I really enjoy watching these kinds of videos. I mean, I'm a recurve archer myself, but sometimes it's more interesting to watch a game where everyone aren't shooting tens all the time.
It's simply a name of a category or a style of shooting in World archery. It is a wooden bow, with a D profile when stringed, but may be deflex reflex when unstrung. The bows are shot from the shelf. String may not touch a limb on any other place than string nocks, when strung. Only wooden arrows are allowed, fletched with feathers. No sights or marks on the riser are allowed. Mediterranean grip or under grip are allowed, but on the latter, finger must touch the arrow. You are right that technically this are flatbows, but it is called longbow class. Longbows go in primitive bow class, if I remember correctly, but I'm not sure as some regulations changes happened recently.
18 metres, right? I shoot the same bow and wooden arrows(Cheap hunting arrows with field tips) and I was shocked at this level of Olympic Archery and the shooting was so bad. It is nice to see the longbow in competition though.
@@MrFreeGman no, you couldn't. it's easy to say that on a chair, in front of a keyboard...now, try to do it at an event like that, with all the pressure a gold medal match gives you, in front of that crowd.
I know that a longbow is a completely different beast, but Adele Venturi doesn't do her sport a good favourite. Her whole behaviour at the shooting line is completely inacceptable. You do not make faces, you don't swear. Not fun to watch at all, sorry.
Hi Lia S. It has largely to do with the lack of optical and mechanical aids in this style of shooting . There are no clickers or draw stops to ensure a consistent length of arrow is drawn every time, nor are there any fine tunable sights to help line up the shots. The archer has to largely rely on trained instinct instead. Holding too long without a draw check will result in arrow creep and the tendency to flinch (target panic is more easily developed in this style). To compensate the archer has to develop a rapid shot cycle. Most primitive hunters shot very fast (although the bows they used, not being made with modern laminates of fibreglass or carbon, could break if held at the draw for too long). In addition heavy hunting bows and the war bows of old could just not be physically held at fully draw for any length of time. All those medieval war films showing mass ranks of archers drawing and holding the draw until being ordered to shoot are just nonsense. In actual fact holding onto the draw for any length of time is a very modern thing facilitated by gadgets, modern materials (making the bows more efficient for less draw weight) and in the case of compounds, weight let off.
This would be way more fun to watch if they actually showed the arrow in flight. Imagine if baseball just showed the pitcher on the mound and you never saw the ball in the air
They're shooting 20 yards and the arrow leaves the bow so quickly it would just be an on-screen blur for a split second. Filming the archers up close gives a far better look at their technique which is what determines the impact point of the arrow. A better analogy for what you're proposing would be if only the batter and the catcher were in picture, with no clue as to how the ball ended up with them.
I think these archers could've done better. Yes, it's longbow, has no aids with these bows but accuracy can be much finer than what these archers have. I think they should work more on their form and tune their arrows to the bow.
Im confused about the rules, the shorter lady is shooting split finger and almost no hold time, and the other woman is STRING WALKING lol.........string walking if you don't know is basically using a sight to aim, the short lady with split finger is clearly just guessing lol.....this makes no sense. its like a pit bull fighting a puppy.
She is not string walking. She is shooting three fingers under, which is perfectly legal in the longbow division as long as the index finger is no further from the nock of the arrow than 2 mm (1/12" or something like that). It does give a smaller gap between the tip of the arrow and the target, but at 20 yards you're still a fair bit away from being able to aim point-on. I suppose you could theoretically get there with a really weak bow and a really long and heavy arrow, but that would introduce a bunch of other disadvantages.
They shoot quite bad at 18 meters.... venturi was clearly not in control of her emotions, both look a bit nervous, really quick drawing. Cant believe one can reach a final with such bad shooting. 18(!!) Meters...
where do I sign up for this...…. now just to make it clear, I am not Robin Hood by any means...………..but honestly don't believe that it would take much more than a beginner to win here at 20 yards you should stack arrows...no reason they are not all touching......these people are all over the place
Your local archery range and tournament is a good start. Your state will also have indoor state championship and find a regional national indoor championship near you.
