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U.S. Senior Sports Classic VI By Marion Rhodes.......................................... 240

JEAN STARNES RANGEL BERNIE PELLERITE JIM SCHULTZ GENE GRODZKI CHRIS DESTON MARION RHODES FREDDIE TRONCOSO KIRK ETHRIDGE LOUIE ZANNETAKIS VINCENT I. MILLER SR. JEFF BUTTON FRANK PEARSON BUTCH JOHNSON TOM CROWE

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Atlantic City Archery Classic By Gene Grodzki.............................................. 231

NFAA 3-D Unmarked National Championship & Archery Festival ....... 235

Toward the Gold By Freddie Troncoso...............................................................256

Bernie ... Insights Sy Bernie Pellerite..............................................................260 Professional Archery Technique By Kirk Ethridge........................................ 262

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1997 U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships..................................... 264 1997 NAA National Field Tournament By Vincent I. Miller Sr. ................... 268 Heath & Barnes Win Pro Titles in VISA/Realtree Oklahoma Open....... 270

NABH Adds 6 New Classes for Physically Challenged Archers............271

Federation of Canadian Archers News........................................................... 272

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Olympic Team Gold Medalist Butch Johnson..............................................276

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My Dear Friend Katie Smith Died Today 19 June 1997 From Jean Starnes Rangel

Many of you may not have heard of her, but I believe her presence changed women’s archcry to what it is today. Katie Smith was a lady beyond comprehension. She stood 5’9”, 100 lbs. soaking wet, she always shot barefoot since it gave you better control of the shot. She built every bow she shot sometimes

everyday until it hit exactly in the X every time. She was extremely reticent on a personal basis, but she stormed that target. She was the first woman archer to shoot the same scores as the men. She had a drive to shoot that most of us could not comprehend, it was her life. She shot scores the rest of us could not believe, she made us work harder, she made us think one or two down was possible and a perfect was achievable. Archery was her life. Her husband, Cliff, and son, Jerry, were her support. She shot, they spotted. She shot, they cheered. She shot, they cooked and cleaned. They were her greatest gift, but boy could she shoot. A few years back, she began having accidents, car accidents, falls, Katie couldn’t shoot any longer, she couldn’t drive, she became house bound. This former Medina Country Sheriffs Deputy had epilepsy. This little bitty slip of a woman was licensed to carry a weapon on an airplane. She fully expected to shoot a perfect round every time she stepped up to that line or it was a disaster. Katie could no longer shoot a bow. I have to say that my best time with Katie have been the last few years. Her sense of humor was such a pleasure. My visits were a joy although difficult since her loss was so apparent. What do you do with your life when you are Katie Smith now that you don’t have archery. There is no doubt in my mind that Katie Smith is now building a bow that will shoot a perfect every time in a much better place than this. Rest well, my friend, and go get them. Tiger.

NFAA Shooters School Update By Bernie Pellerite The Shooters School continues to be an overwhelming success. Past graduates of the school report continuing progress with their shooting ability. Chcncc Tillett who was an amateur 3-D shooter last year turned pro in 1997 and won the very first professional tournament that she shot. Glenn Campbell, a Mathews StafTShootcr, reports his score has risen steadily since the school and allowed him to place 4th in his class al the ever popular Las Vegas Indoor tournament. Twenty-three year old Jamie Martin, a recent graduate of the Maple Shade NJ school, finished 2nd in the Championship Flight in the prestigious Atlantic City Archery Classic. The amazing thing was that this was Jamie's first indoor tournament, ever ... just one short week after the Shooters School. David Hryn, a top NFAA finger shooter, reports in a letter recently that, "I was a bit skeptical about this school. After 25 years of compctitve NFAA shooting. 16 Mid Atlantic championships. 33 state championships, a NAA JULY-AUGUST 1997

Level 3 coaching certificate, and an NFAA Certified Instructor Certificate. I thought there would be little information that I would leant ... My biggest problem was that I had a 7 o’clock miss cither just outside the X. a 5 or sometimes a 4 I had some top coaches analyze my form and 1 spent countless hours looking at slow motion videos all to no avail. I am pleased to report that Bernie spotted my fault. Finding out the cause of this problem alone was worth the cost of the school. To say that 1 thoroughly enjoyed my stay would be an understatement. I wish the school was longer. I feel confident that the shooter school will generate new members especially at a time when the NFAA needs new members...” A recent survey at Ti Yogi Bowmen. Hyde Park. NY. where 23 students attended revealed an amazing statistic — only 5 archers had experienced back tension before the school. The remaining 18 people were able to experience back tension for the first time during the school! Some of these archers have been shooting for 40 years.

This school is also available now from Robinhood Videos in a 6 tape series with over 7 hours of information (See ad on page 245). The first 3 volumes deal with Target Panic and its cures among other things. Note: If you attend the Shooter School, you will receive a discount of S50.00 toward the purchase of the video set. Or, if you have already purchased the video set, you will receive a S50.00 discount on the Shooters School. The following is a list of schools presently scheduled for 1997: August 23-24 at Sportsman’s Outpost. Wolcott, CT. Contact George Ossola (203)272-5454. September 20-21 at Chicago Bowhunters, Boling Brook. IL. Contact Rich or Diane Hooper (312)322-8360. October 4-5 at K & L Archery. Smyrna. Delaware. Contact Sam or Karen 302-6532577.

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Hector Scott and Jim Schultz prepare the bows for the Camp Kids If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, how much is a five year old child's “thank you " note worth? Matthew's mom works in the same building I do and one day. not too long ago. the subject of her son came up. She was worried about him as he had not been acting like his normal self. There seemed to be nothing wrong with him physically. He just seemed depressed. At first Matthew's mom blew it off thinking that whatever it was would soon pass. But soon a week had passed and Matthew was getting worse, not better. Matthew's mom decided to take him to a psychiatrist who determined that this five year old was the victim of mental abuse. Matthew's parents arc divorced. Matthew was the first five year old that I was aware of that wanted to commit suicide. It was hard for me to imagine that someone so young could be so depressed. To make a long story short... I asked if Matthew might like to come out on Saturday and I would teach him to shoot a bow. Matthew, his mom and new Dad came out and spent a few hours shooting both as a family and then just Matthew, as he

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couldn't get enough of the bow and arrow. When he gets older Matthew wants to shoot in a JOAD program. Today, Matthew is on the way to recovery. 1 hope archery helped a little bit... if only for a few hours on a hot Saturday morning. I know his thank you note, hand delivered the following week made me as proud as any award I've ever received. It hangs on my office wall, in plain view for all to see. We just completed our first summer camp for the American Lung Association and have three cancer camps coming up in mid June throughout the country along with an American Diabetes camp and a Bum and Trauma camp. Additionally, new areas picking up the challenge this summer are in Illinois and Long Island, New York. The guys and gals in Oklahoma tell me they have their own bows this year and the arrows they built last year are still in good shape. I'm looking forward to their story and photos so it can be shared with you in a future article. Our new tee-shirts were the hit of the first summer camp. Everyone... staff and campers think they are teal cool1.We arc having a contest

asking the campers to give our target character a name as it is presently nameless. I can’t wait to see some of the names the kids come up with This fall we will share some of the more unique names with you and announce the winner Please remember that our tee-shirts are available for S15.00 each or send S20.00 and we will give both you and a young archer a shirt. In the photos this issue you will see the campers from the American Lung Association modeling the new shirts. Hey. why not be the first on your block or archery club to sport the newest in archery attire.

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Jerry Seaboum

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Cameron Fletcher

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Kirk Klcbaum

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Bernadette Garcia

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Brian Woodard

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Dennis Ambriz

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John Funderburk

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Kevin Stephenson

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Aaron Seek

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Anita Coit

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Duane Heilman

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Dclene Hartsfield

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Michael Chicra

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Don Powell

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Bob Woods

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Red Christiansen

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Robert Welch

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Lonny Elder

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Debbie Thornburg

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Brian Hammers

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Ryan Hammers

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Bill Parker George Wicks

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Keith Fulton

1434

Terry Ferris

1432

1490

Gabriel Shoilekov

1414

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Ed Hood

1121

Bruce Corbett

889

Joel McLanghin

576

Butch King

1454

Dale Zamrok

1451

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1109

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1484

Don Caswell

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1078

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1274

Kai Bauman

Bemie Brown

Colin Maruoka

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Toni Johnson

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3rd Annual NFAA Marked 3-D Championships May 3-4, 1997 • Redding, California • Photos by Wally Rueger and Arlyne Rhode

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Sunny Redding, California, was the location of our Marked 3-D National Championships. The NFAA Marked Round was held in conjunction with the Western Classic Trail Shoot. Just under 1400 archers registered for the combined event and just under 400 signed up for the NFAA segment. After the two days of competition. Michelle Ragsdale and Russ Weatherbee turned in the top scores for the women and men professional classes. Michelle turned in a fine score of 1521 followed by Susan Thompson and Becky Pearson. All three ladies arc veteran champions. On the men's side we had a first time national win for Russ Weatherbee. He has won 5 California State Championships so he wasn't entirely a rookie. One and two points behind him were Terry Ragsdale and Doug Williams Jr. in second and third, respectively. Russ is sponsored by Kudlacck Archery/ Genesis Archery Products and Cardoza Creations. His Genesis bow is 44" long. 28" draw length and set at 56 pounds with a 34" Kudlacck 5-Star Carbon Stabilizer. He uses Carter Releases to shoot his Easton 3-04 ACC arrows cut at 26 1/2" long with 80 grain points and completed with 2" Flex Fletch vanes and

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Barbara Evans

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NFAA 3-D Unmarked National Championships & Archery Festival May 22-25, 1997 • Hidden Springs Park, Illinois

Tournament Director Marvin Waymack, NFAA VP Wally Rueger and Mrs. Rueger checking out the Fun Bucks

Volunteers hard at work registering shooters

The flat open farmland in central Illinois quickly changed to forest covered rolling hills when we entered the Hidden Springs State Park. The Lake of the Woods and Robinhood Rounds were set up on land just before entering the park. The rows of colorful targets were a nice welcome to the archers. So welcoming were the targets that a group I talked with were shooting their first Nationals and shot the Lake of the Woods round for a first time. The official National Round was the unmarked 3-D which consisted of two twenty-five target courses. The title and a championship belt buckle were awarded in each division. Following this article is the complete competition results. In addition to the Unmarked 3-D Nationals and Lake of the Woods round we had fun rounds of 3-D Pop-Up targets, modified 900 Round, marked 3-D Round, 300 Field Round, Robinhood 3-D plus novelty targets. Fun Bucks were given at registration time and with the awards. These Fun Bucks were exchanged for merchandise the exhibitors had given to the NFAA for booth space and donations. Vendors were on hand to sell everything from archery equipment to works of art. One young man, Calab Foltz (age 13) was real happy to find new arrows. He said, “I wanted new arrows before I came here. While shooting the Pop-Up Round, the targets ate up my arrows.” He found arrows at a vendor booth and Joella Presson with the Dart and Darton staff immediately JULY-AUGUST 1997

