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Editorial by Ariyne Rhode.................................................................................. 6 Tribute to Darwin Kyle by Bob Ryder............................................................... 7 A letter from Rhonda R. Campbell - Carolyn Egbert....................................... 8 International Field Archery Association News by Ken Rogers..................... 10 2002 World Indoor Mail Match form............................................................... 11 2001 Inductees for the National Bowhunters Hall of Fame by Doug Walker............................................................................................... 17 Toward the Gold by Freddie Troncoso........................................................... 20 Handling the Pressure Shots by Terry Wunderle..........................................22 Coach's Corner by Bernie Pellerite................................................................ 23 From the Senior Corner by Joe Bauernfeind................................................. 26 Putting it all together by Roger W. Breternitz Ch. T...................................... 28 A Specific Goal for every Practice Session by Bob Ragsdale..................... 30 Press Releases .. Game Tracker's Carbon Express Arrows................................................. 34 .. 3 New B.E.S.T. Products from Robinhood Videos................................... 35 2001 Year in Review by Rhonda Campbell................................................... 33 The XI Costa Rica Cup by Linda Marten........................................................ 38 .. Impressions of the 11th Annual Costa Rica Cup by Debbie Krienke .... 43 Boorman Archery............................................................................................ 42 Advertisers and Press Release Directory...................................................... 46
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What an honor it is to start our 20th year in spreading the archery news! We have seen many changes in archcry over these years and many of our friends have passed this way. 1 am sad to announce the passing of Donald B. Gordon on December 11th. He lived to be 83 years old. Our sincere condolences to the family who have given so much to the archery world. Twenty years ago we debuted with an issue on "20 Years at Las Vegas." Now we have 40 years of Las Vegas memories. It doesn't seem possible but I want to sec all my old friends at Vegas on February 15-17th. If you need more information on upcoming events contact these associations for tournament dates.
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NAA (National Archery Association) wsvw.usarchcry.org Thank you to Juan and Roxanne Wedel, Linda Marten and Debbie Krienkc for theXI Costa Rica Cup report on pages 3842. Attendance was down this year due to unsettled times of our world. Many, many thanks for organizing this tournament over all these years. 1982 - 20th Anniversary - 2002
We arc continuing to get as much instructional information out to you, please welcome Bob Ragsdale to our writer staff. See page 30-32 for his “Robert's Rules of Archery and other recommendations on how to make your archery experience a better one. Please welcome him to our staff when you sec him in Las Vegas. Have a great 2002! In closing I'd like to forward this letter to you from my friend Ken Johnson of Nite Hawk Peeps. This is really spreading the good news. ************* My story starts when / first started shooting a bow, before I became a Christian. Pride and ambition ruled my life. Inwardly. I had set a goal to win a State Archery Tournament. Not a local or a club tournament, but a State Tournament. I wanted bragging rights. Three years ago when my mother s life was ending the truth hit me. In the face of death I was powerless. My mother's life was coining to an end and I was being forced to accept the responsibility ofcaringfor her. Desperate for help, 1 buried my pride, got down on my knees and begged. Christ answered me by helping my mother maintain her strong Christian faith and giving me the strength and wisdom Io serve her needs. She finished strong, thanks to the love ofChrist. No longer was winning a State Tournament a valid goat. But in my heart there was still the desire. Now I feel compelled to write about God's second gift. There is no doubt in my mind that I did not deserve this gift, but as Christ tells in the parable of the workers, it is God's choice how his gifts should be distributed. How do I know that this gift is from God? Because I know. I have been an archer for about ten Continued on page 9, THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
A tribute to Darwin Kyle By Bob Ryder Darwin Kyle, my friend of over 25 years, passed away peacefully this morning in Alloona.PA. The Archcry Community lost a great man today. Those of you fortunate to have known Darwin, you know what I’m talking about. For those of you who didn't know Darwin, 1 will offer a few brief comments. In Archery, as in life, there are givers and takers. People who want to enjoy the Archcry Experience and people who love the game so much that they are willing to give of themselves to make sure everyone else enjoys the Archery Experience to the max. Darwin was such a giver. Darwin had great credentials in the sport of Archery and could have received a great deal more recognition for his efforts than he was ever fortunate enough to receive. He did great deeds within our organization but refused to play the games necessary for appropriate recognition. He also traveled to different parts of the country to serve as an official or DOS of NAA events at his own expense. While Darwin may be remembered by most of you for his serving as Director of Shooting for the U.S. Indoor-Eastern Region for the last 20 years or so and serving as an Official and JOAD Coordinator at the Atlantic Archery Classic over the last 20 years. I would like to list off the top of my head just a few of the many additional contributions that Darwin made. Official National Judge Darwin officiated all levels of events including several National Championships and a U.S. Olympic Festival but more important than the events he officiated was his impact as an official. He was a great official who was smart enough to know all the rules... yet wise enough to temper them with his good common sense. Coach Level 4 Coach? Darwin's approach was refreshing in that he was able to treat his students as mature adults whether they deserved it or not. Some Highlights: Olympic Coach for the Country of Bhutan Coach for U.S. Para Olympic Team Coach U.S. Olympic Festival Eastern Region. As a Coach, he was always the calm at the center of the storm, disarming the tension of the moment with his unique brand of humor. But most importantly, he was my friend. A friend I loved and respected greatly and while I am not good enough to write a fitting tribute to Darwin. I will close this note with the greatest tribute I can pay him. Bob Ryder is a better person for having known Darwin Kyle.
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Hi Arlyne! I’m sending you this letter to tell you about a new friend I made this season at the IBO World Championship. Her name is Carolyn Egbert, and she is a 7 year old Future Bow Hunter. She introduced herself to me when I was walking around the grounds at Snowshoe Resort. It was such a pleasure to talk to her. with her bright eyes and big smile and bubbly personality. Her mom and dad. Michelle and „ ... David, were real nice folks 1 too. They were at the Future Bow Hunters event to cheer Carolyn on. It's nice to sec families spending time together that way! I told Carolyn to pick out a target she liked, and I would take her photo with it and send it to her. She hugged a Lion as I snapped the shot!(See the September-October issue for photo). When I got the photos developed. I sent her some copies. To my surprise and delight. Carolyn wrote back to to me and sent me some photos of herself. I never get mail like that and her lovely letter and drawings and photos really “tickled" me! It’s always a pleasure to meet kids and their parents who are really into archery. After all. these kids ARE the future of archery! I usually suiprise others when I hand them a photo of themselves, and it makes them smile. This time my new friend. Carolyn, gave me a big surprise! And a BIG smile! Rhonda Campbell Reporter, U.S. Archer Magazine
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Continued from page 6. years. I have never had much formal training nor could I ever afford the high tech equipment others use. My bows are second hand. On a good week practice is limited to afew hours on Saturday morning when time and weather allows. Do not think I am not motivated. There are other things that must take precedence above archery. It was at the Minnesota State 3-D. There were over two hundred and fifty shooters competing. All prepared to finish first. Saturday was clear and calm. But Saturday 1 worked. Wanting to gel an early start on Sunday. I tented on the tournament grounds Saturday evening. At the first light 1 was up. It was a new day. The wind had started to pick up and waves were appearing on the ponds. One of my joys is to attend Church in small towns. The congregations are so kind. For me. worshipping at other Churches reinforces the unity ofChrist and his Church. Can you believe I found a church that has a 7:00 a m. service? The sermon was on the need to have faith in God. We shared communion. A sweet elderly lady helped me with the hymnal. God's Spirit was surely present. By the time I returned to the tournament grounds the wind was gusting at near thirty miles an hour. My shooting partners were anxious. "Where were you?" they complained. My answer was a bit surprising. " I was at Church. " In the gusty wind I knew 1 would shoot poorly. Also I had to compete with scores shot on the windless Saturday. But at the morning Church service I had experienced the love andfellowship ofother Christians. They had shared Communion with me and I was at peace. When we turned in our scores I had shot
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Looking back at the year 2001, it has been quite a busy year for the IFAA. 2001 started with the IFAA Inaugural 3-D Championships in Australia where IFAA's involvement in 3-D was backed up with its first IFAA World Championship. That event proved successful under the Australia Bowhunter Association’s fine hosting of the event. This was followed by the IFAA World Bowhunter Championship in June. While the attendance was lower than expected, the NFAA-USA. who organized the event, did a grand job - in spite of the weather with which they coped. The month of November saw the IFAA World Indoor Championship held outside of the United States for the first time since its inception in 1996. The organizer was the New Zealand Field Archery Association and the event was held at the Franklin County Archers. The archery club has its facilities on an old military base South of Auckland. They had spruced up the Indoor range and expanded the shooting area to accommodate the expected numbers of shooters. The events of terrorism in September. 2001. appeared to have taken their toll on air travelers the world over. The participants were left at Australia and New Zealand alone, to vie for the championships. While in New Zealand, I renewed old acquaintances with two friends. Trevor Irvine and Cheryl McDonald, who were the driving impetus of WFAC-1998 in New Zealand. At long last, 1 was able to obtain a Video Tape of the 98 WFAC to view. 1 had heard of the look of horror in the eyes of IFAA’s Secretary, Loet Smit. Loet stands about 6 foot 6 or 7 in his bare feet so. anything that brings that look into his eyes, must be awesome. The opening ceremony for that event featured the traditional Maori greeting ceremony. Somehow, the story seems to get bigger as time passes. But. there he was, the look of horror in his eyes so aptly described to me. You might well suspect that 1 was not too happy upon being told there would be a "Traditional Maori greeting ceremony" before the Indoor started. Well, what the heck, after 25 years in the Marines, how tough could it be? The Maori danced closer and closer. No spears or knives best I could tell. Wait, he was raising his hand and.................... he threw something at me ! Looking down at my feet, I saw it. A Fem leaf! Geesh, wait till I see Loet again ! During a couple of interviews with TV reporters, I was asked if I was unhappy with the turnout. My reply was, and is, “No!” We are not in control of events nor, of who comes or does not io
come to compete. The objectives were to begin the rotation of the Indoor event throughout IFAA’s Regions. Bringing the WIAC to the archers was also one of the objectives, allowing archers who might have been unable otherwise to participate in the event. Those goals were accomplished. Another goal, unspoken mostly- but there in any event, is to enjoy our sport in the company of our fellow archers. Indeed, that goal was also accomplished. The archers assembled at New Zealand were there to enjoy the shooting and they surely did. Add to it, the normal banter and ribbing between the Aussies and the Kiwis and. you can’t help but have a good time. The Franklin County Archers were in charge of the kitchen and provided all kinds of food for the archers delight. And. I mean Good Food ! Not an archer went hungry I can guarantee you. It was hard to resist repeat trips to the kitchen and most of us gave up resisting. We all gathered at a local Pub for an “order your own" meal and the Awards ceremony the day after the event. More good fun and. a lot of happy faces upon receiving their medals and patches. All in all, a very satisfactory event from all aspects that matter. During 2001, we saw the resignation of the new IFAA Treasurer due to health reasons. The position has been held since June by Tim Stone our former Treasurer. Tim took the job until a new Treasurer can be found. In September, Vice President. Chuck Crowell, submitted his resignation for personal reasons. At the time of this writing, an election is underway to replace him. In the meantime. Mr. Bob Wilson of Australia is serving ad-interim in the position. We go forward into the new year of 2002 with great anticipation. With the IFAA Offices soon to be filled and, everything going well, it should be a great year. Out signature event, the IFAA World Field Archery Championships, will be held in Scotland during August of the new year. The IFAA Committee will meet at the same time and do their business of handling the legislation brought from our affiliated nations. It should be a fine event and a good year. Hoping you have had a very happy Holiday Season. Until next issue - Ken
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FLD CUB FEMALE FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE USA-Florida 41 1 Gemma Laudicina JUNIOR FEMALE BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED USA-Florida 465* 1 Recce Champlin JUNIOR FEMALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED USA-Florida 485 1 Christine Shaw USA-Florida 191 2 Alexandra Whitney JUNIOR MALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED 497 1 Camcron Addison USA-Florida USA-Florida 415 2 Michael Mascaro USA-Florida 297 3 Corey Adams Michael Crosby USA-Florida 280 JUNIOR MALE BAREBOW RECURVE 1 Rvan Mallory USA-Florida 93 JUNIOR MALE LONGBOW 1 Daniel Bravo USA-Florida 187** ADULT MALE LONGBOW 1 Darren Nunez USA-Florida 232 2 Dana Chatoo USA-Florida 253 USA-Florida 3 Erik Stcinbring 176 ADULT FEMALE BOWHUNTER RECURVE 1 Sallye Storma USA-Florida 154 VETERAN MALE BOWHUNTER RECURVE 1 Richard Deuvour USA-Florida 100 ADULT MALE BOW HUNTER RECURVE 1 Bob Wartcnberg USA-Florida 394 2 Craig White USA-Florida 275 USA-Florida 3 Mitch Storma 162 VETERAN MALE BAREBOW RECURVE 1 Ben Brown USA-Florida 327* VETERAN MALE BAREBOW COMPOUND 1 Robert A. Campbell USA-Georgia 453 2 James Threadgill USA-Tcnnessee 442 3 Jerry Bar US/VKentucky 369 ADULT MALE BAREBOW COMPOUND 1 Gary Moneyham USA-Georgia 403 ADULT FEMALE BOWHUNTER LIMITED 1 Chris Goldsmith USA-Marvland 457 VETERAN MALE BOW HUNTER LIMITED 1 Guy Lcntini USA-Florida 371 ADULT MALE BOWHUNTER LIMITED 1 Dense! Landrum USA-Florida 437 ADULT FEMALE BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED 1 Geanine Shaw USA-Florida 353 VETERAN MALE BOW HUNTER UNLIMITED 1 Oren Fields USA-Florida 339 ADULT MALE BOWHUNTER UNLIMITED I James Pettitt USA-Florida 530* 2 Thom Smiley USA-Florida 489 3 Steve Steinbring USA-Florida 496
ANL
HTR
TOT
42
43
126
518*
469*
1452
514 306
464 287
1463 784
496 480 442 244
475 449 309 291
1468 1344 1048 815
198*
123
414
366**
293**
846
390 338 320
244 262 182
866 853 678
236
143
533
130
61
291
496 412 336
368 290 188
1258 977 686
424*
237*
988
514 494 474
434 444 380
1401 1380 1223
474
435
1312
536
461
1454
474
364
1209
542
472
1451
462
396
1211
454
413
1206
556* 520 508
535* 496 488
1621 1505 1492
Bl Henry Shaw B2 James Gardner
540 510
474 451
1474 1414
USA-Florida USA-Florida
