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Arche ryFocus Volume 13, Number 6, 2009 $8.00 Archery Focus Back Issues Back Issues of the Print Edition of Archery Focus magazine are U S$. each, which includes shipping and handling in the U.S. Call for international shipping prices. Call ... or fax ... or write us at N. Broadway , #, Chicago, IL . There is a complete and searchable index of all issues at www.archeryfocus.com. There are limited numbers of issues Volume , No. , , Volume , No . , , , , , available from AFm’s first five years. Volume , No . , , , Volume , No . , , , , , Volume , No . , , , Volume , No . ,,,,, Volume , No . ,,,, Volume , No . ,,,, Volume , No . ,,,,, Volume , No . ,, Volume , No . ,,,,, editorial What a Year! Wow, it has been quite a year. In teach beginners our sport. There was (If you are just noticing we have a just our second year living and work - very little in the way of curriculum “soft spot” for new and beginning ing in Chicago, we got very involved (what to teach, when, and how) help archers, you haven’t been paying in archery program development, and so we have created such a system. attention!) then we got tapped to do a small part Since it covers archers from never We also have the rest of Brian to help with the Chicago 2016 having shot an arrow to competing at Luke’s introduction to traditional Olympic bid. My new book, Coach - the national level, there is a lot of bows, an article about the wildest ing Archery came out and I have two ground to cover. I had been critical in iPhone app you are likely to ever see, other books that should be published the past of the fact that no one had another installment in out series on shortly. One is called A Parent’s undertaken the task to create such a creating a college archery program, a Guide to Archery (excerpted last curriculum, but when I wrote out a major compound bow review from issue) and the other is Archery: list of all of the characteristics needed Tom Dorigatti, and Lorretta Sinclair Learning to Win . Look for them in such a program, I understood—the is back with another Adventure. I also sometime this coming Spring. task was daunting. had to get something off of my chest Another book we are excited Since there is not enough room about the state of competitive cate - about is we are republishing Kirk here to tell you about the project I gories for young archers, some of Etheridge’s book Professional wrote an article on it. If you are inter - which, I guess, also applies to older Archery Technique . This is way too ested, check out “The Teaching of archers. good of a book to be out of print. This Archery” in this issue. Both Claudia and I hope you also should be coming out this enjoy this issue and your holidays! Spring. Since this is the holiday issue we To support our program develop - thought to have some recommenda - ment efforts we will also be publish - tions as to gift ideas for archers, but ing a complete recreational archery some of the articles are substantial curriculum. This is somethng, we feel, (very!) so we only had room for a that has been lacking as a support to review of some new DVDs that all of the archery instructors trying to should be beneficial to new archers. Everything You Need to Know to Become a Better Archer! Written by your favorite Archery Focus authors—Rick McKinney, Don Rabska, Larry Wise, Ty Pelfrey, Dr. Lisa Franseen, Annette Musta, and others— Precision Archery covers every aspect of target archery. You’ll find instruction on how to compete, how to perfect your form, and up- to-the minute advice on • bow purchase, initial setup, and tuning • fitness training to get and keep a competitive edge • mental preparation and learning how to win old! • how to adjust for wind, rain, and other adverse conditions 00 s • the fine art of barebow 12,0 • how to work with a coach ver • putting your shot together and taking it apart O • how to check out new equipment and work it into your shot Nothing is left out, even the spirit of archery is addressed! If you are looking to take your game to the next level, this is the book for you! pages • ISBN --- • US $ . archery focus www.archeryfocus.com contents NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2009 VOLUME 13 / NUMBER 6 page 6 A Problem with Teaching Archery by Steve Ruis This is the problem facing all archery instructors and coaches who teach groups of beginners: what do I teach, when, and how? page 11 06 Bow Tuning, Whew . Who Knew? by Lorretta Sinclair Everyone’s favorite archery parent reminds us what is was like when we were trying to learn about bow tuning. page 14 The 2009 Merlin Excalibur by Tom Dorigatti There is much to like in this new bow from Merlin Archery, especially their explanations of why they did what they did. 14 page 26 Competitive Age Categories in Youth Archery by Steve Ruis Who came up with these? Why? Are they at all useful or have they outgrown their usefulness? Can’t we do better than what we have? page 32 An Archery iPhone App? by Jonathan Miller You can turn your iPhone into a . what? 32 2 Archery Focus archery focus www.archeryfocus.com toc, con’t page 34 DVD Review: Beginning Archery / Advanced Archery by Editors Finally, some good instructional DVDs for younger archers! page 36 Getting a Shooting Space by Jonathan Miller This series by Purdue Archery Club President Jonathan Miller 34 (Creating a College Archery Club) is at the point where you have acquire a place to shoot in. This is really hard, but it will be much harder without some good advice, which is what this article is for. page 38 So, You Want to Try Traditional?, Pt. 2 by Brian J. Luke Our traditional guru introduces you to all of the various “flavors” of traditional archery and provides you with bow buying guides for the leap. 38 Cover photo is of a copper copy of the original Diana by Augustus Saint- Gaudens (1892) in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and which is installed on the new Madison Square Garden Tower. The original was rescued from the second Madison Square Garden. also in this issue 01 Editorial 34 Contributors Archery Focus 3 Contributors Jonathan Miller lives in Naperville, IL Lorretta Sinclair is the mother of Dakota, Tom Dorigatti has been shooting archery since when he is off-campus. He is a senior majoring Clarke, and Barrett Sinclair, a Level 3 Coach, he was years old. He has been bowhunting and in business and has been shooting a recurve President of the Clarke Sinclair Memorial in competitive archery for years. During his bow, Olympic-style, for about 15 years. He Archery Scholarship (www.clarkesinclair. org) . archery career, Tom has shot arrows in no fewer recently won his own invitational tournament than of the contiguous United States plus Alas - and says “I like playing guitar, listening to ka, Hawaii, the Azores, and Guam. He has won music, cleaning pennies, sharpening crayons, numerous local and state tournament titles and memorizing the dictionary, and reformatting has placed as high as second overall in three dif - my hard drive, but only after oatmeal baths. ferent sections of the NFAA. Tom prefers to shoot Shiny objects and cookies -to be honest, any - in the Unlimited Division, but has recently been thing that is fun for a five-year old works for learning to shoot a recurve bow FITA style. He is me.” Asked why he loves archery, he responds: also the mastermind behind the archery puzzles “I don’t; it loves me.” currently adorning these pages. Brian Luke is a husband and a father of three young adults. He has played with the bow and arrow nearly all his life. Brian has developed a deep respect and admiration for the accomplish - ments of the early target archers of the NAA and Brian’s quest has been to experience all that he has read about: from the making of his own wooden bows, arrows, and linen strings to competing in the traditional rounds of the NAA. Brian has Steve Ruis is an avid archer and coach and won six out of the seven Indoor Nationals and Editor of This Magazine. five out of the eight Outdoor Nationals he has attended, all shooting in the Traditional Long - bow division of USA Archery. 4 Archery Focus Archer y Focus www.archeryfocus.com Publisher Claudia Stevenson Brian J. Luke Editorial Submissions Editor Steve Ruis Steve Ruis Please submit editorial materials to: Managing Editor Claudia Stevenson Claudia Stevenson Archery Focus magazine, 3712 N. 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