Me and my son (now aged 9) took up compound archery in January and have both progressed reasonably; he's done pretty well and won a couple of things (usually because he's the only one in his category but he is genuinely pretty decent), I peaked early then have been a bit up and down, a switch to a thumb trigger from a wrist release being my biggest set back - getting used to it and improving but still behind my best wrist release scores (I haven't had it long TBF).
Now I have spent a FORTUNE on kit - probably ?2k this year. Hoyt Ignite (sold for ?150) then a Mybo Origin, ?300 on good sights, ?400 on arrows (a set of 12 ACGs then had a run of losing them so replaced some) plus the bow for my son and his arrows (far cheaper but still a chunk of money).
Our club is brilliant - lovely outdoor range, encouraging to our son, nice people with a new location for the indoor season.
But... I'm really struggling to get enthused. We missed the Friday shoot partly because we just didn't feel like going - it's further away being about a 30-40 minute drive and it's late for my son; starts at 7pm, finished at 9ish. We do a Wednesday shoot at another location (30 mins away) but it's even later.
Not quite sure what to do - I have all this kit, am not too bad overall, have overcome (or am overcoming!) a number of challenges but the motivation is just not there.
Anyone else had the doldrums like this? Any suggestions?
We do a LOT of other activities - I surf a lot, run a lot and all sorts. My son is good at karate and doing well at other things so archery was never going to be a main activity but just something we wanted to learn and enjoy - which we mostly have.
I'm fairly sure I'll never be anything special due to these other commitments but I reckon my son has potential - but the thought of driving him miles away to do a tournament (we did two at our club - one just the club which was good, one inter club which was just far too long) doesn't appeal.
Hmmmm....
Now I have spent a FORTUNE on kit - probably ?2k this year. Hoyt Ignite (sold for ?150) then a Mybo Origin, ?300 on good sights, ?400 on arrows (a set of 12 ACGs then had a run of losing them so replaced some) plus the bow for my son and his arrows (far cheaper but still a chunk of money).
Our club is brilliant - lovely outdoor range, encouraging to our son, nice people with a new location for the indoor season.
But... I'm really struggling to get enthused. We missed the Friday shoot partly because we just didn't feel like going - it's further away being about a 30-40 minute drive and it's late for my son; starts at 7pm, finished at 9ish. We do a Wednesday shoot at another location (30 mins away) but it's even later.
Not quite sure what to do - I have all this kit, am not too bad overall, have overcome (or am overcoming!) a number of challenges but the motivation is just not there.
Anyone else had the doldrums like this? Any suggestions?
We do a LOT of other activities - I surf a lot, run a lot and all sorts. My son is good at karate and doing well at other things so archery was never going to be a main activity but just something we wanted to learn and enjoy - which we mostly have.
I'm fairly sure I'll never be anything special due to these other commitments but I reckon my son has potential - but the thought of driving him miles away to do a tournament (we did two at our club - one just the club which was good, one inter club which was just far too long) doesn't appeal.
Hmmmm....