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NAFAC-2001 A strange thing occurred in Florida at the middle of December. Archers from various parts of the nation, gathered on a Field Range in Florida and competed for NAFAC honors in a normally “out of season” time. On the 15,h and 1611’ of the last month in 2001, while the majority of the nation's archers were shivering in the cold of winter, these 100 archers were basking in the 80 degrees of Florida sunshine. Some came by private auto, some by air flights. All came to enjoy a brief respite in the Holiday Season and to enjoy one last Field Archery tournament before the onslaught of Winter. And, enjoy it they didlYou may remember reading about how NAFAC came to Florida. It went something like this: The North American Field Archery Championship, was scheduled to be held in Canada this year. Due to internal problems in obtaining a host for the event, the Canadian Field Archery Association was forced to decline the event this year. The IFAA and the NFAA-of the United States, discussed the issue of forgoing the event. Neither association saw that as an option. An agreement was reached in which the NFAA would sanction the event if a State association could be found who would be willing to hold the event. The Florida Archery Association stepped up to the plate and offered the Everglades Archery Club in Southern Florida, as an option. Everglades Archery undertook the assignment and the ball started rolling. In selfless agreements, both NFAA and FAA undertook sanction of the event with no monetary involvement. FAA offered tournament management in the form of their Sccrctary/Treasurcr/NFAA Director, Mr. Timothy Austin. Tim served as Tournament Chairman for the event. John Laudicina. Everglades Archery Club President, mustered his members and we were off to the races. The Everglades Field ranges, always in good shape and a pleasure to shoot on, were upgraded to handle the expected increase in archers. With a registration limitation of 200, the club members attacked each target widening and clearing each lane until four archers could stand and shoot on the line in complete comfort. The intent, in case the registration exceeded expectations, THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
VETERAN FEMALE FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE 1 Dee Presler USA-Florida 412* 270* ADULT FEMALE FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE 1 Shelly Mascaro USA-Florida 180 406 VETERAN MALE FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE USA-Florida 1 David Brandfass 478** 534 2 Scott Cragle USA-Colorado 448 548** USA-Florida 468 534 3 Ralph Galatz. Jake Veit USA-Gcorgia 427 452 ADULT MALE FREESTYLE LIMITED RECURVE 1 Mark Beggs USA-Florida 474 536 37 466 538 2 Angel Rodrigucz USA-Florida 25 3 Fernando Lopez USA-Florida 407 506 USA-Florida 387 434 Edgardo Sanchez Alian Perez USA-Florida 400 500 VETERAN MALE FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND USA-Michigan 486 538 1 Robert Bitner USA-Florida 427 532 2 Tim Austin ADULT MALE FREESTYLE LIMITED COMPOUND USA-New York 514 560** 1 David Hryn USA-Florida 458 516 2 Ron Lucas VETERAN FEMALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED USA-Michigan 1 Carol Bitner 518** 556** USA-Florida 477 534 2 Alice Parrish USA-Florida 417 522 3 Mary Ann Wav ADULT FEMALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED US/VFIorida 530 1 Diane Watson 560** USA-Virginia 526 556 2 Colleen McGowan USA-Florida 456 510 3 Linda Holder USA-Florida Inc Toby Bagley 444 USA-Florida Bl Cassandra Whitney VETERAN MALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED USA-Georgia 534 1 Lynwood Bunn USA-Florida 534 2 Frank Gandy USA-New York 532 3 Joe Bauernfeind Canada 520 Bob Sutton 514 USA-New Jersey Hank Farro USA-Florida 519 Les Bagley 508 Gordon Oland USA-Tcnnessee 514 USA-New York Jack Claridgc Bill Bishop USA- Florida 496 US/VColorado 496 William Rucker 494 Canada George Zigmond USA-Connecticut 495 Robert Deston USA-Florida 498 Geoff Richardson 481 USA-Florida Fran Way ADULT MALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED USA-Louisiana 547 1 JcffKricnke USA-Florida 541 2 David Brimlow 544 USA-Florida 3 David DiMascio 533 USA-Florida Steve Fcltus 523 David Norman USA-Florida 511 USA-Florida John Laudicina 492 USA-Florida Dominick Orazi 507 USA-Florida Ed Wilking 498 USA-Florida Frank Colon 484 Cecil Keen USA-Florida USA-Florida 493 Kevin Roberts 466 US,\-Florida Brad Wcinischke Iuo/vr 1 A I'lo t*irl '1 1 dill W dlbUll mriua Bl Randy Truman 487 USA-Florida
358*
1040
250
836
467* 465 435 420
1479 1461 1437 1299
465
1475-
471
1475-
422 390
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1335 1211 900
487 419
1511 1378
520 471
1594 1445
512 453 409
1586 1464 1348
539 516 477
1629 1598 1443 Inc
506
427
1377
558 558 556 554 552 548 546 550 546 552 552 542 540 538
533 531 528 516 521 518 518 506 511 497 497 505 483 493
1625 1623 1616 1590 1587 1585 1572 1570 1553 1545 1543 1542 1521 1512
560** 558 558 560** 554 554 560** 550 550 552 532 526
545 545 534 540 534 515 517 495 503 505 505 502 499 502
1652 1644 1636 1633 1611 1580 1569 1552 1551 1541 1530 1494 499 1545
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was to assign only four archers to a target while making provisions for placing groups between each of the groups already on target. Another obstacle to be overcome was the length of the winter days in December. By 5:20 PM. daylight was barely sufficient on some of the targets in the most wooded area. This made it necessary for the archers to begin their day early in the morning. There was also the problem of feeding the archers and at the same time, keeping them moving. This was solved by placing food stations on the ranges and at the assembly area. Archers were asked to take their food with them and eat as they went. On the morning of 15 December. assembly was held at 7:00AM. At approximately 6:00 AM, archers were already coming through the gate and. were shooting practice arrows on the lighted practice range facilities. At 7:00AM. brief announcements were made by the tournament chairman which, included differences in IFAA shooting and Equipment rules. At a little before 8:00AM. archers were on the range prepared to shoot 28 Field targets and. 28 Animal targets. The Animal targets used. were the Republic of South Africa’s IFAA approved Animal targets. It is entirely possible that not one of the archers has ever shot or seen, this set of targets before this event. Archers were asked to shoot four on the line at a time however, to take their time in shooting. The archers took heed to the instructions and no problems were incurred. At 3:30PM, most archers had completed their 56 targets of shooting and. were off the ranges. December 16lfc saw a repeat of the day before with only the 28 Hunter targets to be shot. The archers were coming off the ranges by 12 Noon. Awards were presented, other activities completed and. the WIAC in its entirety, was completed at 2:00PM. The host club presented a variety of foods both days. The "Beast Feast” on Sunday, was truly a Feast! All one could eat and drink for a mere S5.00. And, eat they did. returning to the line more than once to replenish their plates. All archers appeared to enjoy and appreciate the club’s many efforts to make the tournament one to remember. 1 heard not one adverse remark made. The club president. John Laudicina. made sure we were aware that the Everglades Club was 13
available if we ever needed them again. This club seemed dedicated in their approach to hosting this event, for all the right reasons. The pure enjoyment of the sport was seen in their energies. The same may be said of the archers who attended. Many top names in Field Archery were in attendance. Our thanks go out to both the NFAA and FAA for their graciousness in sanctioning the event in this manner. Our thanks to the archers and. especially to the host club and its members, cannot be overstated.
B2 Eric Whitney B3 Erik Helfritz Don Planthaber Jesus Aguiar Oliver Austin Joe Augustinawitz
USA-Florida USA-Florida USA-Florida USA-Florida USA-Florida
USA-Florida
486 476 483 457 445 410
542 540 536 520 542 474
PROFESSIONAL MALE FREESTYLE UNLIMITED 560** 1 Chris Dcston USA- Conn 546 2 Myers Parrish USA-Florida 536 558
505 510 489 460 449 413
1533 1526 1508 1437 1436 1297
1656 1614
550 520
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2001 IFAA WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND IFAA CALENDAR OF EVENTS IFAA WORLD FIELD ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP (WFAC-2002) Dollar. Scotland (Clackmannanshire) Host - Scottish Field Archery Association 5 August - 9 August (shooting dates) Accommodations: Karen Kirkwood Ph 44 1259 452486 Fax 44 1259 452440 (Mention WFAC-2002) Information/Rcgistration: www.sfaa-archerv.com IFAA WORLD 3-D CHAMPIONSHIPS (W3-DC-2002) No Information at this time
EUROPEAN BOW HUNTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (EBHC-2002) Shuttleworth, Old Warden Park, N. Bedford. England 10- 14 June 2002 (shooting dates) Information etc.: stephencaz@longrod.freeserve.co.uk IFAA WORLD BOW HUNTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(WBHC-2003) Woodhili Forest -40 minutes NW of Auckland. New Zealand (website has information for accommodations, maps etc. On home page, select ‘■Tournaments" then, select link to WBHC-2003) Dates are tentatively set at 23 26 September, 2003
By: Trevor Ammundsen President NZFAA For the first time the IFAA World Indoor Championships were held outside of North America, being hosted this year in the South Pacific by the New Zealand Field Archery Association. The venue selected was the indoor range belonging to the Franklin County Archery Club, located in south Auckland. Indoor Archery is not the most popular of disciplines in New Zealand Field Archery, our national championships generally attracting between 30 and 40 archers only so it was hoped that we would be able to attract archers from overseas, and specifically from the Pacific basin, to boost the tournament. This hope was not realised however, as other than a team from Australia all attendees were locals. A possible reason for this was the lack of notice, the NZFAA only having agreed to host the shoot about eight months earlier, following the demise of the scheduled Singapore event. The local club had done a magnificent job of preparing the venue and following an opening ceremony, which included a native Maori welcome, shooting got underway with about 70 archers taking part. The shooting was generally of a high standard with there being some tight tussles at the top of the freestyle fields. At the half way point everybody was looking at the top of the Mens Freestyle to see who was leading the tournament only to be shocked slightly when they lowered their eyes down to the Juniors as a young archer from West Auckland, Stephen Clifton, was in the overall lead on counlback. That woke up a few people. At the end of the event the Men’s Freestyle Unlimited title went to Eammon Gaffney with his score of 1197 heading of other locals
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Trevor Irvine and Tim Shcard. The Ladies' Freestyle Unlimited was won by Anne Sheard with 1195. She kept Megan Bateman and Australia’s Rebecca Darby in the minor places. Junior Freestyle Unlimited went to Stephen Clifton who Finished with an 1195 while the JuniorGirls title went to Alison Bateman whose 1197 was the second top score of the shoot, on countback. Full results can be seen on the NZFAA web site which is: www.nzarchery.co.nz. Two results of note in the other divisions were those of Bruce Scott in the Men's Longbow and James Will lams in the Men's Bowhunter Unlimited. Both kiwis took out World Indoor titles to match the World 3D titles they won in Australia in April 2001. I wonder how long it will take to see this feat repeated. Overall this was a great tournament. small numbers not withstanding, and hopefully the event can grow in stature in the years to come. Thanks are due to the organisers and of course the archers who attended.
2001 IFAA WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND DAY 3X's DAY 4X's
TOTAL
X's
2 0 3
226 208 170
4 6 2
236 215 178
5 4 1
894 806 683
13 13 8
1 2 3
281 229
19 7
282 232
23 5
276 235
19 5
1107 933
67 27
1 2
7
248
9
249
10
264
18
1004
44
1
195
4
189
2
192
3
174
2
750
11
1
AUS
243
4
251
6
244
3
250
8
988
21
1
Hayes
AUS
228
5
229
4
211
3
242
8
910
20
1
Female Stephanie
Hayes
AUS
213
6
218
3
188
2
221
4
840
15
1
Ed Brenden
Hayes Goerg
AUS AUS
276 244
22 8
269 251
12 6
282 248
21 9
278 228
10 8
1105 971
65 31
I 2
DIV. PL LB LB LB
GROUP
SEX
FIRST
SURNAME
NATION DAY IX'sDAY 2X's
Adult Adult Adult
Male Male Male
Bruce Marek Mathew
Scott Lewandowski D’Ath
NZ NZ NZ
210 205 165
2 3 2
222 178 170
BBC BBC
Adult Adult
Male Male
Terry Leigh
Hand Astill
NZ NZ
268 237
6 10
BBC
Veteran
Male
Bob
Wilson
AUS
243
BBR
Adult
Male
Michael
Alexander
NZ
BBR
Cub
Male
Elliott
Hayes
BBC
Cub
Female Felicity
BBR
Cub
BHBB Adult BHBB Adult
Male Male
BHBBCAdult
Female Janet
Hand
NZ
210
3
212
4
213
3
219
7
854
17
1
BHL BHL
Adult Adult
Female Penny Female Carolyn
Hayes Robinson
AUS NZ
272 235
11 8
264 244
11 7
280 248
15 10
270 232
6 8
1086 959
43 33
1 2
BHL BHL BHL BHL
Adult Adult Adult Adult
Male Male Male Male
Manning Chase Gore Lake
NZ NZ NZ NZ
277 275 271 200
13 21 20 1
275 279 272 179
18 18 11 3
272 274 269 183
15 14 11 7
283 268 281 163
25 12 12 2
1107 1096 1093 725
71 65 54 13
1 2 3
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16
1
van Licr
NZ
255
11
279
15
241
10
269
14
1044
50
Female Kim
Healey
NZ
291
24
294
34
294
32
288
29
1167
119 1
Adult Adult Adult Adult
Male Male Male Male
James Ed Craig Chay
Williams Hollingsworth Morgan Tihi
NZ AUS NZ NZ
299 291 298 284
40 30 37 16
297 296 297 281
41 45 34 16
299 299 295 285
38 29 18
294 300 296 285
29 44 39 17
1189 1186 1186 1135
148 1 167 2 139 3 67
BHU
Junior
Male
Kevin
Lake
NZ
225
6
248
5
243
6
246
6
962
23
1
FSL
Adult
Female Kathy
Swanson
NZ
255
8
246
10
241
7
243
9
985
34
1
FSL FSL FSL FSL FSL
Adult Adult Adult zkdult Adult
Male Male Male Male Male
Stephen Wayne Grant Trevor Dave
Henry Kent Mason Ammundsen Chapman
NZ AUS NZ NZ NZ
294 289 255 268 238
20 31 9 12 4
286 292 267 265 223
23 23 17 15 5
294 288 279 240 232
28 22 17 8 8
286 288 273 256 245
25 21 11 12 8
1160 1157 1074 1029 938
96 97 54 47 25
1 2 3
FSL FSL FSL FSL
Cub Cub Cub Cub
Male Male Male Male
Tangaroa Zak Craig
Tihi Hollingsworth Henry Lake
NZ AUS NZ NZ
291 287 272 235
26 29 14
4
296 283 273 222
27 18 14 5
297 281 272 224
28 22 14 5
298 284 278 243
30 17 11 7
1182 1135 1095 924
111 1 86 2 53 3 21
FSLR Adult FSLR Adult
Male Male
Barry Shane
Bateman Kent
NZ AUS
284 249
12 10
281 260
15 9
269 242
10 9
280 267
15 15
1114 1018
52 43
1 2
FSR
Junior
Male
Philip
Bateman
NZ
267
11
252
6
260
11
260
6
1039
34
I
FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU FSU
Adult Adult Adult Adult Adult Adult Adult Adult
Female Ann Female Megan Female Rebecca Female Cheryl Female Patchara Female Karen Female Patricia Female Minam
Sheard Bateman Darby MacDonald Prasat Morgan Robertson Tihi
NZ NZ AUS NZ NZ NZ NZ NZ
298 295 293 296 289 290 275 264
37 31 31 29 25 28 18 6
298 295 295 296 294 289 268 262
37 38 34 36 34 18 10 12
299 298 297 293 296 294 268 278
35 34 28 31 29 31 15 14
300 299 295 294 291 288 281 272
45 35 32 34 21 25 14 14
1195 1187 1180 1179 1170 1161 1092 1076
154 1 138 2 125 3 130 109 102 57 46
1197 1196 1195 1194 1184 1183 1179
173 1 184 2 167 3 162 139 151 109
BHL
Junior
Male
BHU
Adult
BHU BHU BHU BHU
Walter
ris
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Flight 1 FSU Adult FSU Adult FSU Adult FSU Adult FSU Adult FSU Adult FSU Adult
Male Male Male Male Mak Male Male
Eamonn Trevor Tim Barry Murray John Adrian
Gaffney Irvine Sheard Clifton Colquhoun Glasgow Gadsden
NZ NZ NZ NZ NZ NZ NZ
299 300 299 299 295 295 294
41 47 44 42 34 32 25
300 299 298 299 299 293 293
46 43 46 44 42 36 28
299 298 298 297 294 297 295
39 44 40 34 29 44 27
299 299 300 299 296 297
47 50 37 42 34 39 29
Flight 2 FSU Adult FSU Adult FSU Adult FSU Adult
Male Male Male Male
Reg Len lan Paul
Harris Lynskey Robertson Corlctt
NZ NZ NZ NZ
293 289 293 276
29 29 24 11
293 295 288 276
33 29 24 12
290 289 287 276
36 29 21 16
289 289 281 274
35 21 25 17
1165 1162 1149 1102
133 1 108 2 94 3 56
298
FSU FSU
Junior Junior
Female Alison Female Rachel
Bateman Lynskey
NZ NZ
299 276
41 16
300 290
41 18
299 289
42 23
299 292
38 26
1197 1147
162 1 83 2
FSU FSU FSU FSU
Junior Junior Junior Junior
Male Male Male Male
Clifton Bateman Brantley Twigden
NZ NZ NZ NZ
300 298 297 248
47 39 42 8
299 299 297 276
45 41 44 14
298 300 299 267
40 48 40 12
298 295 297 274
45 39 38 17
1195 1192 1190 1065
177 1 167 2 164 3 51
FSU
Veteran
Female Jaty
Van dcr Voom
NZ
281
13
278
13
285
26
271
23
1115
75
FSU
Veteran
Male
Tony
Van dcr Voom
NZ
297
35
297
37
296
39
300
34
1190
145 1
Stephen Peter Jack Ben
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2001 Inductees for the National Bowhunters Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame Inductees (L to R) Len Cardinale, Robert Barrie and Judd Cooney
LEN CARDINALE
ROBERT BARRIE
JUDD COONEY
I started shooting at age 4 1/2 years old. No one in iny family or friends of family shot or hunted. Must have “sparked" an interest from movie “Robin Hood" or possibly a comic book or magazine. Not sure what started things going. I made my own arrows, bows, quivers, etc. through the young years. I shot in an urban environment such as backyards, alley ways, behind garages, city parks and cellars. My father died when I was 12. I planned my first hunting trip at age 14, to Maine. A friend wanted to come and I talked our landlord into driving us up (10 hours) on his vacation week. At age 16 I put an antelope hunt together in Wyoming. A friend of driving age (17) and another 16 year old pal came along and we drove for 3 1/2 days to hunt for 2 days and then turned around and drove 3 1/2 days back home, wearing cowboy hats on the return trip. A cougar hunt in Colorado in 1958 (age 18) was next. This was by bus from Newark. New Jersey to Craig. Colorado. Local hunting all the while. Small game and whitetail deer, antelope and lions all through the young adult years. Never stopped shooting.
