Learning to shoot recurve bow
Sep. 11th, 2007 08:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andygatesAfter getting that lovely old bow a while back, I've been aching to get some actual practice in. Archery clubs don't let you just turn up and play until you've got some sort of competence credit; you get one by doing a newbie course, and mine started last night. The newbies were a diverse mix: couple of folks my age, some oldsters, plenty of kids (the youngest was just ten, and he was a decent shot). Good mix of men and women too.
We started out (as you might expect) with lessons in bow anatomy and safety and etiquette and safety and local rules and safety. Good stuff. Then we got fitted out with bows - I have a 28# lefty for the duration of the course - and got to shoot half a dozen sets (ends? rounds?) with one-on-one coaching, shooting at 10-metre indoor targets.
Okay, so the first arrow missed the huge 5' butt and went into the netting, but by the end of the session the old LRP skills were oozing back and I'm happy to report something resembling actual groupings. Quite pleased with that. :)
The newbie course runs for ten weeks and by the end we should be putting shots into 20-metre targets happily. Day one was good.
We started out (as you might expect) with lessons in bow anatomy and safety and etiquette and safety and local rules and safety. Good stuff. Then we got fitted out with bows - I have a 28# lefty for the duration of the course - and got to shoot half a dozen sets (ends? rounds?) with one-on-one coaching, shooting at 10-metre indoor targets.
Okay, so the first arrow missed the huge 5' butt and went into the netting, but by the end of the session the old LRP skills were oozing back and I'm happy to report something resembling actual groupings. Quite pleased with that. :)
The newbie course runs for ten weeks and by the end we should be putting shots into 20-metre targets happily. Day one was good.
