Master the bow with precision and accuracy! Archery: Steps to Success, Fifth Edition, offers progressive, step-by-step instructions to help you learn the styles, techniques, and equipment needed to shoot accurately, consistently, and safely. This updated edition offers full-color photos and graphics alongside complete coverage of all aspects of archery:
⦁ Selecting, fitting, tuning, and upgrading equipment
⦁ Assessing, refining, and perfecting shooting form
⦁ Compensating for common weather conditions such as rain and wind
⦁ Preparing, practicing, and planning for competition
⦁ Expanded information: Judging distance and shooting on uneven terrain
⦁ New section: Bowfishing
For archers using recurve or compound bows, you can practice the 92 exercises for each phase of the shot—stance, draw, aim, release, and follow-through—to develop consistent technique. Then, use the popular Steps to Success scoring system to track your progress. The Score Your Success exercises throughout the chapter and the Success Summary at the end of each chapter let you know whether you are ready to move ahead to the next step. New sidebars for each step show how scientific research informs shooting technique and equipment.
Whether you are an archery novice, an experienced competitor, a bowhunter, or an outdoor enthusiast, this manual will help you hit your mark. As part of the popular Steps to Success sports series—with more than two million copies sold—Archery: Steps to Success hits the bull’s-eye when it comes to comprehensive archery instruction.
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
Trusted by 375,005 students
Access to over 1 million titles for a fair monthly price.
Study more efficiently using our study tools.
Information
Edition
5Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Climbing the Steps to Archery Success
- The Sport of Archery
- Acknowledgments
- Step 1. Fitting Equipment
- Step 2. Shooting Safely
- Step 3. Shooting With Good Form
- Step 4. Refining Technique
- Step 5. Aiming and Sighting
- Step 6. Anchoring and Releasing
- Step 7. Analyzing Performance
- Step 8. Upgrading, Tuning, and Maintaining Equipment
- Step 9. Sharpening Mental Skills
- Step 10. Competing in Target Archery
- Step 11. Bowhunting
- Glossary
- References
- About the Authors