| Richard (Dick) Tone is played a very important role for more than four decades in the NAA/USA Archery. He recently shared an information-rich document on tuning concerning the Cushion Plunger and column loading. I've also included a biography of this great archer and coach. |
| TWO DOCUMENTS ON CLOUT: Notes on CLOUT by Rick Stonebraker. Also, Excellent document on Clout from the U.K (From the Cheshire Archery Association, by Neil S E Foden) |
| 8/10/2014: Canadian Federation's Long-Term Archer Development Program.- an acrobat file every coach should download and use to develop their own philosophy of coaching. |
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WriteUps |
| Rick Stonebraker's Docs: |
Tuning For Tens |
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Finish Strong |
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Guesstimating Distances (for Barebow Archers) |
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Whitetail Target Bale Repair |
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Finish The Shot |
| Fourteen Legal Duties of a Coach |
Spotted by Tom Barker |
| In Depth Consideration of Legal Duties of a Coach |
from Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association District 4 |
| Fair Warning |
By Dr. Richard P. Borkowski, original location: Athletic Management, 12.4, June/July 2000 |
| Coaching For Safety |
By Dr. Richard P. Borkowski, Educational Service District 112 |
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| The Trafford Family |
I don't know of a larger family of archers with as much excellence in all aspects of life. |
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Things change. It's good to know when that happens |
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Done at the wrong time/way stretching reduces competitiveness |
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To help PARAs to shoot a bow when hand strength is limited. |
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On the UK's Stortford Archery Club's Pages, located for the Archival Archery by Rick Stonebraker. |
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Review by Lindsey Carmichael of the latest book by Kisik Lee & Tyler Benner |
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San Antonio's Express- News Does A Great Story on Staten (local archival copy) pdf |
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A great article on a true archery champion of the 60s |
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What is a service dog? |
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by Ron Carmichael |
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By
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By Rick Stonebraker |
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Lindsey Carmichael has reluctantly
given her dad permission to post an essay she wrote in 2005. |
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Learning to employ the BEST method by Thomas
Tenerowicz |
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This tome by Kisik Lee explains a great deal of the
BEST method. Get it if you can! |
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How 4H archery/social events came to be 4H/JOAD
archery |
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by JOAD/4H coaches Tom and Chelsea Barker |
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by NArchival Archery Judge Robert Pian of the
AZ Archery Association |
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Writeup by Tom Barker on Michael Braden's Compound
Camp |
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Olympic Archer Training - Guy Krueger |
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Denver, CO - by Shawna Hickman of the Centennial
Citizen Newspaper |
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The A contingent once again does it right |
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Guy Krueger experiences the FIRST ever Mexico Cup
Grand Prix event |
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The Heinsohns attend for the second year in a row. |
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World University Archery
Championship,Bangkok,Thailand by Kristine Ehrich and Chris Shull |
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Guy Krueger's journey to Wonju, Korea |
Paralympics
DownUnder 2000: |
Rick Stonebraker's adventures downunder (Sydney,
Australia)
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Paralympics (Barcelona) 1992) |
Don Lovo's writeup as the Chairman of Judges
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World
University Championships 2000 |
Guy Krueger's writeup of the event & Link to
Results
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NFAA National Field
Championship 2000 |
An excellent tournament, by Rick Stonebraker
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World Field
Tournament, Cortina Italy 2000 |
by Kathy Eissinger
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ARCHERY RELATED DOCUMENTS |
| Paint Your Bow! |
Elite archers Joe Fanchin and Kristin Braun are using advanced custom paint techniques to make your bow totally "you"! |
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Land, a new building for indoor archery, possible 3D field on a lake, Tom Barker is very very busy at Straight Arrow Archery
Note: As of 6/2012, Tom Barker and Gene Kacir, together with trained parents, have created a world of excellence in mentoring youths, resulting in 45 international contestants for Team USA so far. A has never had such a great contribution to archery excellence in both USA and the world. |
| US Coaches |
Sheri Rhodes has compiled a list of archery coaches in the USA |
| Arrow Tubes |
Bob Pian found this company that supplies thin-wall, clear tubes suitable for packing arrows into bowcases and such. |
| ASArchival Archery Rules & Guidelines (Feb,2010) |
The Arizona State Archery Association archers have put together a pretty good set of information for those wishing to shoot in a FITA-level tournament. Recommended |
| FITA-COMPLIANT TARGET STAND |
Allen Floyd of Utah hosted a World Senior Games in Utah, and designed this unique target stand, suitable for Whitetail target bales and easy to move by a single archer. |
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DOS ASSISTANT |
Archery Timer for FITA shooting, by Tim
Humphrey |
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Morin Trainer |
Climbing rope turned into a
string bow with lots of intelligent design - very useful for training for
both compound and recurve archers. |
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| ACE/X10
Data in pdf form |
Excerpt from Easton Document on ACEs&X10s
in jpg format |
AMO
Standards
for laying out indoor & outdoor shooting ranges (acrobat file: 250kb)
AMO
bow standards (acrobat file: 126kb) |
Archery Manufacturer's Organization provides
guidelines on assorted archery-related topics |
| Archer's Paradox
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This oft misunderstood and misapplied term is explained.
