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Editorial by Arlyne Rhode Compound competition confirmed for 2019 Pan Am Games Courtesy of US Archery 10 World Archery & ATA Sign 4 Year MOU to collaborate on International Growth Initiatives by ATA Staff 11 Team Win & Win Archery sweeps Nimes 2017 with five medals 12 Lopez named Athlete of the Year a second season running by World Archery 14 Schloesser extends Indoor Dominance in Vittel, France by World Archery 16 Interview with Eric Bennett by World Archery 18 2017 World Archery Schedule 19 A brief history of Archery shared by World Archery 20 Axcel Sights/TRU Ball extend partnership with World Archery by World Archery 21 Hoyt and Easton finalize partnership with World Archery 22 2017 Lancaster Archery Classic Report by P.J. Reilly 26 Las Vegas World Archery Festival info supplied by the NFAA Staff 34 Cousins and Theodore prevail at 2017 Iowa Pro-Am Archery Shoot by John Carlson 38 Stay in Rhythm by Terry Wunderle 39 Memories and Time by B. Howard Coffey 40 Setting your Shoulder Line by Larry Wise 42 S3DANews 45 Joan & Ed Elison voted into the Huntsman Senior Games Hall of Fame 46 Imagery by Rick McKinney 48 NASP Academic Archer Program Exceeds 10,000 enrolled Students! 50 Archery: Energy in Motion by Debbie Crews Ph.D and 2X Olympic Archer Judi Adams 52 Judi, Judi, Judi book review by Coach Roy Villasor 53 New from Archery Squad 54 USA Releases Adaptive Archery Manual 55 New from Axcel Sights 55 Gateway Feathers, LLC News 56 2017 ATA Trade Show a Success for Retailers and Exhibitors 59 US Archer 2017 Ad Information and Schedule
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CONTENTS
Happening around the Archery World Page 22 2017 Lancaster Classic Report by P.J. Reilly
Improve your shooting performance Page 38 Stay in Rhythm by Terry Wunderle
Page 39 Memories and Time by B. Howard Coffey Page 26 Las Vegas World Archery Festival
Page 40 Larry Wise brings us “Set ting Your Shoulder” A Defi nition for Compound Na tional Training System
Page 46 Imagery by Rick McKinney Page 31, Diane Miller brings you, AHOF Honors Bjorn Bengtson with the International Award.
Jeff Sanchez took photos at the Lancaster Classic, the Iowa ProAm and the Las Vegas World Archery Festival
Page 52 Roy Villasor brings us a review of Judi Adam ’s book, “Seeking Center. ”
Covering the world for archery is World Archery Photographer Dean Alberga
A special thank you goes out to the NFAA Staff! Everyone that worked the Las Vegas World Archery Festival can really be proud of how the event was run and how much enjoyment they gave to everyone. March-April 2017 www.usarcher.com - email: arlyne.rhode@gmail.com or usamag@aol.com
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It is with a sad heart I have to say, our dear friend Emery Loiselle passed away this week.” Our prayers and thougts are with his family and friends. Three big events have been held, the Las Vegas World Archery Festival, the Lancaster Archery Classic and the Iowa ProAm. All three had record attendance. What a way to begin the year! Jeff Sanchez of the BowDoc Archery Company has furnished many of the photos in this issue. Our long time World Archery Photographer, Dean Alberga, continues to furnish thousands of photos from around the world. Thank you for the many years that you have given us your photo eye to see the Archery World in such wonderful color.
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Many times forgetten are the managers and volunteers behind the well run events, such as, the Las Vegas World Archery Festival combined with the National Archery Show. Every detail was taken care of without those of us standing in the crowd could know how many hours of preparation it took for all this to happen. Check out page 27 for the next three year’s dates. See you on the range,
Obituary for Emery J. Loiselle Emery J. Loiselle — Age 95, husband of the late Eileen (Hebert) Loiselle died Friday at the Lahey Hospital in Burlington. He was born in Chelms ford, June 8, 1921, a son of the late Arthur and Eva (Plouffe) Lo iselle and lived in Burlington since 1953. Mr. Loiselle proudly served in the U.S. Navy during WW II. He was employed at the Boston Navy Yard and retired in 1962. Mr. Loiselle was a member of the Burlington V.F.W., D.A.V., American Legion and the Woburn Sportsmen’s Association and was very active with archery having won many medals. He is survived by his grand children, Danielle Brookings of Hudson, NH, Paul Gurney of Port land, ME and Tiffany Caruso of
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Billerica; his great grandchildren, Jennifer and Justin Brookings and Joshua and Adam Caruso; and his great great granddaughter, Kayla Brookings. He was the father of the late Jacqueline Gurney. LOISELLE - Of Burling ton, March 3, Emery J. Loiselle, A memorial visitation was held Thursday, March 9 at the SWEE NEY MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, A chapel service was held Friday, March 10 at St. Joseph Cemetery, 96 Riverneck Rd., E. Chelmsfor. Memorial contribu tions may be made to the Honor Flight New England at www.honorflightnewengland.org or Min uteman Senior Services Meals on Wheels Program at www.minutemansenior.org.
Compound competition confirmed for 2019 Pan Am Games 17 February 2017 Lima (PER)
Sara Lopez The Pan Am Games follow the Asian Games in adding com pound competition to the pro gramme. For the first time since ar chery was introduced to the Pan American Games in 1979, the multisport event programme will include a compound competition for the 2019 edition set to be held in Lima, Peru from 26 July to 11 August. The continental games will be the second to include the com pound bow after the 2014 Asian Games. “After a few years of ne gotiation with the Pan American Sports Organisation and the Lima 2019 Organising Committee, we are delighted to confirm the inclu sion of the compound bow in the 2019 Pan American Games,” said World Archery Americas Presi dent Maria Emma Gaviria. “Jose Quinones, President of the Peruvian Olympic Com mittee, visited Medellin to watch the final matches of the Archery World Cup stage in 2016, which was a great opportunity for him to see what archery, and compound in particular, is all about.”
As well as being the home nation of world number one Sara Lopez and holding a stage of the Hyundai Archery World Cup for four years, Colom bia also hosted the first World Games to include a compound competition in Cali in 2013. “It is our job now to help compound athletes across the continent prepare for this histor ic event to effectively demon strate why compound archery, as well as recurve, has a place in multisport Games,” added Maria Emma. Lima 2019 will include individual compound compe titions for eight men and eight women - for a total of 16 ar chers - and a mixed team event. The qualification system for both recurve and compound competitions is currently under review. The Lima 2019 Pan American Games take place from 26 July to 11 August 2019 in Lima, Peru.
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World Archery and the Archery Trade Association have formalized an agreement to collaborate on shared goals in the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games World Archery And ATA promote archery around the world. Sign 4-Year MOU To Collaborate The two organizations have On International Growth Initiatives. already collaborated on projects, World Archery and the Ar including the production of an chery Trade Association have internet video series aiming at formalized an agreement to col explaining archery to the public, laborate on shared goals in the sharing articles and images via lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olym their respective online platforms, pic Games. international market research, and • Memorandum of Under outreach with members. standing between interna Formalizing the cooperation tional federation and orga in the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 nization representative of Olympic Games is an indication archery industry of the two organizations’ shared • Collaboration on shared vision for a world in which every goals of increasing archery one has the opportunity to make awareness, engagement and archery their activity of choice in participation the communities where they live. • Four-year agreement to The ATA and World Archery run through Tokyo 2020 will identify areas in which proj Olympic Games ects overlap and where resources World Archery and the Ar and expertise can be shared to bet chery Trade Association have ter achieve common goals, espe formalized an agreement to col cially in areas of awareness and laborate on shared goals in the grassroots development. They will lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olym also work together on studies of pic Games. potential key markets and public Ahead of the fourth stage of perceptions of the sport, helping the 2016/17 Indoor Archery World members to understand the chang Cup in Las Vegas, USA, the ATA ing landscapes of the archery in and World Archery have signed a dustry. commitment to working together to www.archerytrade.org U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
Photo and text credit: World Archery Britain’s Naomi Folkard, who With a total of 5 medals in only fell to Jin in the semifinals cluding 3 gold medals (Claudia after knocking out the first- and Mandia, Nicolas Cambakidis, Alyseighth-seeded Koreans in Park Sesia Tromans-Ansell), Win&Win Ar hui - also the indoor world record chery shooters went through a thrill holder - and Kim Eun Jung. ing competition in Nimes, France. Folkard, who hinted at re Claudia Mandia outlasted tiring from competition during Korean first-time finalist Jin Yun her fourth consecutive Olympic in the recurve women’s gold med Games in Rio, beat Randi Degn in al match, winning a shoot-off 10-9 to take the top spot on the podium. four sets, 6-2. Born to win! Bronze in Nimes went to
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Lopez named Athlete of the Year a 2nd season running Courtesy of World Archery 14 February 2017
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World Archery’s athletes of 2016 were revealed during the World Archery Gala on Sunday night at The Vegas Shoot. The World Archery Awards recognise excep tional achievements and contributions for the better ment of the sport from athletes, coaches and volun teers around the world. The winners are announced each year at the World Archery Gala, held in Las Ve gas as part of the annual Vegas Shoot. Each Athlete of the Year award is voted on by the public and an expert panel that, for the first time, included archery journalists and pundits. Over 43,000 public votes were cast between 1 and 31 December 2016.
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Here are the winners...
Recurve man: BRADY ELLISON, USA® In 2016, Brady won an historic fourth Hyundai Archery World Cup Final crown, putting him on two more than any other archer in the circuit's 11-year history. He also finished third at the Olympic Games, broke world records - and retained his World Archery Field Championships crown, too.
Recurve woman: LISA UNRUH, Germany
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Compound man: MIKE SCHLOESSER, Netherlands ” The world number one ranked compound man at the end of 2016, Mister Perfect won his first Hyundai Ar chery World Cup Final in Odense, came second at the world indoors in Ankara and consistently podiumed, indoors and out.
Compound woman: SARA LOPEZ, Colom bia IM Since the Hyundai Archery World Cup was launched in 2006, Sara has spent longer at world number one than any other athlete. She was unbeaten internation ally in 2016. winning all three stops of the tour - but didn’t attend the finals due to personal reasons.
Twenty-one-year-old Sjef won his first major interna tional in Shanghai to open the outdoor season, came fourth at the Olympic Games and capped his break through year with a silver medal at the Hyundai Ar chery World Cup Final.
International Coach: Moon Hyung Cheol, Korea Head coach of the most successful national archery team at the Olympics ever, Moon Hyung Cheol’s Ko rea won all four gold medals at Rio 2016: men’s and women’s individual and team. He said afterwards that his message to the six archers at the Games was to “enjoy training”.
“That’s what 1 always emphasise to archers and the thing I wanted to change from the previous team.”
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Para man: ANDRE SHELBY, USA K A Paralympic debutant in Rio, Shelby brought home the competitive compound men’s open individual gold medal, saying: “It’s unbelievable. I’ve worked really hard. Things have really come together.”
Para woman: ZAHRANEMATI, Iran As well as making her Olympic debut in Rio, Nemati was able to win her second individual Paralympic title in as many Games in 2016. Iran’s most famous para athlete - Nemati carried her nation’s flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
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For the first time, the volunteer of the year award was presented to more than one person. For their hard work and dedication throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sport volunteers of Rio were named World Archery’s volunteers of 2016. World Archery Awards have been presented annual ly since 2014 to athletes, officials and volunteers for exceptional performance or contribution to the sport.
