General Questions / Chat Zone

well being an extrovert certainly doesn't hurt everyones shooting. I call to the stand 3 times outdoors world champion Brady Ellison to the stand: https://twitter.com/worldarchery/status/524340577454665728
and: http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Brady+Ellison+Archery+World+Cup+Grand+Final+UFI9E7lxNP_l.jpg

thankfully he only does that once he's won though. so maybe it's about WHEN you are extroverted and when you are introverted. I't interesting to note that a lot of the other countries make a lot more noise and celebrate when they make a good shot in a comp. where as in England that is looked down on. I think it's a bit of a shame but i'm an ear-bending loudmouth a lot of the time.

i missed the best pic http://www.sportsfeatures.com/PressPoint/images/img1_54645.jpg

Yeah, I actually don't believe that good performace can be so dependent on one trait like intro/extraversion (I was being my usual facetious self in my first post :p). Got to be far more about commiting to training.

That said, I'm sure I read in some archery etiquette guide that it's best for shooting if you can be a bit Zen about the whole thing, and not get over-excited over a good shot (or overly annoyed over a bad one), so maybe that's where the idea came from?

(and nowt wrong with loudmouths; balances out us shysters. Takes all sorts, as everyone's mum said.)

I think that if everyone around him/her is doing well, the extrovert will probably shoot better as they will be buoyed by the euphoria, whereas for the introvert it would have no impact at all.