@@timsterrett2417 I've been shooting longbow for over 50 years. At 18 meter,(less than 60 feet) they should at least stay inside the blue or better. I can.
pARO EL VIDEO Y NO SIGO VIENDOLO, ADEMAS DE PUNTUAR NEGATIVO. ME PARECE ABSOLUTAMENTE DE MALOS ARQUEROS, USAR ESTIPO APACHE CON UN LONGBOW. EL AUTENTICO TIRO INSTINTIVO ES EL ESTILO MEDITERRANEO Y EL LONGBOW PIDE TIRO INSTINTIVO. LOS QUE USAN APACHE SON MALOS ARQUEROS, BUSCA PODIOS QUE NUNCA HAN GANADO NADA.
It is really really good to see that WA is giving more attention to the traditional archery! Nice to watch!
I really enjoy watching these kinds of videos. I mean, I'm a recurve archer myself, but sometimes it's more interesting to watch a game where everyone aren't shooting tens all the time.
Both ladies are amazing very good shooting!
18m range and 40sm target. Correct?
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I'm confused, longbows are shot off the hand, these are American flat bows ?
It's simply a name of a category or a style of shooting in World archery. It is a wooden bow, with a D profile when stringed, but may be deflex reflex when unstrung. The bows are shot from the shelf. String may not touch a limb on any other place than string nocks, when strung. Only wooden arrows are allowed, fletched with feathers. No sights or marks on the riser are allowed. Mediterranean grip or under grip are allowed, but on the latter, finger must touch the arrow.
You are right that technically this are flatbows, but it is called longbow class. Longbows go in primitive bow class, if I remember correctly, but I'm not sure as some regulations changes happened recently.
@grants245906 self bows are from one single piece of wood.
anyone know what bows they are using?
Flatbows, not longbows!!
Someone got me a t-shirt with "aim, shoot, swear, repeat" on it.... I thought this was a bit silly until I saw Adele Venturi shoot.
18 metres, right? I shoot the same bow and wooden arrows(Cheap hunting arrows with field tips) and I was shocked at this level of Olympic Archery and the shooting was so bad. It is nice to see the longbow in competition though.
Yeah this is kind of sad. I've been shooting traditional for 4 months and I could have beat both of them.
@@MrFreeGman no, you couldn't. it's easy to say that on a chair, in front of a keyboard...now, try to do it at an event like that, with all the pressure a gold medal match gives you, in front of that crowd.
Hard to believe this was a gold medal match. I would’ve expected a lot better scores.
Competitive longbow shooters are extremely uncommon, especially among females.
A slight movement can turn your yellow into black from that distance.
8:16 why is she nervous when she sees herself on display? it suits her :)
Where is Robin Hood when you need him - these guys couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
I know that a longbow is a completely different beast, but Adele Venturi doesn't do her sport a good favourite. Her whole behaviour at the shooting line is completely inacceptable. You do not make faces, you don't swear. Not fun to watch at all, sorry.
A comment was made that the longbow doesn't have a rest... Not an elevated rest, the longbow is shot off the shelf.
Not always I have both a longbow with a shelf and ones without. Personally I prefer to shoot historical off the hand.
@@SirRichardBear Yes, I know. I was responding to the Video's Comment.
Well at least there is room for improvement ! 😂
Why are they (mostly the blond woman) shooting so fast? They even do not take time to aim really...
Hi Lia S. It has largely to do with the lack of optical and mechanical aids in this style of shooting . There are no clickers or draw stops to ensure a consistent length of arrow is drawn every time, nor are there any fine tunable sights to help line up the shots. The archer has to largely rely on trained instinct instead. Holding too long without a draw check will result in arrow creep and the tendency to flinch (target panic is more easily developed in this style). To compensate the archer has to develop a rapid shot cycle.
Most primitive hunters shot very fast (although the bows they used, not being made with modern laminates of fibreglass or carbon, could break if held at the draw for too long). In addition heavy hunting bows and the war bows of old could just not be physically held at fully draw for any length of time. All those medieval war films showing mass ranks of archers drawing and holding the draw until being ordered to shoot are just nonsense.
