Bows, Bosses, and Binary

On Sunday  Stephanie  and I drove up to Peterborough, Ontario to take part in an Archery Tournament well half of one anyway. We were joined by our Archery Friend Danny Kim, who made the ~2h drive a pleasant adventure. The day itself was a mixture of warm and bright sunny periods, and dark clouds, leading up to some post lunch rain. We only got to shoot the first of the two 720's planned, the second was cancelled due to some lightning, heavy rain and even hail at one point. Later in the day we would get some ice cream, so all in all a good day. My plan for the tournament was to really focus and push myself on the mental game. My goal was to keep a positive, confident, and focused mental state throughout my perfomance.  My first 6 ends were excellent, and my scorecard reflected that. The later 6 ends didn't live up two the first, as some suboptimal thought patterns snuck in, and while I managed to quench them with positive self talk, rebuilding my focus and confide...

This past weekend,  Stephanie  and I took part in  The Archers of Caledon  outdoor tournament. We did a double 720 Saturday and a double 720 sunday. A double double 720! (Canadians will get it!) It was very intense, the most arrows I've shot in a weekend so far, but thanks to our hard work and training over the last couple months, it went well, and I stayed strong and completed it. My scores are not where I'd like them to be, but thats ok. Performance I shot an average ~400 for each flight, and I'm proud of it, even if it's not where I want to be with my shooting. My focus for the weekend was really trusting my form, and committing mentally to the shots. I was getting good feeling shots, and thats really what I want to be getting out of my archery right now. From my last meeting with my coach, He suggested its time to start getting mental feedback on shots as well as the physical feedback. Paying attention to the mental state I have throughout the...

Today Stephanie and I took on some Aliens in Mississauga's Ontario Centre for Classic Sport. Ships full of tough aliens, presumably from Mars, invaded and attack cities around the world. We stalwartly defended Helsinki, Finland against the horde. We Shot down 10 flying saucers and Killed 13 Alien troopers. Alas, the We were only the second most effective team on the field. The alien invasion is one of 3 fun game events run at OCCS throughout the year, with Zombies around Halloween and Killer robots turning on the masters in the early March. Bringing in donations for the Mississauga Food bank earns game changing Bonuses. It was a really fun evening, And I really enjoy getting to shoot at something other than a target face, As sometimes when you're training hard you can forget that shooting Bows is really fun.

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