From well-meaning but misguided comments to deliberate mind games, there are a number of things that can put you off your shot. Danielle Brown shares her guide to coping with it
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How to combat competitive mind games
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Interview: Gold medallist Bryony Pitman
Stepping up to the senior stage: Bryony Pitman has risen through the cadet and junior ranks to a full-time place on Team GB – here, she tells us how she did it, and what she’s planning on doing next
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Finals Finalists
The seven qualifiers in each category for the World Cup Finals have been finalised and announced. The eighth archer will be nominated by the host country Denmark, where the finals will be held in Odense in September. Compound men Mike…
Odense Announced
The location for the 2016 Archery World Cup Finals has been announced as Odense, in Denmark. The 11th World Cup Finals will be staged in the King’s Garden, an 18th century palace garden, on the weekend of 24-25 September. Denmark…
Centre Crowdfunding
World Archery has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its Excellence Centre, allowing members of the public to contribute to the project in the final stages of its development. Benefits for the people donating include the opportunity to have their names…
Finals draw the crowds
The World Cup Finals, held in Mexico City on the weekend of 24-25 October, was the largest crowd at an archery event since the London 2012 Olympics, according to World Archery’s president. The 4,500-capacity stands were packed out as the…
Voting open for Athlete of the Year
World Archery has opened voting on its Athlete of the Year awards. The public vote makes up 50 per cent of the overall poll – an archery panel also has a say. The athlete categories cover men’s compound, women’s compound, men’s…
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World Championships – Who we’re watching
With historic Copenhagen as the venue, the 2015 World Championships in the heart of Denmark are forecast to be the best attended yet. At the time of writing, 623 archers from 96 national federations had been entered into the championships,…
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Committee Nominations
World Archery has revealed the archers that will be standing for places on its athlete’s committee. World Archery Congress is held alongside the World Championships every two years, and at the Congress directly before an Olympic Games a new athlete…
Outdoor Championships
The World Archery Outdoor Championships – due to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, later this year – have received so many entries that the governing body is having to allocate practice sessions. It has urged all teams to submit arrival…