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My results after several weeks practicing at home were less than successful. The first day back shooting at my local range I notice something unusual; something I hadn’t experie

All forms of target panic are frustrating, but one of the more insidious is the dreaded "freezing". Several years ago, before I was able to cure my target panic for good, I fought through a case of freezing. I developed it while battling a premature release. Releasing the arrow too early was my first experience with target panic. In an attempt to cure my early release, I worked on holding at full draw. I assumed that if I practiced the hold exclusively, then all of my target panic troubles would go away. So I worked hard at it, practicing the hold daily with my longbow. I didn’t take a shot for a month. I thought I could teach my brain to hold comfortably (i.e. without mental tension and that incredible urge to release too soon) whenever I came to full draw.

My results after several weeks practicing at home were less than successful. The first day back shooting at my local range I notice something unusual; something I hadn’t experien

case of freezing. I developed it while battling a premature release. Releasing the arrow too early was my first experience with target panic. In an attempt to cure my early release, I worked on holding at full draw. I assumed that if I practiced the hold exclusively, then all of my target panic troubles would go away. So I worked hard at it, practicing the hold daily with my longbow. I didn’t take a shot for a month. I thought I could teach my brain to hold comfortably (i.e. without mental tension and that incredible urge to release too soon) whenever I came to full draw.

My results after several weeks practicing at home were less than successful. The first day back shooting at my local range I notice something unusual; something I hadn’t experie

on holding at full draw. I assumed that if I practiced the hold exclusively, then all of my target panic troubles would go away. So I worked hard at it, practicing the hold daily with my longbow. I didn’t take a shot for a month. I thought I could teach my brain to hold comfortably (i.e. without mental tension and that incredible urge to release too soon) whenever I came to full draw.

My results after several weeks practicing at home were less than successful. The first day back shooting at my local range I notice something unusual; something I hadn’t experie

gbow. I didn’t take a shot for a month. I thought I could teach my brain to hold comfortably (i.e. without mental tension and that incredible urge to release too soon) whenever I came to full draw.

My results after several weeks practicing at home were less than successful. The first day back shooting at my local range I notice something unusual; something I hadn’t experie

draw.

My results after several weeks practicing at home were less than successful. The first day back shooting at my local range I notice something unusual; something I hadn’t experienced before. When I drew my bow I was able to hold at full draw, but when I tried to slowly ease my bow hand into the target picture, I felt this incredible force keeping me where I was. It was incredible. I could draw and hold, but I would “freeze” outside of the target. I found that when I forced myself by yanking my bow across the target picture, I would release immediately. When I drew my bow with my bow hand already pre-set on the target picture, I would release immediately upon reaching full draw. Now, instead of having one target panic related problem, I had two. It was a case of pick your poison. Either I froze outside of the target picture or I would release too soon.

I quickly developed a method where I would freeze and then time my rele