The Barebow Archery Podcast GLENN PRINGLE

What is Archers Reflex? Why do we get it? How do we get it? How can we train to overcome Archers Reflex?

Archers Reflex is what is happening when things start going badly with your shooting, your bow and arrows are the same it's just that something isn't working right anymore.

This is probably due to something completely natural and it's a learned behaviour. It's something you can re-programme, but it takes time.

Danish 3D archer Jes Lysgaard explains everything in this podcast. Jes has shot in the Danish national team in the Longbow class in WA and IFAA 3D archery. He won Bronze in the European 3D championships and practises archery daily. Search for Jes Lysgaard and Archers Reflex on youtube for more information.

Paul Helms is right up there amongst the top 3D shooters in the IBO and TAS in the USA. Paul rose quickly up the ranks after ditching his Compound and going with a single string bow. Initially starting out in the Longbow class he switched to Barebow and made good progress until a routine medical check up stopped him in his tracks. Paul regularly shoots with high level competitors and hunters including Dewaynne Martin,Fawn Gerrard, Dwight Dorsey and Ken Reinas. Paul can be found on Facebook and on his Youtube channel Stick and String Life. Another long podcast but well worth the time to get the good information that Paul shares. Enjoy!!!   

Allison Wright is better known under her maiden name of Allison Kelly within archery circles. She quickly rose to the top of 3D archery in the UK within the NFAS and then World Archery circles. Having shot and won in many NFAS 3D events she tried her hand at WA3D and quickly qualified for her national team. Her first international competition was the World Archery 3D World Championships in Lac La Biche Canada in 2019. She finished in 11th place after less than a hanful of World Archery competitions under her belt. Then disaster struck and her life was turned upside down. Allison explains her shot process, her rise through the ranks and the daily battles she faces. It's a very long podcast but please bear with it.  

Gareth Ochse is a South African archer with a history of high level sporting achievement. In the 90s Gareth was an international level rower (crew) representing South `Africa on the international stage and reaching 5th in the world. When done with rowing he moved on to extreme mountain biking, entering various endurance races. Lately he has caught the archery bug but noticed a decline in his performances and set about investigating why. Finally, after a great deal of research and surveys of the archery community, Gareth believes he has the answer to his questions about why we anticipate our release and get in our own way during the shot. Gareths work can be found at https://www.archerywithoutanticipation.com/

Talan Skeels Piggins is the UK's first AGB WA Masters BB champion. He achieved this after shooting only one archery competition. Talan has faced many challenges in his life and becoming a Barebow Champion in the UK is only a small part of his amazing story. Talan also champions issues such as mental health in sport, sports mentoring, forces veterans support and disabled charities. He is a keen motorcycle racer and skier. He hopes to raise awareness around inclusion and accessibility in archery.

How would you like the mindset of a champion archer? Adam Cowming from Archery Mental Mastery discusses techniques to turbocharge your thinking and remove bad thought patterns and processes that may have become wired into your brain. We discuss why archers get performance anxiety in competition but shot great in their backyard and how to break those types patterns of thought. 

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