ARC, 4/2001 |
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Archery range - Setting up
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Setting up an archery range -
financial considerations of all equipment needed. - This was created by
JOAD coaches Racae and Alex Meyer, Austin A |
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Archery Shot Execution |
by Larry Skinner |
| Archery Safety |
Article from the ATA website. |
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2003 Arrow Selecton
Software |
Easton Arrows - Windows-based software to
assist in selecting shafts |
MASS FIATT (Free Indoor Archery Tournament Timer)
MASS CATT (Cyclic Archery TrainingTimer)
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Richard Hart of the State Archery Association of Massachusetts has written two custom software programs that support running a tournament (MASS FIATT) and training archers to shoot with appropriate timing (MASS CATT).
These are FREE (but a donation to the State Archery of Massachusetts is requested by the Archival Archery Webmaster if you or your organization finds them useful.)
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Arrow Components:
X10 arrows |
Easton GIF Image of shafts,
points, nocks |
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ACE arrows |
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Arrow Wind Tunnel |
A very interesting way to
assess arrows. This takes you to a Swedish Website, where you can also
see a very interesting recurve bow. Cool stuff, archery. |
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Target Arrow
Systems |
All shafts and components from Easton |
| Arrow Backstop |
A new material that even works with Carbon Arrows |
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Articles
on archery by Rick Stonebraker |
Rick shares experiences as an Olympic Judge,
tournaments, and articles published in archery magazines on improving your
mental game and technique. SEE ALSO Tuning for Tens below! |
| Barebow Weight Mold |
James Cosimini of Brandeis University shows how to make barebow lead weights using ....spuds. |
| Beiter
Hit Or Miss Target System |
This is a page by Skippy 1440 of the Beiter
Target system. Original web address is/was http://uk.geocities.com/skippy.1440@btinternet.com/index.htm |
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Beiter
Nocking Points (BNP) |
How to serve in a nocking point |
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BNP TIPS
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Tips for Beiter Nocking Points by TexARC
updated 10/2002 |
| By Bernardini Riser Manual |
The user manual for the by Bernardini Risers |
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Bow Grip Customization |
Some ideas On Customization |
| Bow Measurements |
Worksheet:
Record your bow's configuration |
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Bowstring-Making Jig, Collapsible |
Version of Archival Archery Bowstring Making Jig that
collapses for storage, based on Rob Distefano's original design, by ARC |
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Bowstrings and
Bowstring Jig
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this is a
page written by Rob DiStefano on making recurve
bowstrings - has a series of pictures and instructions on making your
own recurve bowstrings. second page. It also contains a document on making your own
BOWSTRING MAKING JIG! Rob covers Whip
End Servings on this page. |
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BRACKETS |
Tom
Barker found this page of FOR brackets in DOC formats, and also this link: http://www.printyourbrackets.com as the name says... |
| Code Of Conduct(June,2011 version) |
USA Archery has a Code Of Conduct for everyone in the organization, including archers on the line. Do not show up at any Archival Archery event and violate these, please. Link to the original location of this file.
Prior Version is here |
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Colleges and Universities |
Schools in the US that support archery.
