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Arch eryFoc us v24 n5 September 2020 $12 Tom Dorigatti Two-Wheel Compound Bows with Cable Guards James Park, Ph.D. Arrow Dynamics: Wind Drift William Moltzan A Carter Convertible Update via 3-D Printing Charles Moffat Archery Trick Shooting Randi Smith Self-Talk Crispin Duenas The BOWdometer—A Review Veronica-Mae Soar Helping the Helpers, Pt 8 of a Series Markus Wagner That’s Cool or That’s Not Cool ( Value Systems) A Book that Helps Develop Consistency, Technique, and Ability The Archery Drill Book features 130 of the best drills to help refine recurve bow, longbow, and compound bow technique; improve the timing and execution of your shot; build strength; stamina, consistency, and balance; and keep you mentally focused on your training. Each drill provides step-by-step instructions so you know exactly how to perform the drill. The coaching tips and variations enable you to modify the drills to your skill level. Authors Mike Gerard and Steve Ruis provide these drills from their long experience as competitors, coaches, and authors of archery content. The book also includes favorite drills from the likes of Lanny Bassham, Randi Smith, Ed Eliason, Larry Wise, and others. Serious archers and coaches who have been looking for a source of drills to up their game need look no further. On sale ... now! 200 pages · ISBN 9781492588344 · US $26.95 Available from US.Humankinetics.com and everywhere books are sold! The First Book Targeting College Archery Coaches Bob Ryder on Coaching Collegiate Archery is for, of course, collegiate archery coaches, but also all other archery coaches of all stripes. It is especially for coaches who teach teams or groups of archers but sup - plies tools to help individuals, too. In this book you will find that Coach Ryder has shared decades of wis - dom he has picked up and created as a collegiate archer and as a very successful collegiate archery coach. If you coach a college archery team, you need a copy today! 268 pages · ISBN 978-0-578-58651-9 · US $24.95 Available from Amazon.com and Other Online Sources! Now Available! James Park’s Masterpiece Mastering Archery steps through each of the key aspects of creating accuracy, covering both the archer’s technique and equipment. Both compound and recurve bows are covered. As a professional engineer, James Park builds on sound theory, testing, and scientific method in cre - ating a reliable and well-structured approach to an archer achieving high levels. This book has been written to assist archers and coaches in better understanding and enjoying their sport. James Park started archery in 1960, and has been successful both as an archer (with both recurve and compound bows), and as a coach (having assisted many members of Australian Teams over the past 30 years). He was Australian Compound Champion in 1999, Oceania Regional Champion in 1996, and World Indoor Masters Champion and World Record holder in 2002. He has competed in three World Field Archery Championships. Back In Print! In a New Edition! Available from Amazon.com and Other Online Sources! editorial Not Your Normal Year The cover kind of tells all. I am dynamics, this time the topic is since he seems to write really well, a sucker for photos of kids enjoy - wind drift and, well, it isn’t what we are hoping he will continue to ing archery. And this one oozes fall you think it is. contribute to AF in the future. colors, so how could I not want it William Moltzan, our resident Crispin is one of Canada’s top on the cover? But this is not a nor - do-it-yourselfer, has a new tool: a archers, having represented mal year by any stretch of the 3-D printer. Apparently these have Canada in the last three Olympic imagination. We are, however, try - gotten way cheaper than when I Games. ing to get back to normal for first looked that them, and his first Oh, and the AER people are Archery Focus magazine. project to share is how to turn a on holiday. Did I mention that the boy on Carter Convertible release aid into the cover seems to be shooting a a SuperConvertible release aid, An Important Announcement! Hoyt K Bow? I believe the K in being able to be shot every which The first book Claudia and I pro - the name came from it being made way this side of using your teeth. duced was Precision Archery in Korea. U.S. manufacturers made Randi Smith, Para Coach which Human Kinetics published no bones about abandoning the extraordinaire, has an article on in 2004. We got all of the hottest youth