Robert (Bob) Barrie was bom and raised in Westbrook. Minnesota, where his life in archery began. In 1954, at the age of 13. he got his first bow. He took his first deer in 1958 and began shooting competitive archery as well. By 1959, he was making his own archery equipment including laminated bows. In 1961. he went to work for Herter’s Inc. Waseca. Minnesota, as general manager of the Herter’s Archery Division, designing archery equipment including many innovative bows and accessories. In the early 70s. he became the president of the Herter’s Archery Division. At one time. Herter’s was well known as the largest sporting goods mail order company in the world. They manufactured nearly all of their own hunting and fishing equipment. Bob’s most important contribution to archery came in 1979 when he went on his own and started Barrie archery. manufacturers of the world renowned Rocky Mt. Broadhead line. In the early years, it was truly a family business with his wife Connie, daughter Janice and son Bruce all working side by side. To this day. the company specializes in broadheads and offers 20 models to choose from. In 1998, his son Bruce bought out the business. Bob
Judd was bom and grew up in Luverne. Minnesota, a small farm community in the southwestern corner of Minnesota. He spent most of his time hunting, fishing. bowhunting and trapping in this rural area. While in the seventh grade he made up his mind he wanted to spend his life in the outdoors and started working in that direction. He bowhunted the very first archery season held in Minnesota in 1954 and harvested his first deer during a South Dakota hunt at age 13. After graduating from Luverne High School in 1956. he attended South Dakota State College in Brookings. South Dakota on an athletic scholarship and majored in wildlife management. He got his degree in I960 after some debate about whether he should have a degree in the day or nigh course of wildlife or be issued a degree in HUNTING. TRAPPING, and FISHING. During this period South Dakota’s pheasant and waterfowl, as well as furbearer and small game populations were at an all time high and Judd spent as much time as possible taking advantage of this bounty. Judd started working for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game during his junior year and was working for them
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Lcn Cardinale contiued from page 17,
Bought the “best" bows as a teenager; Ben Pearson and York were S12.50 each and were the Cadillacs of the day. My Bear Grizzly was S36.95 in 1953. At 58 pounds I could own it but couldn’t string it! A happy bowhunter with 5 whitctails and a lion under nty belt. I opened Buttsand Bows Archery in 1964.1 started "showing how" as soon as I opened the door. I sold equipment and prot ided shooting lanes for the next 36 years. 1 had a flair for conveying correct shooting information and setting equipment up properly. I got swept up in writing, lecturing, coaching and designing archery equipment to hungry tryst who never thought they could shoot so well, so easily. 1 was a staff shooter for "Ben Pearson." then "Stemmier," then "World Archery" (Wing) and currently "Archery Visions." I represented PAA on the board of directors of AAC and was a board member of P&Y. ALOA and Bowhunters Who Care. during the same time frames. Traveled the world giving shooting seminars, made 4 videos on shooting that are stocked in colleges and universities everywhere. I still write (infrequently) for Bowhunters Magazine (15 years) and Archery World before that (10 years), along with Outdoor Life (4 years). Recently lectured at NFAA, Master Coach School in Ohio (2nd time) and hold Master Coach rank in the NAA and am a Senior member of P&Y. Coached national and international professional and Olympic shooters and teams from late 60's to late 80's. I've taken more than 150 bow hunting trips to places as close as New York and Pennsylvania and as far away as Spain and Alaska. 1 have 115 big game animals and remember every single one. clearly, no matter what their size or where they were taken. I saw most parts of the world carrying my bow and surely have "been to the mountain." The friends and acquaintances I've made were a treasure chest of life at its best. Whenever I think of my archery experiences I think things good, wholesome and "effervescence" in 50 plus years of trekking from here to there, both hunting and target, in a swirl of bright, shinning points of passionate interest. My family has been lovingly supportive. My wife and children were happy for me when 1 went, proud for me when 1 succeeded and disappointed for me when I came back empty handed. My mom and "Smokey." my stepfather, were two of the greatest people that every lived. Running Butts and Bows while 1 was gone, made it possible for me to take many of the trips and I always felt they were part of every triumph. My wife is right there too, keeping the home fires burning, while we raised 4 wonderful children straight and strong. My daughters Teresa, Maria and Dina, and my son Leonard gave Mary Jo and 1 the wind under our wings to make a good life for us all. Our love gave me the strength to go a little further, climb a little higher. try a little harder. My education was 14th Ave. Grammar School, Cleveland Jr. High School. Bloomfield Tech and West Side High School. graduating in 1956. The only college experience was teaching Archery at Trenton State College for 8 years (late 70’s, early 80's) as adjunct faculty. It was a one credit course for PhysEd majors plus coached a varsity (letter) team. Co-ed.
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when he graduated, so he missed his own graduation. He spent the better part of two years working all over the coastal area of Alaska and in 1962 was drafted into the Army. He spent two years at Fort Carson near Colorado Springs, where he was post game warden and managed the hunting and fishing program on the post. Judd went to work for the Colorado Division of Wildlife immediately after his discharge and spent 7 years working in Kremmling, Colorado and 6 years in Pagosa Springs. Colorado as a Wildlife Conservation Officer. During this time he got a start in writing and wildlife photography and had numerous articles and photos published. In 1977, Judd got fed up with the bureaucracy and b.s. of working with a state agency and traded his monthly paycheck for the freedom to be on his own full time. He immediately started his own guiding and outfitting business and shifted into high gear with his writing and photography. Over the past years, he has guided many bowhunters and gun hunters to trophy mule deer, whitetails, elk, black bear, turkeys, and antelope. During this time he has also managed to do some serious hunting on his own and presently has antelope, mule deer, whitctail deer, black bear, moose, cougar and caribou in the Pope & Young record book, as well as cougar and antelope in Boone & Crockett. His best antelope tied the World Record fora time until they reinstated the original World Record at it’s old measurement. Judd has been a Senior Member of the Pope & Young Club since 1980. Judd has been active in the outdoor writing and photography field since 1966 and has been a member of the Outdoor Writers Association for 32 years. He is one of only two members to serve three terms on the board of directors and has served on numerous committees throughout his membership. He served as OWAA
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however is still active in the business and enjoys making prototypes of new broadhead designs. He holds a number of archery patents as well. He shot competitive archery from 1958 through 1978 winning a number of state championships, one PAA sectional and placed high in other PAA events. Even though he enjoyed competitive shooting, bow hunting has always been number one and he has always considered himself a bow “huntaholic.” All of his big game has been taken exclusively with the bow including 20 P&Y class trophies. Bob has supported a number of archery organizations, has served as a board member of the AMO and is a regular member of the Pope & Young Club. When not designing broadheads or bowhunting, there’s a good chance you can find this 3 handicap golfer on the golf course, but archery has and always will be first.
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president in 1996 and was chairman of the board in 1997. During the past 22 years Judd has been writing and photographing on a full time basis in addition to his guiding and outfitting operation. He has articles or photos in many of the outdoor magazines every month, and specializes in writing about bowhunting and big game hunting, but has covered a vast array of outdoor subjects from flowers to airline travel. His cover photos have appeared on Outdoor Life. Sportsmen’s Bowhunting, Colorado Outdoors. Aqua Field Publications Annuals, American Hunter. Deer & Deer Hunting, Fishing & Hunting News. Colorado Country Life, The Trapper & Predator Caller, American Trapper. Southwestern Outdoor Sportsman, Petersen’s Bowhunting, Bowhunter. Bow & Arrow Hunter. Bowhunting World. Western Outdoors and several Canadian and European publications. He presently has a stock photo file of over 200,000 photos and has nearly 20,000 photos in circulation to various entities at any given time. He has also had thousands of photos in catalogs, calendars, brochures, greeting cards, posters and advertisements here in the U.S. and in many foreign countries and works with three different stock agencies here and abroad. At present. Judd is the calling editor for Fur. Fish & Game. He is a frequent contributor to many other magazines on a monthly basis with articles and photos. At present Judd spends the spring guiding turkey hunters in Iowa and consulting for Black Bay Outfitters bear camp in northern Saskatchewan. He stays busy during the fall trying to hunt as many areas of the country as he can and miming Iowa Trophy Whitetail Outfitters, a quality trophy whitctail and turkey operation in the hill country of western Iowa where the bucks are humongous. When Judd isn’t guiding deer or turkey hunters, he is generally on the road photographing, hunting or doing seminars, telling other people about the outdoors and how to get the most out of enjoying it. As Judd says, "I spend 18-20 hours a day trying to avoid working an 8-5 job and wouldn't change it for the world!!’’
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Toward the Gold with Freddie Troncoso
Author Freddie Troneoso
Mental Control and Winning The power of the mind is such that almost any person can set out and accomplish most any goal providing that we first make up our minds to do so. It is no wonder that the difference between top scoring archers and “fun shooters" can be attributed to achieving mental control versus lack of confidence. It is well known that man has invested much time and money in an effort to study the human mind and behavior during the past decades for the purpose of finding out why champions succeed while others repeatedly fail. As a result of these studies, science has made tremendous strides toward understanding human behavior dealing with mental control and the self-image. The self-image concept simply refers to a mental picture of what type of person you perceive yourself to be. Accordingly, we may see ourselves as successes or failures and may perceive ourselves as being good looking or homely, or we may think of ourselves as being bright or inadequate. It is also realized that the things that people say to you, along with the effects of events that happen in your daily life, also contribute to making an assessment of yourself. Many times. however, our assessments need not be totally or completely correct. The truth of the matter is that we can be much better than we perceive ourselves to be. One thing for certain, is that the self image evaluation can make you a complete success or a total failure. We can thus, become good archers capable of shooting high scores, or we can become and remain mediocre low 20
scoring archers according to our own self evaluation. How many times have we heard archers say, "I'll never be a good shot - I'm only here for a good time!" Others will say ”1'11 never shoot a 300, I'm simply too old to keep up with the younger generation. Are those self critiquing archers correct, or are they merely mentally defeating themselves before they start? Every act that we perform should be directed toward the successful accomplishment of a particular goal. Man by nature is goal orientated and thus pursues success accordingly. Sadly, the archers that give up before they start will ultimately end up in achieving failure and performing at sub-par levels. Their goal is the successful achievement of failure and shooting poorly. Success and Learning We all realize that all learning is
accomplished by remembering our successes and forgetting our failures. It is this knowledge that enables us to improve our shooting while posting higher scores. If we can shoot high scores in practice and in local tournaments, there is no sound reason for falling apart at major tournaments and at noteworthy events. Let us think back to the times when we were learning to shoot a bow, drive a car or learn to play an instalment. As we were learning to perform those muscle and mental conditioning skills, we realized that we would remember our successful performances while forgetting our mistakes. The sole purpose of proper practice is to leam a muscular skill both physically and mentally up to the point where our newly acquired skills become habit that become ingrained in our minds and bodies due to repetition and constant practice.
