How to beat TARGET PANIC with Levi Morgan

This is lesson #1 of a 4 week series on Target Panic

[@joepople7667]

My best shots I ever take are when I get my brain to totally shut off. It's hard to explain but kind of feels like when you daydream and totally space out. When i reach that level of calm my arrows are flawless. Great series man!

[@hookedonbrass]

I know this is an old comment. But check out a book called With Winning In Mind - by an olympic rifle shooter. He explains this. It's because your subconcious takes over and does what it needs to do without any negative influence from your concious mind/actions. the goal is to get to where you can make this subconcious mind take over any action you are doing. Some of my best finishes in rifle matches felt the same way. everything felt easy, I felt calm, and everything was just working the way it should. it's a good feeling!

[@alanleukuma2699]

I just shot my target buck last weekend and my brain totally shut of for the whole interaction until after the shot. I seriously thought it was a dream. Granted, it was a short shot but I hadn't practiced nearly enough before the season and had issues with getting on target fast and not shaking when practicing. My shot hit exactly where I was aiming, which was critical because the deer was quartering towards me and was looking at me (I shot because I thought he might spook). I clipped his shoulder and got one lung and the diaphragm. Went 100 yards and crashed

[@nicobelisle5412]

It's called "flow" it's a state of mind set. Lot of literature on the matter.

[@garbagecollector2281]

Probably why the Japanese have Kyudo

[@ArrowForceOne]

My Dad and I spent a weekend training with Joel Turner, it was very productive. He helped Dad a lot with his target panic, and that year I executed a perfect controlled shot on the biggest buck of my life, and a nice bull as well. Great video, Levi.

[@ElkShape]

Great Insights and Joel Turner is the man!

[@mitchellblount4896]

Thank you so much for not only putting this up, but being transparent. Cannot wait to watch all of these.

[@macmacca659]

Perfect timing, absolutley perfect!

[@bownero]

Levi is the man to listen too!! Very informative! Thanks for sharing this with us!!

[@brandonszpurko1257]

By far the most helpful video I've seen on this subject. Thanks .

[@toddwolfe1978]

Looking forward to the series! Thanks for taking the time man!

[@skysurferboy]

Awesome video Levi! I m not a compound shooter but your video put the information across in such a simple, easy and imformative way that surely everyone who picks up a bow could benefit from watching this series. Much appreciation that you are willing to share this! Thank you!

[@nuttjeffable]

I was able to spend the weekend in Denver a few months ago with Joel Turner and Tom Clum Sr at their archery clinic. The training I received was no joke. Thanks for making these videos.

[@BowOnlyOutdoors]

You hit the nail on the head Levi! Some great advice for ANY archer out there!

[@josephhaurik2652]

This is extremely helpful. I can't wait to start applying these tips. Thank you.

[@seansoutdoors]

Good job, brother. Welcome back, and God bless ya.

[@ronondex6]

Thanks you for making this series. I developed target panic some years ago growing older. It really took the fun out of archery for a time simply because I was good when I was younger and kept comparing myself to those times. What helped me was getting back on archery for the sport sake and not the score. I stopped criticizing myself for my scores and comparing them to the time before I got target panic. That helped me quite a bit and it took the pressure to perform, I put on myself, of me. I got the rest of the way through changing some things like having a circle instead of a pin in my sight, shooting without a target up, and only shooting one arrow from time to time. As you said it's still a work in progress and will be indefinitely but it gets easier. Best regards from Germany ^^

[@bbarcheryshop2013]

Great video, Levi. Thanks for sharing. God Bless!!

[@wilmoore5259]

Excellent stuff Levi! I’ve suffered from this for as long as I can remember.

[@larrybigdogz1325]

Thanks Levi for putting new posts. It's something to concentrate on besides covid. God Bless.

[@luisgarcia-el6xr]

Super helpful dude. I've been shooting recurve for about 4 months now and I've come to a point where my execution is good but my sight is moving everywhere. Cant wait to see the rest of this series cuz I definitely will use it.

[@okanaganmedia]

Awesome video. The best advice I have aquired so far!

[@geminidream4347]

Only shot my new bow once and I have both target and lane panic. So happy I found you today, alarmed, subbed, liked. Thank you so very much.

