Liam Grimwood explains how what you do with your feet impacts the rest of your shot Good shooting form requires a stable platform to work from. No matter how good your shot execution and form are, if you don’t…
Stance and Stability
Tagged with: alignment, balance, feet position, liam grimwood, stability, stance, wind
Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
Ask The Experts
Q: I’m getting used to my new recurve after finishing a beginners course a few months back, but I’m noticing I’m getting a lot of string contact with my arm guard. It’s not hitting my arm, so it’s not painful, but…
Tagged with: arm guard, bracing height, clearance, contact, elbow position, grip, naomi folkard, rotation, string, torque
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Posted in Technique
Ask The Experts
Q: I am looking to buy some new arrows, but my length and draw weight combination has me right between 450s and 500s on the charts. Which spine should I go for? A: In my experience, it’s always a better idea…
Ask The Experts
Q: I shoot recurve, and my scores are improving to the stage where they’re good enough to shoot for my county, but there are still occasions where I find I’m struggling to draw fluently through the clicker. Is there anything I…
Ask The Experts
Q: I want to replace my compound string set, but how do I get the cams back in the correct position? A: When I put on a new set of Winners Choice Custom strings I simply use sellotape to find a perfect…
Tagged with: alignment, Ask The Experts, cams, john dudley, replacement, strings
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Ask The Experts
Q: Given that archery is such an individual sport a lot of the time, how important is a coach in reaching the higher levels? A: There have been a number of international competitors who have been self-educated, drawing information from other archers,…
Tagged with: Ask The Experts, coach, coaching, KiSik Lee, roy rose, self-learn, Simon Fairweather, structure
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Posted in Technique
3d Grand Prix – Results
The results of the 3D Grand Prix in Turkey have been announced:
Nock on or nock out?
Liam Grimwood explains how your choice of nock can have a bigger effect on your scores than you might think Choosing a good nock for your arrows is something many archers overlook. Archers pour hours of their time into choosing…
Sieze the moment
John Dudley explains how to prepare for when it all comes down to one shot. I was 18 years old and standing alongside two other guys looking at the final target for an ASA World Championship. All three of us…
Tagged with: confidence, field, groups, john dudley, nerves, performing under pressure, photographs, preactice, pressure, record, shoot-off, shooting
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology