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
When I first got into archery, I did some initial research and knew about the different bows sizes but does the length of the arrow really matter? Surely an arrow is an arrow, right? You just nock it into the bow and shoot? Nope, there is a lot more to it than that! Don’t worry … Read more
Glossary Of Archery Terms To help you learn more about archery, below you will find the different archery terms. These are perfect if you heard a term want to understand what it is, or as a refresher. At the top you will see a bullet point of the most common terms and then below this … Read more
The Best Anchor Point For Drawing A Bow: 2 Perfect Anchor Points Many of those that are new to archery or those that watch from the side believe it’s just a case of picking up a bow and shooting. Anyone that has had just one Archery lesson will know that this is not the case. … Read more
9 Common Archery Mistakes and How To Fix Them The great thing about archery is that it can be picked up by anybody, regardless of age, gender and physical fitness. The main thing to understand is that archery takes practice and plenty of it, when you first start you might struggle to even hit your … Read more
8 Steps To Learn How To Shoot A Bow The skill of archery is something that takes time and practice, many archers have spent countless hours staring down the shaft of an arrow aiming at their target. The great thing with archery is even as a beginner you can quickly hit the bullseye of the … Read more