archery newcomers, Starting Out, here are a cross-section of questions put to me over many years. Hopefully there will be some specific information you will find useful as you move from your initial stages to become a fully competitive shooter, with aspirations to reach county, national and maybe even international status.

Q “My fluency through the clicker is erratic. Is there any specific drill which can improve my clicker transition?”

A If your line front to back is one straight line, then that is the perfect form framework to obtain easy expansion through the clicker. A specific drill which helped me greatly way back in my early competitive recurve career, was passed on to me by the famous American champion Ed Eliason.

Ed would start every practice session by

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