bow market (too little mar - using self-talk with para archers. AF authors to contribute chapters gin in the products) and today a And Markus Wagner, our mental (Rick McKinney, Larry Wise, Ty great many youth bows are being skills coach in Germany, proffers Pelfry, Annette Musta and Lisa made in Korea and China. I am up a lesson on learning how your Franseen . and more) and we glad to see that U.S. manufacturers automatic value systems can help filled in around them. Human are taking some interest in youth or hurt your shooting. Veronica Kinetics is no longer selling that compound bows as those offerings Mae Soar of England continues book and I have noticed mint have expanded quite a bit recently. her series in helping those of you copies being offered on eBay for This issue has a little some - drafted in helping instruct begin - US $75 up to US $150. As much thing for everyone. Our traditional ners at your club, who have had no as I would like to think that book archery coach friend from Canada, formal coach training. Our hope is is worth that much, it is not. We Charles Moffat, shares a bevy of that if you do a little instructing have the copyright back from HK trick shots and advice on how to and find that you like it and are and are publishing a second edi - pull them off. We may need to be good at it, you will get certified as tion, a somewhat expanded edi - doing such demonstrations a lot in a coach. tion, but mostly the same as the near future as I cannot imagine And a new training tool has before. The price will be afford - that we will not take a hit in the come to our attention, the able, so if you want it, don’t spend number of participants from this BOWdometer, a tool that actually the big bucks just yet. The book pandemic (out of sight, out of measures the consistency of your should be out within the week. mind). Trick shot exhibitions are a shots, thus giving you feedback on wonderful way to entice young - the thing most of us say we need sters to “give it a go.” more of. We welcome Crispin James Park is back continuing Duenas to our stable of authors his series on the physics of arrow .He has written this review and, Archery Focus 1 archery focus www.archeryfocus.com contents SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2020 VOLUME 24 / NUMBER 5 page 6 Two-Wheel Compound Bows with Cable Guards by Tom Dorigatti Tom Dorigatti is back working through his personal history of compound bows. This time he is lookng at two-wheelers ... as they grew cable guards! page 15 Arrow Dynamic Behaviour in Free 06 Flight: Wind Drift by James Park, Ph.D. How does an engineer look at arrow flight? This installment covers what affects the wind drift of your arrows. Things are seldom what they seem. page 18 A Carter Convertible Update via 3-D Printer by William Moltzan The author, in struggling with target panic, has tried about every style release aid available, but that was getting way too expensive. So, he 18 took a very flexible release aid and made it even more amazing with a few bits you can create on a 3-D printer . instructions included! page 25 Archery trick Shooting by Charles Moffat Ever enjoy the trick shots of someone like Byron Ferguson? Ever want to give it a try yourself? Here’s how. 25 2 Archery Focus archery focus www.archeryfocus.com toc, con’t page 31 Self-Talk by Randi Smith We’ve gotten the author to provide you the best advice on adapting dis - abled archer’s equipment, so we thought we’d ask her how to adapt their minds, too! page 35 The BOWdometer: A Review by Crispin Duenas Ask any hard working archer what they are working on and they will 38 mention, at some point, becoming more consistent. The key to becoming more consistent is getting good feedback. All we have had up until now was the feeling of looking at a scorecard and thinking “Well, this week wasn’t it.” Now there is actual help. Check out this new tool. page 38 Helping the Helpers, Pt 8 of a Series by Veronica-Mae Soar The focus is still upon club members pressed into helping get some beginners started. In this installment Coach Soar continues getting your student started shooting . correctly. page 43 43 That’s Cool or That’s Not Cool by Markus Wagner Cover Photo is by We all have value systems that we have learned to the bone. Our reaction noblige to whether or not we like something seems instantaneous, they work so well and quickly. But is this good for your archery? The author argues that a more neutral approach to what you like and dislike can help your archery.