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  1. TexARC

    Left eye dominant -but shooting right handed.

    When I was in training to be a coach for what was then the National Archery Association which morphed into USA Archery, I shot right-handed and right-eye dominant. When I tried to teach some students at UT I had difficulty because they were left-eye dominant so I retrained myself to be...
  2. TexARC

    Draw arm shoulder proble.

    In archery, if it hurts, don't do that. The oft repeated meme, "no pain, no gain" is a mindless idiotic attitude. So much is known about the human biokinetics of the shot cycle in archery that there is no excuse for pain/injury other than an incompetent coach or an ill-informed athlete. Seek...
  3. TexARC

    Ahem. Knock, Knock! Anyone about?

    Pardon this cross-talk post, but due to the complete absence of notice & response, I want to mention I've listed a variety of Hoyt risers, right-hand 25", and my own 27" GMX red right-hand, in your for-sale section. 15 years' worth of kit for a Paralympian and her Level IV-NTS coach. FWIW...
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    For Sale US Paralympian's Hoyt Recurve Bows and assorted gear for sale by TexARC

    I don't know how difficult it is to ship a riser and/or limbs to someone across the pond. Is it fraught with red customs tape and painful expense? I know I have always enjoyed purchasing from Alt but that's a different direction for things. ? Anyway, I have a raft of gear to sell for...
  5. TexARC

    Adios, y'all...

    On February 4th, I will retire from the TSAA (Texas State Archery Association) as chief cook and bottlewasher. I anticipate the current website at texasarchery.org will be "deprecated", and a whole new website, version 2.0, will be found at that address. My replacement has had the last year to...
  6. TexARC

    Oh...My....Gawed......

    Blog? This board has a blog feature? who knew? Anyway, I thought I would link to my actual blog, a wordpress series of posts from the last few years, wherein I blather on about coaching archery this and thats. I hope this is allowed. If not, you never saw it because the sysop up here...
  7. TexARC

    Oh...My....Gawed......

    Hi. Thought I would drop in briefly, while I nurse my voice back with a little Kahlua and cream over ice. I am on day two of a USAA Level III-NTS certification course I am conducting at the Carmichael Elite Shooting Range. It will bring my net total of Level IIIs created in my career up to...
  8. TexARC

    Who all has taken the USA's NTS coaching certification courses

    I recall that some of y'all across the pond have taken the LEVEL III-NTS or the LEVEL IV-NTS course. Who has, and can you please bring me up to date with how it has impacted your life and your archery? I include "life" because it had profound effects of a positive nature on my life.... so...
  9. TexARC

    TSAA State Field Championship 2013 Photos

    dunno why I typed 2013. shoulda written 2014 for the title.... doh!
  10. TexARC

    TSAA State Field Championship 2013 Photos

    Well, the title pretty much says it. I've posted a number of photos I took during the event last weekend. We are leading up to the USA Archery National Field event at the same venue southwest of Houston. I thought maybe some up here would be interested in "what it looks like" for a field...
  11. TexARC

    Texas Archery New Newsletter

    I've moved the TSAA's newsletter into the next generation with specialised software - Pro Dada - and it is going to make life a lot easier for yours truly. The downside is that anyone wishing to get the Texas State Archery Association's newsletters/emails needs to re-subscribe to the new...
  12. TexARC

    SloMotion Videos and the Beijing Paralympics

    Re: Coaching with a camera - a title of a presentation I once made at the COS. For some examples, shot under less-than optimal conditions<G> (amongst a rowdy crowd in the stands), I used a Casio EX-F1 Pro to capture some competition photos and video clips during the 2008 games. I don't think I...
  13. TexARC

    Why I Love The Sport

    I owe the sport for a life of joy I would not have otherwise shared with my daughter:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsld1oAhSGQ Link to Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsld1oAhSGQ
  14. TexARC

    Level III-NTS course offered

    Level III-NTS Coaching Course announced for the second weekend in October, in Texas. USA Archery lists the requirements for eligibility to take this advanced course. It will be conducted by Ron (Level IV-NTS) and Lindsey(Level III-NTS) Carmichael in Cedar Park/Northwest Austin on the Friday PM...
  15. TexARC

    String contact marks, on nose and chin?

    First, new strings, particularly Majesty, leave a mark on the string, the shirt, etc... As a coach, I judge the proficiency of the archer's consistency by the ratio of the mark's width on the nose compared to the width of the bowstring. :) It's a very good metric to use - the thinner the line...
  16. TexARC

    Muscles used in archery??

    hey! where's my beer?! Actually, Geoff, you raise an excellent point. It is often better to think of, to talk of, to teach, a "movement" rather than a "muscle". It's all well and good to speak of getting in the back by using the trapezius, but that teaches nothing about the "how" of doing...
  17. TexARC

    A study on British Athletes

    A recently published study on D levels in UK athletes...
  18. TexARC

    TSAA's State Field Championships, FOLLOWED on by the US National Championships

    Since there are several forum participants at this event I want to post just a note that the 80 or so participants in the TSAA's State Field Championship are having a real blast at the venue that in one month's time will be the location for the USA Archery's US National Field Championship...
  19. TexARC

    Linking to the TSAA on UK websites?

    I wanted to ask if anyone was willing to exchange links in order to boost web search engine status and traffic? If you google Texas Archery, the TSAA is, and has been, numero uno for some time (TSAA - Texas State Archery Association). But I'd like to gather more into the umbrella. Please...
  20. TexARC

    Tiller = Nocking Point; really?

    Umm, Joe, here's a screen shot of the TSAA website's main page, tippy top part: See the purty lil' google search thangy? It yewsta be at the bottom, but a year or two back I moved it to the top on a hunch. Itud been at the bottom for a few years, maybe 5 or 6, prior to that. I put it in...
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