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deservedly. In the finest season of her career, 28-yearold Unruh won the World Archery Indoor Champi onships and finished second at the Olympic Games in Rio.
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Schloesser extends indoor dominance in Vittel, France 8 March 2017 Vittel (FRA)
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The four top seeds at the 2017 European indoors: Schloess er, Prieels, Makhnenko and Bil trikova. World number one Mike Schloesser scored 598 out of a possible 600 points to top the compound men’s ranking round at the World Archery Europe Indoor Championships in Vittel, France. Mister Perfect Schloesser dropped both points over the last three ends of the 60-arrow qualification ses sion and. at the close of the 201617 indoor season, remains the only archer to have shot a perfect round in competition. “This is probably the most points I’ve dropped in the last five competitions or so. It has no ef fect on my confidence as the shots felt good. I guess I was a little un lucky with the pin position - and although 600 would have been great, 1 will take 598 for today,” said Mike. “I still feel confident with my shooting and my equipment is also in order. I shoot the same bow that I won Vegas with.” Sarah Prieels, Artem Makh nenko and and Tatiana Biltrikova were the other top seeded athletes in the senior divisions. Prieels, shooting for Bel gium, shot a perfect 30-arrow back half to jump into the lead and 14
ultimately come within a point of the compound women’s world and European records. “I lost too many points be cause of a few bad ends in the first 30 arrows and was pretty angry at myself. Shooting 300 in the sec ond half makes up for a lot,” she said. “I hope it will give me a boost for the rest of the competi tion.” Among the recurve archers on the 1 ine was Athens 2004 Olym pic Champion Marco Galiazzo. He seeded third, two points behind recurve men’s leader Makhnenko, from Russia, and Ukrainian archer Sergii Makarevych, who finished second at the world indoors in 2016. “I am happy to be back on the international shooting line. It is funny to see that 1 am one of the ‘old guys’ now. There are a lot of young talents rising up which is good for the sport,” said Galiazzo. “1 will try to make the team for the world championships in Mexico later this year. It will be a chal lenge but I am on track.” Top seeded archers in the junior divisions included Erdal Meric Dal, Tatiana Andreoli, Nico Wiener and Mariya Shkolna. The World Archery Europe Indoor Championships take place 5-12 March 2017 in Vittel, France
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World Archery agrees 4-year partnership deal with JVD 18 February 2017 Lausanne (SUI) JVD is a leading global dis tributor of archery and outdoor equipment. World Archery has secured a four-year sponsorship commit ment from JVD Distribution to support the international federa tion’s global programmes in ar eas of development, international events and promotion. JVD was founded in 1974 by Jan van Drunen, hence the name of the firm, the father of current owner Johan van Drunen. Origi nally opened an archery shop, the retail side was closed in 2007 as the international distribution part of the business continued to grow. The company now employ ees 45 people, including Olympian Fred van Zutphen and internation al compound archer Naomi Jones. JVD also collaborates with Dutch team members Sjef van den Berg, Mick de Bakker and Gijs Broeksma - who run the YouTube chan nel Triple Trouble - and Rick van der Ven on product development. World Archery is the inter national federation for archery, working towards the vision of a world in which everyone has the opportunity to make the import ant Olympic sport their activity of choice. As the first major distribu tor to sign on as a World Archery associate member under the new industry sponsorship programme, JVD will support international development initiatives aimed at growing the appeal of archery at the grassroots level until the end of2020. JVD will receive exposure at World Archery events, recognition in World Archery publications, ac cess to World Archery media cata logues and joint titling. www.worldarchery.org
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Interview with Eric Bennett Eric Bennett: “I shoot better when pumped” 20 February 2017 Who’s your favourite person to shoot with? I’ve shot with so many great archers over the years that this question is very hard to answer! I’m going to cheat and give you three. My first real archery hero was Randy Ulmer be cause of his dominance in 3D, but he is the nicest, most genuine person you will ever meet. I get to shoot with him often and it is always a pleasure. The second would be Brady Ellison. I’ve known him since he was quite young and had him as a student in my high school physics class. Watching him grow into an amaz ing archer as well as a great man always makes it a pleasure to shoot with him. Last but not least is Rick McKin ney. Rick is such an archery legend and is always willing to share his experience plus he always smiles! 5. How do you get a good night’s sleep?
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Two-time Paralympian and reigning recurve men’s open world champion Eric Bennett Top tips, advice and insight from the world’s best international archers. Want to see inside the mind ofan international archery athlete? We’ll be asking some of the world’s best for advice, expertise and an idea of their ap proach to the sport. This time, two-time Paralympian and reign ing recurve men’s open world champion Eric Ben
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There are lots of qualities that great archers have but the most important is discipline. It takes dis cipline to do the mental and physical training required for success.
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Practice is the obvious answer, but 1 think it’s important to surround yourself with people who have the knowledge and experience to help you. Seek out archers who have a track record of success and lean on their advice and expertise. It’s important to have fun. Don’t be discouraged when you can’t shoot as well as those that have been shooting for a long time. Enjoy every chance you have to shoot and be happy with your progress as you grow. 3. Compare training and competition Competition is the pay-off for all of your hard work in training. Putting in the time and effort while training makes the adrenaline rush of competition that much sweeter. I am a competitive person by nature, but I love to stand on the line against fierce competitors and try to prove that I’m the best. Walking into the stadium to shoot a head-to-head match in front of the crowd is the best! 16
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Deep breaths. When things start to get too intense, take a couple of deep breaths and enjoy the moment. When I’m not shooting, 1 spend time with my wife and kids. Being with my family is what is most important to me and being with them recharges me. 7. How do you deal with distraction? Lots of visualisation training. I visualise myself shooting on my home field and everything else just goes away. 8. What’s your archery secret? Well, if I told you it wouldn’t be a secret, right? My biggest secret is that I shoot better when I am pumped up. Find what works best for you and use it to your advantage.
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2017 World Archery Schedule www. worldarchery. org Vittel (FRA) 7-12 March European Indoor Championships Bangkok (THA) Asia Cup Stage 2 19-26 March Monterrey (MEX) Mexican Grand Prix 17-22 April Marathon (GRE) European Youth Cup, 1st leg 17-22 April Legnica (POL) European Grand Prix, 1st leg 25-29 April Juan Enrique Barrios Cup WRE & Para WRE Barceloneta (PUR) 30 April - 5 May Kamnik (SLO) Veronica’s Cup 5-7 May Shanghai (CHN) Archery World Cup Stage 1 16-21 May Bucharest (ROU) European Grand Prix, 2nd leg 16-21 May Para Archery European Cup Circuit Olbia (ITA) 5-11 June Antalya (TUR) Archery World Cup Stage 2 6-11 June Archery World Cup Stage 3 Salt Lake City (USA) 20-25 June July Guatemala City WRE Guatemala City (GUA) 28 June - 4 July Mediterranean Games 30 June - 9 (Archery: 30 June - 2 July) Tarragona (ESP) Asia Cup Stage 3 Taipei (TPE) 4-9 July European Youth Cup, 2nd leg Porec (CRO) 9-14 July Para Archery European Cup Circuit Nove Mesto (CZE) 15-23 July World Games Wroclaw (POL) 20-30 July Archery World Cup Stage 4 Berlin (GER) 8-13 August Summer Universiade 19-30 August (Archery: 20-24 August) Taipei (TPE) European Field Championships 22-26 August Mokrice Catez (SLO) Archery World Cup Final 2-3 September Rome (ITA) World Archery Para Championships Beijing (CHN) 12-17 September Tehran (IR1) 18-23 September Asia Cup European Club Team Cup 29-30 September Iasi (ROU) 19-24 September World Archery 3D Championships Robion (FRA) 2-8 October World Archery Youth Championships Rosario (ARG) World Archery Congress 13-14 October Mexico City (MEX) World Archery Championships Mexico City (MEX) 15-22 October 17-19 November Indoor Archery World Cup 2017/18 Stage 1 Marrakesh (MAR) 1-2 December Indoor Archery World Cup 2017/18 Stage 2 Bangkok (THA) Indoor Para Archery World Cup Bangkok (THA) 3 December 4-15 December Pacific Mini Games Vanuatu (Archery: 12-14 December) 18
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Persian Warriors from the Berlin Museum Exploring archery’s roots in societies around the world, long before the present day. Archery is one of the oldest arts still practised. This history will not only take you through a journey on the evolution of archery, but also through the histo ry of mankind. Evidence of ancient archery has been found throughout the world. Although archery probably dates to the Stone Age (around 20,000 BC), the earliest people known to have used bows and arrows were the ancient Egyp tians, who adopted archery at least 5,000 years ago for purposes of hunting and warfare. In China, archery dates back to the Shang dynas ty (1766-1027 BC). A war chariot of that time carried a three-man team: driver, lancer and archer. During the ensuing Zhou (Chou) dynasty (1027-256 BC) no bles at court attended sport archery tournaments that were accompanied by music and interspersed with el egant salutations. Development in Asia When the Chinese introduced archery to Japan in the sixth century, it had an overriding influence on later etiquette and techniques. One of Japan’s martial arts was originally known as kyujutsu (the art of the bow), now known as kyudo (way of the bow).
Kyudo - way of the bow
Modem Kyudo is practiced primarily as a meth od of physical, moral, and spiritual development. Af ter certain ritual movements, the archer moves to the shooting line and shoots from a distance of 28 meters at a target 36 cm in diameter set in a bank of sand that is roofed over. The bow used is 2.21 metres long and made of laminated strips of bamboo and wood. In the Greco-Roman period, the bow was more used for personal exploits or hunting, rather than war fare. Archers are frequently seen on pottery at that time. The Parthians were horsemen who developed the skill of swivelling around in the saddle and could shoot backwards at full gallop. Middle Eastern superiority in archery equip ment and technique continued for centuries. With bows like those of the Assyrians and Parthians, Attila the Hun and his Mongols conquered much of Europe and Asia, and Turkish archers threw back the Crusad ers. The Asian and Turkish bows were highly efficient and the record shot with a composite Turkish flight bow was close to 900 yards, far beyond the capability of an English yew bow. Mythology The popularity of archery is reflected in the many ballads and folklore, such as for instance Robin Hood, to name the most famous one. References to archery are also frequently made in Greek mythology, in which the story told of Od ysseus in Book 21 of the Odyssey is a well-known example. Odysseus is mentioned as being eminently skilled in the art of archery. Penelope, thinking that her husband will never come back after 20 years of absence, forms a resolu tion to determine which of her suitors shall receive her hand by shooting with Odysseus’ bow. Odysseus, back from the Trojan war and disguised as a shep herd, is the only one able to draw his own bow and shoot an arrow through twelve rings. This way he can prove to his wife who he is and defeat all of those who had taken advantage of his long absence. English literature also honours the longbow for famous victories in the battles of Crecy, Agincourt and Poitiers. The first known organised competition in ar chery was held at Finsbury, England in 1583 and in cluded 3,000 participants! By the time of the 30 Years War (1618-1648) it was clear that, due to the intro duction of gunpowder, the bow as weapon belonged in the past. Since then, archery has developed as a recre ational and competitive sport.
