As a beginnwr archer at 81years[bucket goal], and having viewed many "how" techniques from many "RUclips" experienced archers, this has got to be the MOST structured and comprehensive beginner tutorial presentation so far!! Give it a view, endorse it if you agree and encourage the beginner archer to review it as many times as is neccesary for continual improvemnt, success and enjoyment of the sport!
You can tell someone is good at a thing when they do it well, you can tell someone is smart at what they do when they can break it down to you perfectly, good job using the camera angle.
I've been shooting field with my 16 year old son for about six months now, and we're guilty of every one of these mistakes. After watching your video, talking to each other about our forms and putting it into practice, the difference is unbelievable. Thank you very much :)
Hello Coach! I want to thank you because thanks to your videos, I learned how to shoot properly Specifically, since I didn't have any real technical knowledge. 🤗
your form looks the most natural from any video ive seen so far!! you explain things very professionally and in an easy way to remember and understand! youve earned a subscriber!
Just picked up a cheap bow, haven't shot since i was a kid in the 90's. Went to YT for a refresher course and found you. Thank you for the instructions and found you had the best video, best view and you are pretty to look at as well! Very pleased with this experience. Thanks again!
The Olympic gold medal winning coach who taught my daughter reckoned the key to shoulder position was reaching towards the target with the bow arm. Mr Lee was Korean and used to say "Jodi muss reach always muss reach" she was a long way from a beginner being the number one for her age in the country, but it still applied. My other thought is get a finger tab on, because there is a risk of nerve damage to the fingertips, especially in young archers. I held Archery Australia level 2 and this was drummed into us on the coaches courses. I have no other issues and your explanations are nice and clear,s o good work. That basic set up with the low shoulder is so important in injury prevention.
As an instructor of many years it still amazes me that everything Tara says 100% true, where ever you go. There's something natural about archery that people do instinctively and yet they also instinctively do some or all of these things incorrectly. Is some of it copying theatrical/movie archery that's done for show, that's my guess. Great video that covers all the gems of teaching a new starter.
Mr.Foster here,on our second date I look my wife to dinner and then to an indoor archery range where she soundly thrashed me.that was 54 years ago.Loved your video and I subscribed.And I learned some great things Thanks.
Loved that archery was your first date with your wife of 54 years! Great story - especially that she beat you :) Thanks for sharing and thanks for subscribing! Hope to bring more quality videos to everyone!
I've been shooting for a few years now. But always nice to see and remind myself of the basics. Thanks Tara for taking the time to make this video. I am sure it will help beginner archers immensely, even intermediate archers to some extent.
What a GREAT video! Not only the subject matter, but the production (lighting, sound, focus, camera position) was 100% professional. Very, VERY well done!
Thank you very much for this extremely educational video. Plus it looks great too! I'm going to learn archery from a horse on Sunday, so first picking up my archery skills from the ground is not an unnecessary luxury. Looking at your tips really makes me want to start shooting again. I am sure that your advice will help me improve by leaps and bounds. You're an inspiration!
Thank you iv been scouring through the internet and Facebook for days watching videos trying to figure out what I was dioing wrong I saved your video, the way you explained everything all the mistakes I was making I will be watching a couple more times and showing anyone who asks your video . Yo ar a natural teacher.
Good Advice, it still makes me smile watching old films of Fred Bear the grandfather of modern archery, he did so many things wrong according to archers of today, full finger grip of the riser, not much if any follow through, but yet he made it work.
For your information Fred Bear was a right handed shooter who lost a finger on his right hand. He had to switch and become a left handed shooter. He also won a lot of championships, but most importantly she is teaching you target archery stance and form where Fred was a hunter there is a big difference
These tips are invaluable. I've been shooting on-and-off for a couple years and these are all things I've done at one time or another! Great to have these reminders in such a clear, concise video.
I'm 69 and couldnt master my cheap chinese 40lb take down bow properly. Sometimes starting from scratch explains what pros state as the obvious but never properly explain. Thanks tons, I've just been back to kindy archery class, and learnt again. I bought a 40-70lb compound bow a year ago that I'm doing pretty good with. Very informative thanks again. Liked and subbd. Outback Australia here.
