Blog posts
Is it legal to shoot a Welshman with an arrow?
Occasionally, I let slip that I spent a decent chunk of my life living in Wales. As I teach archery, this commonly leads to the question of whether it’s legally sound to shoot a Welshman in Chester or Herefordshire or whichever town or county the questioner can think of that borders Wales or Scotland.
Why bother keeping score?
The phrase ‘keeping score’ carries a whiff of competitiveness, but scoring isn’t about beating other people unless you’re actually in a formal competition. Keeping score is about having a numerical value that tracks your progress as an archer.
The day I spent building a longbow
Courses to build longbows hover at around the £300 mark. The courses themselves vary: some are single days, some are full weekends in a group where you camp and craft arrows for your bow. I opted to see Will Lord, an expert in prehistoric survival skills, who teaches one-to-one longbow building workshops.
What does over bowed mean in archery?
We often forget how much terminology we use in archery and how daunting it can be as a beginner so we thought we’d tackle a few of the big questions here on the blog starting with: What does it mean when my archery instructor says that someone is ‘over bowed’? Obviously, it doesn’t mean that ... Read More
Buying your first bow: part 2
You’ve decided to take the plunge and get your first bow. Well done! But what do you need to buy? If you’re buying a traditional style bow, this is an easy question. Traditional bows are basically sticks with a piece of string attached, so really that’s where most of your money will go; anything left ... Read More
Buying your first bow: part 1
The 2 most likely questions for a budding archer to ask immediately after their first lesson are: “How much does a bow cost?” and “Where can I buy one?”. I generally recommend that any aspiring archer holds off buying a bow until they’ve been shooting regularly at a club for a while (6 months or ... Read More
Two Tribes
When you feel that the time has come to buy your own bow, you have a decision to make that goes beyond your income and the distance to the nearest archery shop: traditional or modern? 2020 Archery teaches using a modern style – recurve training bows – and you can stick with the club bows ... Read More
How to increase bow poundage
It’s incredibly common in archery to struggle with the weight of your bow. It’s common for novices trying to get into the sport, it’s common for novices transitioning from beginners course to buying their own equipment and it’s common for more experienced archers who have bought their own equipment and find that – after the ... Read More
