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  1. Dorset Lass

    Do You See Yourself as an Athlete?

    When watching coverage of the Archery World Cup I noticed that the archers are referred to as athletes when being introduced to the crowd. I found this somehow incongruous at first but I guess that world class archers do have to work hard at improving physical fitness and train for the honour...
  2. Dorset Lass

    Warming Up to Decrease Injury Risk?

    I am a relative novice, having only started shooting a year ago. However it is my observation at a general club level that there are many archers suffering from back and shoulder problems. This has got me thinking...Is it because: 1. Most people seem to not do any form of warm up before...
  3. Dorset Lass

    Archery Related Adverts

    There seems to be a proliferation of archery related adverts at the moment. I am especially pleased to see a Mongolian style bow featured in a Barclays ad, (even though it has been painted blue!) Barclays.com - Barclays promotes flexible bond in new TV advert And I like the Mazda ad which...
  4. Dorset Lass

    Shooting in the wet..

    Having shot very badly today in torrential rain I was wondering what advice people have for coping with very wet conditions. I thought that I was quite well kitted out but I realised after about 10 targets that my waterproof was beginning to let water in and I was getting damp and cold. My...
  5. Dorset Lass

    Steel Points vs Brass Points

    Hi All I was wondering what people's thoughts are on the differences/advantages of using steel points over brass points (or vice versa)? I have my reasons for asking which I will reveal later - just want to get some unbiased thoughts first :)
  6. Dorset Lass

    [Horsebow] Horse Bow Aiming - See Through Hand?

    After a year of messing about and starting to get to grips with the horsebow I have now settled on an arrow spec and an anchor point. I am using mediterranean release on the ground and a thumb release on a horse. My query relates to a ground based situation... I have found that 70m is at...
  7. Dorset Lass

    Leather Handle for Scythian Bow - Advice Please

    Hi I have watched the video on the Three Rivers Archery site explaining how to cover a bow handle with leather and I am quite pleased with my first attempt covering a bow with a simple shaped handle. Now I would like to cover the handle of my Scythian bow. The trouble is the handle is heavily...
  8. Dorset Lass

    [Horsebow] Bow Stand for Asiatic Recurve/Horsebow?

    I would be interested to know what people shooting horsebows use as a bow stand. It seems that the normal design of stand with a cup shape centrally situated above three screw in legs does not really work for horsebows. At the moment when shooting target I use one of these just to avoid...
  9. Dorset Lass

    [Horsebow] Horseback Archery

    I would really like to have a go at horseback archery. I am a reasonably competant horse rider and I shoot a horse bow but make no claims as to my competance in that arena. Someone has kindly pointed me in the direction of the British Horseback Archery Association and low and behold there is...
  10. Dorset Lass

    Benchmarking Asiatic Recurve Scores

    I have just had the very great pleasure of shooting my first field competition and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Obviously at this stage I have absolutely no delusions about my prowess in field archery, but I was just out for a great day out and a great day it definitely was!! I shoot a Kaya...
  11. Dorset Lass

    Korean Traditional Archery

    Hallo everyone I am currently shooting a take down recurve bow but I am planning to move into using a Traditional Korean Bow, preferably with a thumb ring release. I was wondering whether others had experience with making the change over and whether they had any helpful tips? Also are there...
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