A page can be added for schools OUTSIDE the US if anyone
sends me information. |
| college station
presentation |
a number of HP
coaches teamed up to provide a seminar on BEST |
| Cushion Plunge and Column Loading - Tuning (aka "the button") - Tuning considerations |
This was written by Dick Tone. (The link is to a biography of one of US/Canada's great archer-coaches) |
| Dimples - aerodynamic effects in arrow tips |
what happens when you add dimples (like a golf balls') to an arrow tip? English language Study Italian language article |
| American Archers DISTANCE CHART |
This chart was issued in 2013 by American Archers to define the JOAD Distances and Targets |
Distances Chart (OUTDATED)
Printable Acrobat
Version (OUTDATED) |
THIS CHART IS NOT ACCURATE IN ALL AREAS DUE TO RULE CHANGES - Lyle McElhaney of the NArchival Archery
created a great table of NArchival Archery divisions and distances for 2002. The
Acrobat form prints out much more nicely than the html page. NOTE: Acrobat
and html file re-written May 2010 to accomodate new rules. TexARC |
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Developing Talent |
The Development of
Psychological Talent in U.S. Olympic Champions |
DirectorOfShootingAssistant pdf
(tournament timing software and digital lights) |
Tim Humphrey has developed a complete software and hardware system for outdoor FITA/NArchival Archery tournaments (and indoor as well). I have seen this in operation (at the UT Sunbird tournament view photos to see them in action) and in broad daylight the displays were very easy to see at all times. |
| D-O-S Timing System |
A member of the Archival Archery has designed a pretty neat timing system for archery (and other) events. |
| Dress Code |
Yes, USA Archery wishes the sport of archery to look "good". Archival Archery adheres to American Archers rules. |
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Easton graphics
Package.pdf |
Images from Easton fo
rmarketing/advertsing Easton Archery Products- a pdf |
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EASTON GUIDE
pdf |
Complete Overview from
Easton -worth the download! |
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Easton Stabilizer
Components |
GIF Image of all Easton
Stabilizer parts |
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Eye Dominance |
Study on effects of monocular vision changes
on sports performance (acrobat file) |
| Finger Sling - quicktime movie on how to tie one quick and easy |
Adaptable, Cheap, Easy to Make, FINGERSLING using a shoelace - many elite archers use this solution. This great video was made and provided to the Archival Archery website by James Cosimini - of Brandeis University Archery |
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FITA Pins Form |
NOTE: The below appears to have been dropped by FITA, now called World Archery, as of 2012.
Book 1, Chapter 6 of the
FITA rule book describes the requirements an archer must meet in order to
obtain a pin for a given score/performance.
There is a
new set of pins for
beginner achievements.
Once you score a particular score at a STAR
FITA event you are entitled to wear a pin on your quiver (or hat, coat,
etc.). The pins are only $5 each. Use this form to request FITA
pins from the NArchival Archery (acrobat file) JOAD Coaches - use the beginner pins to
help exemplify progress and promote excellence!