[@roetru]

Keep them coming great advice from the best in my eyes

[@carlosgaztelucabral8061]

This is an awesome technique, it has brought me to my highest evel of accuracy and consistency as an archer. I love archery again. Rekindled marriage with this great sport. Thanks Mr. MORGAN

[@rogerramjet7567]

Big thanks so very much. Can’t wait to see this in action. Thanks again.

[@bloodlines9610]

I took your idea of the big dot and it helped me a lot. I modified it a little. I made a giant circle out of rings. Once I got comfortable shooting that big dot I'd remove a ring, making it smaller. And kept at this until I had a dot the size of a bottle cap.

[@Ben92912]

Well this was an absolute total blessing. Thanks man 🙏🤙

[@scottbrammer8275]

Really appreciate the advise. Can't wait to practice.

[@herbbrewer4441]

Finally someone who knows exactly what I'm going through.

[@michaelrosa5410]

This is the archery GOAT speaking,,,,best you pay attention ! Thanks Levi, God bless you.

[@JayN4GO]

Glad I have this Levi. I hope you go through on how to execute the shot without using a hinge.

[@Bob76075]

This works Levi! Thank you so much!

[@joshwebb6255]

Hi, might be a few years ago but this is great advice. I felt it was mildly creeping up on me but these basic statements really helped refocus my attention and not let it get away. Thanks Levi

[@hunterworld3708]

Great series! Thank you so much!

[@samwise2767]

Great stuff man thank you. This seems like something that every serious archer has to go through.

[@mattm1108]

Thanks for putting this out there.

[@chrismacomber9727]

Thank you so much I have looked and look for vids to help hold steady ..this is the first vid that actuly tells you you can't stop the movement..this was big help to me been try to brake this crap for a while lol

[@HuntingCreatures]

Same here. When you hear the truth from a top level archer, it makes you relax and free of that anxiety.

[@babiesfartingfire6007]

Levi you are a legend.

[@jeffalden6769]

I'm hooked on this series. I'd love to pull it together and have the control I had in highschool shooting

[@evanhenderson1403]

Love the new series I watch bow life all the time

[@c3h4r57]

great vid! I m waiting for the next episode !

[@EastmansHuntingJournals]

Great stuff Levi!

[@KF1]

I don't really suffer target panic as a hobbyist, but still found this helpful. My takeaway was to just continue building and focus to the center. Good straightforward stuff

[@stevenking8331]

Wow this is gonna help so much.. thank you!🙏

[@texasRoofDoctor]

Great stuff. I have never tried the upside down arm draw technique yet. Still shooting decent grouping at 56 by focusing on the target vs aiming

[@TomMarsteller]

Thank you Levi. I'll add your video to my "archery toolbox".

[@mathews0618]

Good honest video. Nicely done

[@processdrivenrealestate]

Awesome video!

[@mayhem035]

Super cool man! Thanks 🎯👍👌🤘👊❤️

[@ericwiitala5407]

Just subscribed. I'm really looking forward to these videos.

[@Wild.cottagegarden]

Epic info! Thank you so much!!

[@dannybyrdjr919]

Great informative video 👍 thanks

[@anthonyriccardi5475]

thanks a lot for doing this . I m a fan you are the best !

[@Jonny-wn1fl]

Great information thank you!

[@user-ct4im4nd6r]

This is making more sense than anything else I’ve heard We are taking a compound bow and with sight references basically shooting it like a rifle The adjustments may be backwards but the principle is the same When you shoot instinctively and I’m not talking aiming down the arrow I’m talking true instinctive it’s like throwing a ball You keep your eyes on the target and your hand will throw at what your eyes are focused on Things is more like I shoot Ive already trained my brain to squeeze my trigger finger automatically without thinking about it because of shooting rifles The part Levi is talking about is what I work

[@RagnarLothbrok2222]

Hell of a video!

[@AdvancedLawn]

Very nice delivery and way of explaining

[@OutdoorShellback]

Almost as if Levi could feel me through the force struggling with this exact issue right now. Great timing on this video series!

[@pickin4you]

Get yourself a back tension release.... they call them all hinge releases today, but use nothing but back tension to set them off, and this will CURE your target panic. When I stopped shooting competition in my state, my scores were higher than the pros at the state shoots.