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Once the mechanics of a particular skill are learned and mastered, we can proceed with our newly learned skills “automatically” such as one does during the process of walking or driving a car. When you think of going to the next room to get a dictionary, you do it without giving any concentrated thought to the mechanics of walking. In other words, you proceed seemingly automatically with solely the goal of picking up the dictionary in your mind. The same parallel is true regarding learning how to shoot a bow and arrow. Once our learned skills become habits and arc ingrained into our minds and bodies, shooters can proceed and perform the shooting process virtually automatically while concentrating our efforts on aiming and holding as steady as humanly possible. Repeat, once we have learned to shoot our bows and arrows, we must dedicate our entire efforts to aiming and holding the pin or scope dot dead center of center as best as humanly possible. Acquiring Mental Control Many times I have walked up and down the shooting lines at major tournaments throughout the world. In so doing, I have also seen many shooters struggling while fighting the involuntary urge to release. Among the afflicted, 1 have also seen many renowned champions flinch and let down, in an effort not to miss the target. When an archer lets down, he is demonstrating the importance of maintaining proper mental control that reflects common sense and mental awareness. How do these archers acquire and achieve the necessary mental control required for getting over the nervousness of being watched? The answer is ”by the countless hours of practice that includes attending as many tournaments and competitions as possible. If you are really serious about doing well at tournaments and hope to shoot well, you have to perfect your shooting form, practice, and shoot, shoot, shoot. There is no other way to get used to shooting at tournaments without getting nervous if we do not toe the line as many times as we can. In reality, all champions must physically and mentally acclimatize themselves to being watched to the point where they see
solely the target face the target alone. It takes most champions an average of two years of intense shooting and actual competition to become tournament conditioned and to get rid of the "butterflies" commonly referred to an tournament jitters and nerves. In summary, I would like to say that there are no shortcuts to success and
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Handling the Pressure Shots By Terry Wunderle
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At a big 3-D tournament one of my students was in a shoot off for first. 1 walked up to him and asked. "What's going through your head?" “Form and rhythm," he replied. "Have you run your relax program yet?" I asked “Yes. and I am as calm as I can be under these conditions." he said boldly As expected, he shot good form and won the shoot off. How was he able to perform so well under these conditions? He had good self discipline that took control of his thought process. If you will note, during our conversation, neither of us talked about
winning or shooting a ten. We discussed what was important and relative to the situation, that is, being relaxed and shooting fonn with good rhythm. Handling the pressure shots is no different than handling any other shot as long as you don't place a more significant value on it. The shot has to be executed with the same perfect form and concentration as you do during practice. Thinking about the shot in terms of“l need a ten". I want to win", or “I don't want to embarrass myself in front of the crowd" is a perfect blue print for a bad shot. These thoughts cause anxiety and produce tight muscles which makes the archer shoot different form. It also causes the thinking process to be altered during shot execution. When this happens, it is impossible to duplicate the form of the shot that is normally executed. So how is the best way to overcome this problem? Raise the value and importance of every practice shot and lower the significance of the pressure shot. The better you become at this, the closer the value of the practice shot and the pressure shot become. At that point, the shot will be like shooting the same shot that you do
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on the practice field. Treat every shot on the practice field as a "must make" shot. Discipline yourself and let down if the shot isn't there or if your concentration wanders. This not only helps you handle the pressure shot but enhances your overall performance in archery. Now. let's look at the pressure shot. The pressure shot becomes such because your thinking made it that way. Don’t let this type of thinking enter into the thought process. Think only in terms of executing a perfect shot with perfect form, then the other thoughts will not be present to confuse the issue. When you lower the importance of a pressure shot, it will bring it closer to the value of the practice field shot. Then you will be shooting the same shot with the same fonn. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
Coach’s Corner PERFECT PRACTICE REGIMEN - Part J An Accelerated Learning Curve ©2002 Bernie Pellerite
Author’s Bio: Bernie Pellerite is a professional level IV Master Coach who has been a pro staff shooter, pro shop owner and seminar speaker. He has 10 animals in the top 10 of the S.C.I. Bowhunting World Record Book. He's a leading technical writer and archery analyst who is published in many countries as well as several U.S. archery magazines and recently published his new book, “Idiot Proof Archery" (see ad on page .) He is president of Robinhood Video Productions, which presently has 37 titles marketed all over the world. He is also the inventor of the “Bernie’s Can't Punch™ release which eliminates punching and target panic. He also manufacturers “Bernie's PanicMaster and Bow Simulator" and offers a series of 9 videos called the Shooter's School Master Series. He is in the process of introducing 2 new back tension releases and an air bow in 2002. As a professional coach, he created the world-famous NFAA Shooter's School and also offers the NFAA Advanced Certified Instructor program as an option. Bernie and his wife. Jan, will be conducting these exciting shooter's schools, which are also available on six video tapes. For more information, call Bernie or Jan at Robinhood Videos (614)933-0011, fax (614)933-0010 or website www.robinhoodvideos.com.
Editor’s note: The follosving is an excerpt from “Idiot Proof Archery” (see ad page 43) Because of the length of the subject, it will be presented in 2 installments. Watch for the second half in the next issue!
Consistently hitting what you aim at with a bow and arrow is really hard to do! This “predictable accuracy” that eludes so many of us is an attainable goal, but it's never really achieved or maintained without endless hours of practice. For those of you who would rather “pray for luck,” here's an old archery saying ... “It takes a lot of luck to succeed with a bow and arrow ... the more you practice, the luckier you seem to get!" It follows that if we're going to have to practice, we might as well make it count. Like most good archers eventually discover ... practice does not make perfect... perfect practice makes perfect! The following is an outline of a uniquely productive and accelerated practice regimen. These “super sessions" are for serious bowhunters and target archers only. With the proper dedication, these helpful hints will greatly accelerate your learning curve and your level of understanding and accuracy with a bow
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and arrow. •Don't try to practice while you are worried about a piece of equipment that is about to fail or is not in order ... you have enough to think about! Fix it first! •Make sure your bow is tuned properly (or as good as you think it should be), your arrows are matched to the bow and are identical, and nothing is loose. Silicone. rubber cement, or LocTiteTM all nuts. bolts and screws that don’t have to be moved frequently. •Don't spend hours timing, tuning, and making adjustments at home, only to have something move or fail at a tournament or in a tree stand, and have no idea how to put it back, exactly the way it was before (now. let’s see ... how far was the peep from my nocking point?).
"Recordyour bow and arrow's vital statistics because it will save you. ifyou have to re-cable or replace a string.
•Keepa logbook! A small 3” x 5"spiral notebook will do. Record your bow's poundage, axle to axle length, brace height, tiller measurements, nocking point position on your bow square, distance of the peep sight from the nocking point. arrow speed in feet per second, arrow weight, total and individual pin gap (trace them if possible), and your exact draw length. Sooner or later a string or cable on your bow will break or stretch, your serving will separate, unwind or break, or your peep, pin sights, or rest will move. When it happens, you can avoid a disaster by referring to your log book. You can 23
repair or reset the affected part back to its original specs without altering performance or wasting hours rctuning or sighting in your bow again. This same farsightedness should also be standard for other critical adjustments. For instance, marking the position of things like limb bolts, overdraw, arrow rest, peep site, pin sights, center serving and cam roll-over position with correction fluid (Wite-Out®) can save you. by quickly identifying and correcting one or more items that might move from their original position, for one reason or another.
"Marking the cam roll over point can tell you instantly, when something moved or stretched."
picture, but you are asking for tendonitis or possibly rotator cuff surgery later. Try using an exercise band to warm up. • Stretch and warm up your muscles with a length of rubber tubing or rubber stretch band. This lower stress start-up allows you to key on your back muscles (rhomboids), and allows the arms and shoulders to relax, which facilitates a much steadier sight picture, from arrow number one. ■Don't start shooting a small target at 20 to 40 yards right away. You're often so intent on hitting the target, your form goes to pieces right from the start. Your "tip off' to this condition is. for example. when you’re hitting in the middle on Monday. Thursday you are shooting to the right and on Saturday you are shooting left. This, among other things, can be caused by a lack of “muscle memory.’’ At the beginning and intermediate level, usually the very first arrow we shoot in a practice session sets up our subconscious and short term muscle memory, for a “first impression" of how the shot should feel. and therefore be executed. Since we’re so preoccupied with “trying to hit the target," we usually don't maintain good form, and shoot a “bad first shot." It can sometimes take hours or dozens of shots to straighten out this bad first impression that we gave our subconscious. • Shoot the first few arrows at five or
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player taking a few practice swings to re educate their muscle memory about a good swing.) If you can. close your eyes after you come to anchor, and shoot several shots at three to four yards with no target. or use a Bow Simulator. This lets your subconscious experience how a good shot should feel. If you arc really serious, schedule a whole practice session each week on an empty bale or with the Bow Simulator. Shoot for half an hourwith your eyes closed, and a half an hour with your eyes open. With your ego “unplugged." scattering your arrows and no target, you can completely explore, experiment with or absorb whatever part of your form or timing you wish, one at a time ... without caring where the arrow went. If you can. video yourself shooting the first shot with your eyes closed, and compare it with a 20 yard, eyes open, first shot from another session... they should look the same, form wise. Most people are surprised at the huge difference. If there are differences, you can then work on getting them to look the same ... which is the whole key to good form. •Don’t waste time practicing scenarios that won’t happen. If you are going bowhunting for whitetail this November. from a tree stand in zero degree weather. you won’t be very well prepared by shooting at a 3-D target on level ground, in shorts and a T-shirt in August. •Try to duplicate whatever situation you are preparing for as closely as possible. You may not be able to duplicate the weather conditions, but you can duplicate most of the other factors. Practice from the same kind of tree stand, at the same height. Wear the same clothes, shoot the same arrows and broadheads, shoot at dawn and at dusk (under low light situations), shoot in the rain, shoot your backup bow, shoot from a sitting position, etc. If you are a bowhunter, don’t shoot at the kill zones on 3-D animals. Most are not anatomically correct at the present time. Pick a spot, where the real vitals are, and aim at it. Find out what you and your equipment will do under the above conditions ... before you find out the expensive and hard way. You may have to shoot straight down, or pull your bow back while twisted around or sitting down. Or, you may have to draw and shoot after running to cover after a long stalk. Be prepared! Take an egg timer and a magazine with you into the tree stand. Set the timer for fifteen minutes and read the magazine until the timer goes off. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
Shoot one shot ... then climb down! Do the same thing the next day! I'll bet the second day you’ll take more time! •If you arc a 3-D or target archer, simulate the stress of a tournament as closely as possible. Shoot against your buddies. Shoot the same number of arrows as you have to in the tournament, and score them as they will be scored. Put some pressure on yourself! Shoot for a Pepsi or dinner, or the registration of your truck ... whatever gets you stressed or your adrenaline flowing! •If you are a bowhunter or 3-D shooter. practice with a good rangefinder. Set your sights with it. and use it to double check your results. If you don’t check the yardage after you shoot and miss, you’ll never know whether you've misjudged the distance, or you executed the shot badly. •Don’t pressure yourself into trying to beat the local "hot shot” or into trying to shoot a perfect 200 on a 3-D round, if your personal best is only 174. Only a fool expects to shoot twenty bullseyes in a row
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to you! You should only compete, in any given tournament, with your last best score, not the local hero Pay no attention to your competitor’s scores ... you can’t change them. The only thing worrying about them will do is change your score! Your goal should be one point higher than your best previous effort! Watch For the final installment of this article in the next issue.
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From the Senior Corner By Joe Bauernfeind
Hello again and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to yon all. I know by the time you read this, both those holidays will be long past, but I hope the spirit of my greeting will still be there for you. I’m writing this on Christmas day in a very quiet and tidy house. For many years we hosted Christmas for the family and as it grew with the addition of my kid’s husbands and wives and then again with the addition of three Grandchildren, the day became hectic and kind of stressful. I know many of you can relate to this and I’m sure many have larger families than mine, but the effect is the same. The group gets larger and the house, which seemed so large and comfortable for just the two of you, shrinks right before your eyes. Where will everybody sit and how can we all fit at the dining room table? (We went with the buffet style and that helped a lot.) This year my daughter took on the task and it was a nice change of pace for us. We got to take home some of the leftover ham and desserts for the next day and had none of the usual mess to deal with. Just pick up the presents, get in the car and head
home to a nice clean house. Either way though it is a wonderful time for families to get together but I’m glad its just once a year. This December was a little different, since we spent two weeks before Christmas in Florida vacationing and attending the North American Field Archery Championship. Pre-Christmas in South Florida is a little weird after living my whole life in the north. Eighty-degree temperatures and coconut palms just don't seem to the right background for a Christmas tree lot. I'm used to going out on a cold, windy day and slogging around through several muddy lots looking for just the right tree, not putting on shorts and sneakers and sweating while 1 load the tree in the car. Christmas shopping too. sort of suffers from the heat. Who gives bcachwear for Christmas? 1 didn’t get to see Santa in Florida, thank goodness. I don't know if 1 could bear to see the old boy in a red swimsuit and sunglasses all buttered up with sun tan lotion. I guess if
Editor’s comment: ll'e always like to run photos with our articles so here is what was in our files. Let’s hear from you. I welcome anyone to identify what tournament it is and the year it rook place. He will run some of the comments in the next issue. 2001 NAFAC silver medalist Frank Gandy (right) shooting his winning form at one of the many field tournaments in the 1960s while Stan Werner of Iowa looks on.
