Archery 101 [Friday, Second Period]
When the students arrived at the Danger Shop, they'd find things looking just a little different than usual--everything was laid out in the same general place, but instead of being planted on the ground, the targets were hanging from the ceiling, and some of them were swaying back and forth. Some of them were stationary, but Clint was poking at the controls to try to fix that.
"I think a lot of you are ready for the next step in your practice which, in case it wasn't obvious, is hitting a moving target. Unless you're going to do archery for recreation or a sport, you're probably going to be shooting at things that are moving - hopefully just moving around and not moving towards you at a high speed." Some people weren't always that lucky, sigh.
"The key is to watch how your target is moving, and try to anticipate where it'll be when you fire. Your targets here should have a pretty steady back and forth going. Obviously, in the real world it won't always be that easy, but you've got to start somewhere," he said, grinning at them. "Take your time when you shoot, and don't get frustrated right away." It was probably easy for the guy who could hit things without looking at them to say that, but he was just trying to be supportive here.
"I think a lot of you are ready for the next step in your practice which, in case it wasn't obvious, is hitting a moving target. Unless you're going to do archery for recreation or a sport, you're probably going to be shooting at things that are moving - hopefully just moving around and not moving towards you at a high speed." Some people weren't always that lucky, sigh.
"The key is to watch how your target is moving, and try to anticipate where it'll be when you fire. Your targets here should have a pretty steady back and forth going. Obviously, in the real world it won't always be that easy, but you've got to start somewhere," he said, grinning at them. "Take your time when you shoot, and don't get frustrated right away." It was probably easy for the guy who could hit things without looking at them to say that, but he was just trying to be supportive here.