Archery Lessons

Terry has been working with Triston and Tara on shooting their bows. Terry actually hunts with his bow and does really well. He is able to use his bow for hunting because his draw is stronger. Neither Triston or Tara are able to actually hunt with theirs. Triston will be old enough next year but he still doesn't have the strength. He does have his accuracy down though. Check him out.

Triston is steady and is able to hit the target every time. He is able to hold the string back and steady his arm. He doesn't shake or move which is hard because it takes a lot of strength to hold that. Also, most hunters have a release for holding and releasing the string to improve accuracy but Triston was doing his bare fingered. Check out his best shot (by the way, he made the target himself).

That really is amazing. Triston loves shooting and is really good at it. They do have archery competition's at certain times of the year. I bet Triston could do really well against other kids his age.

Then there is Tara. Can you see the frustration on their faces? Her arrows wouldn't even hit the bails of hay in the beginning. As a matter of fact, we had to climb the fence to locate one arrow that finally stopped in the neighbors backyard. Terry got right down on her level. He looked everything over, watched her technique, actually tried shooting the bow himself to make sure nothing was wrong with it but nothing seemed to help.I know its hard to see but there is a little orange lighted tip on the pin located in the center of the bow. From Tara's view you would line that tip along with the arrow and aim it on the target. Sounds simple, right?Not when you are right handed but left eye dominate. So yeah, we finally figured it out. This makes things more complicated for all aiming types of sports. Because she is still young, we may be able to try and train her right eye but that can be hard.

She persistently used her left eye no matter what we told her. It felt natural to her and that's what felt right but her arrows didn't agree. Towards the end of the night she did manage to hit the paper :)