Hi Tara, I'm an Archer in New Zealand & have only been shooting for just over 1 year & just wanted to say "Great Advice" you fixed a couple of things I had missed and has made an Awesome improvement so just wanted to say Thanks & you are so Easy watch & Listen to.. 🙂
Thank you, Coach ! 2 days here in archery , finger placement wasn't explained to me but i noticed something was wrong in my shots , now i understand it . the soft shot , that was VERY helpful for my understanding , also wasn't explained to me at all , but i understand now what i need to do . i might have made this properly few times but not understanding what i did correctly , and managed to get few 10 shot on 10 meters and hello Tidus !
I committed all these mistakes when I learnt archery in the very beginning! I really love this video, cause I now understand the ways to avoid these mistakes! You are my best coach!😊
Hi Tara. This is John Jackson of Global Archery. I like your teaching style and you teach the same principles that I have been teaching people for many years. Most of the time it’s people who have never picked up a bow before, and I usually don’t have much time because it’s usually at an event. Form is key!
Thank you so much! I just got my first bow to start enjoying this hobby and your Video Is the best out there! I have not shot yet so I'll watch a couple more times before I start. Fantastic Teacher!
Thank You Tara. I am not a young person but I am new to archery and your advices are very valuable to me. Thank You again. I will watch all your videos. Greetings from Europe. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Coach Tera, so glad to find your teaching. I agree with all the compliments from other viewers. Looking forward to see more production. I am 68 and picking up recurve again after 46 years. I seems to shoot better without sight. The brain seems to tell me where to aim and it was right. I am sure you will talk about this one day.
You are an instinctive shooter! I grew up shooting sights with my olympic recurve bow - which is why I lean towards GAP shooting - gives me a sight LOL I can always make a video explaining your style though! Thanks for the idea!
I started archery September last year, and although I have managed reasonably well, I cannot maintain consistency. Having just watched your video, I can now see why, you have covered all my faults, thank you so much, I will certainly put your tips into practice next time I shoot. Thank you, Sandra from the UK.
Great video Tara. I've always loved traditional archery but have not been able to practice my archery in many years. So I'm basically starting from scratch and appreciate the tips displayed in this video. I'll be looking at your other videos for more instruction and advice on how to enjoy my archery hobby.
Your video was amazingly clear and to the point. I can't think of one way to improve on it. You have a delightful personality that makes the video pleasant to watch. I'm one of the instructors of the youth for our church. We have a club we call, "Pathfinders". Scouts are a bit like us but we include boys and girls so whole families can go on our trips together. Sometimes to a zoo, or museum, other times camping to study nature. Oft times we will have mom or dad be counselor for other kids so they get a break. It actually works! I found your video while searching as I will be teaching the archery honor to our kids tomorrow and thought it wise to brush up. Your video is so good, I'm planning to show it to the kids. The youth get a patch they can display on a sash after completion of an honor. Boy and girl scouts are very similar in that way. I say similar because our church leaders organized a youth club about the same year Boy Scouts came to America. I was a boy scout all my younger years and greatly appreciate the privilege to have been a scout. I didn't know of my current church until 1969. I was pleasantly surprised they had a youth club similar to the Boy scouts I had enjoyed. To earn the basic honor our youth must identify all the parts of bow and arrow and show they can safely string a bow. At 60 feet they must score 40 points on a 2 foot target at 60 feet with 30 arrows. The requirements were intended to make it possible for youth to at least earn the basic honor in a reasonable amount of time with practice. Make something too hard and kids get frustrated. The advanced honor allows them to add a star shaped silver pin to the patch. For that they must score 140 points on 2 foot target at 60 feet with 30 arrows, or for outdoor archery they must score 200 points on 4 foot target at 100 feet. My experience has been it is harder for beginners to get the required points on the four foot target due to the greater distance. A small error on release is magnified into large error on the more distant target. This will be the fourth time I have taught archery to youth in our church. I have seen numerous kids brought to church in a carrier shortly after birth. They grew up and I recently began attending weddings for them. We now have a new batch coming up, it is so rewarding to see the shine on their face when they realize they have earned something they had to work for. I suppose in a few years my "kids" will be bringing their own new born to church in a carrier just as they were when I first saw them. I was able to create arm guards using vinyl I bought at Joann's Fabric store. I sewed elastic and velcro strips to the vinyl, it worked amazingly well and cost a fraction of buying 12 arm guards. Now I need to dig through the storage boxes and find all the archery gear. Many thanks for this amazing video.
Thank you for this message! I am happy to hear about the basic honor badge. I think that is so rewarding to make the scores more attainable for all ages and skill levels through the pathfinders organization! I am so happy we can all keep the sport alive with the younger generations! Reach out if you ever have any questions! Good luck on your class tomorrow!