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you’re used to having Christmas in the summer it's business as usual but I'll take the frozen North when it comes to Yuletide anytime. Now archery in December at home is a different story. Unless you've got a brand new, hot, 3D bow or some other goody that you just have to get out and try, it's best just to stay indoors and dream of the wanner weather to come in the Spring. December archery in South Florida is quite another story. The temperature has cooled from summer's highs and the hurricane season has come and gone so the time is ripe for some fine field archery shooting. That’s precisely what the Florida Archery Association and their leader Tim Austin were thinking when they offered to host the NAFAC shoot in Florida. The IFAA could find no club to host the shoot in Canada, where it was scheduled to be held, so the FAA with Tim at the helm approached the Everglade Archers of Homestead, FL with the idea of hosting. Unsure if their single 28 target range could handle the number of archers who might attend, the club decided to accept and forged ahead with their preparations. As it turns out, the core of workers of this club is capable of near miracles. Their range was initially developed from an overgrown former dumpsite offered for use by the county. The county then fenced in the property and the club got to work and turned it into one of the finest ranges in Florida. Lanes were cleared, the stagnant pond which covered a large portion of the property was cleared of debris and restored to a clear, fish filled lake, a lighted practice area with covered shooting lanes was established and the Everglades Archers were ready for business. Then disaster struck. I'm sure the name of Homestead rang a bell in your mind when mentioned above. That’s right, the center of hurricane Andrew, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit South Florida, went right through the town and destroyed just about everything in its path, including the crown jewel of the Everglade Archers. These are tough people though. As you ride through Homestead today, few signs of Andrew remain. The club workers began the laborious task of rebuilding the range and after laboring against seemingly impossible conditions were happy to accept the offer of FEMA to restore the property. It seems the range was built on land that was a natural environmental area that FEMA thought should be restored as part of the storm cleanup. With the power and resources of a federal agency behind them the club restored the range to its pre Andrew condition. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
Now they were faced with the task of preparing to host an unknown number of archers for a two-day shoot on a single 28 target range. It was decided that because of the limited daylight in mid December, yes even in Florida, and because of the density of the range’s vegetation, the shooting times would have to start as close to daylight as possible and that all the shooting lanes would have to be widened to allow all four archers in a group to shoot at once. Also, because of the format of 28 Field and 28 Animal on Saturday, food would have to be served on the range so that both rounds could be shot without a break. With their typical determination, the workers widened the shooting lanes to accommodate four archers and built up new shooting positions using crushed coral from a local plant to fill in the low areas. Finally the range preparations were complete, the food plans in place and all that was needed now was the arrival of the archers from near and far. Dawn broke, barely, at 7 AM on Saturday Dec. 15 and found 90+ archers ready to shoot some arrows. The lighted practice range was a necessity at that time of the morning in order to allow a little warm up time and last minute adjustments before starting to the range. Target assignments and scorecards were ready at the official’s table set up by Tim and his son Oliver. Tim has come up with the most efficient system I’ve ever seen for handing out and recovering cards and doing the final results. I’ve seen it work at two Senior Olympics and it is really well thought out and easy for the archers to follow. I hate to admit it but computerized results take about twice the time to run as Tim's system does. The archers were directed to their targets by the club members and by about 7:20 AM things got underway. We were instructed to shoot four across on all targets to speed things up and everyone seemed to be willing to do it, even though the usual two at a time lends itself to spotting better. The few hang ups encountered were caused by the sun rising while we were shooting which made shading the sights for each other an absolute necessity. There were several shots across the lake, which caused some interesting visual effects. I looked at a 50 yard target with my binoculars and had all kinds of lines across the target face. What happened to these glasses? I don’t remember dropping them. Hey dummy, you’re looking at the target's reflection in the lake. I wonder how many people have taken a shot at those reflections. There's a kayak on hand, which club member Les Bagley found floating in the ocean while out on his charter fishing boat, which can be used to rescue errant arrows from the lake, or if you’re not shooting too well you can use it to fish for some of the bass and perch that live in the pond. The water was crystal clear and there were lots of fish to be seen. Getting back to the shooting, it went about as fast as I ’ve seen it go in a long time. We shot the entire 28 targets of Field in four hours with hardly a wait at any target. That included two food stops for lunch and a snack. Surprisingly, the Animal round had more waiting involved then the Field. The target set was a new 1FAA African Safari set which was all black and white and had some scoring areas, which were impossible to see. I found it tougher than the NFAA round and managed to miss a couple of shots. There were plenty of 560's though, so 1 guess it was just me. In any case, the Animal round was completed in about three hours and we were off the range by 2:30. All the anxieties about not being able to complete the first day before dark, faded away and we all looked forward to the Hunter Round on Sunday. Another clear dawn broke at 7 on Sunday and we were once again off and running. There were fewer clouds though and those targets with the rising sun facing you were very tough indeed. Two archers were needed to supply shade on some shots and it still felt like you were shooting at a ghost. The Hunter spot can
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really fade out on you when that sun is in your eyes and the target is in the shade. It was slower than the Field round, due to the sun and the need for switching shooting positions so often, but we still finished in time for lunch, and what a lunch it was. The club calls it the Beast Feast and it included fresh, grilled Dolphin fish, venison, wild pig and even a salad with Octopus and Squid in it. The club ladies and the guys too are to be congratulated for a wonderful job of showing of Florida's hospitality. Lunch was followed by the awards ceremony, which featured IFAA President. Ken Rogers, handing out the medals of gold silver and bronze. The medals were very handsome and I’m sure that those who received them were very proud. Once again Tim's system proved itself, by getting the awards ceremony under way in a minimum of time. This was followed by the club's raffling of the prizes, donated by the attending vendors and local shops. 1 won't try to report all of the winner’s names but they are posted at www.floridaarchery.org. under the 2001 NAFAC shoot icon. In my own group. Lynwood Bunn won the gold, even though his rest broke on his last shot. Good shooting Lyn. Archery legend Frank Gandy finished with the silver but was in it right up to the last target. I got the bronze medal, which put me on the stand with two very fine gentlemen indeed. I’m finishing up this column in Virginia, where we're having our second Christmas of the year with our other Grandchildren. Once again it's hectic and full of tom wrappings and broken toys but 1 wouldn't miss it for the world. Buzz Lightyear is calling me to come and play so I’ll sign ofThere and hope I’ll be seeing you sometime during the coming year. Joe Bauemfeind www.zenitharchery.com
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Putting it all together By Roger W. Breternitz Ch.T.
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In the past year or so 1 have written articles about "Winning concentration. State of Mind. Fear of Winning. Positive Self-talk. Modeling Excellence, the Fun of Success” and in general the mental side of archcry that makes you a consistent winner. This is about all of those topics rolled into one. Once there was a man who acquired an old treasure chest from his uncle who recently passed on. He knew that the owner was quite wealthy and so wanted very much to open the chest. It was a beautiful piece of work and he didn't want to damage the lock, which was part of the face. The trouble was. he had no key, so for years the chest just sat there unopened until one day the nephew was going through his uncle's things and found a very elaborate key. He tried it in the lock and it clicked open. To his dismay the chest was empty. He decided to have the chest appraised anyway, and upon closer examination a false bottom was discovered with signature of a well-known 17th century craftsman. The chest was appraised at S30.000. All competitors in any sport arc much like that chest. We are a great treasure in our selves, but we need to find the key to unlock our potential and discover our own power to generate the end results we are seeking. The illustration to focus on here, is the key that opened the chest. What is a key. but a series of correct responses to specific stimuli that when applied produce the desired end result, like in this case the lock opening, or in our case the arrow hitting the “X" time after time. The key has many facets and grooves; all of which have to be exactly what the lock is “Looking for” in order to pop open. Successfully shooting an arrow time after time is a combination of many variables just like this key we are talking about. If all the variables are not arranged perfectly in the right place and activated at just the right time the answer we get will not be what we want, and in a sense the
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"Lock" will not open. So what are the variables of the "Key" that will unlock our treasure chest of success and take us to the winner's circle. First ask, “Is it equipment or ability”? The equipment has got to be tuned and properly adjusted, this is true, but studies have been done that support the fact that some great scores have been shot with untuned equipment. In 1968, at Old Orchard Lanes in Champaign Illinois, 1 watched Lester (Jugger) Gervais shoot the first perfect 300 PAA round ever shot by anyone (fingers only) anywhere, let alone in competition, and I swear his arrows looked like they were changing ends all the way to the target! So I would say it's ability over equipment. Now let’s look at the two divisions of ability, mental and physical. Physical: You need to be in good physical condition of course, and I truly believe the better condition you are in the more endurance you will have at the things that are important in the sport of archery.
which are. standing, holding and pulling. Since we arc not talking about cardiovascular endurance, that is not a great priority. Being in “Shape" for archery is having your back and shoulder muscles tuned and in good condition. The more you shoot the more this will be the case. Hopefully you don’t have any back, leg, or knee problems that will prevent you from long periods of standing or walking. If all of these things are in order, the first “Notch” of the key is cut. Now let's talk about the main determining factor of winning or losing. Mental: What are the stumbling blocks of winning that we have to remove and the building blocks of confidence we have to construct in order to end up a consistent winner? 1.Confidence: What is confidence but the sincere knowledge that you can do the task at hand without reservation. Nothing builds confidence like success, but how do you succeed without confidence first. The best way to do this is “Fool" your
In the days before the compound bow, Lester Gervais (right) winning the 1967 International Open over Victor Leach.
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subconscious mind into THINKING that you have already succeeded, or already won. The subconscious has a strange characteristic that psychologists agree upon. It cannot tell if a memory is real or imagined. So in order to “Fool" your subconscious into believing you’ve already won spend a considerable amount of time imagining yourself winning, seeing your name in first place, accepting the trophy, having people congratulate you etc. Suddenly you will have a new feeling of confidence and power, and your chances of winning now have quadrupled! Get to the range early, and spend just 15 to 20 minutes in your car or a quiet place and should look “Flat line” with nothing get what you’ve always got! If you don’t relax, blank your mind, and then visualize registering, total absence of all mental like the results you’re getting., change what the shoot in detail before you walk in. activity. Now your automatic functionscan you're doing, the result may be better or it 2. Fear: What is fear anyway? Fear is take over and work perfectly without your may be worse, but... it won’t be the same. only worry about the projected possibility conscious mind “Telling” you what to do Fritz Christler, one of the world's of something that may never happen. Here just incase you might not already know. greatest violinists once said. “ It’s not the is an "Axiom": The level of fear is directly 4. Self-Talk: This is the way you talk instrument that matters, but the master that related to the amount of loss associated to yourself when you think nobody is holds the bow”. He could have just as easily with defeat, thereby increasing that chance listening or don't care if they listen anyway. been talking about archery. Concentrate on of defeat. In other words the higher the It is usually the most destructive of all the yourself your own strengths and abilities stakes (the bigger the tournament) the more negative actions a person can take, because forget the outside variables, and success the pressure and greater the fear of loosing, you very rarely complement yourself when will find YOU, the best of luck, and good or in some people’s case the fear of you do well, you just don’t say anything. shooting! winning. How do we deal with it? Just It’s when you start missing that the negative remember, (his is archcry, it's suppose to self-talk comes out, and that starts a be fun, it’s not a fast draw contest with live downward spiral the very rarely comes ammo against a trained killer. You will live back up. So...make sure that you to shoot another day if you don’t win! So complement yourself when you do good, many people blow things out of proportion, and always use positive phrases about your “If I don’t win my family will think I’m a performance even when not doing well, total loser, my boss will find out and think like, “1 need to relax, I need to breath Enjoy the Benefits of I can’t do my job and fire me, my whole deeper. I know I can do it", and so on. life is going down in a smoldering mass of 5. Belief System: This is what you truly bone, hair and flames” - NOT! The best believe about yourself and your abilities. defense against this kind of thinking is just It is what you believe you deserve in life relax, and do what YOU consider to be as well as on the archery range. If you like your best, and the rest is history. You create yourself, and you see yourself as a credible. your own demons and you can just as easily person of integrity with sound values, and defeat them. your belief system is in line with your goals 3.Concentration: This is the plain and and aspirations, just have a good time, NIKKEN simple ability to allow your pre enjoy yourself, and the success will come programmed responses like shooting a in it’s own time. Great Company. perfect arrow to BE perfect, and just get Putting it all together means arranging Great Products. out of the way and let it happen. Here’s a all the areas of mental and physical to form good way to develop concentration, find a a unique “Key” that fits you and you alone. AMAZING WATER! quiet spot and close your eyes and with a and will unlock your winning potential and timer set to 60 seconds, imagine a red circle give you the perfect formula for success. Call Diana & Terry LaBeau on a white background. Don’t allow any Only you can create this “Key” and only Independent Wellness Consultant thought to come into your mind for this 60 you will know how to use it. You have Old Pueblo Archery seconds. This is concentration, the kind of been give some general guide lines here. (520)744-1043 steel plated concentration you want when and how you choose to modify. OPArchery@aol.com the chips are down, and it all hangs on one personalize, and implement them is up to 5Pillars.com/healthyliving or two arrows. If you hooked up your mind you. Just remember, if you keep on doing 00114 to a brain wave Oscilloscope screen it what you’ve always done, you’re going to
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A SPECIFIC GOAL FOR EVERY PRACTICE SESSION By Bob Ragsdale "practice session. This explains why we all know people who shoot continually but later notice that in their next competitive event they did not perform up to expectations. Generally speaking, everyone can shoot acceptably while practicing alone, the difficulty is tn finding a way to practice alone and later managing to do well in the actual heat of battle. TINKERING. Those who continually invent things to worry about and can’t keep their hands off tools often start a practice session with a bow in perfect condition, but it won’t stay that way long. Many quickly Boh Ragsdale begin to panic from erroneous conclusions First. Test Your Compound Bow and adjust their equipment into a worthless Knowledge. heap. I'm still prone to do such things myself Ifyou can “ACE" these 3 questions now, but being aware of it is the first step to a there may be no need to read on. cure. It is not unusual to hear yourself or The answers are found in B_Ql.D_and someone else comment; “J was fine when I UNDERLINED somewhere in the article started practicing, but now I'm a complete text. wreck.” 1. A bow that is more likely to “letyou My personal archery credentials do not get away with murder" is a bow with (5 include shooting high tournament scores, but words). I've always felt I could, if 1 just would. 2. The most commonly used “cop-out Having never been willing to pay the price excuse after a miss" is (6 words). of working that hard, I often comment that 3. Rate your shot groups not by how "I can shoot 1 or 2 arrows as good as “round" they are. but by how (1 word). anybody” it’s putting together a string of 50 YOU HAD BETTER HAVE A to 450 in a row that gets me. But, to my PLAN FOR EVERY SHOT YOU personal satisfaction at every tournament, I MAKE. have always felt that no one there had their Many archers “practice” because they equipment better prepared. have heard that "practice is necessary” but have no plan for what they want to ROBERT'S RULES OF ARCHER Y. accomplish during that time period. Many Years ago 1 assembled 10 statements of us are simply “putting in our time” called "Robert's Rules of Archery" in an believing that if we shoot enough arrows attempt to provide guidelines for every everything will magically become automatic occasion. Each statement is carefully worded and perfect. WRONG. More times than not. to be indisputable in the sense that each is what does become automatic on every shot obviously either an opinion or a suggestion, are the bad habits we were developing during or a commonly known scientific fact. Nine all those wasteful and incompetent shooting are directly related to PRACTICE and BOW sessions. SETUP with the other specifically for My personal definition of hunters. Not in numerical order, I will “PRACTICING" is: "Devising a plan for elaborate on each below to offer suggestions every shot and then working until you are and ideas for those wishing to PRACTICE able to execute that plan without fail. ” MORE EFFECTIVELY. Making nocking point adjustments. Rule #10. "Before shooting, declare centershot adjustments and perfecting your whether you are practicing or whether you sight settings is nor practicing in my book, it are just setting-up your bow, since doing is only “setting up your bow" and yet that is both at once may be detrimental to basic as far as many people ever go in their intensity." Legions of archers are obsessed 30
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with continually doubting their windage and distance sight setting accuracy and many adjust after every shot or 2 based on erroneous or inconclusive information. Such an obsession results in perpetual “tinkering” with little or no practice to a significant degree. GAMES OF INTENSITY WHILE PRACTICING: Shooting with more proficient archers can be beneficial since our personal ego may serve to keep us more intense in an attempt to avoid being embarrassed. Also, things which make the scoring values more difficult to achieve can serve to make you work even harder. For example, when an archer is already achieving near-perfect practice scores. raising the degree of difficulty by not accepting the higher value unless the ARROW IS RESTING COMPLETELY INSIDE THE SCORING RING can serve to prevent becoming complacent. Remember, no matter how good you get evety shot could always have been better than it was. Anytime you can do it, another good idea is to record only the POINTS LOST rather than the points achieved. Finishing with a practice score of “45 POINTS MISSED ” tends to make me feel like there was no excuse to miss that many while a 255 of 300 sounds like you can now rest on your laurels, having earned the vast majority. The fact of the matter is that everyone has a perfect "300" before they start, it becomes a matter of how many you are going to miss by making mistakes. Remember, every arrow in your quiver counts FULL VALUE until you prove otherwise. Rule #9: “Although a faster arrow with a slightly lower trajectory path may on rare occasions add an extra point to your score when misjudging the distance to the target. there is much more to be gained by simply being well prepared and making no other mistakes at all.” LEARNING TO RECOGNIZE AND ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES is an extremely valuable asset. Imagine just how beneficial this can be in avoiding incorrect conclusions. Errors that result in adjustments which may hurt the situation rather than improve it not only adds more frustration, but assures that at least one THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
(TWIST) This is a 60 pound bow with 65% let-off. There is essentially "hardly any weight" on the bowstring at full draw so it can be VER Y EASIL Y INFL UENCED. Just think about it. any little movement in any direction causes the bow to RECOVER AND DELIVER THE ARROW IN A DIFFERENT FASHION. You must do your part before you can expect the bow to do its part.
extra unnecessary point will be lost. No one enjoys shooting 3D targets at unknown distances more than me. The one thing I do dislike is the fact that: “I'M NEVER QUITE SURE WHY I MISSED IT OR WHY I HIT IT,” because with only 1 shot there is nothing to reference to. Rule #1: “No other single thing can make a bow more cooperative than to equip it with the most compatible arrow spine you can possibly achieve." COMPOUND BOW ARCHERS are the worst, they tend to be habitually distracted by MYTHS, RUMORS and SALES HYPE, all of which incessantly “suggest" that there is always something more that can be done to the bow which will compensate for the archers mistakes. WRONG. You become accurate by attending to the basic needs of accuracy. MA TCHED AMMUNITION. PERFECT SIGHT SETTINGS, KNOWING EXACT DISTANCE TO THE TARGET and EXECUTING THE PLAN FOR THAT SHOT and there is no magic. Shoot and adjust, shoot and adjust continually without solid information does nothing but waste your time and effort. Rule #2: "There is no such thing as, ‘close enough,' it’s either a hit or a ntiss and there is nothing in-between.” THERE ARE ONL Y 2 LEGITIMA TE EXCUSES FOR A MISS in my judgment, particularly in marked distance shooting, they are: I. An INFERIOR ARROW you failed to detect before shooting it, and; 2. The resulting “KISSOUT" due to a good shot glancing off an arrow already in the maximum scoring area. It pays to know which arrows arc hitting where they should, so make sure all are numbered.
