Category Coaching

Links and articles on coaching archery

Apr 6 2026

Podcast Episode 144 – with special guest Darren Ball of Dal Archery

I’m delighted to be joined in the latest episode by Darren of Dal archery, based here in the UK. Be warned we completely nerd out on all things arrow building, including different wood options for traditional archers, along with everything archery, from how he first started in archery to coaching. but especially building wooden arrows.

We talk for over two and half hours on the podcast about his passion for archery, including what he shoots and the appeal of English longbow. Detailing how his passion for the hobby has developed over years to now encompass Dal Archery, his business which he has been running since 2019 supply quality arrow shafts to the community.

To be completely honest I think we could have probably carried on talking for a couple of more hours but Dal need to get back to spinning his latest batch of arrow shafts.

You can listen to the episode via Amazon music or on Spotify

Check out his social media links

Website – https://dalsarchery.co.uk/            

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/dalsarchery/

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@DalsArchery

As always thanks for listening and enjoy your archery.

Feb 21 2026

How to score a Big Game round

By far the most popular round in the National Field Archery Society is the Big Game round. It is the one that is used at both the 3D championships in May and the paper face National champs in September.
It’s also the one that most clubs use as a basis for their open competitions.

The scoring of this can be confusing for new archers and a few years back I recorded a video explaining the scoring. I’ve updated this recently using the official NFAS faces.

I probably need to record one explaining the scoring on 3D targets at some point.

For reference below is the original version.

I hope you find these useful and if you have any questions then drop me a line. As always thanks for listening and supporting the site. Enjoy your archery