USA senior athlete Amy Skogen has a couple of things to talk about This article is intended for everyone, but just a warning before we start: a great deal of it will be talking about boobs. When I started learning…
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New products in 2019
We’re looking at some of the shiny new products available in 2019 MK ‘ZEST’ LIMBS MK Korea are known in the recurve world as a relatively ’boutique’ brand, at least compared to the bigger names. Started around a decade ago…
Tagged with: 2019, ATA, bowcase, compound, easton deluxe, easton elite, kim woojin, mk korea, mk zest limbs, new products, price, recurve, takedown hip quiver, the elite, veracity, zest
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Indian archery issues continue
A long-running issue over administration in Indian archery continues, as the sport continues to move deeper into the Olympic cycle. World Archery officially recognised the newly-elected archery AAI (Archery Association of India) as a legitimate authority to select the teams…
Tagged with: aai, archery, indian archery, ioa, olympic, recurve, vegas, world archery
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Team Bhutan: on the road to 2020
Eight months after Sally Park took over in the Land Of The Thunder Dragon, how are the team progressing? The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has archery deeply woven into its history and culture. Most Bhutanese archery takes place on…
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The mindset: form and execution
Roy Rose, in this compound-focused piece, talks us through developing a bulletproof process. Every archer, no matter what discipline is involved, whether you are a world champion or just plinking away in the backyard, shoots with the same objective: to…
The hard choice: training with the bow
Patrick Huston explains his approach to getting strong with the bow… How would you feel if I told you I could give you a fabulous shortcut to putting more arrows in the middle? What if I told you you could…
Tagged with: accubow, aim, alignment, anchoring, archery, arrows, astra archery, barebow, bow, bow shape, bow trainer, bow training, bow weight, draw, elbow sling, expansion movement, forearm, formaster, injury, kit, patrick huston, porsmouth, quicks sell, recurve, reversals, richard priestman, session, seven two, shoot, stability, strap, string, technique, training
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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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Posted in Features, Technique
ATA: New Products
Things we saw at the world’s biggest archery trade show! The ATA is the Archery Trade Association, and it holds a trade show in the USA every year with a focus on ‘building commerce’. Having been held in Indianapolis for…
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Archery Commonwealth Games bid submitted
An archery delegation presented a proposal to the event’s Additional Sports Review Panel. Archery GB has confirmed that it has delivered a proposal for archery’s inclusion in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as an additional optional sport. The organisation was…
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