Rule #4: “Work with the attitude that a bow is not capable of making a mistake on it's own, but the archer is. and therefore. must also tend to every need of the bow.” No different than pointing the arrow in the wrong direction and still expecting a perfect hit, it is also the archers responsibility to NOT LAUNCH AN ARROW THAT IS OUT-OF-CONTROL because of it's dramatically inadequate shaft spine. The bow has no brain and cannot make a decision on it’s own and on each shot it has no other choice except to return to the static-rest position from full draw based on the conditions controlled by the shooter. First asking yourself exactly what you did wrong or what you have overlooked may prevent hours, days or weeks of frustration and wasted effort. Rule #5: “Numbering each arrow to keep track of which ones don't group w ith the others will serve to increase and maintain your accuracy.” IT’S THE ONLY LEGITIMATE EXCUSE. Think about it. here, you did EVERYTHING perfectly, but still get a miss. Finding a “defective arrow" is extremely conclusive. Not recognizing a bad arrow is a major cause of unnecessary bow adjustments and many other bad decisions. Rule #6: "The most convenient way to develop the best possible arrow spine is to adjust both the bow’s peak weight and/or the arrow’s point weight and/or shaft length." BUYING NEW SHAFTS UNTIL YOU FIND AN ACCEPTABLE ONE is the most difficult and most expensive way possible. For those who think they must maintain a specific bow peak weight, point weight and cut length, changing arrow shaft spines is the only game left in town. But being willing to add or remove a few pounds of peak weight and add or remove some point weight is often not only the least expensive but the very best way to make a close spine nearer perfect. By altering one to match the other you remain in control, always knowing your direction. Rule #8: “You will often avoid blaming your equipment unnecessarily by carrying your bows ‘critical measurements’ with you and checking them before every shooting session and anytime you suspect a mechanical problem.” When everything is “where it belongs” then something else has changed, find it. Rule #3: "Try, NOT SHOOTING your first practice arrow of the day. Hold and aim and think the shot completely through, then let it down and return it toyour quiver. ” This allows you to not only stretch out your
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muscles but to know you can take all the time you need to aim and that you can let down whenever you want. But, when leaving for a hunting trip, TEST YOUR READINESS by shooting that “ice-cold" first shot of the day. WHEN TO PRACTICE, WHEN TO REST. Few archers can achieve greatness and then remain there for an extended period. That is, when you are already shooting “perfectly" THE ONLY CHANGE YOU CAN EXPECT IS FOR THE WORSE, so it has to be expected that it can and will happen on occasion. Therefore, when shooting exceptionally well decisions are often necessary which may include practicing less and then only at specific intervals in an attempt to remain "peaked" for the tournament date in favor of risking a slump at that time instead. Deciding when to practice and when to rest in an effort to be in the best possible MENTAL AND PHYSICAL condition at the desired time comes only with individual experience. When the needs of your equipment are all under control, shooting only a few shots a day while resting on others may be the best possible preparation for your next tournament. SHOOTING WELL AFTER A LONG LAY-OFF IS NOT UNUSUAL. Particularly when the last practice sessions were frustrating and fruitless, after a long period of not shooting at all the bad habits developed during that time may disappear as your mind and body return to "normal." For this reason 1 often suggest that archers currently in an extended period of frustration and disappointment should stop shooting for a while as their first step of recovery. PRACTICE IN WINDY CONDITIONS, BUT REMAIN IN CONTROL. Anytime you find yourself in a state of frenzy and beginning to panic and make silly mistakes it is wise to stop the shooting session, particularly when practice shooting in high winds. HIT LOCATIONS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTUAL SCORING. While practicing. 1 suggest more concern for your shot group sizes rather than for their actual location. Intentionally miss-setting your sight to promote high or low hits helps preserve undamaged and sharper aiming spots, extends the life of the target face and reduce the chance of erroneously altering good sight marks. A METHOD OF DETERMINING WHEN YOUR BOW IS MECHANICALLY PERFECTED AND READY FOR PRACTICE AND
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One of the secrets to "holding steads” while aiming is to be comfortable while at full draw. There is more to it than some measurement, it's more like fitting shoes, you don't care what it is marked, it must feel good. Also, things such as changing release aid models and changing the length of the rope on your release aid are all a factor in ending up comfortable. It is widely known that as much as 50% of compound boss archers arc attempting to use a bow that is too tong in drass for them, some by as much as 4 inches.
COMPETITION. Be aware that this test refers only to the arrow exiting the bow which is only a small part of making a successful hit. That is, after determining the bow is doing all it possibly can for you, it still remains that you must both permit the bow to do it's job identically on each shot and then point the arrow into the perfect trajectory path. Many compound bow archers tend to never stop adjusting areas of their bow because they have no method with which to declare their bow mechanically finalized. The evaluation procedure I have used and recommend, which I also call "a fine-tuning procedure" has proved more than adequate. Start by picking a day on which the winds are calm and in which you consider yourself very clear-headed and determined and without physical or mental distractions. NOTE, this procedure docs not include windage or sight mark evaluations. ONLY THE SHOT GROUP CAPABILITY of the arrow you have selected and aligned within the bow. Since an arrow can only miss a target HIGH or LOW and RIGHT or LEFT, arrow shot groups are technically SQUARE, not round. Since the HEIGHT is controlled by the arrows vertical departure angle which is controlled by the nocking point location and their WIDTH is based on the arrows horizontal departure angle controlled by the centershot setting, we are gong to set both as conclusively as we can. Remember, if we cannot make progress it 32
can then only be due to a shaft that is too far underspined or overspined to be forced into service as is. Evaluate from 50 or 60 yards, wherever you are comfortable. Work on your GROUP HEIGHT first, using either a thin dark line set horizontally across the center of the target butt or the edge ofa dark sheet of paper such as the edge of a black Hunter face. Set your sight only to the extent that you are certain you will not miss the target butt. The idea is to aim ANYWHERE ALONG THE right to left SMALL HORIZONTAL AIMING LINE with no regard for right or left positions. Evaluate only HOW THIN THE LINE OF HITS ARE, not how wide. Even their relationship to the aiming line is of no consequence since you are not concerned with your sight reference here. After several shots, i fthe line of arrows is not to your liking keep repeating the procedure with different NOCKING POINT SETTINGS until no additional improvement can be made. When making a nocking point change, 1 suggest trying a slightly higher location first. Easily accomplished with a ONE-EIGHTH or ONE-QUARTER TIGHTENING OF YOUR TOP LIMB BOLT. The resulting higher nocking point reading will be so small it may not even be noticeable on a bow square but be prepared for a SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IMPACT POINT. Then, check the WIDTH of your groups. Turn your SMALL AIMING 1982 - 20th Anniversary - 2002
REFERENCE LINE to the vertical position as shown in diagram at end of this article. Again, shoot with no regard for windage sight settings but only for the most narrow vertical line of hits you can accomplish. Improvements may be possible with very small side to side adjustments of the entire arrowrest location. On compound bows shot with a release aid, I suggest not wasting any time or effort attempting to make improvements with spring tension adjustments of any sort. For the first move 1 suggest moving the shaft outward, away from the riser since most tend to set it too deeply into the sight window. When such departure angle adjustments do not improve your lines of test arrows to your satisfaction, a spine deficiency is the next suspect. Then try removing or adding bow peak weight (whichever you suspect is more likely first) and repeating the procedures to alter the bow to better match the arrow, and then repeat the procedure again. Rule #7: “If your broadheads are not so sharp that you are afraid of them then you surely should not be using them for hunting." Self explanatory. We are often our own worst enemy, so remain alert.
We are not checking sight settings or windage here, only the H EIGHTH of the shots aimed at the fine HORIZONTAL LINE and the WIDTH of the shots aimed at the fine VERTICAL aiming line. This is a SETUP evaluation, the windage and elevation marks can be established after this is completed. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
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Pensacola, FL — The new SAFE-DRAW™ from Vibracheck is going to take a lot of the strain out of owning and operating an archery store. Company president Ron Gilley guarantees the SAFE-DRAW™ will minimize the possibility that customers will damage merchandise or hurt themselves by dry-firing a bow during the sales process. Dry-firing short, axle-to-axle, high let-off bows with upper mount cable guards is one of the toughest problems facing archcry stores today. According to Jeff DcRegnaucourt, Manager of the Archery Division of Burr & Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. official AMO insurance provider, the Vibracheck SAFE DRAW™ effectively addresses this dangerous issue. “Every retailer cringes at the sound of a dry fire,” Jeff says. “We just settled a S600,000 case where a customer walked into an established archery retail store and dry-fired a bow. The store owner was busy, but greeted the customer and said he would ‘be right with him.’ The guy replied that he was ‘just looking.' but then drew a bow. When he let down, the one cam rolled over and he couldn’t control it. The upper-mount cable guard put out his eye." According to DeRegnacourt. “The possibility of injuries like this are becoming frighteningly more prevalent in archery stores world-wide. Every archery store needs string deceleration devices like the Vibracheck SAFE-DRAW1'1. In today’s legal climate, you can’t afford to have open racks for customers to walk in and try out bows unsupervised. Bows either need a SAFE-DRAW™ , a lock so they can't be drawn without professional supervision, or they need be behind the counter where customers can’t get at them." Vibracheck’s patent pending SAFE-DRAW1'1 consists of a sophisticated pneumatic system with surprisingly few moving parts. A 33" long, red anodized tube, which serves as the pneumatic chamber, attaches to the bow at the threaded Berger button hole with a black anodized aluminum clamp. A black anodized rod, which serves as the driving force for the pneumatic piston, attaches to the bowstring just like an arrow. The system has been tested to 80 # and will accommodate a 32" draw length. With the SAFE-DRAW™ properly in place, an archer can safely
draw a bow and even execute a shot without any fear of a dry fire damaging the bow or injuring himself. Because of this ability to draw and release without dry-firing or actually sending a projectile “down range.” the SAFE DRAW7'1 can prove instrumental in the treatment of target panic and can be an extremely valuable tool for shot sequence repetitions with your own equipment when the weather is too bad to go outdoors. "As far as I am concerned," says George Chapman, Director of PSE Schools and a world renowned archery coach, "this is the finest teaching aid I’ve seen in archery in 58 years. There is nothing else out there that comes close to being this good for safety and for teaching novice archers how to shoot with a release aid." Special Note: Ron Gilley, president of Vibracheck. will demonstrate his new SAFE-DRAW™ while assisting loss prevention specialist, Jeff DcRegnaucourt in a Retail Store Safety Seminar at the 2002 AMO Trade Show in Nashville. “We’ll be passing out the new AMO Loss Prevention Guide for retailers," Jeffsays. “Store owners can earn 10% off their annual insurance premiums just by reviewing the Guide and letting us know how they will comply with the recommendations we have for making their business a safer, more profitable place to work." [Date and time for the seminar to be announced..] Rick Sapp & Associates, Inc. 6821 S.W. Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 (352)-377-4245 Fax (352)-373-98.39 rsa@fdt.net - www.archerymall.com
S&S Graham Archery Wins Vibracheck 2001 Dealer Sales Contest Pensacola, FL — S&S Graham Archery of China Grove. North Carolina has won the 2001 Vibracheck Dealer Sales Contest by posting the largest dollar increase in Vibracheck sales over the previous year of any sporting goods dealer in the US or Canada. As the contest winner. S&S will send two members of its staff to hunt Free in fabled Pike County. Illinois. America's home of freeranging Boone & Crockett bucks. S&S Manager. Rick Sweatt will be accompanied by friend and S&S co-worker. Gene Shumake: Jason Harris, vice president ofoperations at Vibracheck; and Dusty Nutter. PSE Regional Sales Manager for North Carolina when he bowhunts the famous “Rodhouse Rut & Strut lodge (www.deerhuntpikecounty.com) in October. 2001. Open for business for 16 years. S&S Graham Archery features 1,700 sq.ft, of merchandise display space and a strong following in their small town near 185 north of Charlotte. Sisters Sony and Sue Graham own S&S. Rick Sweatt has been their store manager since 1997. The top three runners-up in the Vibracheck 2001 Sales Contests were Big Daddy's Outdoors in Bridgeport. Alabama; Field & Stream Outfitters in Louisville. Kentucky; and Outdoor Outiftters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Each store will receive a Dave Davis custom bone handle knife.(www.daviscustomknives.com) from Vibracheck owner Ron Gilley in recognition and appreciation of their participation in the contest. Vibracheck™ HEAR THE DIFFERENCE. FEEL THE DIFFERENCE. 10003 Ravmar St.. Pensacola, Fl 32534 Toll Free (877)-720-6535 Fax (850)-857-1963 www.vibracheck.com
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every arrow falls within ± .001 of an inch. The weight of each arrow is within ± 1 grain over a dozen. It’s consistency that will give any shooter or hunter the edge. New for 2002, the CXL has been specifically designed for maximum speed and accuracy. These large diameter shafts are completely With a family of 10 arrows, many compatible with N.A.A. and This allows being offered in varying weights and F.I.T.A. rules. competitive shooters to have the with a combination of components. the Game Tracker has a premium advantage of an oversized shaft, yet Carbon Express arrow at every' price still be able to compete within point for every type of bow hunter guidelines. Shafts available in three sizes: CXL 150 with 6.2 grains per or target shooter. According to Lennie Rezmer, inch. CXL 250 with 6.9 grains per President ofGame Trackers Carbon inch and CXL 350 with 8 grains per Express, “We have the lightest, inch. All three shafts feature a strongest, straightest and most straightness of ± .003". The CX and CX Hunter series are accurate carbon shaft available.” This type of quality is the result of the all around choice with new superior design and construction carbon technology. The CX is a along with 100% laser inspection black arrow. The CX Hunter equipment that tests arrows for features BuffTuffa and the straightness, consistency and Advantages camouflage pattern. The CX series 100. 200, 300, and ensures precision. The family of Carbon Express 400 have a straightness of ± .003, arrows starts with the LineJammer while the CX Hunter series target arrow. It's larger diameter can 100,200,300 and400 have a make a difference in walking away straightness of ± .004". Terminator and Terminator a winner or just walking away in target competition. The LineJammer Hunter feature a carbon-composite for strength and durability. Both has a straightness of ± .003". 3D Selects are perfectly matched arrows have added weight for for consistent weight and maximum penetration. Terminator straightness. The straightness of is available in 9.5 to 10.7 grains per
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made it a popular center serving and some time ago a few colors were introduced. Now BCY is offering a range of colors, including Red Blue Brown Green The colors are becoming more popular as archers enjoy shooting with two color strings. For the latest in bowstring and serving technology, technical assistance and fast service from people who understand archcry. call BCY at 203-787-7970 or visit our web site at www.bcyfibcrs.com Rely on BCY for the latest in bowstring and serving technology, technical assistance and fast service from people who understand archery
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inch in black shaft. Terminator Hunter is available in 11 or 12 grains per inch shafts featuring BuffTuffa technology and RiverBottoma camouflage. Terminator Select and Terminator Hunter Select, available only to dealers, features carbon-composite technology with an added element of consistency. Each shaft is 100% laser inspected for straightness and weight. Each shaft is guaranteed to be ± .003 of an inch in straightness and ± 1 grain consistent weight over a dozen, right out of the box. CX CrossBolt is the carbon arrow for the crossbow enthusiast. Available in 20- and 22- inch lengths, the CX CrossBolt has a weight of 13.1 grains per inch. New for 2002, the Thunderstorm is the arrow for intermediate shooters and individuals with shorter draw lengths. This carbon composite arrow is ideal for youth shooters who are ready to step up to carbon technology at an affordable price. Its point insert accepts both standard practice points and broadheads. Thunder Express is the all around youth arrow from Game Tracker. It has been specially engineered with the youth shooter or beginner in mind. For added strength, durability and quiet, Game Tracker has developed a patented BuffTuffa shield that is available on LineJammer, CXL, CX Hunter and Terminator Hunter shafts. This technology was the winner of the “Best of Show 2001 ” award at the SHOT Show New Product Center. This finish is more than a cosmetic surface that will wear off like the painted finish on other arrows. BuffTuff actually increases shaft strength and creates a heat shield that helps prevent foam targets from fusing to the arrow. Arrows look the same after hundreds of shots. Game Tracker is a leader in Carbon Arrow technology and hunting accessories. For more information contact Brent Eastman at (810) 733-6360 or brenteastman(«)thegametracker.com. THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
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TailorMaid TUXX is a new line of Bowstrings and Yoke Cables being manufactured using new processes that restretches the strings to greatly reduce the shooting-in-timc. and eliminate the creep over the life of the strings and cables. We know that consistency and reliability are the most import features in a bowstring. STRING MATERIAL TailorMaid TUXX strings will be manufactured and stocked with Brownell’s new D-75 Thin bowstring material that has been shown to be a very stable material under independent testing. Cables will be
manufactured using Brownell Ulta Cum Material for the least stretch under the same testing. SERVING TENSIONS Our newly develped methods allow us to greatly increase the tension we can apply our servings with. This will make our servings the tightest servings on the market today. You will appreciate the sticking power of these new servings. PRICING Dealers and Distributors can contact our new office at (734)246-3182 or by fax at (734) 246-3185 for very competitive pricing. TailorMaid Archery Products 3627 II th St. Wyandotte, Ml 48192 www.stringmakcr.com
3 NEW B.E.S.T. PRODUCTS from Robinhood Videos After years of producing videos and leaching thousands in the NFAA Shooter's School. Bernie and Jan Pcilente have “jumped head long" into the manufacturing business with a new company called B.E.S.T. Better Engineered Shooting Technology, a subsidiary’ of Robinhood Video Productions. Inc. B.E.S.T.'s 3 new products for 2002 will include two "safe draw" triggerless back tension releases and a laser-equipped training aid called the “Benue s Laz-air Shot Trainer1'1". All 3 products come with an instructional video and a written training program.
