In the 1950's and early 60's, the serial numbers were started over every month every model. This makes these years very difficult to identify by serial numbers. From 1965 to 1969 the first single digit is the year of the bow (Example: 8Z1254 = 1968) The 'K' serial numbers started in 1970 KZ, KU, KT, etc. The sec ond letter was the model.
Archery Mental Mastery
Anger will NOT make you shoot better!
Your emotions are like a fire. When you control them, they will keep you warm and comfortable under the most adverse conditions. When they control you, they’ll burn your house right down to the ground .There’s a myth out there in the world of sports performance that the “fire” that’s necessary for peak performance somehow comes from anger.
There are three things that you must do in order to develop the ability to remain calm and composed in the face of strong emotions:
1) CONTROL YOUR SELF-TALK;
2) CONTROL YOUR FOCUS OF CONCENTRATION;
3) KEEP YOUR BODY PHYSIOLOGICALLY LOOSE AND RELAXED
There are three very common things that happen whenever an archer begins to lose emotional control. First, his/her self-talk turns negative and nasty. Second, the archer begins to concentrate on the source or cause of the upset. For example, if I made a mistake and it triggered an emotional or angry reaction inside of me, I’d tend to focus on the mistake.
If he is unable to interrupt this negative reaction, it will spill over into the next shot. Controlling your self-talk means learning how to be a better coach to yourself. No good coach would ever belittle, berate, make fun of, or get angry with you when you messed up.
Be patient with yourself and stick with it. Being negative and hard on yourself will never get you shooting better.Controlling your focus means that once you’ve messed up, your job is to mentally leave that mistake in the past. The time to work on the things that you’ve done wrong is always in practice, and NEVER during a performance.
This means that you must quickly redirect your focus of concentration away from the mistake or upsetting event and back to the moment. You have to train yourself to recognize when your concentration is in the PAST and then discipline yourself to quickly return your focus back to the NOW. If you keep your focus in the NOW it will be virtually impossible for you to lose emotional control
Your emotions are like a fire. When you control them, they will keep you warm and comfortable under the most adverse conditions. When they control you, they’ll burn your house right down to the ground .There’s a myth out there in the world of sports performance that the “fire” that’s necessary for peak performance somehow comes from anger.
There are three things that you must do in order to develop the ability to remain calm and composed in the face of strong emotions:
1) CONTROL YOUR SELF-TALK;
2) CONTROL YOUR FOCUS OF CONCENTRATION;
3) KEEP YOUR BODY PHYSIOLOGICALLY LOOSE AND RELAXED
There are three very common things that happen whenever an archer begins to lose emotional control. First, his/her self-talk turns negative and nasty. Second, the archer begins to concentrate on the source or cause of the upset. For example, if I made a mistake and it triggered an emotional or angry reaction inside of me, I’d tend to focus on the mistake.
If he is unable to interrupt this negative reaction, it will spill over into the next shot. Controlling your self-talk means learning how to be a better coach to yourself. No good coach would ever belittle, berate, make fun of, or get angry with you when you messed up.
Be patient with yourself and stick with it. Being negative and hard on yourself will never get you shooting better.Controlling your focus means that once you’ve messed up, your job is to mentally leave that mistake in the past. The time to work on the things that you’ve done wrong is always in practice, and NEVER during a performance.
This means that you must quickly redirect your focus of concentration away from the mistake or upsetting event and back to the moment. You have to train yourself to recognize when your concentration is in the PAST and then discipline yourself to quickly return your focus back to the NOW. If you keep your focus in the NOW it will be virtually impossible for you to lose emotional control