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I can relate. Similar to me 18 or so months ago. Forkhit problem.
I found that my brain went to "watch out for the forkhit" mode just as I was just about to release a shot [a reaction to the consistency of forkhits and richocheting projectiles when shooting OTT probably]. My brain made things more difficult and increasingly complicated - my mental focus had moved from the simplicity of "from slingshot to catchbox/target" [as it was when I was shooting TTF] to a complicated and counter-productive over analysis of what was happening when I was shooting OTT and what I was doing wrong, and what I could try to do to correct the problem.
But everyday I kept attempting OTT...until a forkhit. After the forkhit I rebanded to TTF and kept shooting. Kept trying OTT everyday. Kept shooting everyday. It would be an oversimplification to say "...then one day the OTT forkhits disappeared", but "after a period of research into the subject they disipated". To cut a short story shorter, I'd advise not to put things down even for a couple of days. Put a band aid on your sore bit...stick on a bit of a harder protective layer perhaps. No matter if your next shot is a centre hit, a 'flyer into 8' or a jaw-breaker, "you control your confidence".
Shoot every day. Keep on shooting.
I found that my brain went to "watch out for the forkhit" mode just as I was just about to release a shot [a reaction to the consistency of forkhits and richocheting projectiles when shooting OTT probably]. My brain made things more difficult and increasingly complicated - my mental focus had moved from the simplicity of "from slingshot to catchbox/target" [as it was when I was shooting TTF] to a complicated and counter-productive over analysis of what was happening when I was shooting OTT and what I was doing wrong, and what I could try to do to correct the problem.
But everyday I kept attempting OTT...until a forkhit. After the forkhit I rebanded to TTF and kept shooting. Kept trying OTT everyday. Kept shooting everyday. It would be an oversimplification to say "...then one day the OTT forkhits disappeared", but "after a period of research into the subject they disipated". To cut a short story shorter, I'd advise not to put things down even for a couple of days. Put a band aid on your sore bit...stick on a bit of a harder protective layer perhaps. No matter if your next shot is a centre hit, a 'flyer into 8' or a jaw-breaker, "you control your confidence".
Shoot every day. Keep on shooting.
