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Having Fun Making Arrows and Practice Archery While Camping By : mario-toadstool Next time when you go out camping, try to play with archery. It is fun-filled activity and can give you great way for entertainment and sense of accomplishment. Psycho Cybernetics in Archery Accuracy Achievement By : heyy Every great archer knows that archery is a sport of technique, skill and mental agility. The archer imagines the arrow hitting the bull’s eye before he releases the powerful weapon. If you are new to archery may I suggest a relevant book to read first; "Psycho-Cybernetics" by Maxwell Maltz a reknown expert on the subject of the powers of the mind? Archery Arrows By : your father Archery arrows are the single most important thing, besides the bow itself. Without a good arrow, your aim will always be off, and you will constantly have to compensate to aim properly. There are several different archery arrows, and all of them have different purposes. Archery 3D Targets By : your father Hunting with a bow and arrow is far more challenging than with a firearm. A bow hunter needs greater skill, as they must get much closer to the targets than hunters with guns. For this reason, among many others, archery 3D targets are a great way to get practice for new hunters or those looking to become more skilled. Because archery 3D targets come in a variety of shapes, they can also be used by experienced hunters that are thinking of hunting new animals. Archery - It's Not Just For The Primitive Man By : your father can only assume historically, the earliest man must have faced a dilemma when he went off to hunt for food. The wild animals were big, and if you got too close, they could devour you before you got the chance to kill them. There were no guns at this point, so man probably had to put himself in harm's way more times then not, just to increase his chances of catching his prey. Archery Bow Making By : your father If you plan on living in the wild, want to pick up an interesting hobby, or pretend you’re Robin Hood without the merry men, you can always take up archery bow making. It takes some degree of skill to make a good bow, but archery bow making can be very rewarding as well. Imagine taking down a deer or other game using a bow you constructed yourself. How to build Arrows By : your father For some archers, arrow building is the only way to go. They enjoy the idea of crafting their own arrows and letting them fly. Archery arrow building does take some practice and can be time consuming, but if you enjoy picking up new hobbies, archery arrow building might be something worth looking into. Target Panic and Traditional Archery Part: I By : your father A few weeks ago I was watching a television program called Celebrity Hobbies. This is not something I would normally be interested in, but one of the guests was a well-known entertainment personality who also happens to be a bowhunter. The program highlighted his love of the outdoors and his passion for archery. He commented about his penchant for things that are natural and the importance of living off the land. He liked the idea of doing as our human ancestors did in harvesting animal protein Target Panic and Traditional Archery: Part II By : your father A friend of mine loaned me a video that included a segment on the shooting ability of a well-known figure in traditional archery. As I was watching the video, I quickly became impressed with this person’s consistent shooting. His accuracy was excellent from short range and his release was lightning fast. I imagined him to be a very good bowhunter. His shooting style, however, was quite unusual. Archery Broadheads and Points By : your father In the early 80’s, the bow manufacturers were creating much faster compound bows, which changed the types of broadheads to be used. The earlier compound bow with speeds of about 200 feet per second (fps) would handle the large cutting diameter and heavy tips of about 125 grains or more. Archery Deer Drives By : your father Every morning for breakfast I blend soymilk, protein powder, and peanut butter into a shake. I’ve been doing this seven days per week for several years. After scooping a large tablespoon of peanut butter into the mix, I offer the spoon to my dog who excitedly licks up what’s left. A few weeks after starting this morning ritual, I noticed that she would begin to salivate as soon as I brought the blender out of the pantry. Archery Deer Drives and How to Organize Them By : your father Archery Deer Drives Personally, I truly enjoy participating in archery deer drives. It’s a good way to see old friends and meet some new ones. It also gives me a good chance of getting information about new equipment and strategies. Some of the deer drives we have are with just a few of my friends and family and some with an organized bunch of archery hunters from various clubs such as the Michigan Bow Hunters Association or a local club like Bend of the River Conservation Club. Archery Small Game Bunny Hunt By : your father Small Game Bunny Hunt There are many different types of small game hunts. One of my favorites is archery small game bunny hunting. It’s very inexpensive, very