The History of Archery Targets Used in Brave

The Pixar movie Brave is a fun movie with some great archery scenes inspired by real archery technique and actual historical archery equipment. So this is a look back at the history of target archery, and archery targets, to see where the inspiration for some of the details in the movie came from. Here is…

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Track Your Progress with USA Archery Achievement Awards

Improving your archery is one of the great satisfactions of the sport. But how do you know if you are improving? Shooting a specific number of arrows, at a specific distance and at a specific type and size of target and keeping score is called an archery “round,” and it is the most objective way…

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How to Get Started in Archery

The easiest way to get started in archery is to take a lesson with a qualified instruction program, such as Golden Gate JOAD (we teach kids and adults 8 and up). An instruction program initially takes care of everything for you, provides the right equipment to start on and gives you an introduction to archery…

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