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!
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Q&A: The function of arrow wraps
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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
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Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
Does arrow straightness really matter?
Everyone takes the importance of arrow straightness as a given – but is it possible to quantify? James Park and a group of fellow archers undertook a test to find out
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Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
Why you should take your archery indoors
If this is your first indoor season, Andrew Smith has listed the 10 things to be aware of that will help you hit the ground running
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Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique, Traditional
How to build an arrow pt 5: Matching
In his fifth and final instalment on building the perfect set of arrows, Adrian Tippins explains how to weight match you arrows – and why it’s worthwhile doing
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Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional
Top tips: picking out your kit
Patrick Huston looks at the factors you’ll need to consider before investing in new archery equipment, from selecting your limb materials to knowing which tab shape is right for you
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Posted in Equipment, Features
Essential guide to tournament prep!
If you’re worried about everything you need to know to take part in your first tournament experience, never fear – Andrew Smith has a checklist of everything you need to do in advance and remember on the day
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Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique
Posted in Events, Features, Psychology, Technique
16 Premium archery gifts for that special someone
If money is no object and you’d like to treat that very special bow-wielding person to something you can guarantee they’ll love, look no further than our premium gift guide…
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Posted in Christmas Gift Guide, Equipment, Features
Posted in Christmas Gift Guide, Equipment, Features
Know your bow: Recurve, compound and longbow
The big little differences: What is the difference between longbows, recurve bows, and compound bows? Not as much as you might think, says James Park…
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Posted in Equipment, Features, Traditional
How to master a symmetrical archer’s technique
Bart Czuwara considers the application of symmetry and balance to traditional archery. Volumes have been written on the subject of archery form. Many great archers and archery coaches have tackled the issue of what proper archery technique consists of: good…
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Posted in Features, Technique, Traditional