good exercise and great practice for your upcoming deer hunts. It also allows you to do some scouting for your deer hunts and turkey hunting. Outdoor Archery 3D Target Shooting By : your father 3D Outdoor Target Range What better way is there to enjoy archery in the off hunting season, than to practice at an outdoor archery 3D target shoot? During the summer months, we, as a family love to go to different outside archery ranges for 3D archery tournaments. It is just one of the ways to stay in tune for your upcoming fall hunting season. Archery Warm-Ups For Improving Performance And Reducing Injuries: Part I By : your father There is a beautiful archery range nestled in a small canyon inside San Diego’s Balboa Park. I have enjoyed shooting my bow there on a regular basis for several years now, and I have had a chance to observe many archers of various styles of shooting as they prepare themselves physically for a round. Typically, this preparation involves a few windmills with their arms, maybe a couple of stretches, and then they begin firing away at the practice bales. Archery Arrows, Feathers or Vanes By : your father Feathers or vanes? This question is very common when choosing archery arrows... Which do I use? They say that feathers are more forgiving. Maybe this is so, for target shooting or shooting a recurve or straight bow. Plastic vanes on the other hand are my choice of fletching only because I do a lot of foul weather hunting. There are no real good explanations of which to choose from. Many archers have drawn their own conclusions depending on the type of bow they use. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Freezing By : your father One day several years ago I began having trouble holding at full draw. Little did I know at the time but the next two years would be filled with countless hours of trying to cure a massively frustrating form of target panic. My skill level with a bow and arrow quickly deteriorated to a point where I could barely get my bow back. I would shake and flinch uncontrollably while a little voice inside my head would scream, “Release, release Archery Warm-Ups For Improving Performance and Reducing Injuries: Part II By : your father like to call the archery warm-up “a series of movements” in an effort to avoid a common misconception. I can remember years ago, my high school football coach starting practice by leading the team through a grueling stretching regimen. At one point even having a partner physically pushing your head to your knees as your legs are outstretched in front of you. Ouch! This is considered a dangerous practice today, but at the time it was quite common. Archery Women By : your father When I think of women and archery and all they have done for the sport, I cannot think of a better person who has put so much time and effort in to it other than my Mother, Beulah. Mom and Dad had devoted most of their idle time to the sport during the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s before my Dad fell sick to Parkinson’s disease. Of course Mom was devoted to my Dad and took care of him for ten hard years, till he passed on in 1990 Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Counting By : your father Like many other traditional archers, counting before releasing was the first intervention I tried in an effort to cure my target panic. I had developed a premature release some weeks earlier, and after a bit of research, decided to begin counting to three once I came to a full draw. I felt that this would give me plenty of time to concentrate on the target before releasing. Archery Throughout the Centuries By : your father In the notorious armies of the early civilizations, good archers were great assets and were usually used as the first offense. Their arrows caused mass destruction on the battlefields and could topple large numbers. Recurve Target Archery By : your father Recurve archery is a technique well-used in modern archery competitions around the world. The recurve bow is only one technique that is used in the Olympic Games and this has a lot of variations. Compound Bow and the Padded Arrow Sport By : your father The Compound Bow is a technique intended to lessen the amount of force the archer must use and to increase the total energy that is held by the bow. A lot of compound bows use cams at the end of the limbs to make the most of the leverage given by the archer while minimizing the holding force of the bow. The smaller the force needed to hold the compound bow, the lesser the strain is on the archer's back muscles while drawing the string. Archery Competition: Introduction, Rules, & Scores By : your father In these modern times, archery is no longer considered a weapon of war and destruction but an organized sport and a true test of precision and accuracy. The most popular of all the archery competitions is Target Archery. Here, the archer is given a target which he will have to hit with arrows from certain distances. Types of Archery: Field and Clout Archery By : your father Field Archery is a competition where archers shoot their arrows at targets located at different and unmarked distances and are often situated in rough territory. Three-dimensional archers aim at shooting life-size models of their targets. This is especially popular among hunters where the models are mostly animals. On the models are four rings in which only three of them are used in ASA shoots. Asian Archery By : your father Archery in Asia was highly developed and widely used in the past and up to the present; however it is not so much used in international competitions in our modern times. Centuries ago, the tribesmen of Central Asia were very skilled in shooting arrows on horseback. The Mongols made good use of it in conquering the Eurasian Steppe. These archers would ride on running horses while they shoot down their target then they would twist around in their saddles and shoot again after they have passed. