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Archery Saturday

7/1/2017

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This past Saturday we braved the cold and headed out to learn the basics of archery at Battle Sports Inc!
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Before this archery experience, we had played Archery Tag / Dodgebow with foam arrows a couple of times before, but this was archery with proper instruction, targets, and steel tip arrows. Hardcore.

First, our group of 8 started off with the foam tip arrows however, to learn basic archery safety, how to load the arrow, and proper form. We then attempted to hit some casual targets with our arm guards and quivers (arrow holders)
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Once we had fired a decent number of foam arrows in reasonable form, we were ready for the big leagues and walked over to the archery range.

When we arrived, we couldn't help but notice the other people at the archery range and their incredibly fancy, gigantic bows and the tiny targets they were aiming for in the distance. Amazed at their skills and the height of bow technology, we pulled out our basic bows and aimed at a large target ~10 yards away. Success! Elizabeth only lost one arrow never to be found again.
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Not too bad for some newbies!
As our aim got better, the targets were moved farther and farther away. The strange thing about aiming our shots was that we had to aim much lower than the target to get the arrows to hit the target due to the trajectory of the arrow.

For our last few rounds, the instructors pinned a balloon to the target to see if we could pop them. We were definitely one of the teams with the better shooting records and we ended up popping the balloon every time. Luke: 2 Elizabeth: 1

We had a great time learning a new sport and, who knows, we may be back for some more archery fun in the future! Here are some more photos of our morning of archery:
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Adam link
8/9/2017 07:28:07 am

As I see the target, there are hundreds times bow practicing here. You should choose compound bow instead of recurve, as it's easier for beginner

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