A good shot starts with a good base. Crystal Gauvin looks at how to achieve a solid, repeatable stance
Technique
Core Skills: Stance and Stability
Tagged with: archery, archery stance, arrow, bow and arrow, Bow International, field sports, shooting stance, shot, skills, training
Posted in Features, Technique
Posted in Features, Technique
Progression and pin badges
Feeling a bit adrift? There are plenty of progression awards and schemes that can help you track and monitor your progress, says Andrew Smith, from club level to international
Tagged with: AGB Awards, archery, awards, bow and arrow, competitions, quiver, quiver pins, WA FITA Awards
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Posted in Features, Technique
How to reach the next level in your archery
You’ve finished your beginners’ course – but what’s next? Andrew Smith explains the progression options there are, and where to find them
Tagged with: andrew smith, archery, archery skills, archery technique, bow, bow and arrow, Bow International, compound, recurve
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique
Top tips for recurve release
Patrick Huston explains why many archers end up thinking about the release the wrong way – and how to work towards a clean and consistent loose
Tagged with: archer, archery, bow and arrow, Bow International, bow release, patrick huston, recurve, release, technique
Posted in Features, Technique
Posted in Features, Technique
Advice from an archery coach
What a coach sees… Alistair Whittingham reveals the most common technique issues he encounters in his capacity as a coach
Tagged with: archery, archery mistakes, archery tips, arrow, bow, bow and arrow, Bow International, coaching, compound, recurve, technique
Posted in Features, Technique
Posted in Features, Technique
Basic reminders to help your shot
Andrew Smith looks at the five of the most common shooting errors, which, if addressed, will make it easier for you to repeat the same shot routine each time.
Tagged with: archer, archery, archery tips, arrow, bow, Bow International, compound, errors, recurve, shooting tips, traditional
Posted in Features, Technique
Posted in Features, Technique
Mastering the trigger
Lucy O’Sullivan reveals that getting a well-executed shot with a release aid is less a matter of fine hand control, and more a question of activating the right muscles in your back
Tagged with: archer, archery, arrows, back muscles, bow arm, Bow International, bow technique, hand control, honey badger claw, release aid, shots, trigger, tru ball
Posted in Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
Indoor tuning: Getting to the point
Duncan Busby continues his look at indoor tuning with an analysis of what different point weights can do for your setup
Tagged with: archer, archery, archery equipment, archery kit, arrow, bow, Bow International, bow limbs, bowman, compound, indoor tuning, recurve, tuning arrows
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
Q&A: The function of arrow wraps
What exactly is the function of arrow wraps? Can’t quite work out if they’ll be beneficial to your setup or not? Andrew Tippins explains!
Tagged with: archer, archery, archery equipment, archery kit, arrow, bow, Bow International, bow limbs, bowman, compound, recurve, wraps
Posted in Equipment, Features, Technique
Posted in Equipment, Features, Technique
The essential guide to arrow pressure buttons
Patrick Huston continues his guide to selecting the right equipment – this time looking at arrows and a tuning counterpart of theirs – pressure buttons
Tagged with: archery, archery equipment, archery tips, arching, arrow buttons, arrows, bolts and buttons, bow, bow and arrow, Bow International, compound, pressure buttons, recurve
Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional