The latest episode is now live to wrap your ears round and as the title says, there have been a few stressful events. the important thing is we are safe, pretty shook up but unhurt.
In the episode I spend sometime discussing shot sequence in reference to some recent coaching with a student who is continuing to recover from injury following a motorcycle accident several years ago.
We focus on identifying the element of the shock sequence, how easy it is to skip or miss parts out. As you know I have over the years spent a good deal of time offering guidance and advice on this topic and you can read this material in past posts.
In the first of what I hope will be a series on advice and coaching tips, I explore some of the reasons archers may short draw or sometimes called under draw their bow.
As I said in my last article , when I talked about options for cheap fletching tape . I am trying to offer some thoughts on cost savings for archery clubs and archers out there.
In this one I am going to look at an option for storing and transporting arrows. This is something we all have to do and normally done in purpose made arrow tubes or quivers. I’m also going to make a suggestion on how you might be able to get discount vouchers.
For a few years I’ve been using poster tubes I buy from the local Hobbycraft store
I’ve posted about this before (https://offthearrowshelf.com/2017/09/21/money-saving-tip/) They work pretty well for transporting arrows, but there are a couple of things to consider. They are designed to transport paper not sharp pointy arrows, so consider this when loading them up.
Second thing is the plastic is not very thick so its a good idea to reinforce the inside of the cap and bottom with something.
Poster tube cap needs protection
I use some foam off cuts from a camping roll or the like of about 1 cm thick.
Poster tube cap with foam
A good tip that can save you money is to sign up to their loyalty card. By doing this you often receive discount codes or £5 vouchers for you next shop. Since the arrow tubes are only £11, effectively you are getting it for almost half price, in fact they used to be £10 (details can be found here for the loyalty card (https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/)
If you have any money saving tips then please let me know here.
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