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Latest FITA Rulebook
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acrobat files on the FITA website and the
Archival Archery site as mirror |
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FITA Recognizes World Records for the Masters Division |
By Rick Stonebraker
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Fixing Whitetail Target Centers |
By Rick Stonebraker |
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Fletching Aluminum Arrows
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courtesy of Ed DeBee - large pictures on
how-to |
| Fletching
Mylar Vanes (122 seconds/28K) |
One way to apply spinwings/kurly vanes. |
| Formaster |
Usage by John Kearny of the Yew Kay |
| Formaster Imagery |
By TexARC, A.Ron Carmichael |
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FUN SHOOT IDEAS |
These were scooped off of the alt.archery
binary group, posted by HooDooWitch, John Dickmon, and others... |
| GOOD WORKS |
JOAD Archers do the darndest things! |
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History's Curve |
Saudi Aramco published this article, which is
presented here with their permission. Story is by Lee Lawrence, and
photographs are by David H. Wells. |
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Hoyt Compound
Manual, 2002 |
OLD VERSION:Hoyt Compound
Manual,2001 |
| How To Align Limbs in Hoyt Risers 2007 |
Using the small brass washer shims to get perfect alignment of bowstring and limb tips |
| Hoyt Recurve Manual 2008 |
Has a great set of directions on limb adjustment - how to set the rings! |
Hoyt Recurve Manual,
2002
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Hoyt Recurve
Manual,2001 |
| International Paralympic Archery Classification Handbooks |
Handbook(Classifiers')2010 2003version |
| Rockford JOAD Calculator |
- an excel spreadsheet for calculating JOAD divisions, by Rockford JOAD Archery, published here by permission 1/4/2010 |
| JOAD Distance Chart |
B&W printable document by TexARC |
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JOAD Handbook 2009 |
OLD:JOAD Handbook 2007
version JOAD 2003 Handbook (DOC) JOAD
2003 Handbook(pdf acrobat file) |
| JOAD Olympian Claim Form |
JOADs that score high enough may claim an Olympian recognition from USA Archery |
| JOAD
STUFF |
A page of various JOAD-related topics (Junior
Olympic Archer Development) |
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JOAD
Light Controller |
A Light Controller with a buzzer |
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JOIN the NAA |
AND get Archival Archery membership for free |
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Korean Tech |
What is the Korean Method or Technique for
Target Archery? |
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Level I Instructor Resource |
Larry Sullivan created
this powerpoint presentation for Level I instruction. It is a work in
progress, but is EXCELLENT. MS Powerpoint or a
viewer is required. |
| Mfr Links |
Some links to various manufacturers |
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Mathews Manual |
Mathews Owner Manual 2002 |
| MINUTES |
Links to Minutes of the Archival Archery Annual Meetings
Can All Be Found From the Board Page |
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Morin Trainer
(NEW) |
Climbing rope turned into a
string bow with lots of intelligent design - very useful for training for
both compound and recurve archers. |
Murray's Guide - NEW VERSION FIVE
If you don't download anything else from this site, any student recurve
archer must download and use this compendium of information!
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the
classic Archer's Reference by Murray Elliott of
Balbardie
Archery, Scotland - this is a self-extracting zip of an acrobat
PDF
file. For Swedish
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Catalan 
translations, see the link above. Now, Also in
Dutch (pdf) |
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Most Extreme Elimination Challenge |
Tom Barker notes that archery challenges us
in several ways |
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NArchival Archery 12-minute Fitness Test
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What is entailed in the fitness test for USAT
and Jr. USAT members? |
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NArchival Archery ATHLETE CODE OF CONDUCT (see newer version under "Code" above) |
All NArchival Archery archers should be
aware of this code before stepping onto the field!
use this link for an acrobat version of this page |
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Pittman
Robertson Act |
Every hunting & fishing license contains a
fee that can be applied for.... |
Safety & Risk Assessment: versions -
MS doc
pdf acrobat file
Turkish Safety
Article |
Comprehensive Summary of
Safety of Archery and risk assessments posted with permission
of author, Kari Granville of Sun Devil Archery at Arizona State.
Also an acrobat document on Turkish Archer Injuries.
Contact the author: |
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Rules To Speak |
Reminders that judges often give at the
beginning of a tournament |
| SCORING (HOW TO SCORE) |
How to score arrows - good for youth archers |
| SCORESHEETS: |
This is
a page with several examples of scoresheets for use and adaptation. Thanks to Jim Krueger
and Steve Lomas for providing these. Some are for printing blank forms
while others are able to tally scores as you go. |
| Studies |
Activation Pattern
Bow and Arrow
Interaction
Postural Sway
Reliability
of Archery Chronometer
FITA and EMG |
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Tiny Target Printing |
Stuck in a small space but you want to have a
proportionally smaller target for any distance to aim at? By Scott Heath |
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Target Panic Explanation
and Cure
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Excerpt and information on a book by Jay
Kidwell, PhD. |
| TargetPlot Article |
A Palm OS-platform software for developing
and improving your archery published in Archery Focus - by A.Ron Carmichael |
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TargetPlot Second
Article |
A review of the updated version of Target
Plot - version 4.1 |
| FITA-COMPLIANT TARGET STAND |
Allen Floyd of Utah hosted a World Senior Games in Utah, and designed this unique target stand, suitable for Whitetail target bales and easy to move by a single archer. |
Target Stand by Caledon Archery Club
mirrored local archival copy |
The most concise, in-depth, and complete instructions on how to construct a bowstand suitable for the Whitetail 52" bale I have ever seen. Someone obviously has too many woodworking toys/tools/time!.
