Archery News
The $2.50 Arrow Rest Used by Olympians in London 2012
Former US Olympic archer John Magera notes that many London 2012 archers were using $2.50 plastic arrow rests on their expensive Olympic bows. Magera shot for the USA in Athens, where he says it seemed one third of the archers were using cheap plastic arrow rests. Olympic-level equipment is often extremely expensive, leading many people…
Read MoreThe madness of Italian Olympic champion archer Michele Frangilli
The Olympics brought a host of new foreign archers to the attention of US archery enthusiasts. One of these was Michele Frangilli, who was part of the three man team that won the Gold in Team Men’s Archery. (The US took Silver, and the South Koreans improbably took Bronze). As a novice archer who is…
Read MoreLegally blind archer from South Korea dominates the competition at the 2012 Olympics
Every archery coach will tell you that good archery is about doing the same thing, repeatably, every time. It requires that you learn your body so very well that a forearm rotated slightly, or a muscle half an inch off feels like wearing a coat three sizes too small. And while most people that…
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