Archery 101

A common misunderstanding that most beginners have is that once they have let go of the arrow, the shot is complete. The follow through however is the final step in your shot and is actually very important. If your follow through is not right it can impact the power in your shot as well as … Read more

The next step of the basic archery series is learning how to properly release the bowstring and shooting the arrow at the target. Many of those that are just beginning their archery journey, dont realise that the release is not simply letting go of the bowstring. A common mistake that many make is simply twanging … Read more

This lesson will teach you the next step in your archery shot, it will focus on teaching you how to properly aim. It will go over how to aim without a sight as well as if you was to use a site on your bow. In the previous lesson you would have drawn the bowstring … Read more

In this fifth lesson, it starts getting more exciting as we are now going to be focusing on drawing the bowstring back. There are a few things you need to think about such as; How to draw the bow Correct alignment of the arm that is drawing the bow Where you should position your elbow … Read more

Archery Posture – Learn How To Get Your Body Properly Aligned Before Shooting (The Setup) This lesson goes through what is known as the “Set-up”, which is ensuring you properly align your elbow, have the best positioning of your shoulders and chest and finally raising your bow arm up. Like the lessons before this, it … Read more

​Learn How To Hold a Bow and Arrow Steps To Holding The Bow There are two common mistakes that beginner archers make when holding the bow. The first is gripping to tight, you should have a relaxed grip on the bow. Secondly when archers release the arrow they move their hand too soon which can … Read more

​Learn How To Nock an Arrow On your Bowstring It’s really surprising how many people seem to struggle with this process What is Nocking The Arrow? Nocking is when we hold the arrow and secure it onto the bowstring, once it’s nocked it snaps into place and should only fall off when we release the … Read more

In this lesson you will learn the first step in shooting an arrow from the bow and is the most important thing to learn, the stance. Your Archery stance is important as it is needed to keep you stable which will help you get the rotation and alignment needed, without proper form you will also … Read more