Byron Ferguson showing off his shooting skills with the help of his wife

helped him fletch them. Calab does need one more thing, a new Golden Eagle Archery hat. His old one has 6 broadhead holes in it because he missed his deer last year (a tradition). Caleb started with the Boy Scouts two years ago and tries to shoot everyday. This seventh grader works parttime at the pro shop in Cabcry, Illinois to pay for his equipment. What a wonderful way to live! Everyone I talked to said it was a great event and they look forward to coming back next year. Watch our tournament schedule for 1998. Thanks to everyone who came this year and especially to Ann and Marvin Waymack, the Year Round Archery Club, and the City of Mattoon for the wonderful weekend. Even it if rained on Sunday! 1st Adult Female Compound Bow 87 ALOMA CHAPMAN 70 LAURA LOVE Adult Female Flsed Sight Fingers DOROTHY STARR 143 KIMZUFALL 131 Adult Female Fixed Sight Release CINDY PANSEGRAU 211 SHELLY HASTINGS 218

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Archers came in record numbers to compete in the 1997 U.S. National Senior Games at Tucson, Arizona . . . 250 registered for archery — a new record! Three divisions competed: CompoundRelease, Recurve, and Compound-Fingers. 10,000 competitors were expected in these. the largest Senior “Games” ever. Archery’s event was held over a total of four days. May 21 through 24th, on a lovely grass field at the University of Arizona. The event was managed by the Arizona State Archery Association whose members, as usual, did an outstanding job! Yes, it was HOT and very dry — but archers were kept from succumbing to the climate by the many reminders to drink lots of fluids and a constant supply of bananas and oranges to keep minerals and energy up! Many umbrellas and tents for shade also helped. The volunteers (Arizona residents) endured the marathon hours needed to shoot these 900 Rounds without visible complaints and were always ready to help! It’s perhaps surprising that I should mention all this first ■— but without all this help, the tournament would not have existed! Now to the Rounds and Results: Each archery division shot two 900 Rounds in yards, one each day. (All Senior Games events are divided into 5-year age increments: i.c. 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 6569, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, etc. This, of course, allows competitors to compete within their own age group. Some groups have a number of competitors and some very few.) 240

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Practice day afternoon was postponed for a short period of time twice by thunderstorms - so a number of archers missed practice. Some practiced at the new PSE outdoor range in Tucson, courtesy of Pete Shepley, President of PSE. Thank you! Some outstanding scores were shot in the three divsions. Top scores overall in the three divisions were: Compound-Release Frank Pearson, AZ 1696 Carol Bitner, IN 1663 Recurve Maxine Bots, MO 1546 James Bots, MO 1652 Compound-Fingers Jeanie Hall, WA 1557 Albert Panzetti, MA 1591

Medal Winners COMPOUND RELEASE DIVISION Women 50-54 Group: 1. Carol Bitner, IN 1663 2. Janet Hooper, MA 1624 3. Bobbie Moore, OR 1618 4. Mary Wentzel, MD 1588 5. Patricia Fisher, MA 1484 Women 55-59 Group: 1. Anna Miller, AR 1450 2. Lorraine Peoples, IL 1365 Women 60-64 Group: 1. Charlotte Hazelwood, CO 1597 2. Wanda Mehaffy, MO 1568 3. Dee Blanke, CA 1549 Women 65-69 Group: 1. Adeline Epperly, AZ 1574 2. Maxine Keffer, AZ 1545 3. Mary Sanders, MD 1540 4. Ruby Wooten, NC 1442

Women 75-79 Group: I. Dolores Koski, FL 1572 Men 50-54 Group: 1. Ellis Gibson, TX 1679 2. Bill Tillman, AZ 1640 3. Clifford Hartmann. NY 1633 4. F. Ray Hooper, MA 1607 5. Wayne Kreskin, CA 1599 6. Charles McGullam, AZ 1594 Men 55-59 Group: 1. Frank Pearson, AZ 1696 2. Larry Hix, AZ 1688 3. Sandy Van Court, MS 1665 4. Jim Hamilton, AZ 1658 5. Del Moore, OR 1654 6. Robert Baskind, NY 1648 Men 60-64 Group: 1. Joseph Bauemfeind, NY 1678 2. Berlin Campbell, GA 1639 3. Donald Teusaw, AR 1639 4. William Marsh, FL 1638 5. Randy Jones, OR 1625 6. Jack Busch, Ml 1612 Men 65-69 Group: 1. Truett Sparkman, CA 1668 2. Art Baribault, AZ 1626 3. Charles Sylvester, MA 1622 4. Charles Sylvester, MA 1622 5. Jack Tripp, NH 1621 6. Charles Donner, WI 1592 Men 70-74 Group: 1. Charles Marrioncaux, LA 1645 2. John Loberg, TX 1555 3. Arthur Eschbach, MO 1546 4. James Kerr, AZ 1531 5. Paul Dahlin, NC 1512 6. Melvin Zimmerman, PA 1494 Men 75-79 Group: 1. George Wagner, PA 1600

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Recurve Men 85-89 Group: 1. Earl Hoyt, MO 1011 COMPOUND-FINGERS DIVISION Women 50-54 Group: 1. Lynne Ekman, OR 1472 2. Patricia Sylvester, MA 1458 Women 55-59 Group: 1. Jeanie Hall, WA 1557 2. Ann Lyneis, CA 1392 3. Barbara Black, NC 1236 4. Joanne Sprenger, NM 835

Men 50-54 Group: 1. Arthur Whalen, NY 2. Dwight Vance, TX 3. Robert Bair, WI Men 55-59 Group: 1. Gail Page, AZ 2. Monty Heishman, GA 3. Emmett Womack, TX 4. Laroy Devino, PA 5. Hal Ekman, OR 6. Paul Wenzel, MD Men 60-64 Group: 1. Albert Panzetti, MA 2. Roy Nellermoe, OR 3. Bill Kirk, MO 4. Don Johnson, MO 5. Ed Lyneis, CA 6. John Paddock, WA Men 65-69 Group: 1. Dick Blanke, CA 2. Ronald Raymond, OR 3. George Williams, MA 4. Maurice Bergh, NM 5. Randolph Rardon, MO 6. Carl Burton, CO Men 70-74 Group: 1. Bill Bednar, OH 2. Edward Sanders, MD 3. Matthew Yuricich, NV 4. Thomas Bennett, NC 5. Roy Patin, LA 6. Merle Miller, NV Men 75-79 Group: 1. Hollis Lankford, TX 2. Winston Parkinson, AR 3. Fred Glover, CO 4. Herbert Barchie, CA Men 80-84 Group: 1. Fred Webster, CO 2. James Short, MO 95-99 Group: John Pino, NM

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The sports arena was filled with spectators and excitement as Michael Jordan received the ball. As usual, the crowd roared even louder as they expected him to shoot and sink a basket like always. Surprise! Michael feigned the shot, turned to his right and laterally passed the ball to Steve Kerr who was wide open and who happens to be one of the best 3-point shooters in the world. The victory of the Bulls and their closely contested victory is now history — and into history the Bulls will go as five time NBA Champions. What performance, what strategy and what teamwork! Unlike basketball, archcry, including the team rounds, is a very individual sport that requires each shooter to shoot by himself/ herself. Each archer must toe the line individually one at a time and thus be subjected to greater pressure and nerves. Recognizing the spontaneity of basketball, whose every point is performed and executed in a totally different manner each time, archery remains a relatively slow moving sport and one that still requires strict adherence to exactness and exact duplication of each and every shot. So. what does it take to win in the close competition events like the Olympic Games and World Championships? Is it the exacting methodical shooters or the carefree fast shooters who never quite shoot any two shots exactly alike who win? Let us read on and find out what the ‘96 Olympic video shows and tells us about what each archer is doing and how that performance influenced and affected their final standings. One highlight regarding the ‘96 Olympics, that is very obvious, is that the

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majority ofarchers from al) parts of the world their own shooting by increasing their are shooting better than ever. While this awareness of the many varied approaches statement is generally true, there are still and flaws pertaining to shooting. Rest archers out there who are not using their assured that we are not picking on any shooting machine to maximum advantage particular individual or country. The sole and who consequently fail to perform. purpose is to point out the strong and weak Especially, when it counts and the chips or points ofshooting form so that we can correct our flaws and thus, improve our shooting and gold medals are up for grabs. While it is realized that no two archers scoring. shoot exactly alike, the basic steps of Observations shooting that comprise and make up good shooting Form, or so called method, still all Women's individual Medal Matches boils down to doing everything as • In the women's Gold Medal Match, it is machinelike as humanly possible. All archers obvious that China’s He Ying is seen have to acquire the confidence and mental collapsing with her bow arm (to the right) control to be able to perform well under the as she misses to the left. Generally, and duress and mental pressure of NOR head to normally her release is very good and she head competition or go down trying. normally recoils straight back, as her bow Although the magnificent documentary arm stays in place. video, entitled 70 Meters to Olympic Glory, • Kim, Kyung Wook shoots with mostly highlights the gold medal matches exemplary form that won her the Gold and team gold medal matches, it is still Medal. In the semifinals match, one can possible to note and observe what the top notice a slight hesitation that still resulted archers in the world arc doing with regards in her hitting the 10 ring due to her to shooting Form or what they did or failed superior aiming, flawless shooting form, to do when the shoot-offs determined who her recovery, and consistent follow would take home the medals. through. Kim utilizes a unique thumb to There is not doubt in anyone's mind that index finger lockup that is reminiscent and Justin Huish shot great and that he did it with similar to the “deep hook/power archery" remarkable confidence and under teachings of Dave Keaggy. Her two top extraordinary mental control. According to fingers carry most of the pulling weight the mentioned video, Justin looked perfectly of the bow while the third finger carries calm and confident and he shot with the least load. This talented archer can perfection and exacting use of Form that shoot! looked like you were watching the same • Youn, He-Young, is the best example of frame over and over again. His shot routine proper form and perfect execution of the was smooth and fluid. He held from 5 to 6 shot. In fact, she is a classic reminder of seconds and his aiming and holding were the form that won the gold medal for Youn, rock solid with no visually detectable shakes, Jeong Cho at Barcelona in 1992. double takes or letting down. Justin shot his Kim, Jo-Sun, the Olympic video did not best when he was shooting for the gold. It is provide enough footage of this gold medal difficult to beat someone when they are team member for any commentary from shooting using absolute machinelike and this writer. perfect symmetrical classic form. By all Men’s Medal Matches indications, he releases by pointing the index • Michele Frangilli. a very talented and finger of his draw hand toward the target at capable shooter who puts his arrows into the instant and sound of the clicker device. the gold by use ofhis strength, power and determination. Although Frangilli was About This Critique eliminated at the Olympics by Huish in The purpose of this critique and the 1/4 finals, his shooting power is worth commentary is for readers of this magazine mention. Please notice that Michele is and viewers of the Olympic video to improve Continued on page 259 THE U. S. ARCHER

