Alistair Whittingham explains how to get back on track if you lose focus after a bad shot…
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Q&A: Keeping your cool after a bad shot
Tagged with: archery equipment, archery improvement, arrows, bow and arrow, Bow International, bow performance, bow psychology, bow technique, compound, focus, learning, Q&A, recurve
Posted in FAQs, Psychology, Technique
Posted in FAQs, Psychology, Technique
Nîmes: From the inside
Rebekah Tipping tells us what it’s like to shoot in Nîmes against the best – and what she took home from the experience
Tagged with: archery competition, arrows, Bow International, competition, compound, indoor world cup, indoors, news, nimes, recurve, shooting, target, world archery
Posted in Events, Features, News
Posted in Events, Features, News
Top tips for achieving your archery goals!
Got something you want to achieve in archery? Smart goal setting will help you do it, explains John Stanley
Tagged with: achieve your goals, archer, archery goals, archery technique, arrows, bow, Bow International, compound archery, john stanley, recurve archery, recurve bow
Posted in Features, Psychology, Technique
Posted in Features, Psychology, Technique
Q&A: Am I positioning my bow arm wrong?
Roy Rose discusses whether or not there is a correct position when it comes to the bow arm and if you should push into the release…
Tagged with: archery, archery technique, arrow release, arrows, bow arm, Bow International, competition archery, compound archery, compound release, correct arrow release, recurve bow, recurve release, technique, traditional archery
Posted in FAQs, Technique
Posted in FAQs, Technique
Contact Check: Tuning your setup
Breaking blades, torn fletchings, or poor arrow flight can all be symptoms of vane contact with your rest. Duncan Busby explains how to find it, and how to fix it
Tagged with: archer, archery, archery technique, arrows, bow improvement, Bow International, bow setup, competitive archery, compound bow, recurve archery, technique, technique improvements, tuning arrows, tuning bow, vane contact
Posted in Features, Technique
Posted in Features, Technique
How to take care of your feather fletchings
Ben Miller of Gateway Feathers offers his recommendations for taking care of your feather fletchings to ensure you can get the most out of them
Tagged with: archery equipment, arrows, bow and arrow, bow care, Bow International, bow maintenance, compound, feather care, feather fletchings, recurve, string care
Posted in FAQs
Posted in FAQs
Bow buying for beginners
The sheer array and technicality of archery equipment can be a bit bewildering for a first-time buyer, but Andrew Smith’s handy guide breaks down everything you need to know before you buy
Tagged with: archery beginners, archery equipment, arrows, bow and arrow, bow beginners, Bow International, compound, recurve
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
How to practise with a new bow
The first few weeks with a new bow can be full of things to remember. Andrew Smith recommends keeping things simple, and prioritising form over fiddly tuning
Tagged with: archery, archery technique, arrows, Bow International, bow set up, compound, new bow, recurve, shaft
Posted in Features, Technique
Posted in Features, Technique
Taking your archery abroad
There are plenty of opportunities for an archer with wanderlust to shoot abroad – Danielle Brown explains how to go about making the most of the opportunities out there
Tagged with: archery competitions, archery gb, arrow, arrows, bow and arrow, Bow International, compound, recurve, world archery
Posted in Events, Features
Posted in Events, Features
Mastering the trigger
Lucy O’Sullivan reveals that getting a well-executed shot with a release aid is less a matter of fine hand control, and more a question of activating the right muscles in your back
Tagged with: archer, archery, arrows, back muscles, bow arm, Bow International, bow technique, hand control, honey badger claw, release aid, shots, trigger, tru ball
Posted in Crossbow, Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Crossbow, Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
