Reminder- we will not have a class on Saturday March 30, and the store is closed for Easter, so no classes on Sunday either.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
Balloon Shoot: March 23,24,27
Balloon Shoot March 23,24,27
At the Canton Indoor range
Saturday: 10:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m.. indoors(we arrive at 10
to set up)
Sunday, 3:30 p.m. Indoors
Wednesday, 6:30
pm
This week, we will have
the balloon shoot game along with the "knock-out" game. Everyone, please stretch
out, get your gear set up and select 1 balloon to blow up and put in the big bag
with your symbol or initial.
We will have a few warm up rounds of knock-out
and start the games.
Knock-Out:Strategy and skill as a warm up game... 3 arrows. First round: Eight and better are kept and scored arrows are kept to shoot for the next round.Next round "9" and better are kept (arrows are getting down to one or two in a quiver )Down to Gold!!!(with what's left in your quiver; usually only one or two competitors are still standing)
(those Knocked-out, may begin practice for the balloon games, or scoring)
Balloon
Shoot:
The idea is shoot
YOUR balloon first, before your competitor pops theirs. Once you have shot your balloon, you can go after your competitors
balloons.
If you shoot theirs first accidentally-they win and
they move to the next round.You will be out a round, but can restart shooting,
independent of the game,with others to create an underlying game.
Strategy is
important.Timing is important.
Use the skills we've trained for in these
games
Please arrive a few minutes early to gear up, and sign in. Begin to know your distances and target face size by putting them on the appropriate target. This one hour class allows students to gear up & continue with training basics in safety and form .Coach supervised training includes recurve bow and all safety equipment. Continuing, ongoing instruction , accommodating various skill levels,covering: refining form, understanding equipment needs, equipment purchasing options, tournament rules, timing, string alignment, concentration, back tension.
Class fee for open sessions as posted at the Canton location is $15.00, check or cash
Put your sight on the bow to learn where it is set based on the distance you shoot, and check the left/ right position of the aperture.
Wear snug fitting, layered clothing, ( must have closed toe shoes for out doors or can not shoot), tie loose hair back, and remove jewelry that may interfere with string release (usually bracelets, necklaces).
See you on the range!
Coach Jefflyne
Potter
Thursday, March 14, 2013
March 16, 17,20, 2013 SCORE!!
March 16, 17,20, 2013
At the Canton range
Saturday: 10:30
a.m. OUTSIDE-if weather permits
(we
arrive at 10 to set up)
Sunday, 3:30 Inside/OUTSIDE-if weather permits
Wednesday, 6:30 pm (indoor
range)
Please arrive a few
minutes early to gear up and check in.
(reminder-please do not use the side door to access the outdoor range from inside the store, or to access the store from outside as this is a security, staff only access.)
To participate
, Please reply with the day and time selected in
the subject line. and your
name, right or left handed, and if adult or youth via learnarchery@yahoo.com if you have
not already done so, so we have enough equipment and staff
available
SCORE!!!
We continue to focus on training that tunes up technique. As we know from the "hot soda rounds" when an archer concentrates on outcome, they give themselves a disadvantage. Keeping the mind on the process, each step...each piece...one after another, gives the most composure, and best results.
Each month, on the third weekend we score.
New students begin to learn the ins and outs of what each ring is worth, the power of the lines that edge the rings, and what arrows may help in a strategy to gain points . New archers keep score and may keep the scorecards to have a log of their own progress. If students are a member of the JOAD/SOAD program, they can turn in cards to earn rank and pin awards. This continual "dry-run" makes scoring at an event more comfortable and into a no-brainer.
Please arrive a few minutes early to gear up, and sign in. Begin to know your distances and target face size by putting them on the appropriate target. This one hour class allows students to gear up & continue with training basics in safety and form .Coach supervised training includes recurve bow and all safety equipment. Continuing, ongoing instruction , accommodating various skill levels,covering: refining form, understanding equipment needs, equipment purchasing options, tournament rules, timing, string alignment, concentration, back tension.
Class fee for open sessions as posted at the Canton location is $15.00, check or cash.
Put your sight on the bow to learn where it is set based on the distance you shoot, and check the left/ right position of the aperture.
Wear snug fitting, layered clothing, ( must have closed toe shoes for out doors or can not shoot), tie loose hair back, and remove jewelry that may interfere with string release (usually bracelets, necklaces).
SCORE!!!
We continue to focus on training that tunes up technique. As we know from the "hot soda rounds" when an archer concentrates on outcome, they give themselves a disadvantage. Keeping the mind on the process, each step...each piece...one after another, gives the most composure, and best results.
Each month, on the third weekend we score.
New students begin to learn the ins and outs of what each ring is worth, the power of the lines that edge the rings, and what arrows may help in a strategy to gain points . New archers keep score and may keep the scorecards to have a log of their own progress. If students are a member of the JOAD/SOAD program, they can turn in cards to earn rank and pin awards. This continual "dry-run" makes scoring at an event more comfortable and into a no-brainer.