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about the only shooter who uses a shooting glove for finger protection. About the only visible variable that there is in the form makeup of this tremendous shooter is that his release hand does not always go straight back nor end up in the same area of his neck. Frangilli is an outstanding archer and very formidable competitor. • Magnus Petersson exhibits complete mastery of exacting shooting form and has a dynamic release each and every shot. He also uses a kisser button, hooks and holds on to the bowstring in a unique manner with the middle finger bearing the most weight as he draws. Magnus is ultra systematic and very analytical about his shooting. Without a doubt, Magnus is one of the finest archers in the world today. • Butch Johnson, one of our best shooters who is very consistent and one of the best form shooters in the world today. • Rod White, a very talented young archer whose 175 pass at the Grand Prix tournament proves that he is capable of shooting and winning. During the Team Gold Medal match, he appeared to have shot each of his final three arrows a bit too fast and hurried. He only took approximately three seconds to shoot each arrow. One can only imagine what mental pressure was imposed upon Rod to have been the last archer to shoot for the Team Gold under such trying conditions. The Korean Men For certain, the country of South Korea has excelled in world archery competition since they changed to conventional recurve bow archery a few decades ago. In spite of breaking and holding several world records, the Korean men have been unable to win the coveted Gold Medal for their country. Why haven’t they won? In answer 1 can only mention and repeat the wise and accurate words of several Korean coaches who repeatedly state that all successful archery is based on mastering the basics of form and shooting. Once that archers have mastered the basics, only then will they be able to achieve and experience success and shoot record scores. To this, I must add that “each and every shot must look exactly like the previous one." If an archer deviates from this unwritten law one iota, he/she can and will miss! It has always been said that the Korean women shoot using better form than any of the Korean men. In defense of this statement. I’d like to call your attention to the superior

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use of form by Oh, Kyo-Moon who displays how all the Korean men should be shooting. Mr. Oh is unbelievably flawless with regards to his shooting form, mental control, and exacting sequential shot execution. His outward and mental composure is almost unreal as his self-confidence and tremendous ability allow him to repeatedly perform in a machinelike manner. His other two teammates did not fare too well with regards to use of perfect form. Jang, Yany-Ho can be seen dropping his arm each time as he releases. Needless to say, bad fortune also plagued the popular Kim, Bo-Ram as he collapsed with his bow arm to the right only to have his arrow impact left on the target fora six! I am asking for viewers and readers to objectively review the Olympic video over and over until you notice why certain competitors missed when they did. Ask yourself, does each and every shot look the same? Does the bow arm stay in place after the release? Does the bow arm recoil slightly to the left for a right handed shooter as is normally customary? Does the release hand recoil rearwardly and end up in the same location alongside the face or neck signi lying proper application of follow through? The above shooting questions deal with what desired form should look like and what to look for. Once you have mastered the basic requirements of form and shooting and still cannot experience success using standard and proven methods, find a way to shoot that provides and yields the best results. This is termed “Finding your own way.” Whatever it takes to achieve your goals and shoot well is what you must do. In reality, there are no other shortcuts to success and winning. Unfortunately, this is also true of every other success in life including Michael Jordan’s tremendous ability and success. Ifyou really want something in life and are willing to find a way to make it happen, it can be done! But first, you have to want to make it happen. In order to win and to acquire the necessary confidence to keep winning, an archer must first perfect his form and skills to the highest levels, then be able to perform and shoot when it really counts. For Michael Jordan scoring is just scoring. If he wants to average a minimum of 32 points per game he must first be sure that he is good enough to do this each and every time. To him shooting and making baskets is quote, “no problem."

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From Punching to Panic

Author’s coming into the scoring area and because Background: we don’t feel we can keep it there very Bernie's past long, we think we must punch the trigger experience and before it leaves. Pretty soon we are achievements anticipating being on target and include: 8 state anticipating trigger activation. This, along indoor, field with the fear and anxiety of possibly and 3-D missing, sets up a “mental melt down” championships, called target panic. It can manifest itself NFAA & NA A in many ways. Besides punching, there are Certified 3 most commonly displayed: freezing, Instructor, pro-staff shooter and coach. snap-shooting, and flinching. seminar speaker, and pro shop owner. He is presently writing articles for several Freezing archery magazines. As a bowhunter, he has This group of people can't bring the 5 animals in the top 10 of Safari Club sight into the middle of the target for fear International Record Book. He is president of missing and stay there while executing of Robinhood Video Productions, the the shot. Some freeze off center, usually world's largest and most popular below or to one side, and can’t bring the producers of instructional archery videos sight to the center. Others can get the sight which presently has 28 titles marketed into into the center, but can’t shoot while it’s 27 countries. there. They must be moving out of the Bernie and his wife, Jan. will be bullseye before they can release. conducting NFAA Shooter Schools and Target Panic Seminars aimed at the Snap-Shooting intermediate to pro level archers. This Snap-shooting starts with involuntarily Shooting School is now available on video. releasing before being completely settled See ad on page 245. in the bullseye or the vitals of the animal. For more information, call Bernie or As it progresses, the shooter anticipates Jan at Robinhood Video. Phone (352)237- arriving on target and starts releasing 7614 or Fax (352)237-8775. sooner and sooner until, eventually they release the string the instant they touch As most shooters that use a mechanical their face while coming to anchor, or as release have discovered, there are two soon as the pin touches the scoring area different ways to set off the release ... a on the target. slow easy squeeze (programmed subconsciously) that takes us by surprise, Flinching or a conscious, controlled jerk or punch of Flinching occurs as the shooter is the trigger at the moment of truth. holding on target and is trying to mentally Unfortunately, most people don’t realize signal his finger or thumb to activate the where the latter will eventually take them. trigger on the mechanical release. It looks They think that since they started similar to someone getting a jolt of "shooting on command" when they first electricity, just as they release the arrow. got their release that it would get smoother It is caused by two thoughts (trigger and and smoother with practice. Regrettably, target) occurring exactly at the same time. for most shooters, the exact opposite happens. As time goes on, because we want The Cures more and more control of the trigger, To cure target panic, you must first several things in our shot sequence begins reprogram the cause . . . which is a to change. We start to anticipate the sight defective shot sequence! (We discuss this in Volumes I and 2 of the NFAA Shooter’s 260

School videos.) A positively structured 12 step program replaces a nonexistent, out of order, incorrect or incomplete sequence which causes the symptoms such as punching, flinching, freezing or snap shooting. You must reprogram your shot sequence on an empty bale. You can shoot with your eyes open half the time and eyes closed the other half. To eliminate punching, set your trigger pressure much heavier (3-4 pounds), then, at anchor. squeeze off about half of the pressure and then stop squeezing. This is the key! Now. start squeezing your back muscles (rhomboids) together, which brings the elbow back and behind the head. This tows the trigger back and . . . surprise!

From a distance of about five yards, try shooting at an empty bale and concentrate on your shooting sequence.

l.The empty bale — Start by standing 3 to 5 yards in front of a backstop set at shoulder height with no target. Then. shoot 5 or 6 arrows at a time, no groups. no aiming, and deliberately scatter your arrows. This completely “unplugs” your ego and relieves your fear of missing and your anxiety about where the arrow goes. By drawing to anchor and completing the shot through follow-through to a preset “conclusion", you can begin to understand and reprogram how a good shot feels. This builds “muscle memory” and eventually transfers these conscious acts to a subconscious act. You no longer think of your sight, your release, bow arm, etc. You now can concentrate on aiming while the release happens subconsciously. A lot of my students report the greatest success with target THE U. S. ARCHER

panic is achieved by using the empty bale for the first month, then switching to rotational aiming (at right) or the 21 day program for the second month. If you choose a back tension release as your "medicine”, you must leam to shoot it properly to the subconscious level on the empty bale. Whichever of the following methods you choose to use to treat your symptoms, remember the bale is the “medicine” to use to reprogram the cause of the panic and one of these following treats the symptoms . . .don’t skip the "medicine” or you’ll probably have a relapse. 2-Trifigcrless releases — such as the Stanislawski's, which don’t have a trigger, as we know it. They operate by rotating a handle with back tension. By Squeezing the shoulder blades together while aiming, which starts to move the elbow around behind the head, which slowly rotates the handle until the rope slips off a half moon shaped cam. This takes the shooter by surprise, thus eliminating any anticipation of release activation. There arc other types of triggerlcss or anti-punch releases also available. Check with your local pro shop. 3.Clickers — A device primarily for finger shooters that simply clicks against the riser at full draw, as it slips off the end of the arrow and signals the shooter when to release. The audible click replaces the visual or mental stimuli that previously triggered the archer to release.

subconsciously leam or unlearn most tasks. Start by drawing, aiming, and shooting one arrow at a time, and then pull it. Shoot at a 9 inch target from 5 yards. Try shooting no more than one hour per session for the first three days. For the next 3 days, move back to 7 1/2 yards, and reduce the size of the bullseye to 8 inches. In the next 3 days, shoot at a 7 inch bullseye from 10 yards away. Every 3 days, move back 2 112 yards and reduce the bullseye 1 inch. In 21 days, you will be at 20 yards shooting at a 3 inch spot. By this time, you should have developed the confidence to hold and shoot “under control.”

Rotational aiming at spots located around the target

Rotational aiming — This method Remember, whichever of these methods simply doesn’t allow the subconscious you try, you didn’t get target panic or conscious mind to anticipate the sight overnight, and you probably won't cure it entering the target the same way or at overnight. (It usually takes 30 to 60 days.) the same place. You practice aiming at So, stay with it. It IS curable. Good Luck! a target in different places and coming in from different angles. For instance, hold at 12 o’clock on the target instead of the middle, then let down. Then hold at 3 o’clock, the 9 o’clock and so on. The, reverse the order. Remember, don’t shoot, just hold for 10 seconds and let down. It may take days or weeks depending on your personality. You can return to shooting on a target as soon as you feel your subconscious is reprogrammed, and you can hold where you want, for as long as you want, and release the arrow "under control." Jan and Bernie Pellerite with companions 5.21 day program — Some psychologists Murphy and Chrissy on the road teaching claim it takes an average of 21 days to

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Professional Archery Technique by Kirk Ethridge To become a successful archer, you must develop a good basic shooting form. I feel that the single most important aspect of shooting is proper form. A good foundation developed in this area will allow you to develop to your full potential. I have developed my form through trial and error I believe that if 1 had the advantage of beginning my archer experience with the form I have today, that I would have been a much better archer early in my career. The form 1 will describe to you is applicable to all aspects of archery. whether it is used with traditional equipment or the most modem equipment of the day.

Hand Placement Bow hand placement is a very important part of the basic form of archery. To achieve the greatest accuracy, you must develop a simple, easily duplicated hand placement. You must duplicate your grip consistently, because of the way hand placement affects the point of impact of the arrow. It does not necessarily matter where you place your hand on the bow grip section as long as you put it in the same place every time. In other words, if you want to be able to place your arrows in the same spot shot after shot, you must put your hand in the same spot on the bow grip shot after shot. (By changing your hand placement along the vertical plane of the bow grip, arrow placement is affected along the same plane, i.e., high/low shots. By varying the bow hand placement along the horizontal plane of the bow, you vary arrow placement along the horizontal plane, i.e., left/right shots.) With the above in mind, J have developed what 1 feel to be the most accurate and reproducible grip style. The palmar crease should be used as your grip placement reference. Place the center line of the grip along the center line of the thenar eminence. (See figures.) (If you were to extend this line, it would cross the wrist and continue up the center of the arm.) By placing the bow on this spot, we eliminate the torque or twisting forces that are easily applied to the bow grip when using a higher wrist grip form. (You will find, by using this low wrist form, that both 262

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The black line indicates proper grip position on the thenar eminence.

The palm touches the riser only at the thenar eminence, eliminating the opposing torques that occur when the riser grip spans the palmar crease.

high/low and left/right variations in arrow impact are minimized. The left/right variations are decreased by keeping the bow handle on one plane of the hand (the thenar eminence, see example). This eliminates opposing torques caused by the bow flopping between two sides of the palm when the handle spans the palmar crease.