1. The first release is “Bernie’s E-Z Back1”" and comes in 3 sizes and 2 handle designs 4 or 5 finger. This is a pure back tension release that can be shot with a Click-Cam™ or without, and has unique patent pending features designed to help with age-old shooting problems. The patent pending handle design allows all 5 fingers to be involved in drawing to anchor without fear of premature firing or "bloody noses", which has been inherent with most other triggerless releases. It enables the shooter to draw the bow without having to cock or rotate the wrist, or having to draw with the index finger and thumb only, to keep it from misfiring. With the E-Z Back'”, at full draw, simply drop the index finger No more bloody nose! down into the firing position, release some pressure from the thumb, and then rotate your elbow behind your head (about I inch) using the back muscles only The E-Z Back™ will fire ii ithout wrist movement or "cranking" the handle. In the past, to use back tension, these type releases had to be set so quick that premature releases were common .hence the "bloody nose" or "mouth buster" reputation Most shooters then had to set them much slower with a lot of travel in the handle (for safety) This forced them to "assist" back tension by rotating the handle, which eliminated the surprise release This technique des eloped into a controlled punch instead of real back tension. Bernie says, "Archers everywhere arc using their wrist, hand or fingers, not their back muscles, to set off their releases ... this defeats the whole purpose'. These new releases will eliminate anticipation once and for all and raise their scores substantially." 2. The other back tension release is called "Bernie's Missing Link™". Il can also be used with 4 or 5 fingers and has a new patent pending "link " between the head and the handle. This allows the archer to draw with the handle disengaged from the head, thus allowing full draw to be reached without worrying about misfires. Once at full draw, the handle is simply rotated until it drops into a slot which "links” the head to the handle and makes it fully operational. Once the link is made, back tension can now be used to fire the release. The Missing Link™ can be used with or without a ClickCam™ (available in different size notches in the half-moon cam) and comes in 3 sizes and 2 designs 4 or 5 finger Both releases are equipped with a patent pending micro-adjustable “Dial-a-Cam™ and “Cam-Loe™” features for easy "idiot-proof cam adjustment. It totally eliminates the guesswork on setting the "travel" or "speed" of the releases. They both also have a new patent pending system called A.R.M.™ (Auto Reset Mechanism) which automatically returns the head to the "ready to load" position after firing.
3 Bernie’s Laz-Air Shot Trainer™" is a patent pending pneumatic training aid that allows shooters to practice "dry-firing” their own bow. without damage. It attaches without removing their arrow rest or de-tuning the bow. Like "Bernie 's Bow Simulator." there is a built in laser that shows projected arrow impact and helps analyze and correct holding and aiming problems. It will help dc-program form flaws and program the proper shot sequence. These B.E.S.T. products from Robinhood Videos and others, will be introduced periodically and shown at their booth at major trade shows and tournaments. For more information, contact: Robinhood Video Productions. 1036 Arcaro Dr. Gahanna. Ohio 43230 ph. 614-933-0011, fax 614-933-0010 e-mail: z\skBernie(u aol.com or visit the website at www.robinhoodvideos.com
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THE XI COSTA RICA CUP IN THE RAIN/RAIN/RAIN October 28-November 2, 2001 By Linda Marten
Just shootin’ in the rain
The I llh Costa Rica cup began on October 26'". with the majority of the archers arriving in time to take "the Best of Costa Rica Tour" arranged by Costa Rica Travel on Saturday to see some of the Costa Rica countryside before departing via motor coach for the beach on Sunday, the site of the tournament. This tour included such things as visits to National Parks, coffee, pineapple, yuca. coco and heart of palm plantations, a cup of Costa Rician coffee and a typico breakfast, several volcanos one of whose crater is considered to be the widest in the world. On down the road a stop at the waterfall garden, butterfly observatory and a terrific lunch. zX relaxing boat ride on the Sarapiqui river allows us to view monkeys, iguanas, crocodiles and a variety of birds. After this enjoyable tour, we return to San Jose for a restful evening and preparation for the trip to the beach. The motor coach arrives for an 8am pickup. Loading the luggage and equipment of 40 people becomes a real challenge. After awhile it is determined there is no way all this is going to fit in the luggage compartment. We now have a full bus of passengers, a packed luggage compartment and still more passengers/ luggage to go. The driver scratches his 38
head - now what do we do. After a call to the office a smaller shuttle bus arrives on scene and the remainder of the passengers board and the balance of the luggage fills the remainder of the bus plus some is stacked on top. This is a typical happening in Central America. So now it's off to the beach we go and hope we don't go under any low overpasses. If so. we’ll be like the C.W. McCall song - this bridge is 12' and this luggage is stacked to 13’9". After about a 4-hour motorcoach ride and an hour on a ferry, we arrive at Los Delfines - our home for the next 6 days. For those who had not attended before the anticipation was growing as we finally arrive. Our hosts Juan Wedel along with Eric Companoni and William Fletcher our travel specialists greet us and assist with everyone getting checked in and transported to our homey villas. The villas were each a very nice duplex type dwelling with a living room, kitchen. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and a patio on both front and back. Very comfortable. After a run through the lunch buffet, many head to the field for a bit of practice. The field this year is located on a soccer field approximately 2 miles from the resort. Costa Rica Travel has arranged for a motor coach to be available all week to 1982 - 20th Anniversary - 2002
transport competitors & guests to the field or to the resorts. This was very much appreciated by everyone. Monday arrives and official practice day. equipment inspection and opening ceremonies are scheduled. Most of the archers go down in the morning as the ceremony is scheduled for noon. Unfortunately about noon it begins to rain just as opening ceremonies are commencing. It continues to rain harder/ harder until it is decided to cancel the ceremony. The motor coach is on its way to pick everyone up and unfortunately it gets stuck due to the rain, so everyone is shuttled via 4 wheel vehicles back to the resort. We now leam that hurricane Michelle is brewing in the Atlantic and a tropical depression in sitting in the Pacific, so it's looking like a wet week. Little did we know how wet but as dedicated archers the tournament goes on and the water gets deepcr/deeper. Total rainfall during our 6 days at the beach is somewhere around 20 inches. Tuesday marks the beginning of the tournament and it's a sunny very warm morning, about the last time the sun shows its head for our entire stay. The field is to soft for the bus to get beyond the driveway THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
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so a nearby farmer is commissioned with 4-wheel drive tractor and wagon to transport everyone to the field from the road the rest of the week. COMPOUND BOW In the ladies compound division for the long distances Becky Pearson takes an early lead at 70/60 meters with a 341/351 (692) over fellow American Cristel Romero who completed the day with 326/ 317 (643). Coming in 3"1 place is Karla Mangandi of ElSalvador posting 310/330 (640). A name familiar to International Competition takes the lead at the conclusion of the 90/70 distances on the men’s’ compound side. Jorge Jimenez posts a 331/348 (679). A new name appears as Jeff Kricnke of the USA takes captures 2"d place with a 333/340 (673). Stewart Bowman has to settle for 3ri with a 333/334 (667) to close out the day. About the time shooting for the day is completed it begins to rains. By the time everyone got back to the resort it is coming down in buckets and it’s all downhill from there. Wednesday we awake to guess what rain. At this stage we're wondering when we should start building the ark! Everyone gets to the field and it appears that it has rained so much that the target faces have shrunk in size to ready everyone for the short distances. Becky Pearson advances her lead at the short distances with a 343/352 (695) over Christel Romero with 314/336 (650) . Third place for the short distance went to Karia Mangandi with a 320/328 (648). At the completion of the FITA this puts Becky
as the leader with 1387, followed by Christel Romero with 1293 and 3"1 to Karla Mangandi with 1288. Across the field with the men we see a few flip-flops for position on the short distances. Jeff Krienke says it’s his turn & posts a 347/355 (702) for the lead at the 50/30 distance. Stewart makes a run at em & finishes 2nd with a 342/349 (691) pushing Jorge Jimenez to third with a 338/ 347 (685). There is enough movement at the short distances for these gentlemen that it puts Jeff Krienke on top at the completion of the FITA with 1375 followed in 2nd by Jorge Jimenez with 1364 and again Bowman brings home 3rd with 1358. Due to the rain and the deteriorating condition of the field, it is decided to hold the complete elimination as well as the team round on Thursday. The archers are in favor of this and it gives them a free
day on Friday to take some tours, rest, dry out clothes or whatever. This is all in preparation for the return trip to San Jose on Saturday and flights back home on Saturday The rain continued all day Wednesday through the evening - we’re talking hard rain. Thursday dawns and shortly after awaking for the day the power goes off and is off all day. Also we find there has been some flooding and mud slides in the area and the road to the field is closed. What are we going to do now. Start is delayed a couple hours. The downed trees on the road have been cleared of well enough that the bus can get through to the field - well almost. The field is now under water and no vehicle can drive in. Water in some spots is mid calf deep. This of course brings out the crabs, tarantulas & other creepy crawlers but the competition goes on.
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When the final whistle blew in the eliminations the ladies compound champion is Becky Pearson (her 9lh Championship) with a 114 over silver medallist Christel Romeo with a 105. For the bronze medal match Kan Mangandi ousts fellow teammate Bessy Arteaga 104/ 100. These ladies have battled for 3 days and the outcome was always the same. For the men Jorge Jimenez captured his 2nd Costa Rica Cup gold medal with a 117 just edging out silver medallist Jeff Krienke with a 116. The bronze medal match found Juan Wedal posting a 114 against Stewart Bowman’s 113 to capture the Bronze.
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OLYMPIC BOW For the ladies, Claudia Duenas of ElSlavor took a good lead after the short distances with a 282/279 (561.) Her closest competitor was Susie Sanchez of the USA with 265/279 (544) and the other half of the Krienke family, Debbie captured 3rd with 262/238 (500.) The short distances find everyone in the same order. Claudia records a 270/322 (592) for an 1153 F1TA, while Susie posts 268/316 (584) for a total of 1128 and Debbie a 224/254 (478) for a 978 FITA. The elimination rounds find a little change in the standings. Susie Sanchez after several years absence from the Costa Rica Cup takes a 3-point lead over Claudia Duenas and captures the gold medal 86/ 83. Debbie Krienke brings home the bronze medal. Cristobal Merlos of ElSalvador takes a commanding lead after the 90/70 meter distance with a 300/321 (621) over Ed Eliason with a 288/312 (600.) Third goes to Luis Fcrnadcz of Costa Rica with a 261/ 282 (543.) The short distances don’t produce any placement change at all. Merlos shoots 296/344 (640) for a 1261 FITA to Eliason’s 291/334 (625) for a 1225 total. Fernandez again holds 3rd with 275/321 (596) for an 1139. These gentlemen have shot for 2 days now for the exact same placement - will this continue through the elimination rounds. At the completion of the tournament, we find the Gold medal going to Cristobal Merlos with a 106, just 2 points ahead of Ed Eliason’s 104 and the silver medal. Third place & the bronze medal (you guessed it) was Luis Fernandez with a 101. 1982 - 20th Anniversary - 2002
TEAMS Due to the weather conditions, it is decided that since there are only enough competitors for 3 men’s teams in both the compound and recurve division they would just shoot one pass and medals would be awarded on that placement. At this stage of the game, don’t think anyone had any objections - they just wanted to get out of the rain. Thus the teams finished with Costa Rica Compound men edging the USA men by one point with 240 to 239. Third place went to ElSalvador with 233. For the Olympic bow, ElSalvador captured the gold with a 233 over USA’s 212. The bronze medal went to Costa Rica with 192. Thursday evening a buffet dinner was enjoyed by everyone, awards were presented to bring to a close the 11“' Costa Rica Cup. Eric announced the winners and the awards were presented by none other than the tractor driver who acted as the transportation assistant. This was a very nice gesture and he was thoroughly pleased to be getting this bit of recognition for his much appreciated task. Since there was no shooting scheduled on Friday ( and oh, yes, it didn’t let us down - it rained) many took little lours around the area and began packing for the return trip on Saturday to San Jose. Sunday was head home day for nearly everyone. A few did spend an extra day in San Jose and took a city tour to get a taste of city life in San Jose. During their tour they visited the National Theater completed in 1897 which is a masterpiece in art and architecture. We then continued to the National Cathedral, the National THE U.S. and INTERNATIONAL ARCHER
Museum which was an old fort complete with bullet holes and the University of Costa Rica. A short stop in nearby Moravia allowed for some souvenir shopping. Our officials for the event are to be commended for enduring four days of less than favorable weather conditions. Thanks to Lionel Caldwell, USA; Cristobal & Ligia Merlos, ElSalvador for a job well done. Due to complications in obtaining a visa, Victor Rodriquez, Cuba did not arrive until Thursday afternoon as we say a day late & a dollar short. Then with Hurricane Michelle kicking up a storm after he arrives, it is learned that she is battering Cuba and he is unable to return home immediately. We do hope Victor isn't still in Costa Rica & made it safely home. Well, another Costa Rica Cup goes down in history. Probably one most of the competitors won’t forget for awhile. In spite of all the adverse elements everyone had a good time and is looking forward to a new experience in 2002. Using a phrase a dear friend of ours so often repeats "you'll only remember the good times.” This is so true and a good one to keep in your pocket. www.copacostarica.com for updates.
