I prefer to commit myself to a few activities rather than splitting my mind with many different ones. | |
Archery is the most rewarding and interesting of all my hobbies and activities. | |
My family, friends, work/schoolmates support my archery interest. | |
Improving my results is stimulating but not absolutely necessary. | |
Competitions as such are rewarding and stimulating. | |
Competitions are stimulating, even if my scores are not very good. | |
My archery activities are not appreciably limited by my work/school, my way of living, my economy etc. | |
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I regularly do mental training, such as relaxation, contemplation etc. to better control stress during competitions. | |
I am neither tense nor indifferent before and during a competition. | |
I do not get noticeably angry or sullen if my results are bad, it rather makes me think about the reasons. | |
After a lousy result I don't blame my equipment, my fellow competitors, the weather, the spectators, mosquitos, sudden noises etc. Instead I accept that the reason is me and my lack of preparations. | |
I try to think about what happens now, not about past or future results. Neither do I daydream about perfect scores. | |
During a contest I feel just as committed in the end as in the beginning. I never even think about giving up. | |
I am never really surprised at my scores. | |
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I never feel tense or embarassed when I am with my club- or training mates. | |
The social life in my club/team gives me a strong support during a competition. | |
Absolute fairness in my sport is important but never at the price of bad social relations. | |
When another competitor gets a fine score I don't get envious, I am happy to see such fine shooting. | |
Shooting with many spectators or competitors watching me does not affect my scoring negatively. | |
I don't skip a training session even if no-one else shows up. | |
If I have planned my training session I won't change my plans just because my clubmates want to do something else. | |
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My knowledge of rules, training, tuning, physiology, equipment etc. is adequate. | |
I am always prepared to listen to other archers' and coaches' experiences. | |
I always study other competitors' shooting styles and equipment. | |
I like reading everything about archery. | |
Testing and experimenting with equipment, shooting style, training methods etc. is very rewarding and interesting. | |
I keep a training diary. | |
When I plan my training sessions I study my old scores and notes. | |
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I can handle and work with small and fragile things without feeling clumsy. | |
I can make my own strings, fletch my arrows, adjust my nocking position etc. | |
In my job or my other hobbies I regularly do precision work. | |
I have normal sensitivity in my fingers, hands and face. | |
I can sense even rather small changes and variations in my shooting style. | |
I have no problem finding the correct anchoring point, bow grip etc. | |
I can aim with smooth, stable movements. | |
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I am seldom more than 5 % off in my range estimations. | |
I know the maximum ranges for different targets. | |
If I was wrong about the distance, I always ask other contestants about their estimations. | |
If my estimation is wrong I never blame bad luck, bad circumstances or other abstract reasons. | |
I realize that good range estimations are the result of practice and experience. | |
I always accept that my range estimation is off if the first arrow is high or low. | |
I often practice with field or 3D targets at known distances. | |
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If I cannot shoot regularly during the off season I at least try to maintain my muscle strength. | |
My bow is at least as heavy as is normal for my age and class. | |
I can draw my bow and hold it for 45 seconds without too much tremor. I can draw a bow, 10 lbs heavier than my own, and hold it for a few seconds without too much tremor. | |
I never get pains or feel overstrained in my fingers, hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, neck or back during or after a long competition. | |
I never get pains or feel overstrained in my back, hips, legs or feet during or after a long field competition in rough terrain. | |
I never find it straining to draw my bow through the clicker and hold it for a while. | |
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My bow is reasonably modern and functional. | |
My bow fits me perfectly. Weight, length, grip, stabilizers, sight etc. are optimum for me. | |
My arrows fit my bow and my shooting style perfectly. Their length, spine, fletching, nocks and heads are optimum. | |
My other equipment such as tab, quiver, clothes, rainclothes etc is adequate. | |
Before a competition I always check and fix all my equipment carefully. | |
When training or competing I always have spares and extra equipment of the same type as the ones I use. | |
I never change any of my equipment immediately before the competition season. | |
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I spend a lot of time tuning my equipment. | |
When I am in top form I take the opportunity to check the tuning to eliminate equipment errors. | |
Before a competition my equipment is in tune, neither I nor other archers can detect any tuning errors. | |
If my scores are bad, I always check the tuning if I am not reasonably sure about the reason. | |
When I get new equipment or make other changes I always retune. | |
My spare equipment is so well tuned that I can use it without really noticing the difference. | |
When my draw hand hurts or get sore I always nurse it very carefully. | |
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I think I train often enough. | |
I know how my shooting style should be, and how to practise it. | |
Before and during the competition season I practise and maintain a stable shooting style. | |
Every training session is ended with some style training. | |
Before the competition season my shooting style is so well trained that it isn't affected by bad weather, uphill or downhill shooting, quartering targets etc. | |
I know the weaknesses of my shooting style and how to correct them. | |
I always try to improve my style. | |
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If I know the range or estimate it correctly, uphill or downhill shooting is no problem, I know how to compensate for the slope. | |
My scoring is as good on quartering targets as on normal targets. I can handle quartering targets. | |
I often train on uphill, downhill or quartering targets at different ranges. | |
I like to be in the wilderness. I am never afraid or tense in rough, hilly terrain, dense forests or open fields. I am not afraid of wild animals and not very irritated by mosquitos and other insects. | |
My scores are not adversely affected by mosquitos, dense or dark forests, fog, shooting over water and other common problems. | |
My scores are not adversely affected by strong sunlight or reasonably strong winds, even if the direction is disadvantageous. | |
I often train with strong sunlight, wind, fog, low light or other adverse conditions. | |
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