Everyone who has progressed past the stage of 'just shooting' knows that moment of mental
confusion when the subconscious mind somehow takes control over the conscious attempt to
release the string steadily for accurate repeatable shots leaving a surprise poor shot and a
sense of amnesia about what led up to it. Don't PANIC - it's just a reflex! The archery world
has long referred to this as 'target panic'. Yet most affected archers feel no sense of panic
at all: they plan the shot feel comfortable about taking it and are unafraid of the bow
recoiling or the arrow hitting its mark. In fact they experience no panic' at all. Yet most
find that they experience the same outcome: an uncontrolled release followed by that baffled
feeling. As the arrow lands askew and our memory of those critical moments goes blank we ask
ourselves "What happened there?" In this ground-breaking practical guide Jes Lysgaard applies
his background in psychology and hypnotherapy to his experience as a traditional archer to
uncover what our minds are actually doing as we live this frustrating experience. Jes explains
how this neural program has quietly become so deeply ingrained over the course of our hundreds
of previous successful shots that at that vital moment in our shot cycle it knows "this is
what good looks like go now!" quite outside our conscious control. Meanwhile the cognitive
process which we have rehearsed to hold and expand for an involuntary perfectly stable release
is still obediently determined to hold the string until it releases automatically. This sudden
clash between opposing neural signals - the conscious 'hold!' and the subconscious 'release
now!' - gives rise to that bewildering mental flurry and yet another uncontrolled release. Not
a 'panic' at all. Just the Archer's Reflex. REGAIN CONTROL - REPROGRAM YOUR BRAIN In practical
steps which you can follow as you practise Jes shows how to deprogram your own Archer's Reflex
and build in its place a new positive replacement neural program with which you can regain
control over your shot cycle and fresh enjoyment of your shooting. REDISCOVER THE JOY OF
SHOOTING