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Axcel Sights/TRU Ball extends partnership with World Archery 7 February 2017 Lausanne (SUI)
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World Archery Secretary General Tun Dielen ac cepting the partnership agreement from tomorrow’s Resources Unlimited Inc. President Gregory Summers Axcel Sights first became a World Archery part ner in 2015, then the cooperation expanded to include the TRU Ball brand in the Olympic year. The company is well-known for supporting international and national tournaments and working with top archers to manufacture signature range prod
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ucts. Over the last year, Tomorrow’s Resouces Un limited has also supported charitable giving in a joint project with Jesse Broadwater. As part of the ongoing agreement with World Archery, Axcel and TRU Ball receive the right to use the World Archery logo and a combined logo in its promotions, access to World Archery media cata logues and a presence at events. Axcel Sights/TRU Ball Archery is also current ly presenting all video news items across World Ar chery’s digital platforms. World Archery Secretary General Tom Dielen said: “Our ongoing relationship with Tomorrow’s Re sources Unlimited is a model for how our industry and the rights holders for international archery events can work together in a mutually beneficial manner to grow the sport of archery.” “World Archery is proud to count Axcel Sights and TRUBall Archery, a world-leader in the archery accessories sector, among its sponsors for 2017.” Tomorrow’s Resources Unlimited, Inc Presi dent Gregory Summers said: “World Archery is the premier archery tournament organisation that pre-em inently displays the amazing skill of the top rated ar chers from around the world.” “Their superior video and audio coverage pro vides the most exciting format for archery aficionado viewers located anywhere on our planet. TRU Ball/ Axcel is happy and proud to renew sponsorship with World Archery in 2017.” World Archery’s sponsorship programme is open to companies inside and out of the archery in dustry looking to promote the sport, support develop ment projects and associate themselves with world class competition.
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Hoyt and Easton are world-leading manufacturers of target archery bows and arrows Bow manufacturer Hoyt Archery and arrow manufacturer Easton Archery have signed a five-year diamond partner deal with World Ar chery covering the Olympic cycle for Tokyo and into 2021. Both com panies have been long-time supporters of the international federation’s events, promotional activities and development projects. The contract was signed during The Vegas Shoot 2017 by World Archery Secretary General Tom Dielen, Easton Archery President Mark Pezzoni and Hoyt Archery President Randy Walk. Hoyt and Easton first partnered with World Archery in 2008. Jas D Easton was founded in 1922 by James D Easton and has been remained in the family through three generations. World Archery Honorary President and IOC Honorary Member Jim Easton ran the company when it ac quired Hoyt in 1983 and World Archery Executive Board Member Greg Easton now acts as President of Jas D Easton, the parent company of both brands. World Archery is the international federation for the important Olympic sport of archery. Its vision is for a world in which everyone has the opportunity to make archery their activity of choice. World Archery Secretary General Tom Dielen said: “Hoyt and Easton are some of the most recognisable brand in the archery world. The companies’ contribution to the growth and success of the sport at the elite and grassroots level has been monumental. We’re proud and excited to continue working with both Hoyt and Easton towards World Archery’s vision of a world in which everyone has access to archery.” Easton Archery President Mark Pezzoni said: “World Archery does a tremendous job bringing our sport to a worldwide audience. This fits directly with Easton’s vision of ‘Advancing Archery’s Legacy’. In my opinion, World Archery is definitely helping to popularise the sport and bringing it to more new participants every day.” Hoyt Archery President Randy Walk said: “Hoyt Archery is very proud of its long-standing partnership with World Archery. For years. World Archery has been a leader in developing and promoting the sport of archery across the globe and Hoyt is committed to continuing to sup port this great cause, assisting World Archery in its unparalleled effort.”
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2017 Lancaster Archery Classic Report
Brady Ellison wins his first Lancaster Classic
Rob Kaufhold introducing Stephan Hansen the World’s number 1 compound archer
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The 2017 Lancaster Archery Classic was bigger and better than the 13 Classics that preceded it. The 14“'annual Classic fielded the most ar chers - 1,093 - in the event’s largest-ever venue - the 750,000-square-foot Spooky Nook Sports Complex outside Manheim, Pa. - from Jan. 27-29. The field and the venue solidified the Classic’s place as the largest indoor archery tournament on the East Coast. Featuring 15 competition divisions, the Classic drew the best archers from all over the world. And they put on a display of the finest archery seen any where, in any competition. It all started during qualifications. World No. 1 archer Stefan Hansen posted the top qualifying score of 659. That means that, out of 60 arrows, Stefan, who lives in Denmark, shot 59 arrows in the center bull’seye, which is about the size of a penny. He had only one arrow hit outside that 11-point ring. It landed in the 10-ring. The barebow archers - archers shooting recurve bows with no sights - posted two “Robin Hoods” during competition. It’s an incredible feat for any ar
cher to accomplish, but it’s extra special when a bare bow archers hits one. Brady Ellison, the top-ranked U.S. men’s re curve archer and one of the best in the world, finally got the Classic monkey off his back, when he won his first Classic title. Ellison actually led the event from wire to wire, posting the top qualifying score, and then defeating all of his opponents in head-to-head competition through the finals. “Finally got this one,” Ellison said after he took the Men’s Recurve title by defeating Canadian champion, Crispin Duenas, who is a two-time winner at the Classic. “The competition here is always tough,” he said. The Men’s Open Pro competition was just as hot as it could have been. Despite his field-leading qualifying score, Hansen got knocked out of the com petition during elimination matches. At the Classic, archers shoot qualifying scores for rank. The top 64 or 32 - depending on the division - move into a bracket competition of head-to-head
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12 year old Casey Kaufhold chose to shoot in the Adult Recurve Division matches. The top eight - or four, depending on the division - advance to the finals, where the 8th ranked archer shoots against No. 7, and the winner then fac es No. 6, and so on until someone shoots against the No. 1 ranked archer for the title. That style of finals competition is called a shoot-up, since lower ranked archers have to shoot their way up to the top. The second shoot-up match between Logan Wilde and Dan McCarthy ended in a tie, and it had to go to a shoot-off. In the Classic, shoot-offs can consist of a total of three arrows. The first two are sudden death. That is, each archer shoots one arrow. If one scores higher than the other, the winner is declared. If both score the same, they move to a second, sudden-death arrow. If both archers are tied after the second arrow, they each shoot one arrow at the target and the one that’s closest to dead center wins it. McCarthy and Wilde went to that third arrow before Wilde was declared the winner. In the fourth match, Jacob Marlow and three-time Classic champ Jesse Broadwater were tied after the regular competi tion, and they also had to shoot three arrows in their shoot-off. Marlow won with an arrow that was nearly
Lady Recurve Champions - Casey Kaufhold, Mack enzie Brown and Gabriela Bayardo
Connor Kaufhold shooting in the (11-17) Youth Recurve Division while dad Rob looks on perfectly in the middle of the target. “This is what we want to see,” Kaufhold said of the shoot-offs. The crowd cheered in agreement. Marlow then defeated Chance Beaubouef to take on top qualifier Mike Schloesser of Denmark World Archery’s No. 2-ranked archer. Schloesser put on a clinic in target archery, showing why he carries the nickname, “Mr. Per fect.” He shot twelve 1 Is in a row to claim the title of2017 Men’s Open Pro champion, and the top prize of 515,000 from Lancaster Archery Supply. With contingency payments from his sponsors, Schloesser likely cleared 520,000 for the weekend competition. All totaled, Lancaster Archery Supply gave away more than 5150,000 in cash and prizes at the Classic, and sponsor contingencies up for grabs were around $200,000. Casey Kaufhold - the 12-year-old daughter of
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Women’s Open Bronze medalist Paige Gore and Champion Sarah Sonnichsen
Lancaster Archery Supply owners Rob and Carole Kaufhold - stole the crowd’s heart by shooting her way into the finals of the Women’s Re curve division, where she faced U.S. Olympic Team archer and 2016 Classic champion, Mackenzie Brown. Casey could have shot in the youth division, since that class covers archers age 11-17, but she told her parents it was a dream of hers to com pete against Mackenzie Brown, who is arguably the best female recurve archer in the U.S. Casey’s path to that finals match wasn’t easy - especially for a 12-year-old. First, she had to win an elimination match against U.S. Ar chery Team member, former National Champion and 2015 LAS Classic Champion, LaNola Pritchard, which she did by just one point. Then she had to win two finals matches to earn the right to face Brown. Showing poise beyond her years, she did just that, garnering more and more ap plause with each solid arrow. In the finals match, Casey shot a solid round, but she couldn’t take down Brown, who won the title for a second year in a row. Below is a complete listing of the top-three finishers — in order from first to third — in each of the 15 divisions at this year’s Classic.
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Men’s Open Pro - Mike Schloesser, Jacob Marlow, Chance Beaubotief Women’s Open Pro - Sarah Sonnichsen, Erika Jones, Paige Gore Masters Open Pro - Duane Price, Billy Hicks, Benton Christensen Men’s Recurve - Brady Ellison, Crispin Duenas, Zachary Garrett Women’s Recurve - Mackenzie Brown, Casey Kaufhold, Gabriela Bayardo Barebow Recurve - John Demmer III, Bobby Worthington, Scott Bills Bowhunter - Caleb Kerstetter, Justin Clark, Jonathan Purdy Youth Recurve Male (11-17) — Conner Kaufhold, Timothy Chung, Reece Wilson-Poyton Youth Recurve Female (11-17) - Lianna Pottgen, Alyssa Artz, Lindsey Bouffard Senior Open - Dee Wilde, Benny Parenteau, Richard Theilig Men’s Open - Ethan King, Ryan Locke, Ryan Reed Women’s Open - Sophia Strachan, Katie Fladzinski, Melissa McBride Masters Open - Tony Harris Kent Stigall, Rick Smith Youth Open Male (11-17) - Anthony Ferraro, Eli Hughes, Michael Hulburt Jr. Youth Open Female (11-17) — Valerie Aten, Alexis Ruiz, Hannah Moose
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The biggest Vegas Shoot ever celebrated its 51st birthday in 2017. First held in 1962 in the Sahara Hotel, which is now known as SLS Las Vegas, The Vegas Shoot’s home for the past six years has been the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. The 2017 event took place on 10-12 February. Fitting thousands of ar chers onto shooting lines, visitors, trade show, Indoor Archery World Cup and more into the schedule is no easy task.
$403,000 USD The total prize fund - in cash and scholarships - for the event was S403,000. It’s the largest it’s been in the tournament’s history, and doesn’t include the sponsor contingency that many of the top archers also receive if they place well. The organisers paid the winner of the championship open category an incredible $51,000.
200,000 sq ft Two huge halls, three arenas - one of which normally acts as one of the USA’s finest indoor horse riding facilities — a trade show room, a VIP training room, a bow storage room and four meeting areas for the NFAA and World Archery staff occupied well over 200,000 square feet of floor space. The Arena of Spades, the pro arena, is 30,000 sq ft in area alone - and hosted more than 5,000 spectators.
9,600 room nights The South Point Hotel and The Grand View Hotel served as the two main hotels for competitors. (With special rates, too.) A total of 8,000 hotel room nights were booked by archers at The South Point, and another 1,600 in The Grand View.
