Principle of Follow-Through

Principle of Eye Control

Once more, let us look at the way some other sports do it.

Looking at baseball, the hitter will not only try to look at the ball, but also try to focus on the stitching of the ball. They want to see the ball very clearly, which can be further enhanced by going to a narrow external focus.

Similarly with tennis players, when they hit the ball, they do not look where they wants the ball to land, but they focus totally on the ball to ensure proper timing and impact and will not take their eyes off the ball.

The same goes for golfers hitting the ball. Golfers, like the tennis players, have made up their mind where they want the ball to land and the distance required. They then totally focus on the ball itself, right throughout the follow through. If the eyes are taken off the ball to see where the ball is going, then very likely a miss-hit will occur.

Equally, in archery, the final focus has to be the target, not the sight pin and not the arrow. The eyes have to stay focused on the target until the arrow hits. Many archers try to watch the arrow and that is why they lose control of the shot. This is another reason why many archers have trouble aiming off during windy days.

Keeping the eyes focused on the target until the arrow hits, we can call "Eye Control".

For further information on eye control, Refer to Chapter 6, Cl.31, Shooting in the Wind and Aiming-off Practice.

When running, 100M sprinters must really aim to run say 110M. If they aim to run only 100M, they will subconsciously slowdown coming to the finish line. Similarly, golfers, baseball players, cricketers or tennis players have to hit "through" or beyond the ball and follow-through, otherwise momentum and velocity is lost. Obviously, this applies to all sporting disciplines.

In archery, we do need to keep direction and tension during the follow-through. Keeping direction does not mean that the drawing elbow goes straight back in line with the arrow. The drawing elbow will have to come around because there is quite a big arc in the back tension movement. The bow arm will move slightly left, due to the back tension. Refer to Chapter 5, C1.6 SCATT System Tests.

Archers will need to be taught how to move the Scapulae correctly together on release and maintain back tension. If the Scapulae are set too far away from the spine or too high, it will be difficult to develop good back tension. If the Scapulae come more together, we are able to expand and open the chest more and in so doing, we can come through the clicker those last few millimeters.

To this purpose, exercises with a Formaster, will teach and assist in maintaining back tension throughout the release and follow-through.

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