[@F22Ra]

pickin4you back tension is a style of shooting, not a release style. You can shoot a wrist strap with back tension... let’s get that right first before we start giving out advice

[@win300mag1]

Really crazy to watch this stuff now. I’m 33 but I started shooting when I was about 13 and started off with severe target panic from the word go. By the time I was a year into shooting I was so anxious about the pin not being where it was supposed to be that it would sit about a foot over the target and you could put a gorilla on my bow arm and it wouldn’t come down. A complete oxymoron I know but that was the struggle. After almost 5 years of this constant struggle, missing 13 straight deer, and basically quitting hunting and shooting all together, my uncles helped me break it using the same drills that you teach. Like you said, it never leaves, especially when you struggle as bad as I did. I fight the anxiety when it comes but I can honestly say that after a LONG and hard road, I have learned how to correctly shoot. 20 yards is straight expensive for me when i shoot at one dot. These drills work!!! I would stake every dollar I have ever made on them. My 13 year old son just started seriously shooting about 5 months ago and he is a lot like I was. Started with target panic right away but knowing what I know from experience and instructional videos like you are putting out has put him light years ahead of where I was. Thanks and keep it coming! It will seriously people in the sport!

[@ep3389]

Just a good word of advice for starting kids young is to teach them how to properly execute shooting using only back tension, when you start to anticipate when your arrow is going to fire is when anxiety creeps in, by learning back tension your index or thumb never comes into play and you have a suprise shot wverytime. The best way to do this is to not have your kids or even adults shoot a bow at all but actually a release trainer, when you can execute that without pulling a trigger with your index finger or your thumb everytime is when you should start picking up the bow and aiming and firing with backtension and yes you can use back tension to fire any release it doesn't have to be a back tension release. It took me 3 years to figure out and fight through 20 years of bad habits and a bad developing target panic but once you do its a game changer

[@courtneylynn4241]

Thanks for the video. I actually stopped shooting my bow because my target panic was so severe. I really want to be able to enjoy shooting my bow again.

[@KF1]

Just get the bow out. It's fun.

[@hv01519]

Back tension release killed my target panic. Took me forever to get used to it, but worth it.

[@maisonstamson8210]

You sir have gained a sub! Great video

[@richardarmitage5976]

Anxiety in competition is like a backpack you got to carry, it's always gonna show up.

[@backwoodsvlogs5784]

I shot a lot in Jr. High, even on my schools team competing against other schools! Being 24 now, I’m getting back into it, and wow! A lot of anxiety I experienced after buying my first bow and shooting at the ranges. The one thing I’m trying to work on is my form and my release, it’s tough to have a good release when your hearts slamming against your chest 😂 I just tell myself it’s all for the fun of it!

[@abejohnson9207]

Thank you so much 👍🏽🤘🏼

[@HuntingCreatures]

I'm just starting with a compound bow, and these tips really helped me to relax and enjoy. Also I am losing less arrows in the woods. Today I managed to put a few arrows at 60 yards in the bullseye, for many, that is nothing, for me it feels like a great achievement.

[@bobs6486]

60 yards is a long long ways away good job

[@ArkansasCalifornia]

i cant hit a damn thing at 30 yards 😂

[@Dakuan73]

Great video

[@thorout8377]

Levi how are you mate? G'day from Down Under. That was the best instructional video on target panic that I personally have ever seen. I am struggling at the moment, I tend to try & stop the pin moving. Now I can clearly focus on the centre while pulling through my shot. Fantastic, when are you coming Elk (sambar) hunting in Victoria Australia? They are in plague proportions here & huge, right in my back yard.. Regards Col.

[@josephhaurik2652]

I commented about a week ago and I'm back to say that these tips helped me tremendously. My shooting is becoming more consistent already and archery has become very enjoyable. I'm not cured of target panic but I'm comfortable shooting now. Focus in the middle and doing draw, aim but don't fire drills have been my main focus.

[@shawndeatherage9989]

This helps a lot cause when I’m shooting I notice my pin moves a lot and I focus more on trying to hold the pin true.

[@Wild.cottagegarden]

Shawn Deatherage me too!

