The best archery shooter I've ever seen shot a recurve her husband built in the 60s. It was a maple riser and limb with red glass. She used a kisser button, peep, and pin sight WOOD SCREWED into the riser.
We were shooting compounds and she was yelling coaching from the front porch. We were half ignoring her because we thought we knew better. She went inside, grabbed that recurve, drug her oxygen tank out and preceded to sink arrows into a pie plate grouping at 60 yards. Yeah... she outshot us effortlessly. Her husband (my bow building teacher) just laughed and laughed and Iaughed.
A good coach will help. Good consistent form and release, appropriately spined arrows, consistant draw length, and basic aiming are all you need to get started. Worry about specifics and fine arrow tuning and kinetics later. That stuff is important but not at first because you're probably not good enough for it to matter. Just enjoy.
With the arrows crossed in the bear I'd say you either have a spine tune issue or a consistent draw length issue. Try concentrating on consistent draw and release and watch the arrows. If the kick sideways either direction pretty far then it's a spine issue. Easily fixed with tip weight adjustment if you don't want to buy more arrows.