Very informative. I never shoot a bow in my life and found your video here that will help me understand and avoid a lot of mistakes when practicing my first bow. Thanks
thank you, so very much. I shoot a 55# Bear Magnum Recurve, it was made in the late seventies or very early 80's. I've been asking "pro shop" people why my shot is inconsistent. They couldn't tell me. I am totally guilty of violating #4, my release was an "open the fingers" style with no follow through. I'm eager to see how this will improve. Thanks again, God bless you!
Very helpful just ordered a black hunter and watching Olympic archery videos so im seeing the form stance and release for consistency and this video really show how and why it works thanks for sharing
I just found your channel and subscribed. You have great information. I've been shooting a longbow for over 20 years. I had an accident 6 years ago where I broke my back. I am now going to have to re-learn to shoot, this time I'll have to switch over to shooting left handed so I can fix all my problems. Thank you for your hard work.
Ha! When I watched to video during editing - I thought that was pretty flawless, too! Thank you for noticing the small details and sharing - because I had the same thoughts! LOL
I just started archery and I watched videos with many different men to explain about archery and I have to say that you are 200 times better than them. One more time which a woman puts down all the men in their own territory. Bravo 🎉
I am totally new to archery, I watched this to prepare, get key points on how to do well and avoid beginner's mistakes on my first day of lesson, next week! Though I still might commit mistakes on my upcoming lessons but at least I would know how to deal with it more efficiently, thank you so much for this video! 🖤 So glad that I found your channel🤧
WOOOOOW! 😮...I learn the arrow go below, I was placing on top of knock! And the opposite color faces me, ...I must stand side ways, not facing target, and my release must slide back to my ears, not just open my fingers! Also, I noticed before watching tour vid, that wherever the opposite color faced away it made it very difficult to see tipcof arrow...
coach tara i just wanted to thank you for your videos. more than half my arrows were going over the target until i saw one of your videos about finger placement wearing a glove. i believe that my glove was touching the nock before release. now either only one or no arrows go over the target. i'm glad i found you. thank you!!!
Titus is a beautiful dog 🐕, I was in an after school camp in 1975 and archery was taught to boys and girls. The instructor kept correcting me even though I was hitting the target 🎯 and 🎈🎈. One of the things was that I needed to grab the nock and pinch it before releasing arrow, also to not allow my hand to touch my cheek. The embarrassment I felt at 14 yrs old in front of my crush, I didn't want to attend after school archery anymore , 49 years later my granddaughter wants to shoot arrows oh she is going to be 9 on 05NOV24 so I want to buy her an archery set and wish her the best 🙏🏼
You can get an extra inch of draw (more power) if you raise your bow arm wrist. It is called a high wrist grip. This grip can also shift your bow arm further away from the string path. Good tutorial. Thanks for sharing. Famous archer and bowhunter Fred Bear, developed his own technique for shooting and recommended that nobody try to imitate his technique. Many of us archers have done the same thing.
Me, as a beginner at the age of 12, this video is so much helpful for me because i started training two months ago and i still make some of these mistakes, but I'll try to work with these tips! Thanks for the help
This makes me so happy! I started shooting at the age of 8/9 years old. It's so important to learn good habits from the beginning! So great job learning and researching! Keep working hard, and I know you are going to be an awesome shooter. Keep me updated on your shooting journey!
My brother and I started shooting at 7 and 6. I've shot compound, recurve and longbow for nearly 40 years. We used to do 3D shoots all over the state of Maine until we graduated high-school and had to start adulting.
Love your presentation very clear and concise , I must try dropping low as you shared, my shots were on target until I started to do chest up body up and it messed up my shots thank you for a great lesson ! I am recommending my daughter watch you videos she shoots with me sometimes . Thank You !
Great points here, as a beginner I grip too hard and first couple of lessons I got a blister from the top of the grip on my hand because of that! will try the looser grip for sure.
great teacher thanks for the info , caught my arm on my 3rd shot today just before watching this so gave me a laugh and my first lesson :) you have the most beautiful smile to so that helped .
Love your videos. Have not shot since i was a kid in camp. I now have grandkids and wanted to introduce them to archery and ended up reawakening a passion in myself. Your videos helped. Your awesome
Great videa, as a leaner myself and reason im here is because ive not started my course yet so for about two months been constantly watching vids on form ect. I'm happy to say im doing everything youre saying. Only thing ive not done and this now makes sense to why my arrows go to the left as a right handed archer, i use Huntington arrows and never realised why one fletcher is white. Now i know. Thankyou so much as this will really help my already good bunching. Definitely a follow from a new and hopefully competitive archer, even at 52 i cant see why not.
