Jan H. Sachers M.A takes us on a remarkable journey. As a modern sport, horseback archery (HBA) is a relatively new phenomenon. But its origins date back many thousands of years, and over the course of history it has been…
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The Complete Archery Library
A complete list of all the archery books you need – and why. By Tom Hall, Emma Davis and Bow Staff. Archery Author: USA Archery Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2013 The official handbook from USA Archery, this book sets out to…
Hacking The Darkside: part 3
In the final episode of Hacking The Darkside, Vanessa Lee learns about building a strong shot. After years of contemplating whether or not I should start shooting compound, I finally took the plunge. I had already taken my first shot…
Bow: The Beginning
The magazine’s first editor Richard White takes us back to the start The early days The concept for BOW Magazine, as it was then titled, came about after I and my late wife Daf returned from the 1993 2nd World…
Tagged with: archers, archery world, bow magazine, grand national archery society, Great Britain, magazine, richard white, sport, World Indoor Championships
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
What’s up with Korea?
The disaster for the Korean squad in Den Bosch had been on the cards for a while. While everyone involved in archery, and many in the wider world of sport, knows about the dominance of South Korean recurve teams, especially…
Tagged with: archery, Bow International, Den Bosch, international, kaa, korea, olympics, recurve, south korea, sport, tokyo, world championships
Posted in Opinion
Posted in Opinion
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 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…
Bow proposes: a radical audience-grabbing idea!
Occasionally here at Bow International, we like to do a bit of blue sky thinking about the future of the sport… There has been speculation for many years about how archery could develop new formats, usually with the goal of…
Tagged with: archery, archery gb, athleticism, audience, blue sky thinking, bow, eight seconds, events, field, formats, head-to-head, IOC, medal, mixed team, olympics, pj deloche, shot cycle, sophie dodemont, speed, speed shooting, sport, strategy, Tokyo 2020, Tom Dielen, tournaments, trad, TV, twenty20, world cup
Posted in Features, Opinion
Posted in Features, Opinion
5 ways to develop a winning mindset
Tagged with: archer, archery, archery advice, archery competitions, archery improvement, archery psychology, archery tips, archery tournaments, Bow International, competitive archery, compound, Erin prior, field sports, growth mindset, olympic archery, pro insight, recurve, sport
Posted in Psychology
Posted in Psychology