From the Caledon Archery Club of Canada |
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Target Stand,
Australian Style |
This is an excellent stand,
designed to be easy to move. Color photo helps in reproducing the
stand. Thanks to
Alan Carter of Australia. You can visit his club,
Diamond Valley Archers |
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TARGET STANDS JOAD
SIZE |
Rick Stonebraker's Innovative stand |
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Target Stand: drawing
of a stand
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An acrobat document with a
design for holding a 48" or 52" buttress in a manner compliant
with the FITA regulations, created and provided by John
Scott of Beaumont, TX. |
| Target
Stand/Buttress/target |
Deerproof, inexpensive practice target by A.Ron
Carmichael, 11/20/2000 |
| Target Stand FITA FIELD STYLE version2.2 |
Dan Zinn provided this drawing and diagram for a Field Target Stand, designed to protect from rain and last for years. |
| Target Stands |
5/1/00 - Courtesy of Don Branson of NYAD/Nequa
JOAD |
| The
TATA Plunger Tuning Article |
Tuning the Plunger - "TexARC's Titrational
Adjustment" (TATA) technique for finding the sweet spot. NOTE:
The author does not use this method any more. But if nothing else works for you, then try this. |
Tournament
Archery Timer
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An automatic
timer using a Basic Stamp II by A.Ron Carmichael |
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Tournament
Software |
This is a single zip file with a series of
DOS-based (ie, simple) compilation of software that will let you print
rosters, shooting sheets, double-elim, round-robins, etc. The original
programs are from
http://members.aol.com/win4sports.
DOCUMENTS for these files is
here |
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Tuning for
Tens
Acrobat
file of above |
Tuning your Recurve Bow - Both basic and
advanced tuning techniques for recurve bows by Rick Stonebraker, holder of many
records and titles in A Archery for over 20 years. Graphics by
Murray Elliott |
| FRENCH
Translation of Tuning For Tens |
Acrobat file of Tuning
For Tens in FRENCH by Dominique Durante |
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Tuning Guide
2002 |
Easton 2002 Tuning Guide (1.6megs acrobat
file) Version 3 |
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Easton Tune Help |
Nifty Simple Help File from Easton - good
basic diagrams and instructions |
USOC:
Simon Endowment Application and Information
and
Memo To Eds and AAC Roush
(these are word docs) |
The USOC is accepting
grant applications for the William E. Simon Olympic Trust for the
Support of Athletes. Applications are available from
your Sport Partnership Team. Deadline for
submission is October 1 each year.
Past USOC President
William E. Simon, Sr. established the trust in 1998 with a $1 million gift.
Grants distributed from endowment earnings are to be used for training and
competition expenses. Preference will be given to athletes not already
receiving financial support from either the USOC or NGB.
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| USA Team Requirements |
What will an archer have to do in order to make the Team USA for 2014? (Includes Paralympian criteria as well as able-bodied) What was it in 2004? For Jr. Team? |
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USA Archery Training Guide
rev 6222006 |
This is a crucial part of a modern scientific
approach to training. Spreadsheet provided by Tom Parrish, High
Performance Manager for USA Archery. Other Olympic sports have used this
method with great success, and USA Archery has adopted it as well. |
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Whitetail Target Center Repairs |
By Rick Stonebraker |
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Why 2514s are now
illegal? |
By Robert Michael Stewart, aka Mad-Mikey |
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| Windsock Setup |
FITA makes/sells a nifty windsock, Bob Pian wrote a short "how-to" for them |
X-10 arrow information, on Bow International |
George Tekmitchov writes a superb article on the nature of carbon, aluminum, spine, and grouping with regard to X-10 arrows. If the original link to Bow International's article is broken, try this archival link. Subscribe to Bow International, in either digital form or print magazine. |
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Zen in the Art of Archery, A
Critical Review of |
A scholar, Yamada Shoji, tasks the original
work |
