Hot Fix: One Thing Only Vasily
(Because if Sean Connery can demand one ping only, you can demand one change only.) No matter where you start, every archer eventually ends up fiddling with their bow. New bow, old bow, mid‑life...
Category: Advice
Hot Fix: That's Rough
When you shoot a bow, you only touch it in two places: Your hook on the string, and the handle on the riser. We’ve talked about grips before - whole articles, diagrams, the usual...
What Happens After the Beginners Course?
Congratulations - you’ve survived the beginners course. You’ve got your certificate, you know etiquette, you can now chant the safety rules like they were handed down on stone tablets by a very tired Moses....
Gossip behind the Tent Line: The Cost of Missing
A few weeks ago we had an article on the big indoor competition - Las Vegas 2026. We noted the fact that last year there was, over the weekend, $30,000 dollars of damage done...
72" Bows: Because some Archers are built different
The modern recurve bow is a miracle of configuration options. You can bolt so many accessories onto a riser that it starts to resemble a cyberpunk coat rack. Sights, buttons, rests, stabilisers, dampers, clickers,...
All a Bit Mental?
Apparently today, Monday 30 March, is World Bipolar Day. I’m not someone who usually bothers with the plethora of ‘Days’ that there are for this or that, but as I’m an archer and someone...
Dealing with Adversity
Adversity is never very far from your archery especially in competition. In practice you have time to fix things but in competition ... not so much. You've prepped for a shoot. You've got your...
Show Me? Show You!
There are veritable oceans of bushwah (Noun, North American informal: rubbish or nonsense) floating around in archery, especially in equipment. Advice is bandied about without consideration of who it applies to. Ask an elite...
The Great Arrow Tuning Mystery: A Tale of Wobble and Woe
So there you are. You've just bought yourself a shiny new set of arrows. The shop assistant assured you they were "perfectly matched to your setup" and you nodded sagely as if you understood...
The Hottest Archer in Scotland
We are well into the winter/indoor season for 2025/26 .. happily shooting indoors in the warm and dry and on ground that is in no way a swamp. However, there will be chances to...
Practicing with Purpose - Part 2
How to Practice Using The List (… with Purpose) .. Note—Please read Practicing with Purpose - Part 1 first otherwise this will be confusing. Steve So, you have sat down and made a list...
Wrist in Peace
How you grip your bow is one of the great evolutions of your archery. As a noob you are grabbing that thing like its an annoyed cobra and if you let go of its...
Practicing With Purpose - Part 1
On a recent post on my coaching blog I addressed the question “Does Visualization Work?” In answering that question I began with: “The broader question is ‘How do we know anything works?’ The generic...
The Role of Emotion in Your Shot Sequence
Coach Ruis's article today looks at emotion in your shot. Yes, we are mostly steely eyed archer folks but lurking behind the icy exterior we are seething emotional basket cases. Over to you Sensei.....
A year in at Glasgow Archers
A Noob's Tale: Twas winter season 2024 when Finlay first darkened our door with his newfangled compounding ways and a beard you could hide a badger in. A year on, how has he found...
The Obstacle is the Path
To get better in archery you need motivation. To get you on the line, shooting the arrows, putting in the practice. We have written about methods of motivation before but here is a slightly...
Habits Have Contexts
Second of Coach Ruis' articles on Habits and Emotions ... as well as great American cuisine! ;o) My last post was about emotions and how they “fit” with habits. Habits also have contexts. An...
Rules and Etiquette for a Reason
This last week has not been a good one for Glasgow Archers because our usual rules and conventions weren't followed. So what went wrong and why were these issues significant .. lets take a...
Footloose and Injury Free
Sometimes an event comes along that delivers a teachable moment and we have one for you today. So, lets set up the background .. the Rules of Shooting states the following: 307(b) Dress Regulations...
Habits and Emotions Whilst Shooting
With our editor out of action currently, Coach Ruis is back with us looking at emotion and its place in archery. Take it away coach ... You’ve been told over and over, that you...
