How to Improve Your Archery

We get a steady trickle of requests about additional coaching to help you progress once the beginners course is finished. Often these requests come very soon after completing the beginners course and there are a few things that we’d recommend you try first.  We do offer advanced coaching either as a 1 to 1 or if you can gather together 4 people...

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Josie : Attention in Archery

Hi all, I'm on a slightly different tack this week and thought you might like to come along for the ride. I've been musing on concentration recently in an attempt to improve my shooting technique. In the course of my research I’ve come across this issue in many archery books and articles I’ve read. It may sound like something that won’t become relevant...

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Pranava : Coming back into Fashion

As I travel around London, buses and tube stations alike are adorned with huge posters of the much awaited younger Lara Croft holding a fully drawn bow with the tagline 'a survivor is born'. As I look at all these images I think to myself, is it just because I picked up archery recently or is it really all around us nowadays! Archery also features...

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Louise : my first club shoot

So, I attended and completed the beginner’s course with 2020 Archery, and by the end I felt pretty confident that I could at least do alright for a beginner. I wasn’t brilliant but I wasn’t constantly missing and I hadn’t injured anyone. I joined the Club pretty much straight away (only £30 annually to be a member) and got my login. I had already...

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Josie : how to build / fletch arrows

Today I'm taking you through the first of this year's major archery purchases: new arrows. A lovely line of lovely shiny points The arrow choice was made on advice - taking the jump from aluminium X7 to carbon is a significant step that can be costly. Considering the likelihood of upgrading limbs one can't expect arrows to be well-matched to...

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Mark : First Competition Norwich Stafford Part 2

If you missed my last post, let me bring you up to speed… We’re in Norwich shooting a Stafford; this is my first competitive shoot and all’s going well.  I found out about the tournament in the directory at the back of the Archery GB magazine, which brings me to a very important point : if you want to shoot competitively you must be a member of Archery GB (often still referred to as GNAS). If you aren’t a member then you won’t get past the stage of filling in the tournament entry form. It doesn’t cost much to join and you can do it through...

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