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Does anybody know of a reason why I might be shooting poorly in the mornings. My hold is not as good as it is in afternoon session although I start my morning sessions with stretching and warm up excercises

Try looking at diet, sleep, drinks, exercise, etc. How soon before shooting do you wake and eat ?

I'd suggest keeping a detailed journal and look for trends and differences between good and bad sessions.

Rob.

You have to train to shoot in the morning too. If you practice in the evening all the time then go out and compete in the morning well you can expect things not to go that well. If you can't go out to the range start dry firing and doing holding excersises in the morning.

I also find its more important to warm up in the morning, as things haven't been going all day.

Are you by any chance a heavy coffee drinker with your morning meal? How well do you sleep at night? No reason to provide an answer, just conside the questions and if there is any possibility that something along these lines could be causing the problem ,I am sure you can figure out a solution. Good Shooting Bill Horton

I really have to watch what I eat. Sometimes a glass of orange juice with my breakfast is just TOO much sugar. I start to shoot poorly when my sugar level drops off. I find that I shoot my best if I eat and drink small amounts throughout the entire match. Also, eating 2 hours before shooting starts is ideal for me.
Susan

A friend of mine who won the 2005 AAFTA Field Target Nationals(http://www.aafta.org has a hamburger and french fries before a match. Our matches are typically 60 shots over about 6 hours -- he feels this provides the long-term energy to shoot well. (Personally, I take lots of water and some fig newtons.) Obviously, it works for him!

Lots of things happen to the body (and the earth) over the day. Light changes can have major effects, for instance.

Best,

Joe

jrmcdaniel wrote:A friend of mine who won the 2005 AAFTA Field Target Nationals(http://www.aafta.org has a hamburger and french fries before a match. Our matches are typically 60 shots over about 6 hours -- he feels this provides the long-term energy to shoot well. (Personally, I take lots of water and some fig newtons.) Obviously, it works for him!

Lots of things happen to the body (and the earth) over the day. Light changes can have major effects, for instance.

Best,

Joe

Or maybe he'd shoot even better if he didn't eat that crap.