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(804)929-2800 Jesus Christ is our Unlimited Resource! Contents Departments 10 ArcheryFitness Annette M. Musta Taking Care of Your Rotator Cuff and Shoulder 34 MentalSkills Lisa Franseen, Ph.D. Coaching With Kindness 42 Traditional Archery Dan Quillian Wooden Arrows – Spine and Stiffness 6 Equipment Review Vittorio Frangilli To Tell Limbs from Limbs 36 Equipment Review Mark Lonsdale Traveling With Your Bow—Cases 4 The Elite Archer Rick McKinney Do You Want to Be an Olympic Archer? F eatures V olume 5, Number 2 18 Special Feature Andrew Ruis Horse Archery! 28 Special Feature Jessica Carleton The Benefits of a Resident Athlete Program 30 Special Feature Alan Rudolph Common Problems of New & Young Shooters 40 Recurve Tech 200 Murry Elliot Archer’s Reference Guide—Recurve 14 Recurve Tech 300 Ty Pelfrey Arco Nudo NAA News 22 Paralympics 2000 24 Ski Archery and Indoor Teams Selected The Official Magazine of the National Archery Association archery focus 1 ArcheryFocus magazine techniques • traditional • bowhunting • 3D • field • instinctive • beginners • advanced • intermediate • recurve • compound • FITA • bows • arrows • quivers • tabs • releases • stabilizers • target sights • scopes • apertures • wind • rain • uphill • downhill • mental skills • practice routines • recurve equipment reviews • compound equipment reviews • travel • diet • exercise and fitness • product news • world championships • Olympics • NAA • shooter’s schools • brace height • feathers • vanes • arrow building • string making • buying bows • setting up bows • bow tuning • more bow tuning • clickers • shooting indoors • shooting at home • shooting outdoors • camouflage • letoff • cams • wheels • breathing • anatomy • back tension • shot dynamics • servings • nocking points • nocks • target mats • binoculars • spotting scopes • bow limbs • string materials • arrow rests • hunting sights • coaching • coach- ing children • anchor points • finger positions • draw weight • draw length • fletching • stance • sight leveling • sports psychology • visualization • competition • preparation • range estimation • paper tuning • cable guards • slumps • focussing • concentration • timing • routine • stress • nerves • target panic • tiller • fistmeles • draw-force curves • broadheads • form • tips • grips • shafts • computers • blank bales • . 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Musta to Quit Your Day Job Ty Pelfrey Dan Quillian Alan Rudolph ver get the feeling that when it comes to archery, too much is not Andrew Ruis Eenough? Contributing Photographers Bill Kellick Well, we’re not going to be any help here. Mark Lonsdale Rick McKinney Even if you decide you can’t take up horse archery (no horse), or don’t need Clay Pelfrey to live at the Olympic Training Center to get ready for the games (see page Ty Pelfrey 28), you just may get hooked on Arco Nudo (see page 14). Jeno Racz Rick Stonebraker Claudia Stevenson Whatever your chosen style, we’ll get you there with all your equipment in one piece (see page 36), make sure you don’t hurt yourself (see page 10), and Founding Publishers turn you on to the best online resources to keep you informed (see page 40). Yoshi Komatsu Rick McKinney But that’s still not enough. There’s so much fun to be had in sharing this Denise Parker sport with others. 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We are part of this Editorial Submissions ancient lineage of archers who, like us, Please submit editorial materials to: just couldn’t get enough of archery. Archery Focus magazine PMB 395, 664-A Freeman Lane Grass Valley, CA 95949-9630 Fax 530.477.8384 The views published within this publica- tion are those of the contributing writers and do not necessarily represent the opin- ion of Archery Focus magazine. Pre-Press and Printing by Georges and Shapiro, Sacramento, California, USA. Cover Art by Janos Muller archery focus 3 Rick McKinney Do You Want To Be An An Olympic Archer? What does it really take to become an Olympic Olympian. It is seriously doubtful that someone archer? Does it take determination? What about can spot a young archer and say that he or she natural ability? Maybe it just takes a lot of finan- will become an Olympian. But then, I have cial support, to travel to all the events and be able heard many times how people picked out this to buy the best equipment available at the time. person or that person and they eventually Maybe it only takes a good coach. How about atti- became an Olympian. There is a 0.0002 percent tude? Time? chance to become an Olympian in the United States (1 in 500,000). So, if you can pick out ll of the above points are important, but it Olympians at early ages, you should quickly go Astill will not get you to the Games. First of and either invest in the stock market or pick out all, most people jump too fast and too far ahead some good lottery numbers! of themselves in preparation for the Games. Much earlier in the process, you need to know if he best way to become an Olympian is to you really love the sport and the competition or Tenjoy your surroundings. I have noticed at least love the idea of competition. This will that Olympians are people who are eager to learn not happen right away. As a matter of fact, most and will listen to any advice. Their brains are like athletes probably could not tell you how they very dry sponges, absorbing any and all knowl- started thinking about going to the Olympics. It edge that anyone wants to impart. It does not became a natural progression once they started mean they use that advice, but they will listen climbing the ladder of success and, probably and then decide on what is good for them and over a few years, from the realization that they use that. If it is no good, they will toss it aside. just might have the capability of going to the Once an archer learns the basics of form and Games. grasps an understanding of the equipment, they So, let’s start from the beginning. First and usually will start setting small goals. These goals foremost, you need to find out if you really like may be winning a club championship or, if they this sport.