Basic Facts About Archery
Posted by Thomas on January 28, 2012
Before the invention of gunpowder, the skill of shooting an arrow using a bow was in the bygone ages a military weapon and also a hunting method. Now, it is mainly confined as a competitive sport used for target shooting.
A bow is a weapon that shoots arrows using the elasticity of the bow. The bow is made of a strip of flexible material with a cord linking the two ends of the strip to provide tension from which is propelled the arrow which is a straight shaft with a sharp point on one end or have flints and usually with feathers attached to the other end.
The modern day ‘Target Archery’ involves shooting arrows at a target from a pre-set distance. A Recurve bow is the only type of bow allowed to be used. As for archery competitions, they may be held either indoors or outdoors. Either 18 m or 25 m are the indoor distances. Outdoor distances range from 30 m to 90m depending on the seniority and 70 m is being used in the Olympic Games. Divided into ends where an archer shoots either 3 or 6 arrows per end, depending on the type of round is the competition. There are 20 ends of 3 arrows in a round for indoor competition, but outdoor rounds generally involve more arrows per round. The competitors, at the end, walk up to the target to score and retrieve their arrows.
The scores have values from 1 through 10 assigned to them and the targets are painted with 10 evenly spaced concentric rings. Targets are colored as follows
For the outermost 1 ring and 2 ring. The color is white
2. 3 ring and 4 ring. black is the color
5 ring & 6 ring. blue is the color
7 ring & 8 ring red
5. Innermost 9 ring and 10 ring. gold
As for the innermost ring, it is sometimes called the 10X ring or the Bull’s-eye.
Depending upon where it hits on the target is the score for each arrow. Ten is the highest score and it is awarded by shooting an arrow into the two inner most circles. Typically serving as a tiebreaker with most X’s winning is the bull’s-eye ring. Missing the rings on the target results in a zero score and in case of Line breaker where an arrow just touches a boundary line will be awarded the higher score. Tallied at the end of each round or volley of arrows by summing the scores for their arrows which are recorded on a score sheet are the scores.
A set time limit in which to shoot their arrows is what archers have. In an indoor competition, there is 2 minutes for 3 arrows. Prompting the archers that it is time to shoot are signaling devices such as lights and flags.
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