This is sort of a public service message for people who coach their kids on archery shooting.
Some of you know that I've been shooting with a young neighbor now for about 1.5 years, every single Wednesday. For the last month, his shooting has been very inconsistent. I've been checking his form and he's been dropping his hands - no follow through. Sometimes he stands with his feet together. I have also wondered if he's using his peep every time. I never considered a problem with his equipment.
He's been tearing off a lot of fletchings lately, like two or three a week. It didn't occur to me until yesterday that his shots aren't close enough together to have this happening. I asked the Archery World owner, Joe to take a look. Apparently, Braxton dropped his bow on the whisker bisquit about a month ago and bent the insert. It's a barely perceptible deformation. We changed out the bisquit and his groups came together immediately.
We all know when we do something to our own bows, but when our kid drops theirs, they're not likely to run up to us and point it out. So, if your kid is having consistency problems and you've checked his/her form with little positive result, they may have an equipment issue. Just an FYI for my archery mentor buddies out there.