With historic Copenhagen as the venue, the 2015 World Championships in the heart of Denmark are forecast to be the best attended yet. At the time of writing, 623 archers from 96 national federations had been entered into the championships,…
Features
World Championships – Who we’re watching
Tagged with: compound, Copenhagen, Denmark, olympic, qualifying, quota, recurve, world archery, world championships
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Ask The Experts – Starting Instinctive
Q: I’m new to instinctive archery, having migrated over from Olympic style recurve and I must say that I’m loving it! The only trouble is that now, I’m not very accurate shooting this way. Is this something that will naturally improve…
Tagged with: experts, Grizzly Jim, instinctive, Merlin Archery, recurve, training
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Ask The Experts – Bright Arrows
Q: I started shooting instinctively but I now have problems with maintaining my concentration on the target. I group arrows well when I shoot paper faces but when I rove or shoot 3D my groups spread badly. A: Yes,…
Ask The Experts – Fletching ‘Wings’
Q: I’ve heard a lot recently about the ‘wing’ of the fletchings. Does it matter if the left or right turn is used? And is one or the other preferable for a right or left handed archer? A: Sometimes archers believe that…
Beating the Field
Liam Grimwood brings you his top tips to getting a head start in field archery if you’re already an experienced target shot Now that the outdoor season is here it’s time to give some thought to the type of archery you’ll…
Tagged with: bright arrows, fibre pins, field, french tune, liam grimwood, sight tape, third axis, top tips
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Behind The Line
A whole new perspective on archery is within your reach – John Dudley explains how to find it I have been asked – by many archers and on many occasions – several common questions relating to performance archery. A few…
Tagged with: back tension, execution, focus, john dudley, line, scores, shooting line, surprise, target, target panic, tournament
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Ahead of the Game
As Richard Head Longbows celebrated 21 years as a full-time bow making company, Bow International caught up with founder Richard Head Richard Head has been making bows professionally for 21 years, though his involvement in archery goes back way beyond that.…
Hard work beats talent …
… when talent doesn’t work hard. Roy Rose outlines why the most important thing you need to get good at archery isn’t a natural knack for it To attain elite status in any sporting endeavour, you must combine a degree…
A Sense of High Adventure
Nils Visser follows his curiosity to meet the maker of the Rebel bow One of the boons of conducting historical research is running across ‘archery nuggets’: wee insights into behaviour that typify an archer and is therefore immediately recognisable…
Tagged with: bow, bowyer, Fairbow, field archery, Fred Bear, Howard Hill, laminate, Nils Visser, Rebel, traditional
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Ask The Experts
Q: How do you hold strong in the wind? I don’t usually struggle too much in calm weather, but when the wind picks up I can’t hold centrally and struggle to get the shot off cleanly. Should I just add more…
Tagged with: Ask The Experts, holding, liam grimwood, stabilisers, steady, timing, weight, wins
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