Having a dominant eye can be a problem, but Ethan Lowry explores how it doesn’t have to be. Eye Conditions As you visualise your target, before you even pick up a bow, the calculations have already been starting in your…
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How to solve eye dominance problems
Tagged with: aiming eye, archers, archery, arrow, eye conditions, eye dominance, eyesight, field archery, outdoor archery, shooting, target
Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
KTA: An introduction
Kristina Dolgilevica took a second trip to Korea to learn traditional archery, and gave us a taste. Korean traditional archery (KTA), much like Japanese kyudo, descends from both martial and ceremonial practices. Thanks to various Imperial campaigns to preserve archery…
Arrows are not bullets
Real world arrow deflection tests provide insight into range safety and the safe design of field archery ranges. By Simon Allen. Since Archery GB produced their 2017 ‘A guide to field archery courses’ there has been much debate over the…
Tagged with: archers, archery, archery gb, arrow, arrows, carbon, deflection, field archery, longbows, overshoot, ranges, shooting, target
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
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
Posted in FAQs
Posted in FAQs
How to get outdoor ready
With the indoor season drawing to a close, Patrick Huston shares his guide to preparing for outdoors, so you can hit the ground running
Tagged with: archery, archery competitions, archery events, archery tips, arrow, bow, Bow International, competition season, competitive archery, field archery, olympic archer, outdoor archery, outdoor events, outdoor season, preparation, tips
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique
Kit up for the outdoor season
Rob Jones explores the additional kit that’s come in handy for him over his years in field archery
Tagged with: archers kit, archery, archery essentials, archery gear, archery kit, bow events, Bow International, field archery, field course, field gear, rob jones, target shooting, targets, traditional archery, woodland archery
Posted in Features, Traditional
Posted in Features, Traditional
How to prepare your gear for outdoor season
Patrick Huston shares his tips to fine-tune your equipment for outdoor rounds before competing at the long distances
Tagged with: archery gear, archery tips, archery tuning, Bow International, competitive archery, field archery, field sports, outdoor archery, outdoor season, tuning equipment
Posted in Events, Features
Posted in Events, Features
How to make a great 3D course!
Course setter Rob Jones takes us through how he makes a course both challenging and interesting
Tagged with: archery, archery course, bow events, Bow International, course setting, field archery, field course, rob jones, target shooting, targets, traditional archery, woodland archery
Posted in Events, Features, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Events, Features, Technique, Traditional
How to get started with archery
Want to start archery, but not sure how? Andrew Smith breaks down the way archery is organised in the UK and the types of archery that are available, as well as a guide to what it can cost to take part
Tagged with: archer, archery, archery gb, bow, Bow International, chout, field archery, new archer, target archery, UK archery
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Arrow selection: Field archery
Speed Matters: James Park continues his series on arrow selection, this time looking at the factors that influence the best choice for an arrow for field archery
Tagged with: arching, arrow, arrow selection, compound, equipment, field archery, recurve, speed archery, speed matters
Posted in Equipment, Features
Posted in Equipment, Features
