How to FIX TARGET PANIC

I’m 66 years old been bow hunting 44 years, two months ago bought the new phase 4,in saying all that I was struck with target panic bad, I lost two arrows in two weeks. I knew it wasn’t the bow but I could not bring my sights back up. I talked to my local bow shops with no help. I been preparing for my first bow elk hunting and I’ve been saying I’m just anxious about the hunt. Chris Bee your target panic exercise has me dialed back in. I went through a horrible two weeks in the military shooting , it was all a mental illness is what I called it. I’m on day three and I’m shooting at different dots so I’m not busting arrows. Never to old to learn. Thanks for the help

Just want to put out a massive thank you to you Chris, you have helped so many people through stuff like this it is unbelievable. I've struggled with target panic ever since i picked up archery 3 years ago watching your videos. I saw this video last week and figured i would try it out. I had to restart at the first stage 3 times before took another step. It has been 5 days and i am shooting groups half the size i used to without punching or any drive by's. I know there are probably hundreds of others with my story and we can't thank you enough. And to anyone out there thinking you couldnt do this, try it. I thought the same thing but i fell into a rythym and began to look forward to the sessions and i think you will too

My coach taught me this 20 years ago and iv been a firm believer of the method the whole time. Awesome information Chris hopefully it can help the masses

Great video! I wished I had this to watch a few months ago when I started to practice for a local 3D league. My issue was that I was mostly self taught, and would always punch the index release with my finger. Even after being out of archery for many years (about 12 years) and returning, I still pulled it more like a trigger on a firearm. I did get a thumb button and set up a target in my basement , practicing on form at 10 yards with 1" dots. I still have some work to do, but out of 30 targets last round (unknown yardage course), I missed only 1 completely and had 2 others in the non-scoring ring area. I am looking forward to catching up and learning from the rest of your videos.

Drawing ,aiming, holding and letting down also reinforces the fact you DO NOT have to fire. It’s ok to not go ahead and make the shot. This way if everything about your shot cycle isn’t right it’s the thing to do is LET DOWN! Plus, you are building up your muscles too. Being in shooting shape or lowering draw weight to control the cycle is very important.

It worked, Thank you for this video. I thought I was going to have to give up shooting my bow and just do crossbow. I didn't cheat. Shot 50-60 arrows a day 3 days at each yardage. The only thing I changed was by the time I got to 15 yards I shot 5 arrows and went back to 20, 25, 30. Hitting bulls all distances, holding longer more steady breathing normal. Everything came back. Can't thank you anof for this. Would love to see more teaching videos like this. Very help full. Thanks.

3 weeks of this completely rewired me 6 months ago. I didn't realise i was fixing a problem, to me it was just a way to go through my shot process at home, as I was shooting everyday at every opportunity. 2 years into that routine, I was getting noticeably worse than when i first started shooting. Locked off, punching, I had it all. I drew a heap of little dots like a clock face on my bag and just went around lap after lap until I was putting arrows back in the same hole time after time. I came out of that room Robin hooding arrows at 50m with super tight groups of 12 out to 80m. If I don't do it for say 2 weeks, some of the flinching bs comes back. I can't recommend this tactic enough, it will fix the problem for you. Seeing this video just affirmed it for me. Thx Chris

Target panic videos give me target panic lol I swear it’s contagious

I’ve had a couple little bouts of panic in my life, and this has been my process to relieve it every time, and it’s been game changing! Like you said though, DON’T CHEAT THE PROCESS! This video could help thousands of folks, and even people that ignore the fact that every arrow they release was released under “panic”!

I’ve tried everything to fix TP but this actually works. For us normal people who only shoot about 3-4 months out of the year, doing this at the beginning of the season is such a good place to start.

Thanks for the great info ! I struggle with target panic so much in years past that I actually hung up the compound and hunted with crossbow for a couple years . But I’m back to shooting compound again now . I’m definitely going to be implementing this process !

Thanks for the video, I have target panic pretty bad. When I pull up to the bottom of my target when I get to the bottom I can not pull my bow up the other two inches. If I leave my finger off the trigger no problem. Soon as I put my finger on the Trigger I'm all over the place. And I've bow hunted for years. It's never been a problem shooting at a deer. I just center up behind the shoulder and let it go. Shooting at a deer I'm not focused on a tiny spot so I'm good on a deer. Soon as I target shoot and focus on a small spot hole different ball game can't ever hold in the center of a target it is always two inches low and can not bring it up. I'm going to try your method. Thanks so much for that video!!

Great video! I have been struggling off n on this year with some target panic. This is a process I am going to start doing. Thanks for sharing!

I've calmed down my shot process a lot in the last year. I was unable to hunt because of a thumb injury. A cable press snapped on me and my thumb got pulled in between the string and the top idler pulley. Needless to say, I only have a little over half of my thumb on my bow hand. So, I made myself a kind of "shot trainer" out of a 3ft piece of D-Loop material and a piece of wood that I carved to match the contours of my bow grip. I was able to practice my shot process without even picking up my bow. Just sitting around working on the mental part of my shot has made it where I actually hold my aim till the movement settles down, instead of shooting as soon as my pin hits the target.I will add your drill to my routine as well. It can't hurt. Thank you.

Probably one of the best videos I’ve watched in a long time. Helping other conquer their problems

This video has helped me so much I got a severe case of target panic when I was 13 at an indoor match couldn't even get on the bale I'm now 26 ended up just quiting archery till about 5 years ago and got back into shooting to bow hunt I've made some good shots on deer in the last few years but still suffer from a little target panic until I watched this video and it has changed everything I'm way more confident with my bow than I have been in a long time.

Thanks for the advice! I like this grind it out and put in the time style of fixing target 🎯 panic. Hopefully will get some people to start shooting my regularly too.

It’s funny you mention changing releases and it may fix target panic completely for some because that is what happened for me. I shot a index and punched it like mad and decided to try a thumb button and found that I couldn’t punch the thumb accurately at all. Learned how to activate it correctly and get a surprise release every time and now I can shoot but my index and thumb without any punching. The mind is a crazy thing! Thanks for all the great archery knowledge and being so committed to the sport!

You describe what I went through in pretty accurate detail 😂 I had a wrist strap that I had both drive by and trigger punching panic intermittently. I switched to a button and it ended up fixing the issue but I also figured out what I was doing with the wrist strap so now I can shoot either - BUT the take away here is you’re 100% correct that it’s all a mental process issue.

I had major target panic about 10 years ago. Drive by punching. Went to the Carter Evolution tension, didn’t shoot at a target face for 6months. Just practicing the shot at short distance. But by the time put a face on couldn’t believe how easy aiming was. Now I shoot a Hinge (UV), but I’ve never been able to shoot a trigger release. My brain won’t let me. Brings up bad memories!