[@rick31869]

LASERS ON BOWS -ROFL -LOL . i have been asked this a few times LOL. i say now , ok , put a stupid laser on your bow .even an ARCHERY GOD which i'm def not would have problems . i challenge every archer to try this experiment. it shows how the body shakes and what that poor sight pin is doing at full draw . i can tell everyone reading this ,i been shooting a bow over 50 yrs and that stupid shake never goes away .lol i accepted this and learned to love the sport . ever notice the longer you hold draw the worst it gets . i been practicing to shoot the minute my pin is in the middle of the bulls eye and i noticed it helps a few percent . i wrote this half way through this video and already i know i will watch the whole series .. THANKS LEVI MORGAN FOR ALL YOU DO !!!! YOU ARE REALLY AWESOME MY BROTHER !!!

[@user-sn1ii2jv3x]

Than you a lot!

[@JoshSmith-md8cd]

I had really bad target panic at 40 yards because I was shooting 46 pounds and my arrows would always hit low so I kept aiming low I’d drop the bow during the shot. I shoot 48 pounds now and it’s gone, I’m really confident in myself now.

[@mocheford]

Thanks man. I subscribed.

[@johnniepiko]

Just hearing that Levi Morgan has consulted Joel Turner helps. 😁

[@SnipeU696]

Thank you.

[@staceyboyd8236]

I bet $$$ I know who's arrows were shack'n in his quiver.....Awesome info...keep it coming!🍿

[@graysquirreltreeservice7299]

Very cool

[@pickin4you]

Here is what I did, and it was by accident. I had it bad, like everyone else still does. I was shooting indoor 300's, and wanted to compete with the top 2 guys. One of them had a 2 finger Stan.. BACK TENSION release, but today everyone calls them a hinge, because they do not use it right. I shot that release, and got to be top shooter at my range for 4-5 years until the range closed. I was ranked 2nd in my state from the state qualifying scores. That release STOPPED my target panic for good. I can now shoot a thumb trigger or finger trigger release, and even have a hard time setting those off, because I am squeezing so slow waiting for that surprise when it goes off. I CANNOT punch a release now if I tried, and this is all due to the PROPER use of a back tension release for a few years. I shot at my cousins league shoot one time, and was using an OLD Failsafe thumb trigger release, and my cousins friend was setting in a chair trying to watch me shoot, and he went to my cousin and asked... How is he setting that release off?., them my cousin asked why. He said.. I don't see him ever move. My cousin then said, thats because he is doing it right. Back tensions are hard to set up and get used to, but once you got it., stay with it and you will never have panic or ever punch your release ever again. So to say that it never goes away..... thats not true from my experience using back tension for so many years. Now I have always known that if I stare at that X Ring, more chances than not, my arrow was going there no matter how much movement I had. I tried to relax so much, that many times, after the shot, the 2 fingers holding my Stan were so relaxed, that the release ended up on the floor behind me. Just stare at the middle and continue to pull through the shot. Do that over and over and over. No better drill than shooting the same target you will be competing on. The only difference between me and Levi, is that I have a stringer mind, and no demons to fight. I let my bow arm do its best, and I work my back tension the best I can. After just 3 years with a back tension, my target panic was gone for good.

[@vaportrail226]

Cool story bro

[@joshyoder4076]

BTW the reason for not calling hinge releases "backtension" is because they are activated by rotation, not actually backtension. Resistance releases are activated by backtension. You should use some kind of backtension for all releases though.

[@cherosketeamhomefinance7796]

Great video! Just started using tension release. Which one are you using Levi? If anyone knows I’d love to know.

[@tonykeith971]

When I chunked those trigger releases in a drawer and picked up a back tension my shooting improved 200 %. I’m glad to see you making a video about target panic. I use to shoot tournaments when I was younger but target panic robbed me of being competitive. There wasn’t much on target panic correction in the early 1990s. Keep up the good work.

[@PeterSolerom]

I had a really weird solution to my target panic, I used to shoot without even aiming sometimes, could not control it, BUT one day I imagined myself like I was in a movie, you know, like those scenes where a guy yells "ARCHERS!! aim!!" so I aimed and holded the aim for like 5 seconds, like I was being orderer by a commander or something (I could not do this before cuz the panic) and then said to myself "Loose!!" and I shot the straightest most well aimed shot of my life.