Hi Coach. I would say this is a great video even for people who have been shooting a bit longer. It's got most of the main mistakes in it, and is to the point! It's so easy to fall into bad habits, particularly if you're not under active coaching and have no-one telling you your posture or alignment is out etc. Bookmarked!
I wouldn't consider myself an expert in any way - but I have some little skill with archery - great to review the basics! Well done! Well presented. LOVED the Cameo with Titus!
Really helpful video - thank you so much. Clear, concise and to the point...s! Went to my first archery lesson last week in the UK and was the oldest female in the group by at least 20years! I don't have my own bow to practice but just watching this and practicing without a bow helped to reinforce what I had learned. Many thanks.
This is day 3 for me trying to be good at shooting arrows i hope i can do it and not quit because i really enjoy shooting arrows and u are really a good teacher
Hi Tara, thanks a lot for the fine explanations. I´m beginner and watched a bunch of videos before. But the advice "take the horizontal third of the fletchings away from the bow is new to me. I shot 120 arrows today and was wondering why not all arrows were hitting straight. 🙃 I will try again tomorrow and do it right! Take care - greetings from germany - Ralf
I'm going to try out my bow for the first time today, and I have to say this video makes me feel a lot mor3 confident, at least as far as my stance. I want to gage my comfort level with my 30lb recurve before I take lessons.
You make want to get back into bending a bow.. its been 30 plus years but as you were going through those 19 items .. yep did that ..yep did ghat.. its muscle memory.. i still have my old compound i used to go hunt with and 3d targets or indoor shooting.. For any one who doesnot shoot but wants to learn really important to find an archery class or range or soneone tgat shhot ghat will show you the ropes.. It's a lot of fun.. you dont have to pull the biggest bow orcdraw weight . Find an easy puller to start with.. lots of fun.. i used to build my own arrows over beers with my hunting buddy. Lots of fun Thank you for making this vid . It has sparked my jnterest again.
Perfect video, thanks a lot! I remember here in Tuscany joining a bow try during a middle-age feast. I made lots of errors ( no grip before launching the arrow, arrow on my hand's thumb, and so on....😄) On six hit I went very close to the apples and plastic water glasses three times and hit the targets three more times.... I won a red wine bottle.....😄
Useful... 👍. Had my first day at range yesterday, and was instructed a lot like this, but this is very good to illustrate right technique, and a lot more useful tip! Thx 👌
Tara: I saw something in the camera when you were talking about elbow position. You didn't do anything wrong, but your words didn't match your technique. You were telling beginners to "keep the elbow up high" but not the why it is important, When you kept your elbow up high, you also aligned your whole with your arrow, so that your aim is consistent, and the power of the bow was transferred in a straight line, which also give you a smoother and more consistent release. Excellent form btw. I had to learn how to shoot a bow by watching people do it right, and then correcting what I did wrong. I never had any coaching, but I watched your video and saw it right away. 😀
Learned a good bit, most of things I knew before you were born. Anchor, follow through. So important. muscles are completely different than other process in life. You will learn to stand straight. some concentration. THANKS!! my school had ranges. I used them after, before school for my shooting. Friends daughters are shooting in their school curriculum. teach more!
Olá, sou do Brasil e também sou instrutor de tiro com arco e gostei muito de ver que as suas orientações são as mesmas que praticamos aqui . Gostei muito de seu modelo de ensinar 🎉
I`ve seen quite a few that shoot and teach by feel. This is best one around yet as it teaches proper form and technique. Just compare with the archers at Olympics! Thank you, great video.
@@ArcheryHouse that’s great to hear. We just finished watching most of your videos. You are an excellent teacher by the way. We are both looking forward to your next RUclips video and are now eager to get going with it.
Excellent Video Tara, especially the bow hand and anchor point info, it does take time for these points to become second nature, lovely background too, reminds me of Australia. Thanks.
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As a beginnwr archer at 81years[bucket goal], and having viewed many "how" techniques from many "RUclips" experienced archers, this has got to be the MOST structured and comprehensive beginner tutorial presentation so far!! Give it a view, endorse it if you agree and encourage the beginner archer to review it as many times as is neccesary for continual improvemnt, success and enjoyment of the sport!
Thank you for the kind words!