3,485 archers Since 2012, The Vegas Shoot has doubled in size. In
2013, 1811 archers attended; in 2014 it was 2165; 2573 in 2015 and 3050 in 2016. In 2017, 3480 people - amateurs and pros - shot at The Vegas Shoot. It is the largest single-location indoor archery tournament in the world.
15 perfect 900s From the largest shooter pool ever, 270 compound ar chers competed for the big S51,000 USD prize in the open championship division.
Just 15 men shot a perfect 900-score (the same num ber as in 2015): Stephan Hansen, Mike Schloesser, Steve Anderson, Kris Schaff, David Houser, Mario Vavro, Glen Bordwell, Reo Wilde, Chris Bee, Tate Morgan, Jesse Broadwater, Justin Hannah, Paul Ted ford, Chance Beaubouef and Lewis Holmes III. Dave Cousins was able to join the selected group by winning the Lucky Dog.
In the end, Mike “Mister Perfect’’ Schloesser won the coveted event.
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3rd perfect woman According to the history book, prior to 2017, only two women had ever shot a perfect 900 points at The Vegas Shoot - Mary Zorn in 2010 and Sarah Lance in 2014.
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Tanja Jensen
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Tanja Jensen, who also won the 2016/17 Indoor Archery World Cup Final, became the third woman to shoot the perfect score. “I came here without any expectations so I’m just really, really happy with all that happened this weekend,” said Tanja after making the mark.
1st perfect youth Carson Sapp shot a perfect 900 points in the young adult championship division, too - which is, accord ing to those in the know, the first time it’s happened.
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1 woman: Sara Lopez For the first time in The Vegas Shoot’s history, the main championship was open to both male and female archers. World number one Sara Lopez was the only woman to enter and compete with the men. Lopez shot a perfect 300 points over the first day of competition. Although she scored 898 and fin ished in 79th place overall - two down - she said she had achieved what she wanted to, proving that men and women are equal in archery. <•>*•
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These comments came from the National Field Archery Association: The Vegas Shoot continues its record-breaking climb with over 3,480 participants, a 15% increase over 2016. The Junior and Young Adult Championship di visions make up a staggering 25% of The Vegas 32
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to come. In 2017a total of $27,000 in archery schol arships were awarded to the podium winners in each Junior division. Thirty-six young athletes received SI,000, $750, or $500 scholarships to use toward higher education.
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COUSINS and THEODORE prevail at 2017 Iowa Pro-Am Archery Shoot Submitted by John Carlson Photos by BowDoc Jeff'Sanchez
The 2017 Iowa Pro am Event held at the Hy V Center in Des Moine, Iowa Dave Cousins was on fire as he displayed his deadly accurate shooting skills shooting a fabulous 689 out of 690 possible to capture 1st place and a check for S5000 at the 2017 Iowa Pro Am Event held in Des Moines, IA at the Hy V center. Tate Morgan with a 688 won 2nd place and a S2000 check, just one point behind and Braden Gellenthien, just 2 points be hind Cousins in a shoot off took 3rd winning SI000. Great Shooting by the Lady Pro Archers had a tie between Breanna Theodore and Paige Gore with a score of 679 each. The shoot off resulted in Breanna Theadore winning first and a check for SI000, Paige Gore took secondand Sarah Lance finished in 3rd place. The long running Iowa Pro-Am is put on by the Iowa State Archery Association featuring a 360 N FA A round on the 1 st day and a 330 Vegas Round the 2nd day giv ing the competing archers an extra point for each x ring scored making this a very competitive archery shoot. As usual another large crowd was in attendance at this popular archery event. There were large numbers of young adult, youth and cub archers that makes the fu ture of competitive archery look very good. Our sponsors include: BCY, Des Moines Convention bureau and visitors cen ter Dead Center archery, Mathews Inc Rinehart Targets, and Sportsmans Warehouse. A huge THANK YOU to these great sponsors that make it possible for the Iowa State Archery Association to put on an event enjoyed by so many archers. 34
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A-F-FS 657 Marcie Hebert 1st Place A-F-FS 654 Cassie Flood 2nd Place A-F-FS 647 Hana Krebs 3rd Place
A-F-FS-L 620 Christina Jones 1st Place S-SR-M-FS 682 Duane Price 1st Place - $1,000.00 S-SR-M-FS 679 Jackie White 2nd Place - $356.75 S-SR-M-FS 679 Brian Ciarson 3rd Place - $276.98 S-SR-M-FS 679 Darren Collins 4th Place - $201.64 S-SR-M-FS 677 Dave Barnsdale 5th Place - $161.76 S-SR-M-FS 677 Paul Penrod Sth Place - $161.76 S-SR-M-FS 676 Dee Wilde 6th Place - S124.09 S-SR-M-FS 674 Mike Leiter 7th Place - SI 10.79 S-SR-M-FS 673 Chris Berry 8th Place - S97.50 S-SR-M-FS 671 Steve Bullard 9th Place - S29.54 S-SR-M-FS 671 Robert Wolf ram 9th Place - S29.54 S-SR-M-FS 671 David Keith 9th Place - $29.54 A-F-BB 455 Molly Sharp 1st Place A-F-BB 359 Maria Mascarenas 2nd Place A-F-BB 339 Maia Conrado 3rd Place
A-F-OLY 516 Callie Wright 1st Place A-F-OLY 449 Abigail Brink 2nd Place A-F-OLY 436 Sidney Mays 3rd Place A-M-BB 578 David Machart 1st Place A-M-BB 536 Spanky Brooks 2nd Place A-M-BB 526 Collin Harris 3rd Place
A-M-BH-FS 676 Jeff Seeley 1st Place A-M-BH-FS 668 Cole Duensing 2nd Place A-M-BH-FS 666 Justin Ertel 3rd Place A-M-FS 681 Jason Goedken 1st Place A-M-FS 681 Trent Teets 2nd Place A-M-FS 679 Wes Kinder 3rd Place
A-F-BH-FS 652 Jamie Moe 1st Plac A-F-BH-FS 641 Tressia Bretsch 2nd Place A-F-BH-FS 639 Cameo Gerken 3rd Place
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A-M-OLY 592 Seth Mcwherter 1st Place A-M-OLY 588 Alex Olson 2nd Place A-M-OLY 573 Randy Brooks 3rd Place
SR-F-FS 648 Julie Fierke 1st Place SR-F-FS 632 Kathy Russell 2nd Place SR-F-FS 618 Marty Gill 3rd Place SR-M-BB 499 Mark Drciling 1st Place
C-F-BB 478 Madison Mestad 1st Place C-F-BB 399 Mackenzie McGhee 2nd Place C-F-BB 370 Theron Luett 3rd Place
SR-M-BH-FS 661 John Crubel 1st Place SR-M-BH-FS 661 Dave Hebert 2nd Place SR-M-BH-FS 659 Marty' Mills 3rd Place
C-F-BH-FS 661 Mikaila Kruger 1st Place C-F-BH-FS 551 Leeana Burlev 2nd Place C-F-BH-FS 533 Alyssa Flood 3rd Place
SR-M-FS 670 Steve Stover 1st Place SR-M-FS 668 Robert Gregg 2nd Place SR-M-FS 664 Jeffrey Dumke 3rd Place
C-F-FS 649 Brynn Nelson 1st Place C-F-FS 641 Payton Miller 2nd Place C-F-FS 633 Zoie Thompson 3rd Place
SR-M-FS-L 580 Clyde Whyte 1st Place SR-M-FS-L564 Kirk Mcknight 2nd Place
C-F-FS-L 557 Annie Wagner 1st Place C-F-FS-L 524 Paige Witt 2nd Place C-F-FS-L 202 Makenzie Carmin 3rd Place
C-M-BB 553 Cody Phillippi 1st Place C-M-BB 268 Tanner Overby 2nd Place
C-M-BH-FS 659 Max Kusilek 1st Place C-M-BH-FS 630 Bailyn Halley 2nd Place C-M-BH-FS 600 Tyler Thomas 3rd Place
SR-M-OLY 497 Matthew Bamberg 1st Place SR-M-OLY 476 Marcial Villaverde 2nd Place SS-F-FS 643 Nancy Zorn 1st Place SS-F-FS 629 Marcia Jones 2nd Place
SS-M-BH-FS 645 Glenn Hellmann 1st Place SS-M-BH-FS 619 Robert “Bob” Shipman 2nd Place SS-M-BH-FS 599 Kim Jordening 3rd Place SS-M-BH-FS-L543 Carroll Walker 1st Place
C-M-FS 683 Kapt Brandt 1st Place C-M-FS 669 Michael Carlton 2nd Place C-M-FS 659 Easton Klatt 3rd Place
SS-M-FS 667 Mike Ryan 1st Place SS-M-FS 659 Mike Barta 2nd Place SS-M-FS 650 Randy Petersburg 3rd Place
C-M-FS-L592 Levi Bechtold 1st Place
SS-M-FS-L609 Dean Conrad 1st Place
MS-M-FS 651 Roger Wilson 1st Place MS-M-FS 648 Jim Bath 2nd Place MS-M-FS 645 Timothy Strickland 3rd Place
SS-M-OLY 498 Steve Duchene 1st Place SS-M-OLY 496 Ted Gravelle 2nd Place SS-M-OLY 441 Robert Hagberg 3rd Place
MS-M-FS-L 612 Terry Witt 1st Place MS-M-FS-L 530 Ron Moschetz 2nd Place MS-M-FS-L 515 David Anderson 3rd Place
YA-F-FS 650 Anna Gunderson 1st Place YA-F-FS 634 Kinzie Thomas 2nd Place YA-F-FS 633 Morgan Mika 3rd Place
MS-M-OLY 240 Delano Stein 1st Place
YA-F-FS-L 440 Nicole Weber 1st Place
SR-F-BH-FS 623 Cindy Tompkins 1st Place SR-F-BH-FS 601 Mari Chandler 2nd Place SR-F-BH-FS 515 Doree Hebert 3rd Place
YA-M-FS 678 Cole Feterl 1st Place YA-M-FS 676 Alexander La Van 2nd Place YA-M-FS 673 Wade McClanahan 3rd Place
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Stay !■ Rhythm By Terry Wunderle
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The final shots were fired and scorecards were totaled at the Indoor National Championship. Hunter Tuveson of the young adult division found himself tied with 118X. Minutes clicked by as we waited for the opportunity to determine the winner. My advice to Hunter was simple... “Before the shoot-off, run your mental program so you will be ready. During the practice ends, be aggressive and establish your rhythm. Shoot the scoring ends the same way.” The young man made all of his shots like a programmed machine, as he walked away with the national title. Maintaining a rhythmic shot sequence is an essential element in producing tight arrow groups. www.trueflightfeathers.com
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Good archers shoot every shot within one second of their normal rhythm. Then why does an archer change his or her rhythm during a tournament? Why does it seem easier to shoot a strong aggressive shot during practice than it does in a tournament? The answers to these questions can be found by looking at an archer’s objective and attitude. During practice, the main emphasis is normally on making a shot with good form. You are relaxed, so there is very little sight movement and the shot seems much easier. In a tournament, however, one’s thinking often shifts from proper shot execution to that of hitting the bulls-eye or capturing the winner’s trophy. The added pressure builds anxiety and produces tension that causes excessive sight movement. What is the best way you can overcome this problem? First, try to keep your thinking focused on creating a perfect shot and not on the result of where the arrow might hit. In an important tournament, most archers encounter more sight movement than they do during practice. The difference between the winners and the losers is how well they control this stress and strive to carry out a strong shot. When unnecessary seconds are added to your normal sequence, as you wait for the pin to be in that _______ perfect spot, your back pressure begins to decrease and a poor shot execution is inevitable. Instead, you have to learn the process of trusting your form and shooting a strong, aggressive shot. If you realize that you are more nervous than you can comfortably handle, let the bow down. Takeseveral seconds ofslow, deep breathing and concentrate on relaxing the muscles in your neck and shoulders. Accept the fact that you are going to see more sight
movement. Then draw the bow, trust your form, and follow through with the completion of the shot. When you do, it will be the best shot you are capable of making under those circumstances. In a tournament, there are often two typical times that an archer becomes more nervous. One happens during the first two targets, since most archers want to start the competition on a positive note and have built up apprehension about how well they are going to perform. To alleviate this potential difficulty, try to simulate excessive pin movement during practice so you can be more comfortable in a tournament situation. Try running for a while to raise your pulse rate. Then pick up your bow and pretend that the target you are shooting is the first one of an important competition. Yes, you will see more pin movement, but you are going to have to trust your form and make a strong shot. If you are fortunate, there will be a second opportunity to experience extra tension. This happens after you have been shooting successfully and begin to realize that you are in a position to win. Your attitude shifts from producing excellent form to that of winning, so you become more anxious. Such thinking needs to be reversed immediately. In your mind, begin replaying all of the good shots that you have been making. Then picture yourself repeating these on the target in front of you. Be aggressive and go for that strong shot. If you have the same routine as you did with the successful shots, you may just find yourself in the winner’s circle. [Find more of Terry’s coaching tips in his book, Archery: Think and Shoot Like a Champion, at www.wunderlearhcrv.com.] U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
