All of us evaluate our shots and performances throughout a shooting session, or tournament. At times we make poor shots and analyze, correct, accept and move on. Other times we make what we consider to be excellent shots and get a poor result. Our experience and expertise determines our reaction and actions after making what we think is a good shot which receives a poor result.

The inexperienced shooter does not have the body of knowledge to recognize this situation and is mostly unaware that he made a good shot and received a poor result.

The intermediate shooter will have a better idea that he made a good shot and will run down his check list of what may have possibly happened. Often it is a 50/50 proposition that it is an equipment versus form issue.

The expert shooter will know instantly that the shot was well made and inspect his equipment for an indication of what is wrong. I’ve most often seen cut fletchings  be the culprit to an errant arrow which was well shot. Of course there are other possibilities, from, cracked nocks, to missing points!

Archers across the spectrum of experience will attribute poor results to equipment. Regardless of experience, equipment should be inspected throughout a tournament to insure its integrity. So……is it the equipment, or is it me??? At some point you will be asking yourself that question. How you answer is often a function of experience.