COMPOUND LADIES Becky Pearson Cristcl Roincro Karla Mangandi Patty Lovcllc Ycymi Vasqucz Bessy Ateaga
Becky Pearson Cristel Romero Karla Mangandi Bessy Arteaga Patty Lovcllc Ycymi Vasqucz
341 326 310 307 303 279
351 317 330 313 294 306
343 314 320 301 292 304
352 336 328 321 312 335
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finals 114 105 104
95 90 72
100 94
1387 1293 1288 1242 1201 1224
FITA (International Federation of Target Archers) www.worldsport.com/ worldsport/sports/archery/
OLYMPIC BOW LADIES Claudia Duenas Susie Sanchez Debbie Kricnkc
282 265 262
279 279 238
270 268 224
322 316 254
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finals 86
321 312 282 292 280 273 255 254 194 212
296 291 275 267 263 273 265 265 248 184
344 334 321 324 314 305 285 280 291 274
1261 1225 1139 1127 1105 1094 1047 1040 838 809
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finals 106 104 101 100
355 347 349 354 351 347 348 349 344 345 346 337 348 341 327 324 241
1375 1364 1358 1344 1319 1314 1304 1296 1283 1277 1266 1264 1256 1255 1225 1176 727
Susie Sanchcx Claudia Duenas Debbie Kricnkc
1153 1128 978
Cristobal Merlos Ed Eliason Luis Fernandez Nelson Ruiz Jocrg Pfeiffer Ricardo Merlos Jim Murkin Larry Michael Marco Brencs Tim Humphrey COMPOUND BOW MEN Jeff Kricnkc Jorge Jimenez Stew art Bowman Juan Wedel Frank Pearson Rob A say Rigoberto Hernandez Jose Markovic Eric Companion! Frank Romero Manuel Reyes Garry Beck Oscar Sanchez Ed Marten Manuel Farrcr Jim Lovcllc Stanley Hipps
300 288 261 244 248 243 242 241 105 139
131 50 100 -0333 331 333 319 321 314 315 305 296 292 290 292 279 281 283 284 135
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340 348 334 335 328 327 323 324 325 325 313 308 311 311 309 289 166
101 101 99 91 97 91 84 76
347 338 342 336 319 326 318 318 318 315 317 327 318 322 306 279 185
IBO (International Bowhunters Organization) www.ibo.net IFAA (International Field Archcry Association) www.Archcry-IFAA.com
NAA (National Archery Association) www.usarchcry.org
OLYMPIC BOW MEN Cristobal Merlos Ed Eliason Luis Fcmadcz Nelson Ruiz Ricardo Merlos Jocrg Pfeiffer Larry Michael Jim Murkin Marco Brencs Tim Humphrey
For tournament dates see the following organizational web addresses: ASA (Archery Shooters Association) www.asaarchery.com
NFAA (National Field Archery Association) www.nfaa-archery.org
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Jorge Jimenez JclTKrienkkc Juan Wedel Stewart Bowman Rob Asay Garry Beck Rigobeto Hernandez Eric Companion! Jose Markovic Ed Marten Frank Pearson Oscar Sanchez Manuel Reyes Manuel Farrer Jim Lovelie Frank Romero Stanley Hipps
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semi 117 116 114 103
finals 117 116 114 113
Debbie Krienke Impressions of the 11th Annual Costa Rica Cup
MEN’S COMPOUND TEAM Costa Rica - Juan Wedel. Eric Companion!. Manuel Reyes USA - Jeff Krienke. Stewart Bowman. Rob Asay ElSlavador - Jorge Jimenez, Rigobcrto Hernandez. Jose Markovic
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MEN’S OLYMPIC BOW TEAM ElSalvador - Cristobal Merlos, Nelson Ruiz. Ricardo Merlos USA - Ed Eliason. Jim Murkin. Larry Michael Costa Rica - Joerg Pfeiffer. Luis Fernandez. Marco Brencs
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Imagine soft ocean breezes, endless sandy beaches. Imagine lush, tropical vegetation and unlimited food and drink. Now imagine so much rain that roads washed away under the fury of swollen rivers. Imagine a lake forming in front of you, complete with ocean life, in the middle of an archcry range! Not rain nor sleet, nor snow, nor hail would prevent the 11th Annual Costa Rica Cup. Not even the tragic events of September 1 1 that caused over 40 cancellations could dampen the spirits of those that did show. A competition of courage under extreme conditions, the courageous archers battled against the elements. Caught between Tropical Storm Michelle in the Caribbean and a system in the Pacific, the tournament was blessed with flooding, mudslides. loss of power and hot water. The first hint of what was to come coincided with the first moment of the Opening Ceremonies. Sr. Juan Jose Wedel barely spoke before the heavens opened and doused him. We chuckled, headed for shelter, and waited out the first of many downpours. I count myself as lucky that the sun did shine upon our arrival. Early Saturday the sun made an appearance that lasted for the entire day. The beach. the golf course and our hearts were full of promise that the trip would be one we would never forget. Without a doubt, it was an event we will never forget and will live in the memories of the participants for a long time. I marveled at the amount of rain that could come out of a cloud; how the timing of the showers was always in sync with the whistle of the judge. Day after day, night after night, the rain continued and we continued to shoot. For three days our feet were soaked our bow parts began to rust, but we continued to shoot. The bridge washed out. the river flooded the road and the field yet we continued to shoot. The finale of this event was performed by the 1st and 2nd place men’s compound class by doing swan dives from the 50m line. The fact that neither was hurt was another testimony to the amount of water that had accumulated on the field. This was not a story of specific winners, scores, or world records. It is a story of courage, commitment and camaraderie. This 11th Costa Rica Cup will live in our memories for years to come. When can I sign up for 2002?
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Boorman Archery 420 East Columbia Street New Westminster, British Columbia Canada V3L 3W9 Phone:(604) 5241674 Fax: (604) 524-1382 This may sound very naive, but I was unaware that Wal-Mart and K-Mart were in the archer)' business. I checked into it and sure enough . . . they are. I found that their bow selection was very limited and their knowledge. as well as their senice. left a lot to be desired. This may not be the case in other regions, but it is the case in our area. If you want to buy an entry level bow (because that’s all that they handle) and you don’t care about draw weight or draw length, then it's one place to get a good buy. While I was in Wal-Mart. I stood beside a fellow who had a bow at a full draw, the string was past his right ear and I thought that his eyes were about to pop out of his head from the excessive draw weight. My only comment was "Needs a little adjusting Bhuba." Competition is good. It keeps you sharp But make it so that it is you that they must compete against, not the other way around. As Pro Shops. we have a vety decided advantage over the "Marts." They may have the big bucks, but you have the knowledge . the resources, and the ability to do things that they cannot. Above
all. you must become matchless in the services that you offer In the following. 1 am passing on a few of the valuable tools that we have been using to help stimulate our continued growth. Boorman Archcry began more than 35 years ago. Ron Boorman was a new and used car salesman at the time and when he walked into his boss at the dealership one day and told him that he was quitting his job to sell bows and arrows, they quickly came to the unanimous decision . . he’s done it this lime . . . he’s snapped. Ron started out very small (out of his basement) but he soon realized that he needed to get a store in order to deal with the growing volume of business. Armed only with his business sense and love for archcry. Ron (the consummate story teller) was off to sell bows and arrows to the world.
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Now. Boorman Archery, does exactly that We sell archery equipment all over the world What is the secret to success in this business? We don't have all the answers but we are willing to share with you what we have done to reenforce our position within the archery community. Some of the things that we do. or the positions that we take, may not appeal to you in the beginning. However, if you lake a good hard look at them and give them a chance, I'm sure that you will find that you will enjoy the same successes that we arc enjoying. First. Ron tried to figure out how to introduce archery to the public-at-large, after all. it wasn't exactly a high profile sport. Morris Tanchak. a friend of Ron's, said "Maybe one way would be to start up an archcry school for beginners." Start a school that would take people right off the street and introduce them to the grass-roots of the different fonns of archery. Supply all of the equipment, training aids. classroom theory and practical preparation at a nominal but a reasonable fee. So the two entrepreneurs, first took their idea to the Provincial sport body for archcry and presented them with their idea (with the thought that the B.C.A.A. would run it). "I couldn't believe it, they just laughed at us” quoted Morris. "No one will ever show up. It will never work." they were told. You guessed it. Ron and Morris started their own school . . . the Pro-Am Archcry School. The school conducted its first class in 1969 and has continued to turn out thousands of new archers ever since. The basic philosophy of the school was to be. what Morris refers to as, 20-20-20. "1 will teach you, in 20 minutes, how to hit a 20 inch target at 20 yards." Why grass-roots and why people right off the street? The answer is quite simple. You. as
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an instructor, have an opportunity to teach someone who has not had any training ... any bad habits. The student has our guarantee that they will be taught by professional, certified instructors and that they will be afforded the opportunity to learn enough about the sport so that they, in turn, will be able to discern if this is a sport that they would hkc to pursue and. also, the style that they prefer, if any. The best part . . it hasn't cost them an arm and a leg to find out. In keeping track of the students over the years, we can accurately state that 69% of the students that pass through our classes go on to purchase their equipment from us. That is a very worth while percentage when you take into account the thousands of students that we teach This course runs for a five-wcck period every Monday evening from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The cost is S75.00 for ten hours of instruction. If a student misses a week then they are permitted to sit in. with the next group, on the class that they missed. You must have a strategic plan. Ours is not only a strategic plan, but one that is long term, and one that is integrated. Upon completion of the course, the students arc given a Pro-Am Archcry School certificate of achievement. Anned with this, it now entitles the student to purchase their first bow from us at a 10% discount. Depending on the price of the bow. this can add up to substantial savings. It is fair to say that it is not unusual to have purchases total in excess of one thousand dollars (including accessories). Il is also fair to state that once a person has completed the course, they now coerce their soul mate or friend to also become involved. Now it becomes social. The next phase is difficult for some pro-shops to understand, but this has been one of the most important parts of the plan ... so much so. that our entire business would not be nearly as successful as it is without it If an archer, any archer, outgrows their bow or decides that it is time to upgrade, then we offer a trade-in policy of 15% per year off their original purchase price This might be for the whole bow or just an upgrade of the limbs only, as for a recurve. We literally have a list of people waiting for these trade-in bows .we can't get enough to keep up with demand We also take trades of other pieces of equipment but they must be in good saleable condition Not every archer can afford new accessories and these trades help people to continue on with the sport. The very fact that we do this has archers coming to us from everywhere just to make their best deal. The day before I wrote this article. I had installed the new upgrade to my Archers Advantage program I was entering the data for our staff shooter bows, when a customer asked me what I was doing I explained the program to him and showed him just how quickly and accurately that I could configure his arrow s to his bow. 1 explained the success that we all have enjoyed using this program and the high level of confidence that all of us in the shop shared. This young man was shopping around but his shopping came to an abrupt halt. Price was now not the underlying issue. When he viewed the precision that we were capable of in putting a package together for him. his only question was, "Could you do a package up for me right now?" His bill was SI 300.00 and he told us that he would be bringing in his wife to get outfitted the following day. Take the time to demo this program ... it is a great sales tool. One of the excellent things about it is that it deals with an array of arrow brands and therefore expands the number choices to the customer. For the cost of this program, it's a no-brainer. We paid for this one in the first half hour. As well as doing seminars on specific skills such as arrow building. string making, etc., we also have the Pro-Am Shooters School to help out the advancing archer. This is a course that goes into archcry in far greater detail. Technical knowledge, form and execution analysis, sports psychology, competition strategies and so-on and so-forth is covered in depth. All of our instructors are NCCP certified and they range from chib level to national level certifications. Not only are they all certified coaches but in almost every ease, they arc also certified judges and certified course conductors. This is the ease for all teaching staff as well as store employees. It is paramount that we are able to help everyone at every level with their archcry concerns and we can only do this with competent staff that
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Diane Boorman made this wall hanging of all the archery shirts purchased at the attended tournaments across the world. really do care about their sport. We maintain a high visibility with, not only the archery community, but with the educational system as well. We go out to schools and instruct teachers on how to teach basic archery. Sport safety is our prime concern in the school environment and we spend a lot of time in this area. This also helps stimulate interest in the sport. We work very closely with the JOP program (this the same as the JOAD program) and help with instruction, prizes for tournaments, and anything else that is within our power to do. There are hundreds of students in this program and we draw a very large client base from them Due to the fact that they are in their growth cycle, they provide us with a large turnover of merchandise for both new and used equipment. I personally draw on the teaching strengths and methods of such notable and skilled coaches as Bernie Pellcrilc, Ed Eliason. Freddie Troncoso, Bob Ragsdale and others in order to help me keep up to speed. Talking with various U.S. National archery coaches, like Glen Harris, sport psychologists and other sport specific professionals can only help you in your quest to be your best. We all can learn from them as we continue to pursuit a greater level of knowledge in all aspects of our sport so that we may pass this wisdom onto our customers and students. They place their trust in us to deliver and it is our position to sec that they arc not short changed. It is the customer that will ultimately decide if the information is something that might work for them We can only provide the data. the development strategics and techniques for them to follow ... the rest is up to them. Provide a pleasant, open atmosphere in your store. It is not unusual for us to have up to fifteen customers at a time (once we had 48) and it is important for them to have something to do ... or they walk out. This is why we made the display cases for a variety of the collectable antique bows and accessories. It shows the evolution of the sport and keeps them very occupied. If you have room for even a single test range then put one in. We sell more bows due to the fact that the customer can test them one against the other. The range usually closes the sale ... sec if they do that at the mart. Through competent education and teaching techniques, any Pro Shop can compete against the marts or anyone else for that matter. You first must decide whether you want to compete and win or to just survive. Surround yourself with talented, knowledgeable personnel that are not afraid to deal with the public. Get involved with tournaments, sponsor awards and maintain high visibility. Start a school and if you need any additional advice or help with such a project, then give us a call, we will be glad to give you any assistance. Yours in archery Charles Land *on behalf of: Ron Boorman, Boorman Archery 46
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