In actual fact holding onto the draw for any length of time is a very modern thing facilitated by gadgets, modern materials (making the bows more efficient for less draw weight) and in the case of compounds, weight let off.
@@howardhawksley1355
Ahhh I unserstand! Thank you very much. I'm a recurve archer an have no clue about barebow/longbow etc :)
@@giulias.412 please try a traditional bow, it will knock your socks off ! Just the joy of a thud is like an X 10 hit.
@@antonylawrence7266
Ok I will try, I will ask someone to borrow me a traditional bow :)
@@howardhawksley1355good job explaining the process
This would be way more fun to watch if they actually showed the arrow in flight. Imagine if baseball just showed the pitcher on the mound and you never saw the ball in the air
They're shooting 20 yards and the arrow leaves the bow so quickly it would just be an on-screen blur for a split second. Filming the archers up close gives a far better look at their technique which is what determines the impact point of the arrow. A better analogy for what you're proposing would be if only the batter and the catcher were in picture, with no clue as to how the ball ended up with them.
you wouldn't have to look at the targets to see that miss Venturi will miss almost every shot...
I think these archers could've done better. Yes, it's longbow, has no aids with these bows but accuracy can be much finer than what these archers have. I think they should work more on their form and tune their arrows to the bow.
Im confused about the rules, the shorter lady is shooting split finger and almost no hold time, and the other woman is STRING WALKING lol.........string walking if you don't know is basically using a sight to aim, the short lady with split finger is clearly just guessing lol.....this makes no sense. its like a pit bull fighting a puppy.
She is not string walking. She is shooting three fingers under, which is perfectly legal in the longbow division as long as the index finger is no further from the nock of the arrow than 2 mm (1/12" or something like that). It does give a smaller gap between the tip of the arrow and the target, but at 20 yards you're still a fair bit away from being able to aim point-on. I suppose you could theoretically get there with a really weak bow and a really long and heavy arrow, but that would introduce a bunch of other disadvantages.
This is real archery! All that compound nonsense is to easy
La Sra..Bassi camina un dedo la cuerda..en un longbow no es válido debe de estar el.indice mas serca del culatin
Господи, какой ужас. И это за золото на таком уровне.
its fun. 10.10.10 not fun.
They shoot quite bad at 18 meters.... venturi was clearly not in control of her emotions, both look a bit nervous, really quick drawing. Cant believe one can reach a final with such bad shooting. 18(!!) Meters...
where do I sign up for this...….
now just to make it clear, I am not Robin Hood by any means...………..but honestly don't believe that it would take much more than a beginner to win here
at 20 yards you should stack arrows...no reason they are not all touching......these people are all over the place
Try it its not as easy as you think ,if it were everyone in archery would be a world class archer.
Your local archery range and tournament is a good start. Your state will also have indoor state championship and find a regional national indoor championship near you.
Ahhhhh, the spoutings of the armchair athlete always make me laugh. Thanks for giving me a good, hearty guffaw!!! Fucking idiot.
@@timsterrett2417 I've been shooting longbow for over 50 years. At 18 meter,(less than 60 feet) they should at least stay inside the blue or better. I can.
@@godzillaburger9690 Childish remark from an armchair smartass.
pARO EL VIDEO Y NO SIGO VIENDOLO, ADEMAS DE PUNTUAR NEGATIVO.
ME PARECE ABSOLUTAMENTE DE MALOS ARQUEROS, USAR ESTIPO APACHE CON UN LONGBOW.
EL AUTENTICO TIRO INSTINTIVO ES EL ESTILO MEDITERRANEO Y EL LONGBOW PIDE TIRO INSTINTIVO.
LOS QUE USAN APACHE SON MALOS ARQUEROS, BUSCA PODIOS QUE NUNCA HAN GANADO NADA.
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An insult to longbow shooters, Bassi was String walking, it should all be Splitfinger style shooting only....
I've shot competition long bow for decades three under is just as or.more.common that spit. I shoot three under with a tap myself.
No she did not. Her index finger touches the nock all the times, and that is absolutely following the rules. Of course you know the rules, do you?
Glad they don't hunt.