Please arrive a few minutes early to gear up, and sign in. Begin to know your distances and target face size by putting them on the appropriate target. This one hour class allows students to gear up & continue with training basics in safety and form .Coach supervised training includes recurve bow and all safety equipment. Continuing, ongoing instruction , accommodating various skill levels,covering: refining form, understanding equipment needs, equipment purchasing options, tournament rules, timing, string alignment, concentration, back tension.
Class fee for open sessions as posted at the Canton location is $15.00, check or cash.
Put your sight on the bow to learn where it is set based on the distance you shoot, and check the left/ right position of the aperture.
Wear snug fitting, layered clothing, ( must have closed toe shoes for out doors or can not shoot), tie loose hair back, and remove jewelry that may interfere with string release (usually bracelets, necklaces).
Thursday, March 7, 2013
March 9.10,13, 2013 Tune up! Outdoor Equipment!
March 9,10,13, 2013
At the Canton range
Saturday: 10:30
a.m. indoors(we arrive at 10 to set up)
Sunday, 3:30
OUTSIDE-if weather
permits
Wednesday,
6:30 pm
Please
arrive a few minutes early to gear up and check in.
To participate
, Please reply with the day and time selected in
the subject line. and your
name, right or left handed, and if adult or youth via learnarchery@yahoo.com if you have
not already done so, so we have enough equipment and staff
available
March 9,10,13, 2013 Spring!!
Tune up! Outdoor Equipment! (Sunday weather promises to be beautiful-if so, we will be outside!) Bring portable chairs!
Most of the tournaments now shift to outdoors. What does that mean for equipment?
Could mean quite a lot, particularly if you are going for a 70 meter distance. Arrows and draw weight of the limbs on a recurve typically change if competing outdoors. There is no real need for heavy draw weight on limbs indoors as the distance is only 18 meters to 20 yards and there are no weather elements to battle. Indoors, a “fat” arrow is preferred , often called line-cutters, meaning they are fatter so they can break the line of the next higher scoring ring, versus a skinny arrow that, if landing in the same hole, could be one point less. Indoor arrows with three or four 4” feathers add stability and correction-no wind or rain to beat the arrows around indoors.Outdoors the skinny carbons and spin wing vanes can provide less wind interference and better long distance flight, and when coupled with heavier limbs, can make a big difference in getting to the further distances.Some champion Archers keep their set up the same indoors or out - good results are good results!When changing weight of limbs or changing arrows for outdoors, several factors can be considered in the set-up including arrow rest, plunger, spine of the arrow, arrow nock type, vanes, string strands, etc. Saturday and Sunday, we will do some bare shaft testing and review a set up change, and practice the “set to set-up” keeping the draw elbow inside the arrow line, and focus on that elbows movement at release.
March 9,10,13, 2013 Spring!!
Tune up! Outdoor Equipment! (Sunday weather promises to be beautiful-if so, we will be outside!) Bring portable chairs!
Most of the tournaments now shift to outdoors. What does that mean for equipment?
Could mean quite a lot, particularly if you are going for a 70 meter distance. Arrows and draw weight of the limbs on a recurve typically change if competing outdoors. There is no real need for heavy draw weight on limbs indoors as the distance is only 18 meters to 20 yards and there are no weather elements to battle. Indoors, a “fat” arrow is preferred , often called line-cutters, meaning they are fatter so they can break the line of the next higher scoring ring, versus a skinny arrow that, if landing in the same hole, could be one point less. Indoor arrows with three or four 4” feathers add stability and correction-no wind or rain to beat the arrows around indoors.Outdoors the skinny carbons and spin wing vanes can provide less wind interference and better long distance flight, and when coupled with heavier limbs, can make a big difference in getting to the further distances.Some champion Archers keep their set up the same indoors or out - good results are good results!When changing weight of limbs or changing arrows for outdoors, several factors can be considered in the set-up including arrow rest, plunger, spine of the arrow, arrow nock type, vanes, string strands, etc. Saturday and Sunday, we will do some bare shaft testing and review a set up change, and practice the “set to set-up” keeping the draw elbow inside the arrow line, and focus on that elbows movement at release.
Friday, March 1, 2013
March 2,3,6:Chunk Training
What is “Chunk
Training?”
plus:
Equipment: Setting
a nock onto the string.
Chunk training is the process of segmenting
steps and parts of the training process into manageable “chunks” and training
them until they are acquired.
You see dancers, Karate students, musicians , football players
(most sports really), practicing components of the final product. Scales are well
known as a fundamental in piano playing for example. Get the basics down, add
on and create the masterpiece. Students accumulate these parts, then engage in
the completed activity.
When you practice at home, and you can practice
with or without a bow, choose an element and practice in front of a mirror. Do
it correctly again. Again. Again. The more you schedule time for this training,
the better you become. Watch yourself in the mirror, or have yourself filmed. Even
set your own camera up and review it. Building training from 3 days, to 4, to
every day will give you endurance, and a comfortable auto sequence to rely on.
We will go back and focus more thoroughly on certain “steps” we worked on last
week, and how to train with and without equipment.
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