Memories and Time by B. Howard Coffey
Job 7:6, “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope. ” I woke up this morning and thought, 3 D season is here, now! Where did winter go? Was it yesterday that bow hunting for deer ended? I think 1 know what happened. Bow hunting for deer began, I slept for a couple days and then it was the beginning of 3 D season: a Rip Van Winkle story in miniature. 1 really don’t understand this phenomenon. Why does time pass so quickly as I get older? 1 could be the comparative factor of less life left. Not to worry, 1 have no complaints. Life is good only fast! Shooting 3 D targets is one of the best sports available. Its biggest advantage over other sports is the whole family can get involved, regardless of age. Even when you get too old to draw a bow, you can use a crossbow. I know! Some will frown at my mention of the crossbow. There was a time when the only bow I could get was
a longbow or a recurve. Many purists had a fit when the first compound bow was introduced. I was one who wondered if these new gadgets would ever be effective. Whenever the compound bow was introduced, I like many others looked at them with dismay. 1 wondered if they would be worth shooting. Well that story has long since played out. Looks as if I was wrong in that department, as well. Yet, I still love to shoot my recurve. I have to admit, however, the older 1 become the better my love for my crossbow. I am having trouble pulling my bow. So, maybe I will need to begin using a crossbow more. Yes, I know that some who read this just cringed. Kentucky allows older folk to hunt all of the bow season with a crossbow. He/she must fill out a permit and keep it with them. I don’t think 2017 is the year for me to file a permit. However, I do plan to keep my pencil sharp. As always shoot straight with your bow and your life.
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Setting Your Shoulder Line A DEFINITION FOR COMPOUND NATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM by LARRY WISE 6-1-2015
Larry A major component of the National Training System established by USAA and NFAA centers around the establishment of the force-resisting shoulder-to-shoulder and bowarm skeletal line. This is of ten referred to as the “barrel of the gun” as it is rigid and serves to resist the drawn force of the bow using a fixed length of bone. This bone structure is, of course, unique to each individual archer and chosen shooting style: recurve, compound or long bow. Differing bow designs and release techniques require different body positions during the draw and at the holding position. In oth er words, the position and effort needed to draw the compound bow places demands on the archer’s body that are different from the demands of drawing the other styles of bows. (The HOLDING position is very closely the same.) These differences are attended to in the CNTS co-authored by Level 5 coach Linda Beck and my self. These steps contain the details of how you attend to your shoulder-bowarm line. This document serves to further define and illuminate those important de tails and the four stages needed to complete the draw stroke and prepare this bone-line for the HOLDING STEP. STAGE ONE: The first stage for setting your shoulders is found in the SET STEP following the es tablishment of proper bow hand and release hand po sitions. It occurs during the setting of your upper body posture at which time your bow shoulder must be set or rolled back and held down prior to the raising of the bow. It is not pulled toward the spine but extended as though reaching for the target. This will prepare the shoulder to eventually receive the compression load of the drawn bow. (1: SET SHOULDER 1) At no time following this point should your bow shoulder be allowed to raise up. Avoid the mus cle recruitment needed to hold your shoulder in the elevated position as muscle fatigues under load. At this point the compound bow brace-height holds your hands only 10 to 12-inches apart. This means that as you face the target your shoulder-toshoulder-line is now pointed well to the left of that target and at an acute angle to the arrow. This is sig-
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SET SHOULDER 1: Setting your bow shoulder down and rolling it away from the arrow (we say down and back when coaching) is vital to pre venting it from raising during your draw action. You should not allow your shoulder to raise when raising your how or while drawing as this recruits excess muscle and weakens your holding position. For the same reason do not allow your shoulder to move closer to your spine as you finalize your draw action — keep reaching for the target. nificantly different from the recurve bow which can be expanded to allow your hands to be much further apart and your shoulder line rotated toward the target. STAGE TWO: Your second shoulder action occurs late in the SETUP STEP and follows the rais ing of the bow. During the SETUP, because the hands remain only ten to twelve-inches apart, your chest is open to the target and you raise your bow with the shoulder-line still pointed to the left of the target. (2: SET SHOULDER 2) With your bow raised to target level execute this second shoulder action. In order to protect the small muscles of your drawing shoulder and to begin properly engaging your back muscles your drawing shoulder should be set back, perpendicular to the arrow in the horizontal plane. This is a small move of only 1/4” to 1” but it is enough to engage the im portant back muscles that will receive the transfer of the bow-holding forces during the DRAW-TO-LOAD and TRANSFER-TO-HOLD STEPS.
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TO LOAD STEP. As the bow is being drawn the tor so and shoulders are rotated so that their line may reach a position that is at least parallel to the ar row. Some can reach a position beyond parallel a few degrees. It may, at its maximum, be in line with the bowarm. Neither shoulder must be allowed to raise up so as to avoid excess shoulder-muscle recruitment. Under load, muscle fatigues while bone does not. At the same time, rotate your holding forearm and elbow into alignment behind the arrow so you are directly opposing the force of the bow - the most efficient po sition in which to do so. (3: HOLDING POSITION) STAGE FOUR: Your SHOULDER LINE is finalized at the end of the TRANSFER-TO-HOLD step by setting the drawing elbow in line with the arrow as seen from a top-view. Seen from the face view, the holding forearm and elbow should be at least as high as the arrow line. This position places the holding forearm in the best position to directly oppose the force of the drawn-bow and to most effi ciently complete the transfer of the holding into the back muscles. Your individual anatomy and release technique will determine your optimum alignment for resisting and holding the force of the bow. Each archer must, however, follow the four steps above in order to con sistently establish their optimum shoulder-bowarm line. Once this bone alignment is established, you will
enjoy optimum transfer, holding, aiming and releas ing of the bow. In other words, you will meet the First Principle of Archery and repeat your shooting action at your highest level. Keep well, shoot straight. Larry
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Setting Your Shoulder Line by Larry Wise
SET SHOULDER 2: Before drawing, protect your draw-side rotator cuff muscles by setting your draw shoulder /i” to 1 ” hack, away from the arrow. This action recruits your draw-side rhomboids and trapezius muscles and employs them to draw your bow thus reducing stress on your rotator cuff muscle group. Note that your shoulder line is pointed well to the left of the target (for righties) and will rotate as you draw so that it will end at least parallel to the arrow when you reach anchor.
HOLDING POSITION: Once your shoulder line rotates to be at least parallel with your arrow you should complete the TRANSFER-TO-HOLD step by rotating your holding elbow so it is in line with the arrow as seen in a top view. At this point, 95% ofyour holding effort is in your back giving you your best chance to repeat your shooting action.
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Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) Hosts First-Ever Western U.S. Indoor Championship Louisville, KY - Scholastic 3-D Archery hosted the first-ever Western U.S. Indoor Championship. On February 9, 2017, S3DA students from 10 different states from across the western United States met at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The championship shoot was held in conjunction with the 2017 NFAA Vegas Shoot. Results: Elementary Male Open:
1st: Culli Cain, 300 26x 2nd: Aiden Woodie, 274, 5x Elementary Female Open:
1st: Abigale Staton, 279 8x Middle School male Open:
1st: Holt Albertson, 297 20x 2nd: Harrison Milne, 295 20x 3rd: Trey McDonald, 290, 11x Middle School Female Open:
1st: Gracelyn Chambers, 290 10x 2nd: Sydney Sullenberger, 289 11x 3rd: Katherine Collier, 274, 5x Middle School Male Olympic Recurve:
1st: Alex Klinger, 192 Middle School female Olympic Recurve:
1st: Casey Kaufhold, 272 5x 2nd: Alyssa Artz, 250, 3x 3rd: Catarina Siravo, 170 High School male Open:
High School Female Open:
1st: Danielle Woodie, 295 8x 2nd: Hala Skelton, 291 10x 3rd: Amanda Newland, 260, 1x High School male Recurve:
1st: Conner Kaufhold High School Female Recurve:
1st: Alissa Brossman, 242 2x 2nd: Sabrina Sison, 238 1x High School Female Traditional:
1st: Laura Hughes, 219
1st: Eli Hughes, 299 21x 2nd: Tyler Heritage, 299 20x 3rd: Ramsey Bass, 297 20x "I was amazed on such a short notice that we had so many states in attendance at this event, said Jennie Richardson, Executive Director for Scholastic 3-D Archery. “We look forward to developing our program in the Western United States and growing this S3DA event as we have in the Eastern United States." Started in December 2012 by the Scholastic Archery Association, S3DA has grown exponentially as a next step program to follow introductory programs offered as part of 4-H or the National Archery in Schools Program. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3-12. For more information on S3DA membership go to: WWW.S3DA.ORG or email: infos3darchery@gmail.com Check out S3DA on Facebook
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Louisville, KY - On February 12, 2017 Wisconsin held its first Indoor S3 DA state championship tournament. A total of 92 archers competed in Indiana’s first-ever Indoor State Championship. 49 archers competed in various classes in the S3DA 3-D tournament and 43 archers in the S3DA indoor spot tournament. The event was held at Old 45 Archery in Hortonville Wisconsin. Having a host shop that can accommodate that number of archers for both events was critical in the success of the event. Parents were able to watch their kids compete while enjoying some great food and stories with the owners, Chad and Jeanette Baerwald. Spectators were treated to some amazing shooting with several kids shooting their best scores as S3DA members. “We look forward to hosting the event again in 2018”, said Jeanette Baerwald, one of the owners of Old 45. “We will
3-D Scores: Elementary Male Open 1. Briar Wirtz - 212 Elementary Male Fixed Pins 1. Cole Ritter - 165 2. Eligh Peck - 56 Elementary Male Traditional 1. Anthony Leiting - 161 2. Nicholas Lee - 70 Elementary Male Open 1. Briar Wirtz-212 Elementary Male Fixed Pins 1. Cole Ritter - 165 2. Eligh Peck - 56 Elementary Male Traditional 1. Anthony Leiting - 161 2. Nicholas Lee—70 Middle School Female Fixed Pins 1. Halley Cleland-77 2. Brooke Schmidt - 68 3. Gabriella Wellman—66 Middle School Male Open 1. Cole Penn -201 2. Owen Coon - 170 3. Brady Buss - 156 Middle School Male Fixed Pins 1. Hunter Miller - 151 2. Darin Horneck—113 High School Female Open 1. Paige Fuchs - 191 High School Female Fixed Pins 1. Savannah Miller—153 High School Male Open I. Dylan Zasada - 198 High School Male Fixed Pins 1. Austin Horneck - 15
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ED AND JOAN ELIASON Ed and Joan have been a significant part of building the Ar chery events at the Huntsman Games. Ed began a lifelong
love of archcry as a five year old. Ed participated on the United States Olympic Team in 1972 in Munich, Germany, finishing Sth. He has won seven National titles. He has taught
and coached archers for decades, and Joan has been his big gest fan and supporter.