You can tell someone is good at a thing when they do it well, you can tell someone is smart at what they do when they can break it down to you perfectly, good job using the camera angle.
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate it!
I'm an experienced GB level 2 coach. I totally agree with all of the points you raised. That was really well presented and illustrated.
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
I'm a starter into archery. Saw this video and my life changed! Thanks! Greetings from Nicaragua 🇳🇮
So glad it helped! Thanks for sharing and happy shooting!
I've been shooting field with my 16 year old son for about six months now, and we're guilty of every one of these mistakes. After watching your video, talking to each other about our forms and putting it into practice, the difference is unbelievable. Thank you very much :)
Wow, thanks - comments like these make me excited about teaching others archery!
I'm an experienced archer and found this very useful as it's surprisingly easy to suddenly go wonky! Thank you!
Great to hear!
Hello Coach! I want to thank you because thanks to your videos, I learned how to shoot properly Specifically, since I didn't have any real technical knowledge. 🤗
your form looks the most natural from any video ive seen so far!! you explain things very professionally and in an easy way to remember and understand! youve earned a subscriber!
Just picked up a cheap bow, haven't shot since i was a kid in the 90's. Went to YT for a refresher course and found you. Thank you for the instructions and found you had the best video, best view and you are pretty to look at as well! Very pleased with this experience. Thanks again!
I had no idea about the finger placement but it makes so much sense
The Olympic gold medal winning coach who taught my daughter reckoned the key to shoulder position was reaching towards the target with the bow arm. Mr Lee was Korean and used to say "Jodi muss reach always muss reach" she was a long way from a beginner being the number one for her age in the country, but it still applied. My other thought is get a finger tab on, because there is a risk of nerve damage to the fingertips, especially in young archers. I held Archery Australia level 2 and this was drummed into us on the coaches courses. I have no other issues and your explanations are nice and clear,s o good work. That basic set up with the low shoulder is so important in injury prevention.
As an instructor of many years it still amazes me that everything Tara says 100% true, where ever you go. There's something natural about archery that people do instinctively and yet they also instinctively do some or all of these things incorrectly. Is some of it copying theatrical/movie archery that's done for show, that's my guess. Great video that covers all the gems of teaching a new starter.
Mr.Foster here,on our second date I look my wife to dinner and then to an indoor archery range where she soundly thrashed me.that was 54 years ago.Loved your video and I subscribed.And I learned some great things Thanks.
Loved that archery was your first date with your wife of 54 years! Great story - especially that she beat you :) Thanks for sharing and thanks for subscribing! Hope to bring more quality videos to everyone!
One thing I learned was to draw and push push the bow forward at the same time as I setup for the shot.
I've been shooting for a
few years now. But always nice to see and remind myself of the basics. Thanks Tara for taking the time to make this video. I am sure it will help beginner archers immensely, even intermediate archers to some extent.
Thank you for watching!
What a GREAT video! Not only the subject matter, but the production (lighting, sound, focus, camera position) was 100% professional. Very, VERY well done!
Wow, thanks! Glad you are enjoying! Motivates me to continue making videos better - thank you for that!
Thank you very much for this extremely educational video. Plus it looks great too! I'm going to learn archery from a horse on Sunday, so first picking up my archery skills from the ground is not an unnecessary luxury. Looking at your tips really makes me want to start shooting again. I am sure that your advice will help me improve by leaps and bounds. You're an inspiration!
Just starting out w a longbow (I'm actually shooting fairly consistently as a noob). Great video, clear concise explanations! Thank you 😊
Thank you iv been scouring through the internet and Facebook for days watching videos trying to figure out what I was dioing wrong I saved your video, the way you explained everything all the mistakes I was making I will be watching a couple more times and showing anyone who asks your video . Yo ar a natural teacher.
Great to hear! Thank you for the kind words!
Good Advice, it still makes me smile watching old films of Fred Bear the grandfather of modern archery, he did so many things wrong according to archers of today, full finger grip of the riser, not much if any follow through, but yet he made it work.
For your information Fred Bear was a right handed shooter who lost a finger on his right hand. He had to switch and become a left handed shooter. He also won a lot of championships, but most importantly she is teaching you target archery stance and form where Fred was a hunter there is a big difference
These tips are invaluable. I've been shooting on-and-off for a couple years and these are all things I've done at one time or another! Great to have these reminders in such a clear, concise video.
Thank you for watching and the nice feedback!
I'm 69 and couldnt master my cheap chinese 40lb take down bow properly.