On bows with removable grip sections, even more accuracy is obtainable by removing the grip and shooting off the narrow metal riser section (assuming the grip is not too narrow! One inch is perfect.) If the riser is not flat at this point (some are manufactured with a rounded surface) use Form-A-Grip™ to create a flat plane for your palm. Also, only enough finger tension should be used to keep the bow from jumping out of the hand upon release. I would recommend that a bow sling be used, if possible. This eliminates the need to worry about catching the bow after release. Stewart Bowman of Bowman Archery has created an interesting grip for his Accu-Riser bow. When your hand is inserted in the grip, improper grip position is impossible. I suspect that this characteristic plays some small part in Stewart’s success as an archer. The Elbow Moving up the bow arm, we find another link in the system that greatly affects accuracy potential. The elbow can increase accuracy when used correctly. By flexing the elbow slightly at full draw, the shooting form becomes more forgiving. 1 feel, by bending the bow arm, the bow reacts more naturally upon release. In other words, this flexibility minimizes the chaotic effects imparted to the bow in the split second that the arrow is on the string after release. (Now you can sec why you should not allow yourself to be “over bowed" as flexing the elbow becomes more difficult as draw weight is increased.) Also, by bending the bow arm, string-arm contact that can painfully occur upon release is minimized. The Shoulder Moving up the bow arm another joint, lies the shoulder. The simpler your form. the easier it is to duplicate. When it comes to the shoulder, stay natural. Raise your bow arm and point your finger at a distant object. To do this does not require rolling. twisting, or elevation of the shoulder joint. The same should apply to archery. To do anything different requires effort, and therefore should be avoided. *

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1997 United States Intercollegiate Archery Championships Texas A&M University • College Station, Texas

For the gold~Jamie I an.Vatta shooting while Jennifer Comedy waits Intercollegiate archery moved into 2I“ century with the 1997 U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships held at Texas A&M University. Gone were the old half-FITAs. 900 rounds and other convoluted formats. This year it was a ranking round and then the new Olympic FITA match play round just like real major championships. If there was any doubt that the double FITA was dead after the Olympics, the excitement generated at this tournament erased them all. The long half of the ranking FITA was shot on Saturday morning with the lottery team round shot that afternoon. This round was for schools without full teams allowing everyone at the tournament to shoot a team round. On Sunday morning the short half of the FITA was shot with official team round that afternoon. Monday was all individual match play Impressive shooting by Texas A & M highlighted the first day of competition. A&M's hot -shooting Vic Wunderle in the Olympic recurve division held a comfortable 32 point lead over teammate Greg Krueger after 90 and 70 meters.

With a 296 at 90 meters and a 312 at 70 meters, Wunderle. a two-time Junior World Champion finished with a 608. "I was very happy with my shooting," Wunderle said. “I was just trying to keep a positive attitude and make good shots.” Krueger stormed into second place with a 315 at 70 meters. Krueger had been in a distant fourth place after 90 meters.

Hinkleman. the 1996 National Intercollegiate champion, cut the lead in half with a 314 at 70

Jessica Carlson of Michigan State University came on strong at the end of 60 meters to take first in the Olympic Recurve Women’s division with a 610. Carlson was in second place behind Jo Malahy of James Madison University after 70 meters 299-293. The 1993 Junior World Championship silver medalist, Carlson responded like a veteran with a 317 at 60 meters as Malahy stumbled to a 292. John Blasche of Texas A & M held a tenu ous lead in the Men’s Compound Division with a 625. JMU’s Randy Hinkleman was just be hind with a 623. Blaschkc, 1995 National In tercollegiate champion, took a 4-point lead at 90 meters with a 313 to Hinkleman's 309.

Toledo, a member of the 1996 United States World Indoor Championship team. dominated the Women’s Compound Division with a 649 and a 31 point lead over JMU’s Antic Bradford. Jennifer Comedy of Texas A&M was third with a 611. “I am pretty pleased with my shooting." VanNatta said. "I am just trying to keep cool. I am not used to shooting in anything this

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Texas A&M's Recurve Team: Hitnderle, Holmes. Krueger

meters to Blaschke’s 312. "I started off very good." Blaschke said. "but got tired toward the end. I managed to squeeze by at the end and hold on to the lead I need to work on concentrating on matters al hand. I have to stay focused." Jamie VanN'atta of the University of

hot.” That afternoon Texas A&M got out the brooms and came close to sweeping the team competition taking three of the four team

titles. In the first match of the afternoon A&M won the Female Compound Team title with an impressive 204-160 victory over James

John Blaschke vs Chad Karstetler

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Just a couple of college guys having a laugh

Wunderle vs. Pihalja Madison University. Shooting first for A&M, Karen Gossett put her first shot dead-center as James Madison missed the scoring area entirely on their second shot. Normally not a good 70-meter shooter. Gossett rose to the occasion. ”1 don't do that well at 70 meters and I was nervous.” Gossett said. “Bui the team was rooting for me so I knew I had to do good for them."

The next match of the day found the A&M Male Compound Team almost not making it to the championship match. In the semifinals match. A&M found itself losing to arch rival Texas 159 to 152 with only nine shots left. With just four shots left, a Texas archer missed the target mat entirely and A&M was able to pull out a 232-223 victory and advanced to the gold medal match.

Not taking any chances with the championship on the line the three man A&M

team put 8 of its first 9 shots in the gold giving them a 79 on their first of three ends. James Madison put the pressure on A&M shooting a 77. A&M picked up another point on their next nine shots giving them a 3-poinl lead and finished out the match picking up

another point on their last nine shots giving them a 234-230 victory.

third with a 216-215 victory over the University of Texas. After two failed attempts James Madison got its first team title when it defeated Texas A&M for the Female Olympic Recurve Team title 193 to 167. Texas A&M made it to the championship match with an 198-190 victory over Arizona State. Matching James Madison's high score James Madison, led by Jo Malahy. the 1997 National Indoor Champion and member of the 1997 U.S. World Indoor team-took a 19 point lead after the first nine shots, 68-49 and never let up. James Madison cruised to a 193-167 victory. Arizona State made up for its poor shooting in the semifinals by beating Michigan State 207-133 for the bronze. Texas A&M’s Male Olympic Recurve Team, led by past National Collegiate champions Staten Holmes and Vic Wundcrlc. gave A&M its third title of the day by crushing all opponents. In the semifinals A&M topped Navajo Community College. 232-146. A&M next beat Atlantic City Community College 225-182 for the title. Atlantic City had made it to the gold medal match by upsetting first James Madison 182146 and then The University of Texas. 185-

Pennsylvania College of Technology took

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179. Texas won the bronze medal beating Navajo Community College 185-149. Texas A & M University took two of four individual titles on the last day of competition. Hard-fought matches decided on the last shot were the rule of the day as evenly-matched archers fought for individual honors. Jamie VanNatta of the University of Toledo beat Jennifer Comedy of Texas A&M

for the Individual Female Compound title. 104-102. Behind by 5 at the half way point Comedy narrowed the gap with a 10 on her seventh shot while VanNatta could only manage an 8. Another 10 by Comedy on her ninth shot while again VanNatta could only respond with a 8 put Comedy one point back 79-78 with three shots left. With two shots left a strong wind picked up causing Comedy's shot to drift wide resulting in a 7 while VanNatta had an 8. Both had 8's on their last shot giving VanNatta the 2 point win. Arnie Bradford of James Madison University defeated Karen Gossett of Texas A&M 104-86 to take the bronze medal. John Blaschke snatched victory from the almost certain jaws of defeat beating Chad Karstciter of the Pennsylvania College of Technology in a one arrow sudden death shoot-off in the Individual Male Compound

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JMU’s Compound Team: Hinkleman. Reeder, Tevendale

Carlson vs. Malahy

division. Tied with Karstelter at the half-way point with a 52. Blaschke could not conic close to the gold hitting four straight 8’s to fall two points behind with one shot left. Blaschke hit a 9 on his last shot meaning Karstelter only needed an 8 to win. he hit a 7 resulting in a tie for the match. The match now switched to a one arrow sudden death. Both had 9's on their first two shots. Blaschke had a 9 again on his third shot but Karstelter could only respond with an 8 giving Blaschke his second Intercollegiate National Championship. Blaschke commented on his pressure packed victory. “I didn’t give up even as I was losing points. I learned a long time ago the tournament is not over until the last arrow is in the target but I was most definitely concerned. I tried hard to put my mind on matters at hand and not what had occurred. I tried to be calm and concentrate on business." Chris Champaign of the Pennsylvania College of Technology beat Randy Hinkelman of James Madison for third 106-102. Hinkelman, the 1996 National Intercollegiate Champion and International Bowhuntcr World Championship silver medalist had come into the tournament highly favored. Jo Malahy of James Madison University defeated Jessica Carlson of Michigan State

University 103-99 for the Olympic Recurve Female title in a match that turned on two shots at the halfway point. Malahy a member of the 1997 U.S. World Indoor team was evenly matched against Carlson a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Training Team and the score reflected it. The two matched each other shot for the shot the first half resulting in a tie after 6 shots. On the seventh and eighth shot Malahy had a 109 while Carlson stumbled with a 7-6. The two matched scores the rest of the round giving Malahy a National Intercollegiate Championship. While it was Carlson who stumbled at the halfway point it was Malahy who was the most nervous. “I never get the shakes during a tournament but during the match, my hands, my knees, oh. oh, oh. I knew it was going to be close with Jessica and when she had the 6 and I had to shoot, I don’t think I could have gotten any more nervous.” Della Fournier of Arizona State University took third defeating Sally Below of Millersville University 83-66. Vic Wunderle gave Texas A & M it’s second individual title beating Michael Pihalja of Michigan State University 100-99 in a match that saw Wunderle almost give away the title. Ahead by one Wunderle had a

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4 on his sixth shot giving Pihalja a 49-46 lead at the half. Commenting on his miscue Wunderle said, “I didn't have my front

shoulder locked in place before I shot." Pihalja had a 9 on his next shot while Wunderle could only manage an 8 giving Pihalja a four point lead with just five shots left. Wunderle, a two-time Junior World Champion responded like one going 10-109-9 on his next four shots while Pihalja had 9-8-8-7. On his remarkable turnaround Wunderle said. “I realized I had to get it in gear and start shooting better form.” Wunderle had an 8 on his last shot giving Pihalja a chance to tie with a 10 but could only manage a 9 giving Wunderle the victory and his second National Intercollegiate title. Patrick Creclman of the College of the Sequoias took the bronze medal defeating Greg Krueger of Texas A & M 103-97. This is the end of the story. The judges were the same we have at all Texas tournaments Jane Johnson and Rick Stonebraker for whom excellence is a way of life so nothing to tell there. If you’re really interested in all that stuff

ask me the next time you see me.

