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…
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Arrows are not bullets
Tagged with: archers, archery, archery gb, arrow, arrows, carbon, deflection, field archery, longbows, overshoot, ranges, shooting, target
Posted in Features
Posted in Features
The essential library you need – and why
We’re bringing you some of the latest picks that you should add to your reading list, by Emma Davis and Tom Hall Archery Anatomy Author: Ray Axford. Paperback, 164 pagesPublisher: Souvenir Press(First published in 1995) Archery Anatomy is what it…
Tagged with: archers, archery anatomy, archery technique, books, dave alfred, ray axford, shooting sports, souvenir press, target, the pressure principle, tom hall
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Posted in Reviews
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…
Why field archery shouldn’t be overlooked
Shooting field teaches you skills that make you a better overall archer, says Chris Wells
Nîmes: From the inside
Rebekah Tipping tells us what it’s like to shoot in Nîmes against the best – and what she took home from the experience
Tagged with: archery competition, arrows, Bow International, competition, compound, indoor world cup, indoors, news, nimes, recurve, shooting, target, world archery
Posted in Events, Features, News
Posted in Events, Features, News
Picking your kit: Stabilisers and setup
Patrick Huston completes his guide to choosing equipment with a look at a recurve archer’s stabilisation options
Tagged with: archer, archery, archery set up, bow, bow and arrow, compound, kit choices, recurve, set up, stabilisers, target
Posted in Equipment, Features
Posted in Equipment, Features
8 Top Tips for new competitive archers
For many new archers, their first outdoor season presents a number of challenges. Andrew Smith breaks down the most common, and what to do about them. For first timers, the transition from the indoor season to outdoors can be quite…
Tagged with: bow arm, bow hand, clickers, competition, competitive archery, new archers, position, sight marks, target, technique, the back sight, tips
Posted in Events, Features, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Events, Features, Technique, Traditional
Ask The Experts – Bright Arrows
Q: I started shooting instinctively but I now have problems with maintaining my concentration on the target. I group arrows well when I shoot paper faces but when I rove or shoot 3D my groups spread badly. A: Yes,…
Behind The Line
A whole new perspective on archery is within your reach – John Dudley explains how to find it I have been asked – by many archers and on many occasions – several common questions relating to performance archery. A few…
Tagged with: back tension, execution, focus, john dudley, line, scores, shooting line, surprise, target, target panic, tournament
Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
New boss developed in Warwickshire
A Warwickshire-based coach has developed a new type of boss, made from recycled materials, thanks to a grant from Funding 4 Innovation. Paul Hadley, director of Stratford Archery Centre, experimented with recycled materials to make a boss that was lighter…
