First of all i'd like to thank our good friends at Baruch for hosting this event and allowing us to shoot with them once again. Our two schools have always had good relations with each other and this is one of the main ways we keep in contact :) 

Going into this fun shoot with Baruch, I not only wanted to see the growth of our two clubs, but the main point was to focus on our members who have been through a new training regiment that was developed. This regiment involved more mental training and strength training but the total shooting time with a bow and arrow was kept the same. Competition is not about winning because once you have that mindset while on the shooting line in an important competition, you have already lost. Half the competition is about keeping your calm and doing what you learned and half of the competition is keeping your strength so that you shoot at the optimum level every single shot.

With these two things in mind, we trained our shooters in a way that was never done before and the results can be seen as a reflection on our scores.

Not only can we now label our experiment as a success, I am very proud of the shooters that we have been able to train just this semester alone. 
A team competition does not focus on the individual but the overall team. If one person messes up, you have the person next to you to say "I got your back." Always know that your team is standing behind you cheering you on. Don't lose focus just because you shot a bad arrow.  

Our strength in the club comes from the unity of our members.

There are more competitions to come, including many individual events, so hang in there and train hard. The road is far from over.

-Brian