Peaks and Plateaus
Every archer has these. Even if you don't track them, stress about them, agonize over them, rage because of them .. you have them. So buckle up as this post is going all Willy...
Yearly Archive: 2024
Garbage in Garbage out
At its most basic level, we have 3 physical inputs into our bows (plus another optional one). Bow hand, string hand and the eye doing the aiming. These are the interfaces through which you...
Pure Carbon's verses A/C's
This isn't a fantasy novel review about warring pureblood vampire clans or even a scary debate about eugenics .. unless it involves recurve. Recurve master race, best master race. Here we are considering the...
Glasgow League heating up
The Glasgow League competition has settled into a comfortable monthly meet, shoot and gossip session for the various teams in and around the city. Seven clubs are on the books as competing and to...
Clicker on a Barebow? No way Dude!
Our editor has an eclectic collection of archery likes and dislikes. Win&Win - fanboi. Hoyt - err - not a fan. Shibuya - loves them. Compound - let’s just not go there. Amongst his...
Archery Humour defined
It often feels that archery humour can be a bit enigmatic, obscure, even potentially gatekept. Where the newbie archer can feel that they are missing much of the archery experience. This is especially acute...
Enough Arrows to Shoot in the Shade
In sports there are many feats of great endurance. The classic Marathon (26.2 miles). The Ironman Triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile cycle and 26.2 mile run). Any of the mountain stages of the...
GA in the Swinging Sixties
The 1960's for Glasgow Archers opens with the club settling into Cartha Rugby Club at Pollock Park having made the move from the east end - see Glasgow Archers in the 1950's for more...
Getting your Competition on
One of the great features of archery is competition and competitions. This can be against yourself (personal bests), mano a mano (head to heads) or shooting a round at a formal shoot and being...
Topoint Starting 36 Compound bow
Some time ago we wrote a piece on your first compound bow. Now while this smacks of heresy to our "recurve master race" editor .. we do have a duty of care to all...
Revisiting Draw Weights
A while back we touched on draw weights - the weight you feel on the string when you draw the bow to anchor. That article was more about the how best to exercise to...
Etiquette #2
"Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential." - Will Cuppy So here we are again with some more things to do or don't do when you be doing the shootie....
Elite Flex Recurve Riser
Elite isn't normally a company we talk about much (or indeed at all) on this website. They are a pretty high-end compound manufacturer putting it out of our sphere of interest on the grounds...
Etiquette #1
"Better good manners than good looks." Archery is a sport that relies quite heavily on etiquette. There are a lot of us plus a lot of expensive kit crammed behind the waiting line. We...
Archery and Ladders
There's a bit of excitement set to kick off after Wednesday night at the club. John has restarted the club ladder competition, and the usual suspects are all scrabbling for their slots by shooting...
Hotfix: Tabs
Straight out of the box, a tab is a wonderful thing. The leather is smooth. The grub screws are all present and securely in place. The finger strap doesn't look like its been severely...
Goals for the Winter Season
As we move from outdoors to indoors (Wednesday 4th September), we say goodbye to shooting 122cm faces, long distances, AGB's 252 awards and rain .. And hello to 40 and 60cm faces, 18m and...
Oi! Left or Right wing?
Sometimes you'll hear one of our traditional brethren look at another trad archers kit and ask "left or right wing?" Don't panic. The club has not gone all political. Nor will Kier Starmer close...
Brace Height
Brace height is one of those terms you hear thrown around on the equipment line that sounds like archers have lost what little sanity they had left. "I knew it was 1mm out" you'll...
Distracted from Distractions by Focus
In archery, mastering the mental game is as crucial as perfecting your technique or tuning your bow. Part of the mental game is distraction shooting. This can be defined as "the ability to maintain...