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Imagery by Rick McKinney, President of Carbon Tech Arrows and U.S. Representative for Win & Win Archery Imagery is one of the most powerful tools of mental train ing. Although it is just one form of communication to your body and mind, it can be very effective if learned and used properly. Al though most people like to use words to communicate to others, we use imagery' for internal com munication. Mental pictures give so much more clarity than words to ourselves. Thus the reason it is important to learn how to use im agery correctly, consistently and effectively. Watching top archers shoot gives an archer an idea of how to do it right. Now all they have to do is imagine shooting similar shots and converting the image to actual experience. Although it appears to be easy when said, it is much harder to transfer imagery to reality. But it has been proven over time that imagery is one of the key components top competi tors use to win. It just takes prac tice, just like physical practice of shooting. There are a couple of expla nations that have been used to un derstand how imagery works. The first is actual electrical impulses are being transmitted through-
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out your body when you imagine shooting arrows. Obviously, this works because we all have imag ined shooting and felt tension in our bodies over a short period of time. I remember imagining shooting a competition before I went to sleep at night and realized that my back muscles were tense and having to relax again due to this imagery process. So although I was imagining shooting, my muscles started to react, thus cre ating the electrical impulses in my body to simulate the experience. The other explanation is that you are actually “coding” your move ment throughout the imagination process. Thus, you are memoriz ing the process while imagining the activity. Imagining the right way to execute a shot is simpler than actually using words, thus quicker and more complete! The purpose of imagery is fourfold; rehearsing your shot routine, planning a competition strategy, staying calm under com petitive pressure, and dealing with problems (form, equipment, other competitors or judges, etc.) and setbacks (injuries, personal issues such as death in the family, etc.). How do you develop your imagery? Start simple by actual ly pretending you have a bow in your hand and start to draw the bow back, aim and shoot. 1 like to use a mirror so I can actually see myself “pretending” to shoot. Do this several times a day (1 used to do it at least once every time I was near a mirror). You will start to feel the actual muscles working the way you want them to. Next, watch other archers while they shoot, in particular the best ar chers. It is so easy to do this with “you tube” internet. There are so many great archers online and you can see how they shoot their shot. This will give you a better under standing on what they do with
Rick each step from relaxing, loading their bow, drawing back, anchor ing, aiming and executing the shot. Even watching their reac tion during the shot will give you ideas on how you should imagine yourself doing the same thing. When you are practicing, you should apply the imagery techniques between shots to get yourself started. Thus, when you go to the shooting line, settle in, then close your eyes and try to imagine shooting the arrow that you are about to physically shoot. One thing that is important is to imagine seeing yourself shoot the arrow, follow through, then see the arrow hit the center of the 10 ring. Once you do this, take a deep breath, exhale and start you draw physically and do what you saw in your mind’s eye just before hand. It takes time to do this effectively but I can assure you it will work and you will become more relaxed and positive when you get used to doing this. I recall that I did this very process in one of the World Championships I competed in. I shot three arrows mentally while sitting and then I walked up to the line and actually did the same thing physically. I won that event and truly believe it was because of my mental rehearsal every end before I actually shot the arrows. Winning the event was not as im portant to me as being able to fol lowing the routine I set out to do and performed as good as I C?L’ possibly do, keeping my emo’ ‘ ■ in check and truly believn g
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to imagine shooting. One is to see yourself like you do on film. We call that “outside looking in”. The other way is seeing what you nor mally see while shooting, or what we like to call “inside looking out”. 1 personally like to use both. 1 have taken many videos of my self shooting but also like to imag ine myself being the champion (at that time it was John Williams - World Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist). You could imag ine being Ku Ban Chu or Brady Ellison, or Chang Hye Jin or Ki Bo Bae or MacKenzie Brown.. Feel ing as good as they shoot gives you extra confidence and belief of what you can do. Positive imag ery is very effective. Even if you do not normally look or have the same form, you can apply most of the shot sequence in your way using their shots. To give you an example, John Williams was over six feet tall, I was only five feet seven inches. John had a classic style stance, I had one of the most open stances ever, putting both
feet on the shooting line. John used a center anchor and 1 used a side anchor. However, the linear draw, the aim, the shot execution was similar enough for me to be lieve in myself, and thinking I was shooting just like John. I also saw myself looking out. In other words I could see the aim, the click, the bow hand and the arrow fly right into the middle. There were times I bounced back and forth practicing seeing my self drawing the arrow, anchoring, executing perfect shots keeping my bow arm solid as a steel rod and my follow through shooting perfect shots and then seeing the arrow leave the bow and through the air traveling to the center. This takes a lot of practice but even tually it will become as easy as shooting a bow and arrow! Another thing an archer needs to do is practice real life set tings. Such as, your string breaks or something happens to your bow that cannot be fixed immediately, then you see yourself picking up
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the backup bow and shooting a flawless shot. Another thing to imagine is actually winning and seeing yourself accepting the award. The reason for imagining the possible scenarios is that you will not be surprised if and when it happens. Most people lose in the beginning because they did not imagine that they could do it or they just starting thinking that it might be possible thus causing more stress than prepared for. When you imagine it, it becomes second nature or you expected it. Being prepared for all situations gives you more confidence than if you just train on process. So, to review, you need to practice in your mind’s eye what you want to physically do. It doesn’t matter if you are a dream er or a realist, you must practice what you want to accomplish. Be ing patient and work on your im agery is just one more step clos er to accomplishing your goal of being the best archer you can be. See you on the range!
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NASP® Academic Archer Program Exceeds 10,000 enrolled students! February 16,2017
NASP® Academic Archer reaches all time high enrollment! In November of 2015, National NASP® lead ership and a group of NASP® educators and students met to discuss ways to further enhance the 15 year old program. One recommendation was to establish a uni form incentive and recognition format to recognize and promote academic achievement for participating NASP® students. The concept of a NASP® Academ ic Archer was bom. In its first year of implementation, AA finished with 8,517 students enrolled. Educators from 38 US states and two Canadian Provinces im plemented the NASP® Academic Archer Program with their students. Easton Technical Products, a long time supporter and manufacturer of the only approved NASP® arrow, began discussions with NASP® leadership about the success of the program. Easton quickly recognized the value of the AA recognition
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Energy Energy is defined as vitality, intensity, vigor, power, the abili ty to shoot arrows. Our goal is to facilitate the transfer of energy throughout the motion. The eu phoria we feel when this happens, is why we shoot. The fascinat ing part is that we have choices; we can choose to have the ener gy work for us or against us. En ergy is always in motion so we can direct it however we choose and if we don’t choose, someone or something else will probably choose for us. Application: The Rule of 3s can be very helpful. Three strikes and you are out or third time is a charm. If we have an outcome that we don’t want, 3 X in a row, change some thing. It can be very small like move your right toe out a little. It can have nothing to do with the shot, but it wakes up the brain and engages it in the motion. It breaks a pattern of energy we don’t want and gives us an opportunity for a new pattern. Use your emotions. Emo tions are your source of energy! They provide everything you need to make your image a reality in the motion. Without emotions to guide us it is very difficult to make a decision. It is also difficult to fo cus attention.
Application: When emotions become in tense it is important to realize that what created the emotion is irrele vant, it is the past. Decide how you will use it going forward. There is only forward focus. Anger, anxiety etc. can be used for effective focus. The only emotions that don’t work for performance are sadness and frustration because they rob us of 50
Archery: Energy in Motion by Debbie Crews, Ph.D., Sport Psychology and Judi Adams, 2 X Olympic Archer (1980, 1996) All of sport is a transfer of energy. What energy do you want to transfer to the bow, the arrow and the target? Thought precedes motion! Where is your mind in the final second before you let the arrow go? The finish of your motion is the finish of the arrow. Is the finish of your motion connected to the gold? our energy. If these two emotions appear, engage your mind to go to the movies, your favorite restau rant, or hear your favorite music and spend a few seconds changing your emotion. Then come back and shoot archery. Do not wait for your archery performance to change your emotions. It will like ly take a long time and your emo tions are running you instead of you managing your emotions. Thought: Can we control all the thoughts that come into our head? Clearly not! However, we can be in charge of what we do with the thought. Our intention and fo cus of attention predict our per formance. What are you asking yourself to do (intention) and how will you focus (attention) to accomplish it? The last thing we have control of before we let the arrow go is our consciousness. If our subconscious is creating the motion, where is the conscious mind? It will either be in a place that facilitates or interferes with performance. You decide! There is “what” you focus on and “how” you focus that leads to BEST performance. “What” includes the verbal cues you use, where you focus your eyes, and the feel you are about to receive. This covers the auditory, visual and kinesthetic (feel) systems of performance. The BEST archers, shooting their best ends, typically focus on target, or feel, or both. The interesting point is that there
are many ways to focus on the target and many ways to focus on feel. This leads us to “how” you think.
