Out in Mongolia, a storm is coming. By Dr. Antonio Graceffo Every year, a major festival called Naadam in Mongolia celebrates the “three games of men”, the manly pursuits of archery, wrestling and horse racing. At this year’s competition, I…
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Mongolian Archery: from the Stone Age to Naadam
Tagged with: archer, archery, arrow, bow researcher, bow shooting, bows, carbon fibre, competitions, Easton, genghis kahn, history, horse racing, hunting, mongolia, mongolian, nadaam, shoots
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Ask the experts – stiff vs damped and other questions
Our expert panel answers your questions. Send yours to john.stanley@futurenet.com Question: My son shoots competitive compound target archery. He currently shoots a 30″ front bar of a larger diameter and my thought is to upgrade to a much smaller diameter…
Tagged with: archers, archery, arrow, Ask The Experts, Axcel, bee stinger, beiter, bow, carbon, competitions, competitive, compound, conquest, facebook, gmb, nocks, olympic, outdoors, paralympic, rod, shooting, stabilisers, target, target archery, training, vibration, world archery
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Ask the experts
Our expert panel answers your questions. Send yours to john.stanley@futurenet.com Q: I’ve noticed that whenever I shoot a perfect end I tend to follow this up by shooting badly in my next end. What’s going on? Duncan Busby says: You…
Tagged with: arrow, Ask The Experts, bow, competitions, equipment, maxima, shooting, shots, technique, tri-spine, world championships, World Cup Finals
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Practise with purpose
While practice might not make perfect, it should at least make you better. Coach Larry Wise explains how to structure a practice session to achieve just that
Tagged with: archer, archery improvement, archery tips, arrow, bow, Bow International, coaching, competitions, compound bow, Larry Wise, perfect, practice, recurve bow
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Progression and pin badges
Feeling a bit adrift? There are plenty of progression awards and schemes that can help you track and monitor your progress, says Andrew Smith, from club level to international
Tagged with: AGB Awards, archery, awards, bow and arrow, competitions, quiver, quiver pins, WA FITA Awards
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