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Calming The Mind By : your father The one constant symptom of target panic, the one that is always in the background, is mental tension. It is the tension that stems from attempting to fight the overwhelming urge to loosen the arrow. Sure, freezing, snap shooting, flinching, and a premature release are some of the more common physical symptoms, and the ones we discuss and dissect ad nauseam, but mental tension or acute mental stress is always there as we fight the mental war to overcome the incredible urge to release the arrow. Safety Tips for Archery By : your father Archery like any sport has rules, most of the rules are best practice rules that are used to keep archers and spectators safe. In general it is good practice to observe these rules whether competing or just shooting for fun HOME::Recreation-and-Sports/Archery By : your father The idea behind visualization is to imagine or create a mental image of yourself succeeding. By repeating this process over and over again, the visualized success becomes ingrained in your subconscious and then when you actually go out onto the course, field, or court, you are able to repeat this success. The practice of visualization is de rigueur in all sports and certainly has its place in archery. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Blank Bale Shooting By : your father Archery is an immediate results sport. After each shot we note whether or not the arrow hit its mark—and how far from the mark—and we adjust accordingly. It’s logical to believe that if we judge the results of each shot and analyze our form in accordance with each shot, then we’ll be able to determine any adjustments needed. Over time, and through many hours of practice, we should be able to improve our accuracy. Unfortunately, for many of us it doesn’t work this way. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Back Muscle Release By : your father During my two-year struggle with target panic, I tried every possible cure available. One method that I read about involved activating the back muscles prior to release. The idea is to come to a full draw, squeeze your Rhomboids muscle--which is located between your shoulder blades, and wait for a surprise release. As the muscle is slowly contracting, the bowstring is being pulled along with it. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Simulated Shooting By : your father During my two years of constant struggle with target panic I tried many possible solutions. One of the more promising methods I came up with I call simulated shooting. I tried this method during the period of time when I was working on my own cure for target panic. During the first year or so, I tried everything I had heard or read about with mixed results but no definite cure. Thereafter, I just worked on my own original ideas. My ideas all centered on gaining control. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Rotational Aiming By : your father Throughout my maddening two-year struggle with target panic, I sought to fix my problem with a long list possible cures. Some were suggested to me, some I read about in books and articles, and the rest were original ideas based upon my own understanding of target panic. I firmly believe target panic is a learned behavior developed through the act of shooting your bow over and over again. This repetition, over time, causes us to release the arrow sooner and sooner. The target acts as a stimulus a Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Shifting Your Focus By : your father Target panic is caused by the repetitive nature of archery combined with our desire to shoot well. It is inevitable that, in some ways, we judge our every shot. Much like golf (another target sport), as traditional archers we are happy with a positive result and tend to chastise ourselves when we make a poor shot. Unfortunately, this judgment places undo focus on the target—and our results. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: Under Pressure By : your father For several years I battled a terrible case of target panic, trying every possible cure available and even inventing a few of my own. I experienced some success with a few of the methods I tried. After one such case, I decided to test it in the ultimate target panic testing environment: An archery tournament. I entered the tournament relatively confident that I could control my target panic symptoms that included, among others, freezing and a premature release. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: The Drive By By : your father All forms of target panic are frustrating, but one of the more insidious is the dreaded "freezing". Several years ago, before I was able to cure my target panic for good, I fought through a case of freezing. I developed it while battling a premature release. Releasing the arrow too early was my first experience with target panic. In an attempt to cure my early release, I worked on holding at full draw. Traditional Archery And Target Panic: A Widespread Problem? By : your father Since curing my own target panic four years ago and creating a DVD called The Push Release that explains the cure, I’ve received many letters and testimonials from customers relating their own struggles with target panic and their success using the Push Release. Many had been battling target panic for a long time—one for as long as 20-years. It is satisfying that the DVD has helped so many and I’m happy with it’s success, but it really underscores how widespread the problem is. The Sport of Archery in the Olympic Games By : your father Archery was not a sports event in the first ancient Olympic Games in Greece. However, the games were held for over 1,000 years, so it's entirely possible that at some time archery was an Olympic sport in the past. The Basics of Archery By : your father Archery – The skill of shooting an Arrow using a Bow was in the bygone ages a military weapon and also a hunting method before the invention of gunpowder. It is mainly confined now as a competitive sport used for target shooting. The Archery Bow By : your father The history of the archery bow is a long and storied one. Evidence suggests that it was used in ancient history in every part of the world with the exception of Australia. Archery Arrow Rest By : your father Arrow Rests With all the technology in archery going on today, one of the most important devices on your compound bow is the arrow rest. Many bowhunters have problems while trying to perfect their arrow flight when using broadheads, even though their arrows have been spined correctly and there are no mechanical problems with their bow. You’ve paper tested your arrow and you cannot get rid of the wobble. Modern And Traditional Archery By : your father With a history characterized by hunting and combat techniques, archery is the practice of using a piece of equipment called a bow to shoot arrows at a target. Throughout the years, it has become a sport of precision, leading to numerous competitions, as well as a spot in the Olympics. The title given to a person who is an expert in the practice is an archer. For some, archery is like an intense game of darts that involves more equipment, as well as increased physical skill. What to Look for in Archery Products By : your father If you are a hunter or a target shooter, you are aware of the importance of acquiring the right archery products. I have been an archer for at least fifteen years, so I know what I am talking about. Before I had even tried different archery products, I was already making homemade bow and arrows for faux hunting. I really enjoyed that game. I never did hit a moving target, but I got pretty good at hitting tin cans from more then ten feet away in our backyard. Archery Bows - Straight and True By : your father Have you ever shot a bow in your life? If you haven¡¯t, then you should give it a try. I have a lot of experience with this sport because I was introduced to archery when I was 14 years old and I¡¯m still involved in it now that I¡¯m 31. Well, you can¡¯t blame me for doing it for more then fifteen years because it's really fun. Anyway, archery bows are not just for those who hunt deer or turkeys. Anybody can enjoy the experience of shooting a bow. The Right Archery Equipment By : your father People who have only recently developed an interest in archery may end up buying something more or less than what they need when they go shopping for archery equipment. If you wish to ensure that your shopping spree will provide you only with the essential archery equipment ¨C and nothing more or less than that ¨C then here¡¯s what you could to obtain your desired outcome and save money in the process. How Do I Aim A Bow And Hit The Target Every Time By : your father Aiming a bow is a difficult but satisfying thing to master.When I picked up a bow to start archery for the first time I found that aiming was a very difficult thing to do. I had been used to rifle shooting and I was trying to aim my arrow by sighting down the shaft. It's not very practical to do that with a bow and arrow. My coach was an elderly relative who was a veteran target archer and he gave me a few tips when I asked him how do I aim my bow? Wheelchair Archery Sports - Get Active, Get Fit, Challenge Yourself! By : your father Archery is a sport that is open to athletes even with a physical disability. Even though this sport is very physically demanding, it is one sport that disabled athletes can compete on an equal basis with able-bodied people. In fact wheelchair target archery has been a Paralympic sport for more than 30 years, and still going strong.

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