[@eastcapebushveldhunting4979]

Thanks Levi. That really made sense to me. I'd really like to chat to you some more about bow shooting strategies and also equipment - Nico Els

[@codyherman2977]

I hope you aren’t really expecting a response from Levi Morgan. I’m still waiting for Tiger Woods to reply to me about some golf tips.

[@eastcapebushveldhunting4979]

@@codyherman2977 😂😂

[@RamboOutdoorAdventures]

awesome

[@stile2961]

This was a big problem for me. Shot for years with my club with no problem, but all of a sudden I couldn't find an anchor point while drawing and would fire the second I saw my target.

[@garedjennings6509]

Should you accept the movement even at 60 yards and beyond? Where coming off target a little bit can mean missing the spot by 2 feet?

[@eddiewiercioch777]

Unfortunately, my problem is I come up from the bottom for the last 30 some years and sometimes I just can’t get my hips to raise up to get my pin in the center! It’s like my hips are in concrete and I can’t move up. That pen will sit underneath that let’s say Killzone and it will just sit and sway a little, I just can’t get the pin to my target spot! Thank you for any help!

[@markwest8960]

As a newbie here, it's more like... I feel like the bow is going to explode and take off half of my limbs and face with me or something and I'll be in a bodycast for weeks. Lol! I guess it's because I'm new and the procedures before the shot is what I'm worried about and less about where the arrow ends up.

[@vithakatsa5451]

Wow thanx Levi Ur a gun

[@russelllangworthy8855]

For a young guy, Levi Morgan is a great archer and hunter and is very knowledgeable. Something that has bothered me for a while, though, is that in one of his articles in Petersen's Bowhunting Magazine, he was talking about paper tuning as if it were a new discovery. Hell, we were paper tuning our bows back in the '80s. There aren't a lot of discoveries left to be made.

[@ken244]

Question... I'm a new archer (compound) what should my eye focus on the pin or the target.

[@larrybrown9301]

Wish I could shoot a thumb button as well as a hinge. Pretty much shoot a hinge for everything, hunting, target and 3D. Good video.

[@mattlewis9725]

Check out bowmar bowhuntings video about making a thumb button shoot like a hinge! It's pretty kool once you realize it's so simple and very similar except a little more on the safe side. I just bought an ultraview hinge and it's the best release I've ever used!

[@larrybrown9301]

Matt Lewis man I can’t justify 300 for a hinge ha! Hear they are nice though.

[@larrybrown9301]

Forever Archery yeah I just watched that, think Matt Lewis was prob talking about how he makes release fire though. Not the starting and stopping. I have a Stan I may try the way he has his set up to make fire.

[@mattlewis9725]

@@F22Ra wasnt talking to you dick...but like Larry brown just said I'm talking about how he makes the release fire not the method. Maybe you could comment on some shit where your opinion is needed. Or maybe you missed that part....

[@BackyardBroadheads]

I don’t even shoot compound but this is a great video

[@baludhebe6721]

And plz share the new videos

[@frankmichelsii6177]

like the 69 chevy shirt. I build c-10 trucks for a living. thanks for the info

[@brucebachman4702]

Hi Levi, my issue right now is shooting at a small 3d target at distances beyond 20 yards. I'm good on paper attached to a large backstop, but shoot at a small vital at longer distances I'm just all over the place. I've been using a Stan Perfex resistance and has helped a lot. It's just so frustrating. I've been shooting a thumb release for years now and this started last year and can't fix it. It;'s not fun anymore. Any suggestons

[@montanaelkwhisperer1744]

I think the term "target panic" itself is a part of the problem. It has earned such a stigma over the years, that i think the diagnosis of "target panic" can itself cause a downward spiral of confidence and performance. I think calling it what it really is...poor form...is a better name for it. It takes the problem out from between the ears, and takes away the personal shame of it and make it a more fixable problem.

[@deantaylor1251]

Thanks for all your help. Very much worth the time spent watching, all seven times.....

[@northwestarrowz3984]

🎯

[@mx9._.colton835]

My problem is as soon as I see the pin hit the rings in the target I fire any fixes?

[@Skunkwerx]

Same here buddy. Its so impulsive. If I see the pin line up on the target before I’m even at full draw, I fire. Its so fucked up.

[@dad3562]

I teach my troops something similar but call it accept the wobble.

[@baludhebe6721]

How to the bow tuning plz support