Target Archery
Target archery is the most popular form of archery, in which archers shoot at static circular targets at varying distances. Target archery is the only form of competition archery in the Olympic Games.
It is possible for beginners to buy all the equipment they need to get started, secondhand for less than $100. However, first class archery equipment is an investment. Since archery involves the use of potentially lethal equipment, much attention must be paid to safety. When buying archery equipment consideration must be give to selecting the correct equipment for your size and experience.
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- Olympic Archery
- Archery And The Bow
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Archery is a sport for both able bodied and disabled people too...
Another benefit of archery is that practicing it improves your focus. Mental fitness is greatly improved by the practice of archery, and this spills over into all other aspects of one's life, so that you find yourself concentrating better when reading, cooking, working, and so on and so forth. You also develop mental agility and nimbleness of mind that you did not have before.
Archery is a sport you can take up that is relatively cheap. Of course, if you want to get deep into competitive archery then it can indeed be quite costly. But for people who just want to get outdoors and have some fun, archery is something that doesn't need a big investment in order to be done. Archery is also a sport that you can practice inside or outside. So on rainy days you can still go to the target range and have a good time, getting out of the house and away from the television.
Archery is a great source of satisfaction and enjoyment. Indeed, in Japan they consider archery to embody truth, beauty, and grace. Archery demands that you focus on self-improvement instead of worrying about what everyone else is thinking or doing, and this spills over into other areas of your life. Doing well at archery causes you to want to do well in other things like your job, keeping your house, improving your personal relationships, and on and on. Young people especially also benefit from the fact that archery teaches patience, which is something that is very hard for a lot of children and youths to learn.
Archery is a very social sport that brings people together. People from all different segments of the population take pleasure in archery. Nearly every age group can get involved and there are women as well as men. There is no gender competition or gender splitting with archery. People as young as six or seven years old and people as old as in their 80s or 90s are involved with archery. Sometimes there are contests that make archery into a team sport and this teaches the value of teamwork.
Yet another benefit of archery is that is instills in one a sense of confidence. When you advance in archery you feel great about yourself. You feel that you can take something that is both physically and mentally challenging and become skilled in it, and that's an important feeling to have and can be applied to other walks of life.
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Olympic Archery
Did you know? Actress Geena Davis of Thelma and Louise tried for the Sydney 2000 US archery team. Read moreArchery first appeared as a sport in the 1900 Olympics Games in Paris and was held at the Games of 1904, 1908 and 1920. However, international rules had not yet been developed and each host country used its own format. As a result, archery events in these early Olympic Games varied widely. Because of the lack of uniform international rules archery was then dropped from the Olympic Games. Read more
Archery And The Bow
Some scholars trace the origins of archery to the Aurignacian era, roughly 25,000 years prior to the modern times.[1] The bow probably originated for use in hunting and was then adopted as a tool of warfare. Bows eventually replaced the atlatl, as the predominant means for launching projectiles.Classical civilizations fielded large numbers of archers in their armies; archery was important military and hunting skill before the use of gunpowder. Arrows proved destructive against enemy formations and the use of archers often proved decisive. Mounted horse archer combined range with speed and mobility. Archery also figured prominently in the mythologies of many cultures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_archery
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Your Comments!
| Matthew_Ferry
Cool, I love this game, thanks for your lens and the infor I got here.. =) Posted September 11, 2008 |
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