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What’s up with Korea?

Posted on July 5, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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

Crystal Gauvin’s guide to travelling to tournaments by plane

Posted on April 11, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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…

Tagged with: archers, archery, backpack, binoculars, bow, bowscale, case, equipment, flying, shoot, sport, travel, tsa
Posted in Features

The business end with Adrian Tippins

Posted on April 9, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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…

Tagged with: a1-tool, ac, adrian tippins, amo, archers, arrow, budget, carbons, financial investment, GPI, shooting, sport, tri-spine
Posted in Equipment

The mindset: form and execution

Posted on March 28, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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…

Tagged with: archer, arrow, champions, compound, recurve, roy rose, shooting line, shoots, sport, target, theory
Posted in Features

Archery Commonwealth Games bid submitted

Posted on March 1, 2019 by towens — No Comments ↓

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…

Bow proposes: a radical audience-grabbing idea!

Posted on February 14, 2019 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

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

5 ways to develop a winning mindset

Posted on June 27, 2018 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Erin Prior points the way to developing a ‘growth mindset’ around the sport

Q&A: How to regain enthusiasm for archery

Posted on April 27, 2018 by alicep — No Comments ↓

Losing enthusiasm for your sport is more common than you might think. Andrew Smith explains how to revive your passion when it wanes

Tagged with: archery psychology, bow, bow psychology, enthusiasm, field sports, passion, passion for sports, regain enthusiasm, sport
Posted in FAQs, Psychology

How to adapt and overcome career setbacks

Posted on November 2, 2017 by alicep — No Comments ↓

We have all had some setbacks in archery; it is totally expected in your career as part of progressing as a sports person. “Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.” So…

Tagged with: archery, archery problems, career, illness, injury, inspiration, overcome setbacks, productivity, sport
Posted in Features, Psychology, Technique

World Archery joins IOC in pledge against match fixing

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Nicola Turner — No Comments ↓

Archery’s international governing body World Archery is one of the first summer Olympic sport organisations to sign up to the International Olympic Committee‘s integrity system to combat match fixing and corruption. The Integrity Betting Intelligence System, or IBIS, collates information…