AF Jan-Feb '10.Qxp

AF Jan-Feb '10.Qxp

Arche ryFocus Volume 14, Number 1, 2010 $8.00 Archery Focus Back Issues Back Issues of the Print Edition of Archery Focus magazine are U S$. 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 How Did I Get Here? I sometimes find myself wonder - and he is from an archery family so I uses that word, but what he is refer - ing how I got to this point. Claudia think you are going to get some ring to are serious Olympic-style and I took over AFm starting with multi-generational wisdom out of archers who are just not yet at the elite the July 1999 issue, so we have been him. He is Tim Goodwin, currently level. So, within a year we get block - doing this for a decage and we are operating from Luxembourg (his buster books from two Olympic-style now in Year 14! It seems only a little address is on Rue Grand-duc archery giants, Coaches Lee and Kim while ago I was sweating bullets try - Adolphe street) but really operating and I have heard from Vittorio ing to get that first issue out (with on the Internet. Tim is taking a brand Frangilli that he is working on “The unfamiliar software on an unfamiliar new look at fitness for archery and he Heretic Archer II.” It is a good time computer). is finding much of which we thought to be a student or coach in Olympic- Granted, I still sweat bullets get - we knew about archery fitness may style archery. ting out an issue, but having done two need reexamining. We hope he will be Now if we could just get the top to bottom redesigns and a couple writing for us (you!) for a long time. compound side to commit as much to of books since, it is a lot easier. In addition we have another paper. I would be in archery heaven. This wouldn’t happen if it weren’t blockbuster book review (we are a lit - for the authors you read in these pages tle late this month to make sure this Both Claudia and I wish you all a thinking “I could write something review got into this issue) of a very Happy and Successful 2010! good enough for AFm.” Some of important book, one I could have your favorite authors had trepedations asked Santa for but didn’t have the when they were first starting but now sense. Coach Kim Hyung Tak has it is a lot easier. I think you would find written what I think of as a gold mine writing for us the same. Once you get for archers and coaches. How many a few articles written they become successful Olympic coaches not only easier to write. And I will help as write for “beginners” on how to learn much as I can. Olympic-style archery but also on how to teach it. I put “beginners” in We have another new author for you quotation marks because Coach Kim 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 JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2010 VOLUME 14 / NUMBER 1 page 6 Archery (by Kim H. T.), A Book Review by Editors Another blockbuster book on Olympic-style archery. As always you will be able to figure out whether you need this book after reading our review. 06 page 12 Things I Learned as an Archery Mom by Lorretta Sinclair Mother Nature may know best but about archery, I’d rather trust the author. page 14 Student Selects Coach/ 22 Coach Selects Student by Tom Dorigatti There is much written about how a student needs to select a coach, but little on how coaches need to select students . until now. page 20 Stand Up! by Tim Goodwin We assume the ability to stand up, but should we . especially when working out? 20 2 Archery Focus archery focus www.archeryfocus.com toc, con’t page 22 Teaching Aiming and Sighting by Steve Ruis Is there a best way to teach aiming and sighting to beginners? maybe not. but the author wishes to suggest a better way. page 26 Marketing Your Club by Jonathan Miller This is part 4 of a series by Purdue Archery Club President Jonathan Miller (Creating a College Archery Club). If you want 26 your club to grow and warrent more support from the institution, you have to let people know who you are. here’s how. page 30 When the Clicker Clicks by Steve Ruis Have you ever seen an archer shoot and wonder where he or she got the talent? Have you ever wondered what a talent is? The author explores the relationship betyween talent and practice and provides a reference for further exploration. page 36 Arrow Shaft Tapering 36 by Brian J. Luke The author shows you the ins and outs of tapering wooden arrow shafts and what the benefits are. Cover photo “Quiver” is by Igor Kisselev. 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 Tim Goodwin is a 24 year veteran of the won six out of the seven Indoor Nationals and Steve Ruis is an avid archer and coach and sport at the tender age of 34. He competes reg - five out of the eight Outdoor Nationals he has Editor of This Magazine. ularly on the European Five Nations Field attended, all shooting in the Traditional Long - Series as well as competing for his chosen coun - bow division of USA Archery. try at World standard FITA tournaments. His chosen profession of health and fitness gives him a unique insight in to how our shooting performances are effected by our modern way of living. 4 Archery Focus Archer y Focus www.archeryfocus.com Publisher Claudia Stevenson Tom Dorigatti Editorial Submissions Editor Steve Ruis Tim Goodwin Please submit editorial materials to: Managing Editor Claudia Stevenson Brian J. Luke Archery Focus magazine, 3712 N. Layout Steve Ruis Jonathan Miller Broadway, #285, Chicago, IL 60613 ISSN 1541–7506 Steve Ruis or email us at claudia@archery- focus.com or fax us at 866.811.4211 Writers Archery Focus The views published within this Tom Dorigatti is published bi- monthly by Watching Arrows Fly, publication are those of the contribut - Tim Goodwin ing writers and do not necessarily Brian J. Luke LLC, 3712 N. Broadway, #285, Chicago, IL 60613. represent the opinion of Archery Jonathan Miller Focus magazine. Steve Ruis Lorretta Sinclair Subscriptions One year (6 issues) subscription rate Contributing Photographers is US$32, 3712 N.

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