Application: Compartmentalize your thoughts. Before you shoot, make a list of all the things you get to think about today. Anything that is not on the list is parked until after your shooting is over. Any thing that won’t serve you when you shoot the next arrow is “not an option”. It doesn’t matter if the thought is a fact or imagined, it only matters if it will serve you to shoot the next arrow. The fact that your current score is the lowest it has been in 3 weeks will not help you shoot the next arrow. Imagin ing exactly where this arrow will finish on the target, or the feel of your BEST shot, will serve you well on the next arrow. “How” includes the inten sity of focus, the broad or narrow aspect of aiming, clear or blurred vision, and the sending or receiv ing of information (feel). BEST archers will have higher intensity of focus for the BEST shots (see brain maps). They will be bal anced in their thinking (left/right; front/back), they let go of aim and assume the motion will be created as planned. They will not be con sciously sending (mechanically) the arrow to the target, they will be in a receiving state, assuming the motion will follow the plan (motor program) and enjoying the feel. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
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Brain Maps: The resting brain map (no shot) is primarily blue indicating low activity. The shooting brain map with a quality shot of 6 (scale of 1-10) is slightly higher activity but not the same pattern in all four maps. The shot with a quality rat ing of 10 is higher activity (more green) and very synchronized (all four maps have the same color pattern). Source: OPTI BRAIN ww. optiinternational. com
Finish Get the job done! There is magic in being done. Motion is created not executed. Every arrow is released from the right side of the brain (Creative) not the left (Analytical), and from the mid dle (the “feel” part of the brain), not the front (the “think” part of the brain). Vision, a conscious action, simply programs where we are going but at some point during the shot we must let go of (de-emphasize) vision in order to avoid getting too tight (Aim). All the research in the shooting sports concludes that you aim subcon sciously much better than you aim consciously. To stay in the “pres ent”, the conscious brain wants something to do to be engaged in the shot. If the conscious brain perceives something “bad” is com ing, it is likely to leave town and let the poor subconscious perform alone. Target Panic is a condition that can occur when the conscious and subconscious are not working in harmony - when the subcon scious gets scared, the conscious
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must stick around to help get the job done. In the BEST shots, the conscious and subconscious work together. With the conscious en gaged in attention to keep it busy, the subconscious is free to per form what has been learned and practiced.
Application: Take charge of your perfor mance. Each arrow is the opportu nity to be fully in charge. There are three areas of conscious thought that lead to the BEST shot - Inten tion, Focus of Attention and Fin ish. With strong intention and clear focus of attention through the end of the motion, we create a foun dation for consistency, but consis tency comes from adaptability. We are constantly adapting our inten tion and focus of attention based on our internal condition and en vironmental factors. This ability to adapt to ever changing condi tions creates the consistency we desire. We are building the image that we can handle anything. But in reality, we don’t want consis
tency, we want to be consistent ly better than where we are right now! To do this, we must trust the subconscious — if we also keep the end result, the FINISH, in our conscious mind, our subconscious system will find a way to get there. The subconscious has access to far more information than the conscious and it will self-correct during the shot and get the arrow in the gold. When you manage the start and the finish and trust your system, you have done your job. The arrow will fly to the center!
Dr. Debbie Crews is CEO andpresident ofOpti Internation al, a performance optimization company offering Neuro-feedback Apps to Better Your Best™OPTI TRAIN and OPTI BRAIN apps are based on a patented al gorithm designed for each per son to learn the skill of creating Synergy in the brain. Over 30 years of scientific research has demonstrated that when individ uals perform an activity at a high level, the brain’s electrical activ ity displays a pattern of balance and integration. OPTI calls this “Synergy, ” where the total effect is greater than the sum of the in dividual effects - increased focus and performance beyond expec tations! Each person’s pattern of Synergy is unique. This tool is not to be used for comparison of person to person or to a par ticular standard - rather for each individual to “better their own best. ” For more information, vis it her website at: ww. optiinternational. com
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JUDI, JUDI, JUDI By Coach Roy Villasor
Rick Mckinney has often said that open and honest communication between the archer and coach was imperative for success. The book Seeking Center allows us to “listen” to the dialogue between a legendary coach and his victorious student. In this book, the student is none other than two-time US Olympian Judi Adams. Her resume includes a World Silver Medal and a Pan American Bronze Medal. She was twice National Champion, thrice National Field Champion and was awarded the Shenk Award three times. Referred to in the book as the Master is 1976 US Olympic Archery Coach and Hall of Famer, Alfred K. Henderson or Uncle Al to those privileged to have been coached by a legend. For those who did not have that privilege, Uncle Al wrote two books, which are still relevant today. If you enjoyed his previous books, you will certainly learn more from the perspective of Judi who was one of the best of and closest to Al Henderson. Seeking Center has a place in any archery library as well as any business and leadership 52
library. Judi was sponsored and later remained with American Express for three decades as she rose up the executive ladder. One has to see and listen to her unique presentation utilizing archery in the training of the company’s future managers. Like her coach and mentor, Judi imparts lessons in archery as well as in life. Every archer has experienced frustration in this sport, some close to giving up entirely. Can anything compare to the frustration Judi experienced as a member of the 1980 US Olympic Team? Prompted by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan a year before, a decision by President Jimmy Carter to boycott the Moscow Games and concurred by USOC became official. This dashed the dreams of over 400 athletes including Judi who was favored to win a medal following the previous successes of American Gold Medalists, Doreen Wilbur and Luanne Ryon. In Seeking Center, she shows you how to correctly release and let go...not just in archery but also to overcome frustration. This is how the steps to the 10 ring become a metaphor for life as interpreted by Judi. At the end of every chapter, she poses a series of questions worth contemplation. The answers to those questions guide future action. In the case of Judi she would qualify for the US Olympic Team to Atlanta, beating the odds of time and age. While Judi accomplished much in archcry and in life, you
can feel that she wrote Seeking Center in a spiritual fashion as a tribute to her coach and mentor Al Henderson, who is no longer with us. Uncle Al likewise held Judi in the highest esteem. The trust and respect they held for one another is so vital to the success of any coach and his student. Contained within the pages, Judi shows how she processed the information and advise of her coach. Albeit slowly at first but with ever increasing speed as they matured together as a winning tandem. Coach Jim White always impressed us younger and rising coaches that relationship is key. Seeking Center confirms this. After completely reading Judi’s book, I could not help but think if similar books could be written by and between Dick Tone and Jay Barrs or Luanne Ryon and John Williams. The lessons we could learn from these tandems would enrich our sport and life as well. Since 1972, Archery sends one of the smallest teams to the Olympics, with several names making the team more than once. With that limited number U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
of archers and coaches, even fewer will write or document their experiences, techniques and knowledge. Looking towards Darrell to Dykman, they can all fill a demand expressed by archers on line. It’s been said information is power. The Army provides lessons learned to its detachments to better deal with our adversaries. Likewise, the information from our previous Olympians can power up the next generation to win their engagements. Get your copy of Seeking Center today as it will certainly go the way of Uncle Al’s previous books, difficult to find but timeless. Judi has gone one step further in that you can log on to Judi’s website, www.SeekingCenter.net. I am fortunate that I have a signed copy from Judi.
Roy Villasor Editors Note: Our writer, Roy is the 2016 Bronze Medal ist at the California State Games and Gold Medalist at the 2015 Desert Open. His students have gone forward to becoming a Col legiate All-American and USAT-Junior. He has received the Anvil Award of Merit and the Outstanding Achievement Med al. Roy still considers himself a sudent of archery. Always learn ing to improve.
Archery Squad partners with the Pink Arrow Project Archery Squad is excited to collab orate with Chelsea Neville and the Pink Arrow Project. To help Chelsea we have designed custom Pink Arrow Project items such as t-shirts, hoodies and cof fee mugs for sale on our website to raise funds towards the fight against cancer. A portion of each purchase goes to the Chelsea and her Mom Project and 100% of these funds will go directly towards research. The Pink Arrow Project is a charitable nonprofit 501 (c)3 organiza tion dedicated to providing financial support services for cancer research since 2013. They distribute cancer prevention information throughout the
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USA Archery News Features USA Archery and Disabled Sports USA Release Adaptive Archery Manual
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - USA Archery partnered with Disabled Sports USA to de velop the Adaptive Archery Manual. USA Archery is the National Governing Body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of archery. One of our core missions is to grow and promote the sport at all lev els and for athletes of all abilities by providing the necessary tools and resources for coaches, judges, and event organizers nationwide.
The manual, available for free download should serve as a supplement to the existing USA Archery Level 1 Archery Instructor Certification course so that instructors may safely teach archery to students of all ages and abilities. Working with adaptive archers provides another opportunity to bring this sport to a student who may not have oth erwise had the opportunity to participate. The manual is designed to illustrate how sim ple it is to integrate adaptive archery into an exist ing archery program. Using slight modifications to equipment or teaching technique, coaches and club
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leaders can ensure they are providing a safe and ef fective program where everyone can achieve suc cess. It is our hope that the tools included in this manual will help create a safe and fun environment that inspires adaptive archers to cultivate a lifelong passion for the sport. U.S. Paralympic Head Coach Randi Smith commented: “this was a great collaboration between Disabled Sports USA and USA Archery. The man ual is well done and will benefit both organizations. It will be very helpful for individuals and agencies wanting to start adaptive archery programs.” Kirk M. Bauer, J.D., Executive Director of Disabled Sports USA agreed: “Disabled Sports USA is thrilled to have partnered with USA Archery to produce the Adaptive Archery Manual. Through providing information to its member clubs and coaches across the country, this manual will play an important role in ensuring that every person, regardless of ability, has an equal opportunity to participate in archery in their community. Disabled Sports USA applauds USA Archery in being at the forefront of embracing the inclusion of adaptive athletes, which helps to set the bar for other sports agencies and governing bodies to do the same.” Para archers are welcome to compete at any USA Archery Sanctioned Event, allowing opportuni ties to compete against both Para and able-bodied par ticipants. USA Archery also offers High Performance Para Archery Training Camps throughout the year with the focus of promoting athlete development and participation. To learn more about Para programs and events go to www.disabledsportsusa.org. This program was funded in part by a grant from the United States Department of Veterans Af fairs. The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of the author(s) and do not neces sarily reflect those of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. About Disabled Sports USA - Founded in 1967, Disabled Sports USA is a 501(c)(3) chari table organization that provides opportunities for individuals with disabilities to develop inde pendence, confidence and fitness through par
ticipation in sports. What began as a program to serve Vietnam veterans has since grown into one of the nation’s largest multi-sport, multi-disabil ity organizations, annually serving more than 60,000 wounded warriors, youth and adults with disabilities. A member of the U.S. Olympic Com mittee, Disabled Sports USA offers programs in more than 50 summer and winter sports through its nationwide network of more than 120 commu nity-based chapters. For more information, visit www.disabledsportsusa . org. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
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Gateway Feathers in Douglas, AZ has released the Batwing shape. A new shape for the archery and hunting communities. We have all used the round back and shield back shapes FOREVER and the folks at Gateway wanted to offer us a unique NEW shape that is Fast, Fun and Cool. Gateway had a social media contest to name the shape and picked Batwing from many interesting and unique names. The Batwing is available in 2 inch, 3 */2 inch and 4 'A inch lengths, in all of Gateway’s right wing solid colors. By size the