Congratulations Champions

Texas vs. Texas A&.M in Compound

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Congratulations to the All Americans! Earned with a combination of the National Indoor and Collegiate Outdoor Scores All Americans - Recurve Female I. Jo Malahy JMU 2327 2. Jessica Carlson MSU 2311 3. Sarah Hoffman Wesleyan 2303 4. Maggie Adler Williams 2275 5. Aleta Moorhouse ASU 2239 6. Della Fournier ASU 2225 7. Suzy Barrera 2156 TAMU 8. Bethany Thomas TAMU 2138 9. Tracie May TAMU 2113 10. Yuisa Medina 2080 JMU

All Americans - Recurve Male TAMU 1. Vic Wunderle 2. Michael Pihalja MSU 3. Greg Krueger TAMU 4. Dan Zelinski Miami,OH 5. Staten Holmes TAMU 6. Patrie Creelman Sequoias 7. Collin Flotta JMU 8. Kevin Chudy ACC 9. Mike Wilmington TAMU 10. Robert Lathcm TAMU

2433 2341 2312 2310 2309 2270 2214 2163 2152 2146

All Americans - Compound Female 1. Jamie VanNatta U of Tol 2445 2. Arnie Bradford JMU 2350 3. Jennifer Comedy TAMU 2346 All Americans - Compound Male 1. John Blasche TAMU 2448 2. Randy Hinkleman JMU 2445 3. Chad Karstetler PC 2423 4. Scott Gordon TAMU 2390 5. Chris Champaign PC 2364 6. Mike Cieslinski MSU 2362 7. Scott Hausmann TAMU 2340 8. Brian Parker 2324 MCU 9. Alan Nalle UT 2320

Congratulations to the 1997 USIAC Champions Female Recurve Team 1. James Madison University Malahy, Medina, Funk 2. Texas A&M May, Thomas, Berryhill 3. Arizona State University Moorhouse, Fournier, Ncnamaker Male Recurve Team 1. Texas A&M Wunderle, Krueger, Holmes 2. Atlantic Community College Chudy, Ott, AfFrunti 3. Texas Ritchie, Kim, Watt

Female Compound Team 1. Texas A&M Comedy, Gossett, Johnson 2. James Madison University Bradford, Griffin, Fritz 3. Michigan State University Male Compound Team 1. Texas A&M Blaschke, Gordon, Hausmann 2. James Madison University Hinkleman, Reeder, Tevcndale 3. Penn College Karstetler, Champaign, Parker

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WOMEN'S COMPOUND FOR Name 1. Jamie VanNatta 2. Jennifer Comedy 3. Arnie Bradford 4. Karen Gossett 5. Amy Bradford 6. Michelle Griffin 7. Jennifer Fritz 8. Anna Johnson

1/8 bye bye bye bye bye bye 97 bye

1/4 Semi Final 106 106 105 101 102 102 104 95 96 100 85 86 95 93 91 89

1/16 bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

1ZS 159 167 105 161 159 157 152 155

1Z4 Semi 107 104 106 107 102 102 108 106 104 102 101 99

bye 136 119 126 137 115 140 108

155 156 149 bye 130 136 131 III

108 97 88 100 94 92 86 75

95 95 81 91

103 99 83 66

1/32 1/16 bye 158 bye 152 bye 153 bye 155 bye 157 bye 158 bye 142 bye 126

1/8 154 148 156 159 136 150 133 142

1/4 106 105 103 101 102 101 100 86

Semi 101 104 98 100

FITA 1307 1244 1248 1133 1248 1130 954 1054

MEN S COMPOUND FOR Name 1. John Blaschke 2. Chad Karstetler 3. Chris Champaign 4. Randy Hinkleman 5. Scott Hausmann 6. Mike Cieslinski 7. Scott Gordon 8. Brian Parker

FITA 1287 1268 1249 1281 1224 1240 1245 1213

Final 103 103 106 102

9-9-9 9-9-8

WOMEN’S RECURVE FOR 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Jo Malahy Jessica Carlson Della Fournier Sally Below Aleta Moorhouse Yuisa Medina Sarah Hoffman Tracie May

1204 1227 1151 1044 1170 1097 1192 1109

MEN'S RECURVE FOR FITA Name 1267 I. Vic Wunderle 2. Mike Pihalja 1212 3. Patrick Creelman 1178 1210 4. Greg Krueger 1209 5. Dan Zelinski 6. Mike Wilmington 1101 1081 7. Mike Raab 1079 8. Robert Lathcm

Final 100 99 103 97

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1997 NAA National Field Tournament Story by Vincent I. Miller Sr. • Photos by Sandy Miller

Field transportalion

The 1997 NAA Nationals for field archery were held May 23. 24, 25 in Altamont. Utah. Located in Duschene county in eastern Utah. Altamont is a small farming community which is the home of some very fine flyfishing resorts. The competition was shot at Falcons Ledge, who donated the use of their property for the shoot. Other than visiting the world famous Dinosaur National Monument which is located in Duschene county or sampling the other outdoor activities availblc in the area, there were few distractions from the event. While sparsely attended the tournament was still a complete success, offering the shooters who did participate the opportunity to comptc in a truly world class shoot. With plenty of challenging shots through rugged terrain the courses taxed even the finest archers. The 23rd was devoted to preparing for the aculal competition which was to start on the following day. Getting to know fellow shooters, sighting in and having equipment checked was the order of the day. In the course of these activities the competitors were treated to several fast moving thunderstorms, an unusual event for this time of year in this part of the country. Even with these interruptions everyone had a chance to iron out all their kinks and prepare for the following two days. 268

Janet Barrs receiving championship award next to her champion husband. Jay Barrs

The morning of the 24th began with low clouds obscuring the sun, a chilly breeze and a light rain. From that point on and until the last shooter was done for the day the weather alternated between light and heavy rains and light and brisk breezes. Prior to starting the competitors were treated to doughnuts and juice by the Duschene Chamber of Commerce. A warm and welcome reception on a chilly and un welcoming day. The course shot on the 24th was the unmarked yardage course which had 24 targets ranging between 10 and 55 meters at various angles from the slight to the extreme. The course was built over terrain that taxed even the most fit of the competitions. Leaders at the end of the first day were: Bob Burns—Barebow Men; Janet Bans—Olympic Women; Jay Barrs— Olympic Men; Becky Pearson— Compound Women; Frank Pearson— Master Compound Men; Dee Wilde— Compound Men. In the youth categories the leaders were: Sara Finley—Int. Olympic Female; Peter Bammes—Int. Olympic Male; Nathan Crapo—Int. Compound Male; Landon Eldredge—Cub Compound Male. The final day of the competition started with threatening skies but no rain. The course was another rugged course but this time the 24 targets were of marked yardage ranging to 65 meters. Spread over a space

of more than a mile in length it offered many different challenges from the previous day’s shooting. Once again the angles were from mild to extreme. At the end of the day the final standings were: Mark Applegate—Barebow Men; Janet Barrs—Olympic Women (this one ended with Janet Barrs tied with Janet Dykman with Janet Barrs breaking the lie with the number of hits); Jay Barrs— Olympic Men; Becky Pearson— Compound Women; Frank Pearson— Master Compound Men; Dec Wilde— Compound Men.

Randi Smith, always at work

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Official Nancy Myrick (L) visiting with author I incent Miller

(Left ro right) Trever Elder, Ralph Duncan, Rod Elder, Luke Elder, Jacob Taylor, and Colton Elder

In the youth categories: Sara FinleyMaster Int. Olympic Female; Peter Bammes—Int. Olympic Male; Nathan Crapo—Int. Compound Male; Landon Eldredge—Cub Compound Male. Congratulations should be given to the winners for their Tine performances and their individual achievements. Thanks also needs to be given to Falcons Ledge for the use of their facility. Thanks also to the judges: Nancy Myrick, Randi Smith. Jenny Wolsley, and Cory Wolsley for their hard work. Finally a great big vote of thanks to the members of Rocky Mountain archers for their club effort in hosting this event. In particular thanks should be given to Harold Crapo, Nathan Crapo, Ralph Duncan, Colton Elder, Luke Elder, Rod Elder, Trever Elder, Kevin Eldridge. Landon Eldredge, Dan Farnsworth. Gail Taylor & Kids, Jacob Taylor, and Jesse Walker. These people spent weeks packing bales of excelsior weighing in excess of 150 lbs. into extremely rugged terrain. clearing shooting lanes and, in general, doing everything humanly possible to make this shoot challenging yet safe.

Olympic Male 337 1. Jay Barrs 300 2. Rick McKinney 313 3. Eric Hall 288 4. Eric Brumlow 5. George Tekmitchov 242 266 6. Steven McKenna 7. Rco Wilde 221 Intermediate Olympic Male 241 1. Peter Bammes Compound Female 285 1. Becky Pearson 253 2. Annie Eldredge 182 3. Stephanie Beus Master Compound Male 316 1. Frank Pearson Compound Male 316 1 Dec Wilde 313 2. Kevin Eldredge 305 3. Roger Hoyle 313 4. Gary Cowart 304 5. John Thompson 299 6. George D. Ryals IV 297 7. Dan Kolb

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568 512 197

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8. Drew D. Wilcox 9. Jonathan Pemberton 10. Bruce Taylor 11. Vince Miller Sr. 12. Levi Reed Junior Compound Male 1. Nathan Crapo 2. Jeffrey Carroll 3. Jarod Thompson 4. Chase Walker 5. Krcg Jessen 6. Vince Miller Jr. Cadet Compound Male 1. Landon Eldredge

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286 278 278 216 0

571 564 555 407 271

279 227 226 217 157 65

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Name Unm. Mark Total 1. Mark Applegate 286 282 568 2. Bob Bums 294 269 563 3. Skip Trafford 280 260 540 4. Bob Walker 110 110 0 Olympic Female 1. Janet Barrs 281 250 •531 2. Janet Dykman 275 256 •531 * Determined by number of hits 3.Kathy Eissingcr 230 196 426 Intermediate Female Olympic 1. Sara Finley 208 187 395 I

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Heath and Barnes Win Pro Titles in VISA/Realtree Oklahoma Open May 10-11, 1997 • Trosper Park, Oklahoma City, OK Springs. LA, finished second in this division and earned S773. Brownwood. TX. archer Gene Curry finished third in the Pro Men's Seniors competition. Tony Conques IV. Baton Rouge. LA. finished on top in Pro Men's Limited Competition. Foster Thigpen of Mansfield, LA. won first

place honors in the Semi Pro event. The Hunter Division competitions drew archers from throughout the nation. Nathan Brooks of Sallisaw, OK. earned the top spot in the Men's Hunter Open. Missouri archer Della Schafer of Peace Valley grabbed the Women’s Hunter Open title. Other Hunter Division winners included Dana Philips. Camdenton. MO, in the Men’s Unlimited class. Buddy Durr of Isola, MS. in the Men's Limited Class, Bill Hammers, Springfield. MO. in Men's Barcbow and John Holzrichter of Wichita, KS. in the Men's Traditional class. Charles Crockett of Kansas City, MO, captured the top spot in the new NABH Men’s Hunter Senior Class. Hosted by the Trosper Archery Club, the VIS A/Realtree Oklahoma Open drew shooters from 30 states. The youth divisions drew a total of 53 participants ages 18 and under. The next stop on the 1997 NABH tour takes archers to Warren. PA, June 28-29. for the Starcraft/McKenzic Pennsylvania Open — the final event before the Cabela's/Chevy Tahoe-Suburban NABH

