Archery Club - Established 1948
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,...
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...
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...
A significant amount of time is spend by archers fletching and refletching arrows. Its like painting the Forth Rail Bridge or pushing a boulder up a mountain for eternity .. except more frustrating at...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This weekend we are hosting an American competition in celebration of the 4th of July. However, we can guess that many new archers will be a little lost, having no experience about what happens...
Barebow is not just recurve without the extra bits. Its a very different discipline to its more peripheral-ised cousin and as such can cause absolute havoc to anyone picking up barebow straight after their...
I suggested to George (. . . Davidson, I don’t know how many George's there are in your club*, England put quite a number on their throne) that it is easier to me to...
Some of you may have noticed that the sun has been popping into view occasionally. (editors note: its the big fiery ball in the sky). And if the sun’s out … so are the...
Coach Ruis is back with us this week addressing confidence ... as if any of us had any of that! ;o) When I watch sporting events on the telly (fine use of UK slang),...
On Friday 24th January 2025, Storm Éowyn hit the UK. The Met Office said it was the strongest storm to hit the UK in a decade with thousands of homes in Britain and Ireland...