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The 2017 ATA Trade Show drew 9,599 attend ees for three fast-paced days of business, networking and new-product excitement at the Indiana Conven tion Center. The Jan. 10-12 event drew the Show’s second highest attendance in its history, and filled 531,600 square feet of exhibit space, the largest amount since its start in 1997. The Show’s overriding mission is to bring our entire archery and bowhunting industry together un der one roof to network, write orders, talk about the market, strengthen friendships and build new rela tionships,” said Jay McAninch, president/CEO of the Archery Trade Association. “On all those fronts and more, our Show has always accomplished that mis sion, especially this year.” Rick Valdez from Rick V Hunt Adventures in Payson, Utah, has attended the Show for 20 years. He said he returns each year for many reasons. “It’s nice to come here and see old friends, new products and what the market has out there,” Valdez said. “The Show has been great this year. It’s huge, but easy to navigate. I’ve seen a lot of new, interesting stuff that 1 think will advance the sport of archery.” Valdez said the Show gives him new ideas for his shop, lets him see what his competitors are doing, and gives insight on manufacturers’ new products. He said a previous Show prompted him to add indoor and outdoor ranges to his store. Those additions “definite ly enhanced our business,” he said. That’s music to the ATA’s ears. “When I hear a retailer’s business is thriving because of the Show, I’m thrilled,” McAninch said. “Retailers are the front end of our business where ar chery and bowhunting meet the public. That simple expression is really rewarding for us to hear, especial ly given the last couple of years.” Eric Michel of Ozark Feather LLC in Carthage, Missouri, said the Show has been great for business. The company’s booth on the main aisle gave Michel access to heavy foot traffic and helped flag down many customers. “The Show gives us lots of opportunities to interface with our customers,” Michel said. “It also provides a platform and a forum to present new prod ucts in the feather world like new cuts, new colors and new-product packaging like our Swag Bags. We love talking with shop owners and distributors because they’re the people who can ultimately convince the shooter to try our products.” In addition to hundreds of manufacturers cxhib56
iting at the Show, the ATA showcased its important business, archery and bowhunting programs for re tailers in the Show’s Member Services Area. “Visits to that area were by far the highest we’ve ever seen,” McAninch said. “That tells me retailers are responding positively to our efforts to help them make their businesses competitive in today’s world, where most things start socially and digitally online or on smartphones.” McAninch sensed much optimism at the Show and believes 2017 will be a good year. “Whether it’s from a new administration or from retailers saying they’re going to be positive and bring archery and bowhunting back to their commu nity, I saw positive attitudes, especially among retail ers,” McAninch said. “That’s going to bode well for 2017.” Statistics for the 2017 Trade Show’s main member categories are listed below. To see how this year’s Show stacks up to previous shows, download the comparison table here. The 2017 ATA Trade Show featured: 1,057 retail and distribution buying companies; 9,599 total attendees; 653 exhibiting companies; 239,378 square feet of brands, products and inno vations. Read what retailers and manufacturers at the Show said about the industry when contacted by ATA staff: How was the Show for you? Dawn Freese, Ani-Logics Outdoors, Manu facturer We want to thank all the people at ATA! You guys are great to work with and put on an excellent show! It was a terrific show for us! We took quite a few orders and are excited about the traffic we had through our booth. Mike Swan, Robinson Outdoor Products LLC, Manufacturer It is always a pleasure to see the friends of the industry every year at the Show. I can attest that the value grows every year attending, and this year was no exception. 1 gave a seminar that was well received, and kicking off the show with 40 minutes of follow-up conversation is greatly rewarding. For the first time I was able to spend an hour and walk part of the show floor and see other vendors, and other displays and products. Excellent! Corrine Yohan Bundy, Mathews Archery Inc., Manufacturer This has been a great Show. We weren’t here for ten years, so it’s good to get back and know that our customers can shake our hands and feel who Mathews is. They can feel those intangible things U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary
Caleb Hobbs, Dirty North Archery, Retailer It was definitely a year of growth for us. More on the service side than anything else. We also got into custom string building and more in-house tech stuff. As far as sales of products, it was comparable to 2015. We saw a push for higher-end and higher-qual ity technical work. As we are seeing more new stuff come out for bows and technology, the demand for the tech service is increasing. Randy Walk, Hoyt, Manufacturer I’m optimistic about 2017. 1 don’t think we should assume it is going to rebound right away, so we must work hard, but I do think there is an opti mistic view (for 2017) and the last few months of 2016. After the election, we started to see some more optimism with retailers because we will have a bet ter economy. Retailers started to breathe a little bit more and got a little bit more comfortable with maybe what the future looks like, and I hope that transcends through the rest of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Robert Dore, Wabanaki Wilderness LLC, Retailer I had one of the better years in 2016. Our slow year was last year (2015). From what I’m hearing from other retailers across the country, they had a rough year. Scott and Rebecca Pace, Back 40 Archery, Retailers We were even in 2016. There was maybe a little growth, but not much. I didn’t see any marked down turn or uptick, just steady out of 2015 into 2016. Corrine Yohan Bundy, Mathews Archery Inc., Manufacturer The 2016 year was phenomenal for us. We are super thankful because we know that wasn’t the case for all the manufacturers out there, or at least that is what we have heard and are led to believe. We broke into niche markets and expanded our line to include something for everyone, and that’s exciting for us. Jon DuMars, Bowtech, Manufacturer We had a very solid year. I would say it was a consistent year. We introduced some new prod ucts that did very well. And considering the state of the union in the archery market, I would say that we probably beat the curve. How have crossbows impacted the industry? Matt Miller, Tryin’ Hard Outdoors, Retailer Just walking around the Show, I noticed cross bows are coming on strong. It’s the wave of the fu ture. 1 doubt the vertical bow will go away, but if you ignore the crossbow numbers, you are going to lose because there are an astronomical number of hunters picking them up. But, the crossbow market isn’t like the vertical bow market, where the technology is ad vancing every year. It seems every other year there will be a big change, and it takes the industry a year to figure things out. In 2016, that change was the cross bow. People are starting to figure things out now, and next year manufacturers won’t produce something as
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about this company and see who we are. This is a big family, and we are in a room full of great people. We are all thankful for the ATA and the opportunity to be here. Jason Pickerill, Bear Archery, Manufacturer The ATA Show is different from other shows because everyone there has a common interest and a shared passion. Most people are there to accomplish the same goals. Everyone has a love for the outdoors and, more specifically, a love for archery. The archery community is a very close, tight-knit group of sup portive individuals. To me, what drives us to the ATA Show every year is the face-to-face conversation and those hand shakes with dealers, partners, friends and other people in the industry. 1 don’t think there is anything more important than knowing somebody’s first name, and when you go to the ATA Show, you start to learn that. It’s a good opportunity to get your face, name, brand, logo and products right in front of the cus tomer. They’re the closest link you have ultimately to the consumer. My advice to new guys is to get out there, make yourself known and take advantage of the smaller booth size. As long as you think outside the box, and put some time and effort into your booth space, you’ll stand out among the crowd of 10x1 Os, and you are going to get noticed. Tell us: How’s business? Dale Morrell, Morrell Manufacturing Inc., Manufacturer This was a great Show. We could have used 1215 salespeople in our area! That’s great for business because the 2016 year started out really slow. For the first time in my 30 years of business, 1 thought I was going to have a down year. 1 think people were wait ing until last minute to do anything and for that rea son, there was a late push and we did really good in the fourth quarter. I wound up being up 2.6 percent and I’m grateful. Mike Stinkard, HECS LLC, Manufacturer We’ve had a tremendous growth curve ever since we first started, but the last two or three years have been phenomenal for us and it continued through 2016. We see no reason to believe things might slow down. With the industry being down, we are very for tunate to have ended up like we did. We see more and more customers who wear our clothes and see the HECS effect in action. We advertise on television, but our customers’ word-of-mouth advertising works really well for us, and we continue to see an increase in sales growth. Ben Summers, T.R.U. Ball Releases, Manu facturer We finished our fiscal year in September and were about a half a percent up. 1 think we are a whole lot better than most people in the industry, but we worked hard to get to that point. We reached out to our dealers by phone or social media and tried to help them in any way we could.
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earth-shattering and the trend will even out. Eric Griggs, Elite Archery, Manufacturer I think the crossbow market is here, and it is here to stay. 1 think we must accept that crossbows are a part of our industry and there is a place for them. I’m more along the lines that there is going to be a place in the industry for vertical bows and crossbows. Chris James, FeraDyne Outdoors, Manufac turer 2016 was a tough year. Some of our brands had a really good year. Some of the other brands didn’t do as well. Honestly, 1 think the influx of crossbows has a lot to do with that. Our broadheads and things like that did really well. Our sights and releases struggled a little bit. I think that's directly related to the cross bow sales. We had a really strong end of the third into the fourth quarter. We’re really positive looking out into 2017. Randy Dereske, Captain Chuck’s II Inc., Re tailer It was a really good year. We saw our bow sales increase 20 percent; overall service and labor sales were good. We didn't see a decline in bow sales due to crossbows. We still have a lot of people that shoot vertical bows, and we see a lot of new people getting into archery. Randy Walk, Hoyt, Manufacturer I still believe vertical bow sales are about what they were ten years ago in terms of total, annual ver tical bow sales. Crossbows are touching a different consumer or the same consumer who chooses to buy both products, and that’s a healthy thing for our in dustry. Jon Shepley, PSE Archery, Manufacturer I think PSE invented the first compound cross bow in 1978, and for years we couldn’t get anyone to bite. Now, people want something easy and fast and are reaching for the crossbow, which has devastated the compound bow market because crossbow archers generally don’t recreationally shoot, get lessons, or consume equipment. I think that’s what is hurting the industry. There is not a lot of experimentation, which limits money flow into retail. Now after a couple of years of crossbow bow hunting, we hope that we can get some of those cross bow guys back into vertical bows with a different lev el of challenge and a little more dedication. I think with 2017 and the excitement of our new president, and American jobs being returned in a year or two, I think we are going to see a different 2017. Corrine Yohan Bundy, Mathews Archery Inc., Manufacturer Crossbows have been getting a lot of atten tion. I don’t think the crossbow negatively impacted the market; I believe the election had a lot to do with it. Consumers were putting their money elsewhere because of their concern for the second amendment right and the political landscape. That was something we all had to power through, but hopefully we don’t 58
have to worry about that anymore and archery can continue to prosper. Archers are increasing and we are excited about that as it helped the whole industry, but bowhunting license sales are declining and that’s a concern. The crossbow was good for our industry. It came in and presented another opportunity for guys to get out. No matter which bow, vertical or crossbow, as long as they are hunting, we want to help them accomplish the best experience possible for them. Tell us about price points for new products. Ryan Busbice, Plano Synergy, Manufacturer 1 think innovation is key for making people get up and want to go buy a new crossbow or vertical bow. It’s going to take some innovation for somebody to want to spend anywhere from $300 to $2000 to rig out a bow, especially if their bows are shooting really well already. I think 2016 lacked some innovation. I think we missed out on bringing some new technol ogy. I think in 2017 we’ve made some really good strides. 1 think we’re working on some game-chang ing stuff in 2018 because I think the industry needs some innovation. Bonnie and Keith Struble, K & B Archery, Retailers Our highest sales were probably youth and mid-price bows. It was tough to sell high-end bows. Most new customers don’t understand the advantages of the newer, higher-priced bow. If you compare the price of the higher bows to other things, I think the general public attitude is that they think they are expensive. Accessory costs have also increased and everything adds up, so consumers lean toward the mid-range bows. We hope things turn around for the upcoming year, but it’s going to take some time. Eric Griggs, Elite Archery, Manufacturer There’s a lot of sensitivity around price right now. And it certainly does come up as you see prices creep up. I think as an industry we need to provide ways to get beginning archers and bowhunters into bows at every price point.
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November-December 2017 Given out at the ATA Show 1. Profiles of new leaders in the archery organizations 2. S3DA News 3. NASP News 4. ASA Championships 5. 2018 Tournament Schedules
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