Bcar/Jennings Staff Shooter Johnny Heath Oklahoma City. OK — A challenging course with deceiving targets and numerous up and downhill shots awaited the more than 1,150 archers shooting here this weekend in the VISA/Realtree Oklahoma Open. This event, the fourth on the North American Bowhunters 1997 tournament trail, found archers enjoying excellent weather and another record-setting event. Veteran pro Johnny Heath of Horseshoe. NC. could do no wrong during this two-day world-class 3-D archery competition held here at Trosper Park. Heath took an early lead in the event and never looked back. Heath, who led his division at the close ofthe regular competition. continued to dominate the Pro Men's field during the final shootdown. His final score of 475 earned the event's top prize of $5,340. Weatherford. TX. veteran Michael R. Braden captured the secondplace spot in the Pro Men’s Division. Braden recorded a two-day total of 468 and collected winnings totaling $2,526. This lace and S1.577 went to David Stepp. Jr. of Phoenix. AZ. Overbrook, OK, veteran Sherry Barnes continues to dominate the Women's Pro Division earning her fourth title on the 1997 NABH tour. Bames recorded a final score of 4I2 and collected winnings totaling $1,163. “I’ve been practicing a great deal lately and have been concentrating on my form," said the veteran women’s pro. "It’s been my goal to perform the perfect shot every target and this now seems to be paying off.” Second place on the women’s side went to Susan Thompson of Douglasville, GA. Thompson’s two-day score of 398 netted her eamings of $567. Third place and S250 went to Women’s Pro Laurie Watson of Cave Creek, AZ. George Dixon of Salida. CO. collected $1,408 for his first place finish in the Pro Men's Senior Division. Charles Buhler. Greenwell

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Championship. July 25-27, at Eagle Creek State Park in Findlay, IL. For more information on any NABH event or other SQI venues. contact Sportsman’s Quest at 1-800-224-4990. NABH, a division of Cabela’s/Chcvrolet Suburban-Tahoc Sportsman’s Quest, Inc., is sponsored by VISA USA, Starcraft Marine L.L.C., Illinois Departments of Natural Resources and Commerce and Community Affairs, LaCrosse Footwear. Inc. to include the brands Danner and Red Ball. Realtrce. McKenzie 3D Targets, API Outdoors, Easton Technical Products. Inc., Hoyt

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USA, Pentax Corporation. Bear Archery Inc., Electronic Awards, Browning. Bushnell Sport Optics. Loggy Bayou, Delta Industries. Oneida Eagle Bows, Arizona Archery Enterprises Inc, Specialty Archcry Products, Golden Key-Futura, Scott Archery, Manin Archery Inc., True Ball Releases. Golden Eagle Archery, Simmons Outdoors, Wildlife Research. N/R Laboratories, Barnett International and Toxonics Manufacturing Inc. Chevy Suburban-Tahoe is the official sport utility vehicle of Sportsman’s Quest. LaCrosse is the official footwear of Sportsman’s Quest. Pro Men's Open I. Johnny Heath NC 475 S5.340 2, Michael R. Braden 2,527 TX 468 1.577 3. David Stepp Jr. AZ 464 4. Derek Phillips 1.098 CO 449 5. Randy Ulmer AZ 446 809 Pro .Men’s Lmtd. 1. Tony ConqucsIV S644 LA 402 2. Randy Holland 236 NM 397

Pro Men's Seniors 1. George Dixon 2. Charles Buhler 3. Gene Curry Pro Women's Open 1. Sherry Barnes 2. Susan Thompson 3. Laurie Watson Semi Pro 1. Foster Thigpen 2. Tipton Cook 3. Jay Lott Men’s Hunter Open 1. Nathan Brooks 2. Rick Hullam 3. James Martin Men’s Hunter Unltd. 1. Dana Phillips 2. Del A. Summers 3. Louis Zannctakis Men's Hunter Lmtd. 1. Buddy Durr 2. Richard Matthys

CO LA TX

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SI.408 773 429

OK GA AZ

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MO TX OH

398 396 395

S345 269 225

MS OK

389 367

S231 179

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NABH Adds Six New Classes for Physically Challenged Archers Warren. PA — North American Bowhunters, the nation's premiere 3-D archery tournament organization, has announced the addition of six new shooting classes to each of its remaining events for the 1997 tournament season. The new classes, designed specifically for physically challenged archers, will debut here during the Starcraft/McKenzic Pennsylvania Open scheduled for June 28-29 at the Elk Town Archers club grounds. The six special classes include divisions for crossbow and compound bow shooters. "NABH and Sportsman's Quest realizes there are many physically challenged individuals who enjoy outdoor sports like archery," said NABH Shooting Events Director John Newcomb. “These new classes. as with all other archery classes, will feature an exciting first-class competition that is challenging and enjoyable.” The new classes at the Pennsylvania event are being offered in conjunction with Rehab Works, the Community Care Foundation and Warren General Hospital. The entire course, complete with McKenzie 3-D Targets, will be wheelchair accessible, and laid out according to NABH guidelines. "We will offer individual classes for men, women and youths in the crossbow and compound bow divisions." Newcomb said. "Members of the Elk Town Archers will be on hand to assist anyone needing additional help.” The entry fee for all NABH Physically Challenged classes is S30. A doctor’s certification is required to compete in these divisions. Archers may shoot in only one division — crossbow or compound. The standard NABH two-minutc-per-shot time limit has been waved for these classes. Archers competing in the Physically Challenged crossbow division must use crossbows with a minimum of 125 pounds of pull and no more than 150 pounds of pull. No scopes will be permitted on crossbows. All other NABH rules, including target yardage and arrow speed, apply to these divisions. The actual competition got underway at 8 a.m., June 28, as archers took to the courses for two days of exciting 3-D archery action. The Pro classes began at noon on Saturday with a shotgun start. Due to the late JULY-AUGUST 1997

addition of these classes, the rule requiring archers to compete in at least one 1997 NABH event to qualify for the Cabcla's/Chcvy TahoeSuburban Championship has been waved for the Physically Challenged divisions (only these divisions). This event, the fifth and final 1997 qualifier, was the last stop before the Cabcla’s/Chevy Tahoe-Suburban Championship. July 25-27 in Findlay. Illinois, at Eagle Creek State Park. For more information contact SQI at 1-800-224-4990. *

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Federation of Canadian Archers Annual Board of Directors Meeting May 3-4, 1997 • Highlights CASH FOR MEDALS — The FCA announces that any Canadian archer winning a medal in the individual events at the 2000 Olympic Games will receive S25.000 from the FCA. Any medal winning athlete who was ever a full-time member of the NAC will receive a bonus S25.000. Any Canadian archer winning a medal in the team events at the 2000 Olympic Games will receive SI0,000. Any medal winning team member who was ever a full-time NAC athlete will receive a bonus SI0,000. It is anticipated that a medal at the 2000 Olympics will propel the FCA back onto federal government support for the 2000 - 2004 funding cycle. This would be worth an estimated 5600,000 over 4 years toward improving all areas of Canadian archcry. In addition an Olympic medal would have spin-off benefits to clubs, provinces and the FCA in the areas of increased media support, corporate sponsorships, and membership growth. FCA COACH SALARY GRANTS EXTENDED TO MORE PROVINCES — This popular FCA program will be extended to more provinces. Provinces in the past who could not qualify due to small membership numbers will be able to participate. The new Coach Salary Grant formula will be developed over the summer months. FCA BYLAW CHANGES — A series of by-law changes were proposed. The thrust of the changes deal with; moving the AGM from the National Championships to the annual Board of Directors Meeting, and have no limit to the number of consecutive terms an

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individual can run for, and hold an FCA Executive Committee position. These proposed By-law changes will be circulated to the 1997 FCA AGM delegates 60 days in advance of the AGM. and voted on at the AGM. PSO TRENDS —The trends as reported by the provinces are: provincial government funding down, self-help revenue generating projects arc increasing, youth memberships (and therefore program demands by parents on archery clubs) increasing. FCA RAISES PACKAGE MEMBER FEE — In the past 12 months FCA cut administration costs to save over 565,000 annually. This represents a savings of about 21% of FCA's total budget. Even with the cuts the FCA Board was faced with a choice of cutting administration further, cutting program and services, or raising additional revenues. The Board chose to raise additional revenues, keeping the current level of programs, services, and administration intact. It was felt that additional cuts to administration and/or current programs & services would have an irreversible negative impact on Canadian archery in both the short & long-term. Effective with 1998 memberships the FCA Package Member Fee will be raised from $7 to S12 /member. A S1 discount is available to PSO's who produce and distribute their own PSO/FCA joint membership card. Even with the fee increase the Board approved a 1997/98 operating budget authorizing up to $42,000 out of the Legacy Fund to cover a planned deficit. FCA TO AFFILIATE WITH 1 BO — As recommended by the PSO 3D Representatives, the FCA will affiliate with IBO as a member organization. FCA RULE CHANGES — A series of minor equipment related Canadian 3D rule changes, as recommended by the PSO 3D Representatives, were approved. Insert pages for the 1996 edition of the FCA Rules book will be printed and made available free of charge by the end of May. CANADIAN TARGET CHAMPIONSHIPS FORMAT CHANGES —The Board approved changes to the current format requiring Target shooters to shoot 2 complete FITA's over 2 days to qualify for the elimination round, or medals for those categories not eligible for the elimination round. Similarly, Field shooters will be required to shoot four 24 target units over 2 days to qualify for Field event medals. These changes will be recommended to Sherwood Park to be implemented for 1997. FCA SUPPORT TO THE 1997 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT — All eyes arc on Canada this summer. To ensure that the archery world and media looks favorably on the FCA the FCA has approved up to $24,000 towards a variety projects related to staging the event. OTHER NEWS — Al Wills was recognized for his recent achievement of being awarded a Bronze Plaquette from FITA. The Board members were updated on the following projects: Canbow High School Indoor championships, NAC happenings, TV feasibility project, COA athlete fund, 2000 Olympic Team selection criteria timelines, 1997 World Championships preparations, FITA Congress & motions. A full set of official minutes will be sent to your province's FCA Director within a few weeks, please contact him/her for details. If there is a discrepancy between any correspondence and the official minutes, the official minutes will prevail. THE U.S. ARCHER

The Canadian National Archery Center (NAC) Pascal COLMAIRE

Pascal Colmaire, the NAC Director & Coach video-taping Jean-Pascal Saint-Arnaud

The NAC Director is also the Professional Coach and Master Coach Course Conductor. Pascal is a former international archer who won 10 National titles in France and Canada, and several international events in different disciplines, he was European and World Champion by team in Field Archery. He is also a Physical Education Teacher, and a former superior Technician in metallic products. Pascal just turned 18 when he got his first national champion. He became professional coach in 1978, due to the good job he provided, he was called to run the National Technical Direction of the French Archery Federation in 1987. From this year the French Archery grew to become the biggest FITA Member Association, and one of the best competitive countries of the world. Pascal was the leader of the French team at two Olympic Games, including the one at which S£bastien Flute won the Gold Medal. Now Pascal just shoots compound limited with his wife as a recreational archer, but he practices Kyudo more regularly. He dedicates his archcry expertise to help archers and coaches in their research of Excellence. Overall Training With any NAC member, the first thing done is to list the skills to be developed in any area: Technical, Physiology, Psychology, Social Arrangements, Tactic, ... Then each athlete has a training plan developed and individual weekly suggestions provided.

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Imagine that there are two main development periods for the NAC archers. The first one aims to improve the archery skills and some general physical developments, the second one aims to make the archer a good competitor in archery. Even if these two periods overlaps each other, I think this is a good and brief presentation of the athletes program. Every Monday, each athlete reads his/ her own computerized diskette, on which his/her weekly program is written (each two weeks for several part-time archers). “As often as possible I try to have people working together on the different developments (technical, strengthening, ...) because one of the main interest of the NAC is to immerse the athlete / coach in a elite and collective working environment. Nevertheless, the NAC strives to satisfy the individual needs, and we did an

Craig Lawson using the cut-out faces

excellent job to balance individual and team development. When I assist an archer about an individual development, the other members show their support on different manners, this psychological assistance helps everybody to achieve great improvements. When we start to strengthen a skill, I first try to discover what the archers know about that skill (key elements, observable criteria, and development method), I like them to suggest how they intend to strengthen that skill, and like a mentor help them to implement the best way of doing. Considering that any high level athlete needs feed-back, I try to use as many feedbacks as possible for any area of development, for example the mirror for technical skills, graph for strength, ...

