How to get rid of the Archer's Reflex E-Book

Jes Lysgaard

• Herausgeber: Hörnig, Angelika
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

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

Leseprobe

Jes Lysgaard

How to get rid of

THE ARCHER'S REFLEX

Regain ControlReprogram Your BrainRediscover the Joy of Shooting

How to get rid of

The Archer's Reflex

Regain Control

Reprogram your brain

Rediscover the joy of shooting

By Jes Lysgaard

First published in Germany: © 2021

Transcribed, edited andrevised by

Ekkehard Höhn, Christopher Barker, Angelika Alles-Hörnig

Cover & Design: AAH

© 2022 E-book by Verlag Angelika Hörnig

ISBN 978-3-938921-83-8

Verlag Angelika Hörnig

Lina-Staab-Weg 4

67071 Ludwigshafen

Germany

www.bogenschiessen.de

"What is love?"

"The total absence of fear", said the master.

"What is it we fear?"

"Love", said the master.

Anthony de Mello

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

My Point of View

Introduction

THE ARCHER'S REFLEX

Why does the Reflex occur in the first place?

Muscle memory,Other theories

Conditioned Reflexes can be decoded

Increased adrenaline strengthen the Archer's Reflex

Summary

METHODS

Commitment

Decoding the Archer's Reflex

Letting go of Expectations

Seeing the Shot in Intervals of Time

Paying Attention to Time Intervals and Mindset

Visualisation

The Lavender Oil Experiment

Affirmations and Keywords – The Inner Dialogue

Concious Breathing

ANALYSIS OF THE SHOT SEQUENCE

Identify Your key stimulus

My own Key stimulus

Building up the Shot mentally

THE FIVE BASIC STEPS

Five Steps guide You through the Shot

Breathing,Body Awareness,Five basic steps in the shot

STEP 1: Stance

STEP 2: Pre-Aim-Hold

STEP 3: Draw to Anchor Point

STEP 4: Back Tension,

STEP 5: Realease

External and Internal Disruptive Factors

Summary

REPROGRAMMING

The 5 Points of Reprogramming

The Phases of Reprogramming

1. Visualise the Optimal Shot

2. TAB Visualization and Inner Dialogue

3. Focus on Control and Time Intervals

4. Training without a Bow

5. Shooting with TAB Visualisation

Setting realistic Goals

Conclusion

Youtube links,Bibliography

PREFACE

This book came about, unfortunately – or fortunately – because of my own target panic. For a long time it affected me badly. I experienced the frustration and negativity of target panic in my daily training and at major international competitions.

Following the 2012 European Championships in Sweden, I realised that my previous training methods were not up to solving the problem of target panic, and I took the bull by the horns.

In this book, I share the path that I took to regaining control of the shot. Losing control is frustrating. Today I enjoy my shooting once more, because I have regained that control. My mission is to give this feeling back to other shooters.

Many people have supported me in my technical and mental development, by encouraging me or simply by accepting that my shooting performance was for a while less than ideal. They didn't judge me based on my results, but supported me and helped me along. I shall always be grateful to them for that.

A big thank you goes to David Hauge, the coach of our national 3D team. Thanks also to Hjötur Gislason and of course to my wonderful archery friend Evgeniia Shushikova from the Russian 3D national team, who took on the role of photo model in this book. Last but not least, a huge thank you to the brothers Siim and Madis Talmar of Falco (www.falco.ee) in Estonia, my sponsor for bows and equipment.

I would also like to thank my comrades and coaches at my archery club, Lyngby Bueskyttelaug, for their cooperation and interest when I brought new and sometimes strange ideas into training.