Marc Dellenbach says that the key to Korean dominance in archery is in their schools. Marc Dellenbach was the French Olympic team coach from 2004-2016, and is now the national junior head coach of Germany. Early in 2019 he took…
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The key to Korean success
Tagged with: archers, archery, korea archery association, olympic archery, rio olympics, Seoul Olympic games, south korea
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Ask the experts
Our expert panel answers your questions. Send yours to john.stanley@futurenet.com Q: I’ve got a new set of arrows and one is a bareshaft as normal for tuning. But how often should I shoot it? Seems a bit of a waste…
Tagged with: archers, archery gb, arrow, Ask The Experts, bareshaft, field archery, progress, technique, uk structure
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Archery books
We bring you this month’s top archery book suggestions to add to your reading list, by Emma Davis and Tom Hall The Inner Game of Tennis Author: W. Timothy Gallwey Publisher: Pan, first published in 1972 Although a fairly short…
Tagged with: archers, archery, books, Emma Davis, nlp, performance, shooting technique, simon needham, slow, the art of repetition, the chimp paradox, the inner game of tennis, thinking fast, tom hall, w. timothy gallwey
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Crystal Gauvin’s guide to travelling to tournaments by plane
If you spend enough time in the sport, you’re bound to reach the point where can you no longer drive where you need to go with your bow. At this point you’ll need to pack up your bow for air…
The business end with Adrian Tippins
Getting arrow selection right first time. With Adrian Tippins. What standard of arrows do I need?” and “Which should I buy?” are two very frequently asked questions from archers. I spend a lot of time with customers debating these very…
The Armguard: an appreciation
Hugh Soar narrates a surprising history… I wonder, when they unstrap their bracers, how many archers give more than a passing thought to this unobtrusive object, as it gets tossed carelessly into the bowcase? Yet, it has a history comparable with…
Project: yourself
Erin Prior shows you how deliberate practice can make training effective. Many archers see the value in their training sessions to help them prepare physically and perhaps even mentally for their upcoming competitions. However, various other commitments in life can often…
Tagged with: archers, athletes, coaches, deliberate practice, feedback, field, learning, practice, process focus, shooting, skills, sports psychologist, training
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Ask the experts
I thought ILF risers and limbs were all supposed to fit together the same? My limbs don’t fit exactly in the riser pocket? How does this all work, exactly? Andrew Smith says… International Limb Fitting, more commonly known as ILF,…
Tagged with: andrew smith, archers, arrow, arrow speed, arrow spine, backwards, bow, bow efficiency, compatibility, cutout, draw weight, duncan busby, earl hoyt, flex, flight, grand prix, ilf, international limb fitting, limb bolt, pressure, Products, riser, sjef van den berg
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Posted in Features, Technique
The third set with James Park
James Park examines whether the third set is critical to recurve competition. Is the third set in a match more important than the other sets? Archers lose score for many reasons. For example, they can lose points due to not…
Tagged with: archers, atanu das, bow cant, brady ellison, central limit theorem, crispin duenas, international competition, James Park, kim woojin, lee woo seok, mauro nespoli, patrick huston, recurve, recurve competition, ryan tyack, score, shoot, shot, sjef van den berg, steve wijler, takaharu furukawa, target ring, taylor worth, third set, thomas chirault, wei chun heng, wind drift
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