Specific Training Usually we start to work the technical skill first in a situation in which it is easy for the archer to be 100% concentrated on (while watching his/her implementation for example), then we implement that skill through various situations which require progressively more and more attention on aiming (cut-out faces or spots). Physiological Developments A standard program includes. Strength development (maximal, endurance and specific), kinaesthetic perception (general, body balance, and specific ones), Nutrition (including % of body fat), Sources energy development (aerobic, anaerobic capacity and power). Psychological Developments Therefore the true psychological developments will be done over the second period (see overall training). Nevertheless, because the training plan has been done with vertical and horizontal links with the various developments, several psychological basics have already been introduced through the previous and current works. The objective of the Psychological Developments is to help the archer to reach and maintain his/her Ideal Performance State. Therefore several psychological skills are on the NAC program, like: Relaxation, Concentration, Stress level and Behavior management, change of attention forms and psychological states, ... . The NAC uses tools from Sport and General Psychology, Yoga, Sophrology, Neuro Linguistic Programming. Zen and Hypnoses.

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Field Shooting Tips By Jeff Button

John Kocy (L) and Jeff Button shoot off in Redding, California

In my opinion the FITA Field round is one of the most challenging rounds still being shot in competition due to the rough terrain typically encountered, level of accuracy needed, and the necessity to also judge distance for the unmarked round. As a little background, the FITA Field round consists of an unmarked and a marked field (target) round. Both the marked and unmarked rounds make use of four different target sizes (20cm, 40cm, 60cm, 80cm) spread equally over a 24 target course. The targets are all black with a yellow bullseye. 3 arrows are shot per target with a maximum score of 5 points per arrow — 15 point per target. Compound shooters score the "x-ring” as 5 points with the remainder of the yellow spot out to the first scoring ring scored as 4 points, then 3,2,1 thereafter. Recurve archers

score the entire spot as 5 points and then 4, 3,2, 1. The distances shot vary according to the target size. The unmarked distances range from 10 meters to 55 meters (approximately 11 yards to 60 yards) while the marked field distances range from 10 meters to 60 meters (roughly 66 yards). Though the FITA Field round is similar to the NFAA field round in a number of ways, there are enough differences that one should read over the FITA rules thoroughly. Based on my own experiences preparing for and competing at the 1994 and 1996 World Field Championships, I would like to offer a few suggestions to others interested in shooting a FITA Field round. Some of the suggestions are specific to the field round, however some suggestions may prove helpful to other aspects of archery too. In no particular order: Shoot equipment you are comfortable with. Don’t sacrifice accuracy for speed just because you will be shooting unmarked distances. Some speed may be helpful for the missed guesses. However, you must still be able to hit the x-ring consistently to score 5 points. If anything, spend more time working on your yardage guesstimation and make your second and third shots really count if you arc off on your first guess. If you are thinking of setting up two bows, one each to shoot unmarked and marked. bear in mind that if you qualify in the top sixteen at a World Championship you will be required to shoot a 12 target course of mixed unmarked and marked distances. Now which bow will you use? Many of the top European field archers are returning to larger, slower, aluminum arrows in order to catch line cutters. 1 see now that many of the top 3-D archers are also relying less on overall speed and more on accuracy and their ability to judge distance.

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How to Shoot Field with Five Fixed Pins By Frank Pearson

Frank Pearson (File Photo)

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rather than trying to gap shoot. To do this, you must learn where to aim. Put up the correct size target face for the yardage you will be shooting. Let’s start with twenty yards. Hang the 35 cm face. Put your 25 yard pin on the spot and shoot several good shots. The arrows should have grouped above the spot or high in the spot. Remove the target and turn it upside down. The holes from the arrows you just shot are your aiming point. When you shoot this time, aim at the holes and you should be hitting in the middle of the spot. Take notes for your reference until you memorize the aiming spot of how far from the center you must aim for this yardage. The 25 yard pin should be used for 10 to 32 yards. You

should, however, use the smaller target to get your 10 yard aiming point. Your 35 yard pin should be good for 35 to 41 yards on the 50 cm face. Your 45 yard pin should be used for 44 to 51 yards on the 50 cm face. Your 55 yard pin should be good for 52 to 60 yards on the 65 cm face. Your 65 yard pin should be good for 61 to 70 yards on the 65 cm face. You may be able to use your 65 yard pin for 80 as well depending on the speed of your bow. Use your notes until you have committed the aiming locations to memory. These aiming location will also work on the animal round. *

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Olympic Team Gold Medalist Butch Johnson Do you train differently with your recurve compared to your compound? Yes, I train quite a bit more with my recurve. 1 shoot more and work on form and technic more. Message for readers: Basically, don t ever give up and just enjoy yourself that s the most important part. Don't give up. anyone can do it, it’s just a matter of desire.

We here at The U.S. Archer want to say Congratulations on your great shooting with the recurve and compound bows. To what do you attribute your great success? Probably basically a love for the sport. 1 enjoy doing it. 1 basically practice a lot and strive to improve myself all the time. How many years has it been since you won your first national title? Myfirst title was 1973 or 1974. the NA A Indoor Nationals. Has competition increased since your first years in competition? I would say yes. probably. The top people seem to be closer together where years ago they used to be a bigger spread in scores. How do you keep you competitive spirit alive? Ijust enjoy doing it! 1 just enjoy shooting arrows and enjoy the competition. It'sa challenge type thing. that's what keeps me going, 1 enjoy doing it.

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Target Shooting Tips From World Champion Tom Crowe

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Do you have a mental pattern you follow when you step up to the target or does it start as you step up to the target? Actually it starts before I step up to the target. Could you tell me what you are thinking or your steps? Do you have a set number of steps and do you do these every single time? 276

7b tell you the truth for several years I had steps that I would go through and it became automatic in my concentration but in recent years probably the last 4-5 years I don't consciously go through the steps but I think I still do that. Also, reading Al Henderson's book. Understanding Winning Archery, has done more for me than almost anything else. I haven't read it in recent years but I have read it probably 5 or 6 times. Every time I read it I would come up with something that I didn t even notice before. The third or fourth time I read it I highlighted different areas of it as I read it. That way I could read the book in a few hours or less and get through the most important parts. One thing that I do a lot is probably more automatic now is, just one good shot and concentrate on that one shot. I used to do the thing.. . bum a hole in the center and put the arrow in that hole which works so wellfor me. It really helped

my concentration. When you are concentrating on burning that hole in the center nothing else matters. Nothing outside matters. You don't get nervous. I still use that a little bit when I'm having problems. 1 get back to that burning a hole. Where did you even Find the burning hole techniqiue? Probably around 1987 when I won Vegas in the BHFS Championship and late or mid in 1986. I started working on burning the hole and I continued using it for at least least 5 years, religiously. When was it natural? It just taught me to aim in the center and not have to think about aiming at the center any more. Plus the fact ofgoing to a ring in my scope, that really helped me. Do you shoot a ring now? Only in target rounds.

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Supertuninfl Your 3-D Bqw By Larry Wise - Advanced tuning techniques for the competitive 3-D archer World Champion and author of Tuning Your Compound Bow goes beyond the basics as he simplifies the tuning process for the high tech competitive 3-D setup Topics include draw adjustments. draw force curves, cam synchronization, factory and dynamic prebend, rest tension, powder and paper testing, group testing and long range adjustment. (See pricing above) Quantity The 3R’s of 3-D Bv Larrv Wise Right Form, Right Tuning. Right Distance for advanced 3-D archer. Larry steps you toward successful competitive 3-D shooting, dispelling myths and revealing secrets of 3R‘s of 3-D. Includes Larry's practice tips on trajectory, speed, push-pull aiming, shoot testing, effective muscle groups, cam synchronization and yardage judging systems for the serious 3-D archer. (See pricing above) Quantity MAIL PAYMENT (IN US FUNDS DRAWN ON A U.S. BANK) TO.

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New Products Sky Archery Launches New Rogue T/D Longbow When Earl Hoyt, the nation s leading Master Bowyer designed the innovative Rogue Longbow he did so with the classic styling of everything he knew a Longbow meant, only engineered in a bit more ‘zip'. The design was pure Longbow while the feel and performance was closer to what Traditional Archers associated to that of the recurve. The Rogue was smooth and fast and the Longbow enthusiasts fell in love with it! After only one year of high praise and high sales the word was in. "Make the Rogue in a Take-Down model* Never one to ignore success nor back down from a challenge. Earl Hoyt put his talent and enthusiasm to work again to create a Longbow with power. grace and beauty, in a Take-Down model. The result was the new Rogue T/D and it is everything anyone would want. The Rogue T/D riser is made of phenolic reinforced wood lamination with a comfortable pistol grip and radiused arrow shelf and a 5 1/2* sight window cut 1/8’ past center. The limbs are laminated cores faced and backed with clear fiberglass and phenolic reinforced tip overlays. A single bolt attachment with dual pin alignment system assures a positive limb/riser alignment. In the performance area the Rogue T/D features the same modified limb geometry of the Rogue so the shooting is a smooth, but fast AMO 200 fps. The Rogue T/D is available in 60". 63'. 66". and 68* at 30# to 70# in 5# increments. The Rogue T/D also comes with many standard and custom options The Rogue T/D is available now. See your local Sky Archery pro shop dealer or send S1.00 for color catalog to Sky Archery Company, Inc., 11510 Natural Bridge Rd,. Dept. USA. Bndgeton, MO 63044. Phone (314)731-1600. Nowon the Internet at www bowhu nting net.

There’s no escaping The Predator Toxonics. the bowhunting industry's leading manufacturer of fiber optic sights, has introduced The Predator, a state-of-the-art sight at an incredibly affordable price. Now you can own a great looking sight at a price that won't break the bank. The Predator features four quality fiber optic pins and will prolong your hunting time at first and last light when big bucks are on the move.

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The Predator is a gang adjustable — you can move the whole head easily and make individual pm adjustments for windage thanks to the Toxomcs' threaded pin design. The bottom line: you can sight in your bow quickly and efficiently. The Predator's attractive and state-of-the-art pin guard lets in more light, maximizing Toxonics' exclusive fiber optic pins. The Predator is shipped standard with hunting pins (.060) but it's available with smaller diameter target pins ( 030) at no extra cost. These threaded fiber optic pins feature 'no-tools required' for cinch collar lock adjustment for windage. The Predator bolts onto any bow — no dovetail is needed — and there's only three moveable parts on the entire sight What about strength? We're glad you asked ‘It's one of the most unique and compact lightweight hunting sights on the market," said Scott Slates, designer of The Predator and wee president at Toxonics. "Its strength-to-weight ratio is incredible." For a dealer near you, contact Toxonics Mfg., 1324 Wilmer Rd.. Dept. USA, Wentzville. MO 63365. Phone (314)639-8500, Fax (314)327-8105 Patents pending. ■

Pro-Release Fires Up New Rollaid™ Release Aid

Gary Todd. President of Pro-Release, Inc. the company that broke ground with the first release aid that featured polished bearings to retain the bow string, has announced their newest offering, the Rollaid™. Billed as the release aid that "Cures Bad Shooting." the new Rollaid is the second generation Pro-Release Innovation that utilizes roller bearing at the ends of the release jaws for an incredibly smooth, fast release of stnng.

