Mar 4 2014

Early spring weekend activity

spring is almost here - snowdrops

spring is almost here – snowdrops

In one quiet less muddy corner of the car park there were a few signs of spring.
Whilst at the wood this weekend helping to prepare for next month shoot we bumped into a couple of friends Irene and David walking off the course having been down to the wood early.
In hand was an example of good grouping. Dave had been shooting his compound bow at the target but lost sight of where the arrow hit so thought he’d have another go.
A Course - Target 10

A Course – Target 10

The result a “Robin Hood” on the first arrow.

Robin hood arrow shot

Robin hood arrow shot

If you look closely you can see the carbon threads. Good shooting Dave though a bit costly on the old arrow front.
Just a quick note to Chris, Keith, Badger and Denzil. Well done guys on getting the new B course up and running over the weekend, 20 new shots all set up in 2 days is great going.

Also thanks to other members of the club who helped laying gravel on the entrance path  (50 odd bags of it) along with the 2 bags of hard core that went on filling in the ruts in the car park. Really good to see so many members helping out.
Thanks for reading.
Feb 28 2014

Daily Decrease in Archery

Very good advice in this post, thanks for sharing.
If you focus on removing a single flaw in your technique each time you practice and very soon you will see the benefits.

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Besides archery, I’m have been training in the martial arts for the past 20 years, first in Tae Kwon Do, then in Kickboxing and Iaido (Samurai Sword). In the martial arts, Bruce Lee has to be one of the most quoted people and most of the time they get the quote wrong or they misinterpret it.

One “mantra” that he had was “Daily Decrease”. People took this to mean to train in less each day. But what he really meant and it applies to archery is that each day you should strive to eliminate something that you’re doing that hurts your performance. Instead of approaching your training as trying to “get better”, you should focus your training on Eliminating the “holes” in your technique. This is how you will become better. 

Jimmy Johnson, the Football coach has said that it is not always the team that makes the biggest plays…

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Feb 27 2014

New Field Archery Clubs

Recently I was contacted by one of my followers, Alan Holland concerning a new archery club.
Alan along with some friends have set up a field archery club, the Bowmen Of Salcey based in the Milton Keynes and Northampton area of the UK. I’ve not had chance to visit yet but hope to do so soon.
Details of this club can be found on their website. http://bowmenofsalcey.webs.com/
Also Woodend Field Archers have recently been set up by Martin Cotterill in Nottinghamshire. Martin if you are reading this just mind your fingers, you know why 😉 As yet I don’t have a website. There first shoot is in a couple of weeks so good luck, wish I could make it.
Both clubs are NFAS registered and I’d like to wish them all the best of luck.
It’s really great to see new clubs appearing across the country promoting field archery and if you want to find out details of other clubs in your area have a look on the NFAS website. http://www.nfas.net/clubs.asp
Thanks for reading.