13 Evaluate

If the indoor season has you nostalgic for the summer just gone, why not use it to properly evaluate your outdoor performance this year? It can be as basic or as detailed as you like, but an easy way to get started is to fill in a calendar of the summer months – start with the main archery

events you did, and fill in your results, then add any significant other events, such as work trips. If you can remember, estimate how much training you got in the weeks between your events, and where you made any alterations to your equipment or technique. Did a significant rise or drop in your results correspond with an increase or decrease in the amount of practice time you had before them? Did a change in equipment or a new bit of technique have a significant impact? It sounds simple, but it’s easy for things like that to get lost in the middle of all the preparation, travelling, and competing, so using some down time to evaluate what worked for you, and when, can help you go into the next season with a better idea of how to manage it.