Todd explained the Rollaid this way. “The Rollaid was designed to provide the adjustability. accuracy, overall performance and shot after shot reliability the competition archer needs with the rugged, take everything toughness the bowhunter needs. The patented Roller Bearing design allows for a smooth, instantaneous release of string and serving when compared to the standard caliper style release Fact is, there is no release aid currently manufactured that will outperform the Rollaid. The Rollaid is machined from aluminum and stainless steel and features less moving parts for greater reliability. The roller bearings at the ends of the jaws lock into place to hold the string during draw but then spin freely as the jaws open dunng the shot. The tngger is speed adjustable and available in both hunting and competition models. so the Rollaid is a better fit for each particular shooting style and need The Rollaid is available in both Concho and Padded Wrist Strap models in a wide variety of attractive colors including camouflage The original Trophy Hunter has been the best selling release aid ever invented. The new Rollaid seems to be in line for that honor. Contact Pro-Release Inc., 33551 Grftos. Dept USA, Clinton Twp . Ml 48035 Phone (810)7921410, Dealers only 800-845-8515 See us on the Internet at www.bowhunting net

Neet Offers New Products for 1997

Neet Products, Inc. the largest manufacturer of archery quivers, cases, and other sewn archery accessones in the U.S., has introduced a series of new products an features for 1997 to complement their full line of archery equipment All new (or 1997 is the exclusive Neet Straddle Bag that drops over you bow case and gives you a significant amount of additonal storage space for arrows and accessories. A durable Tool and Tackle Case offers additional accessory storage of small accessones and a Sight Case specifically designed for storage of wide range of sights with up to 10 inches of extension complement the 1997 line. The Neet Pro Arrow Rest has been redesigned for use on today's high tech bows. New features in 1997 include the introduction of the popular Break-up Camouflage pattern and the upgrade of foam thickness from 1/2" to 3/4" in most archery cases and other padded accessones Neet Products have been producing archery quivers, cases and other sewn accessories since 1956. Contact Neet Products. Inc., 5875 E. Highway 50, Dept. USA, Sedalia, MO 65301 or call (816)826-6762.

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The 1998 AMO Archcry Trade Show and the 1998 IndyShootout & Hunting Expo, a new indoor archcry shooting event and bow hunting related exhibits, are taking place the same weekend, January 9. 10 & II. 1998. but in separate locations. The AMO show will be in Columbus. Ohio and. as its name implies, the IndyShootout will be in Indianapolis, Indiana IndyShootout and AMO hopes everyone understands this conflict was not planned, it is simply a matter of space availability — no other facility in the Midwest, with sufficient size. on a nonconflicting date was available for the Indy event. AMO officials and IndyShootout have been discussing this situation and do not sec any major conflict. Simply, the archcry manufacturer's first priority is to attend the AMO show — that is where the dealers will be It they, the archcry manufacturers, have sufficient resources, they might consider a smaller presence at the IndyShootout The Indy Shootout & Hunting Expo is a consumer and archcry shooter event and should not have any effect on attendance at the AMO show — an event designed to accommodate archery dealers and buyers. AMO and IndyShootout officers arc jointly exploring nonconflicting dates for the respective events in the next few years. They are also looking at ways where one event might enhance the other. The IndyShootout & Hunting Expo will be a positive boost for the sport of archcry and Us suppliers with its "Vegas" style event, their new and fast-paced pop-up/movablc targets, plus the IBO sanctioned indoor 3-D shoot. For information contact IndyShootout 800-6729022, AMO (352)377-8262. •

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the sight. This is the ONLY way to accurately set up a sight! It also allows you to adjust the Third Axis, for up and down hill shooting. You may say, “I don’t shoot up and down hill.” Well, if you change yardage on a flat surface, say from 20 to 60 yards, in essence you are shooting up hill. To prove it, look at your group at 60 yards, is it to the right or left? Did you have to adjust your windage screw to compensate? You are not ready for tournaments ... it will costs you points and will affect your overall standing. The Medicine Stone Products Bow Device .. . lifting archers to a new level. For information call Medicine Stone Products at (807)749-2152 phone/lax or Email at: mstone@rcd-lake.lakcheadu.ca

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NFAA TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

FITA CHAMPIONSHIPS Aug 18-23,1997

July 21-25

Jan 30-Feb 1,1998 Jul 22-26.1998

Aug 3-9,1998 March, 1999 July. 1999

July. 2000

XXXIX World Target Championships Victoria. Canada I World Ski-Archery Championships Cogne. Vai DAosta. Italy V Junior World Target Championships Sunne. Sweden XVI World Field Championships Gurgl. Tyrol. Austria V World Indoor Championships Havana. Cuba XXXX World Target Championships Riom. France XVII World Field Championships Cortina d’Amepzzo. Italy

GAMES TOURNAMENTS World Games Aug 8-10,1997 Lathi. Finland 2nd FISU World University TBA, 1998 Archery Championships Sept. 15-Oct. 1,2000 XXVII Olympic Games Sydney. Australia

OUTDOOR NATIONALS Darnngton Archers. Darrington, WA August 9-10 Midwest 3-D Sectional Blue Springs. MO

For information contact NFAA 31407 Outer MO • Redlands, CA 92373

Sunflower State Games We wanted to let you know that our dates for the 1997 Sunflower Stale

Games will be July 18-20 and July 25-27. In case you are not familiar with our event, the Sunflower State Games has

an Olympic style format which draws athletes from all four comers of Kansas.

Our archcry events include: Barebow. Bowhuntcr, Freestyle. Bowhunler Freestyle Limited, FITA Recurve. Freestyle, and Freestyle Limited.

We are looking forward to another great year in 1997 and we hope to see you there.

Thank you and if you have any additional questions, please feel free to call

us at (913)842-7774. EZ Shop Landing. 1414 W. 6lh Sle. 200, Lawrence. KS 66044.

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DECEMBER

IL Stale Outdoor - FITA/FOR

MA Stale Indoor- 18M FITA Indoor Round

5-7

Contact Don Branson 708-682-8488 • Location - Lisle, IL

Cowabunga Shoot - 18M FITA Indoor Round

Contact Mark KercholT508-339-4834 • Location -TBA

Wo-Pc-Na Open -18M FITA Indoor Round

6-7

Contact Joe Kim 714-636-7476’ Location-Anaheim. CA

Aug 30-Sept 1 OH Stale Outdoor - FITA

Contact - Phil Niosi 201-943-9309 ’Location-Clifton. NJ

Toys for Tois - 18M FITA Indoor Round

Contact Manning Baumgardner 614-771-6041

Contact Karen Cearley - 818-782-6445

Location - Columbus, OH

Location - Sepulveda. CA

SEPTEMBER 6-7

Events Subject to Change

NJ State Outdoor - FITA

Contact Eileen Pylypchuk- 201-893-8168 ’Location-Bloomfield. NJ

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JOAD EVENTS

Duel in the Cornfield - FITA/FOR

JULY

Contact Glen Nixon 219-726-8516 ’Location - Portland. IN

11-13

NATIONAL JOAD OUTDOOR

MSU Fall Classic - FITA/FOR

CONTACT - Bill Kellick 719-578-4621

Contact Norm Graham 517-655-4755 • Location - Lansing, Ml

20-21

25th Paci fie Coast Championship - FITA

Location - Franklin. MA Invitational

Contact Muriel Erlandson 916-362-1332 • Location-Sacramcnto. CA

UTState Outdoor-FITA

Contact Norma Mills 404-361 -8866 • Location - Morrow. GA

NY State Outdoor

18-20

Contact Randi Smith - 801-486-8242 • Location-Salt Lake City. UT OCTOBER 11-12

Contact Ken Kling 716-683-3508 • Location - TBA

AUGUST Duel in the Deserts Trials-FITA

Contact - Kathy Greene - 520-297-6731 • Location - Tucson. AZ

17-19

2nd Bay State Open

Contact Marcia Wyman 603-224-5768 • Location - Bristol, NH 30-31

Contact Anthony Bellettini 617-320-3606 • Location - Dedham. MA

NH State Outdoor MA State Outdoor Contact Mark KerchofT508-339-4834 • Location Mansfield. MA

Pumpkin Shoot - 18M FITA Indoor Round

SEPTEMBER

Contact Karen Cearley - 818-782-6445 • Location-Los Angeles. CA

20-21

NOVEMBER

Pacific Coast Invitational

Contact Brooks Matsuda 916-392-4118* Sacramento. CA

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Duel of the Deserts - FITA

20-21

8-9

Contact Karen Cearley 818-782-6445 • Location - Long Beach. CA FITA East - 18M FITA Indoor Round

Events Subject to Change

Contact Skip Phillips - 610-777-6306 • 9

Location - Reading, PA

Riverside Anniversary Shoot - 18M FITA Indoor Round

Contact John Krueger 909-684-9192 •

Location - Riverside. CA

Turkey Shoot - 18M FITA Indoor Round Contact Ken Hiyoshida - 818-359-6182 • Location - Monrovia. CA

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KS State Outdoor Contact Carl DcVoll 913-862-0572 • Location Topeka, KS

For information contact:

National Archery Association One Olympic Plaza ■ Colorado Springs, CO 80909 Phone (719)578-4621 • Fax (719)632-4733 NAA E-mail: 102036.3634@compuserve.com Internet address: http://www.USArchery.org

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Hoyt Shooters Head to Canada for the World Target Championships Salt Lake City, Utah — Hoyt shooters secured eight of the sixteen positions on the U.S. Target Team headed for British Columbia, Canada. Butch Johnson leads the men’s Olympic division making him the number one U.S. qualifier for both the indoor and outdoor World Teams for 1997! The 1997 World Target Team is the same as the Gold Medal Men’s Olympic Team with the addition of veteran competitor Ed Eliason. The Women’s World Team in the Olympic division is also a repeat of the ‘96 Olympic team with the addition of Ruth Rowe completing the four member team.

Justin Huish

In the compound division, Jamie Van Natta from the Bronze medal women’s World Indoor Team shows that she has the versatility to shoot great outdoors as well, by also making both the indoor and outdoor teams in the same year! Hoyt USA congratulates the entire World Target Team and sends a special thanks to the Hoyt shooters:

Justin Huish, Butch Johnson, Ed Eliason, Lindsay Langston, Ruth Rowe, Judi Adams, Jamie Van Natta, and Tara Swanney.

Michael Braden Comes from Behind to Win the ASA Pro-Am in Roanoke, Virginia On June 22nd, Michael Braden took the ASA Pro-Am in spectacular fashion shooting a Hoyt Deviator. Entering the shoot down in 5th place, Michael proceeded to shoot six of his next seven shots in the 12 ring!

Wow what a finish! On May 18th, Billy McCall came off the range of the IBO event in Bedford, Indiana in a tie for first place. After a sudden death shoot off, Billy and his Enticer Indy Cam finished in second place.

Hoyt USA is proud of these shooters who prove that Hoyt has the most accurate bows in the world!

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Stanislawski Archery Products • Over the last 20 years and more, Mel Stanislawski has developed several new products for the archery industry. • During this time several archery manufacturers and individuals have copied some of these products. • I guess I should be flattered that the archery release industry uses the Stanislawski Release as the "Standard of

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