Archery - Steps to Success - Kathleen M. Haywood and Catherine F. Lewis

Archery - Steps to Success

by Kathleen M. Haywood, Catherine F. Lewis

NEW, 224 pages

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About Archery: Steps to Success

Master all of the archery skills essential to shooting straight and true. Archery: Steps to Success provides in-depth, progressive instruction with accompanying illustrations for each phase of the shot—sighting and aiming, shooting form, and anchoring—for all forms of archery.

Build a solid skill base; learn the details of choosing, fitting, and tuning equipment; and then refine your technique and sharpen your mental skills. By practicing the 91 drills and using the scoring systems to gauge your progress, you’ll develop consistent technique and shot patterns in no time.

Whatever the target, this manual will help you hit the mark. As part of the popular Steps to Success Series (more than 1.5 million copies sold!), Archery: Steps to Success hits the bull’s-eye when it comes to expert instruction on the sport.

About the Authors Kathleen Haywood and Catherine Lewis

Kathleen Haywood is a National Archery Association-certified instructor who has taught archery at three universities. The eight-time Missouri state archery champion, now retired from competition, is a former member of the Professional Archers Association (PAA) and the National Field Archery Association (NFAA). Dr. Haywood is the associate dean for graduate education in the College of Education at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. She earned her PhD in motor behavior from the University of Illinois in 1976.

Catherine Lewis is an elementary physical educator at Moline Elementary School in the Riverview-Gardens School District of St. Louis County, Missouri. A former member of the PAA and NFAA, Lewis enjoyed a successful career in archery competition and has more than 20 years of experience in archery instruction. She has taught archery in the professional preparation program at the University of Missouri at St. Louis and to youth in school, scouting, and camp programs. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Missouri at St. Louis in 1986 and is now writing her doctoral dissertation.
Table of Contents
Step 1. Fitting Equipment
Step 2. Shooting Safely
Step 3. Shooting With Good Form
Step 4. Sighting and Aiming
Step 5. Anchoring
Step 6. Refining Technique
Step 7. Improving Accuracy With Arrow Patterns
Step 8. Adding Accessories to Increase Accuracy
Step 9. Tuning, Upgrading, and Maintaining Equipment
Step 10. Sharpening Mental Skills
Step 11. Competing
Step 12. Bowhunting
Words of Praise
"A fine book teaching the essentials of archery, Archery: Steps to Success provides well-rounded instruction in choosing archery equipment, shooting form, aiming, and archery technique. I would recommend it to anyone interested in becoming an archer and for experienced target shooters looking for solid tips on improving scores."

Mike Strandlund
Editor, Bowhunting World magazine

"The most complete instructional book on the market. All the details and steps to perfect shots make it an excellent teaching tool. This outstanding book will help the student reach the level of proficiency desired."

Arlyne Rhode
President, U.S. & International Archer magazine

About Archery

Archery is the art, practice or skill of shooting with bow and arrow. Archery has historically been used in hunting and combat and has become a precision sport. A person practicing archery is called an archer or bowman, and one who is fond of or an expert at archery is sometimes called a toxophilite.Roving marks is the oldest form of competitive archery, as practiced by Henry VIII. The archers will shoot to a "mark" then shoot from that mark to another mark. A mark is a post or flag to be aimed at. As with clout a rope or ribbon is used to score the arrows. In the Finsbury Mark the scoring system is 20 for hitting the mark, 12 for within ~3ft, 7 points for within the next ~6ft and 3 points for within the next ~9ft. "Hoyles" are marks that are chosen at the time from the variety of debris, conspicuous weeds, and so on found in most outdoor areas. As the distances have to be estimated this is good practice for bowhunting, and it requires minimal equipment.

Wand shoot

A Traditional English archery contest. Archers take turns shooting at a vertical strip of wood, the wand, usually about six feet high and three to six inches (152 mm) wide. Points are awarded for hitting the strip. As the target is a long vertical strip this competition allows for more errors in elevation, however since no points are awarded for near misses the archers windage accuracy becomes more important. The wand shoot is, in some respects, similar to the traditional Cherokee game of cornstalk shooting.

Other competitions

Archers often enjoy adding variety to their sport by shooting under unusual conditions or by imposing other special restrictions or rules on the event. These competitions are often less formalized and are more or less considered as games. Some forms include the broadhead round, bionic and running bucks, darts, archery golf, night shooting, and turkey tester.

Archery is popularly used in historical reenactment events. This sort of event usually combines education of the audience of aspects of archery (such as the bow, arrows, and practice drill), combined with a demonstration or competition of archery in the style most favored by the period on display, generally in period costume.

Archery education

A relatively new program has developed in U.S. schools called the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP). In this students use Genesis bows (a compound-style bow without a let-off). This is similar to a physical education programmes, and students who want to can also go to state and national shoots to compete against other schools. Though started in the United States, it has begun to spread to other countries.

Many sportsman's clubs and similar establishments throughout the Australia and other countries offer archery education programs for those under 18. These programs are commonly referred to as Junior Olympic Archery Development Programs, or simply JOAD. There are over 250 JOAD Clubs recognized by the National Archery Association.

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