Sometimes starting from scratch explains what pros state as the obvious but never properly explain.
Thanks tons, I've just been back to kindy archery class, and learnt again.
I bought a 40-70lb compound bow a year ago that I'm doing pretty good with.
Very informative thanks again.
Liked and subbd.
Outback Australia here.
Welcome back! Thanks for watching!
Hi Tara, I'm an Archer in New Zealand & have only been shooting for just over 1 year & just wanted to say "Great Advice" you fixed a couple of things I had missed and has made an Awesome improvement so just wanted to say Thanks & you are so Easy watch & Listen to.. 🙂
Thank you for the kind comments! Glad the videos are helping!
Archery instructor from school told us to search this up, and I love it.
I have found that I'm right eye dominant but my vision is to the left
Oh wow! That is awesome! Hope the videos are helping!
@@ArcheryHouse They are!
Thank you, Coach !
2 days here in archery , finger placement wasn't explained to me but i noticed something was wrong in my shots , now i understand it .
the soft shot , that was VERY helpful for my understanding , also wasn't explained to me at all , but i understand now what i need to do . i might have made this properly few times but not understanding what i did correctly , and managed to get few 10 shot on 10 meters
and hello Tidus !
Glad it helped!
Thanks for sharing these tips. As a new archer, this was very helpful to me. Much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful!
I committed all these mistakes when I learnt archery in the very beginning! I really love this video, cause I now understand the ways to avoid these mistakes! You are my best coach!😊
Great advice.what a brilliant video.im 52 and just started archery.there is so much to remember.i hope I stick at it.
Thanks for the video! Trying out basic archery for the first time since summer camp as a kid, hoping to avoid forming bad habits.
Hi Tara. This is John Jackson of Global Archery. I like your teaching style and you teach the same principles that I have been teaching people for many years. Most of the time it’s people who have never picked up a bow before, and I usually don’t have much time because it’s usually at an event. Form is key!
Greetings from Georgia. So glad I found you here before I buy my first bow. Have a great weekend my friend.
Thank you!!! Glad I could help you!
Thank you so much! I just got my first bow to start enjoying this hobby and your Video Is the best out there! I have not shot yet so I'll watch a couple more times before I start. Fantastic Teacher!
Thank you! Really appreciate your encouraging message!
Thank You Tara. I am not a young person but I am new to archery and your advices are very valuable to me. Thank You again. I will watch all your videos. Greetings from Europe. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Coach Tera, so glad to find your teaching. I agree with all the compliments from other viewers. Looking forward to see more production. I am 68 and picking up recurve again after 46 years.
I seems to shoot better without sight. The brain seems to tell me where to aim and it was right. I am sure you will talk about this one day.
You are an instinctive shooter! I grew up shooting sights with my olympic recurve bow - which is why I lean towards GAP shooting - gives me a sight LOL I can always make a video explaining your style though! Thanks for the idea!
I started archery September last year, and although I have managed reasonably well, I cannot maintain consistency. Having just watched your video, I can now see why, you have covered all my faults, thank you so much, I will certainly put your tips into practice next time I shoot. Thank you, Sandra from the UK.
Great video Tara. I've always loved traditional archery but have not been able to practice my archery in many years. So I'm basically starting from scratch and appreciate the tips displayed in this video. I'll be looking at your other videos for more instruction and advice on how to enjoy my archery hobby.
Awesome! Welcome back. Let me know if you have any questions!
SAme here. I'm starting back at if after over 40 years.
I'm gonna go back to traditional archery.Your video is a huge help.❤
Your video was amazingly clear and to the point. I can't think of one way to improve on it.
You have a delightful personality that makes the video pleasant to watch.
I'm one of the instructors of the youth for our church. We have a club we call, "Pathfinders". Scouts are a bit like us but we include boys and girls so whole families can go on our trips together. Sometimes to a zoo, or museum, other times camping to study nature. Oft times we will have mom or dad be counselor for other kids so they get a break. It actually works!
I found your video while searching as I will be teaching the archery honor to our kids tomorrow and thought it wise to brush up. Your video is so good, I'm planning to show it to the kids.
The youth get a patch they can display on a sash after completion of an honor. Boy and girl scouts are very similar in that way. I say similar because our church leaders organized a youth club about the same year Boy Scouts came to America. I was a boy scout all my younger years and greatly appreciate the privilege to have been a scout. I didn't know of my current church until 1969. I was pleasantly surprised they had a youth club similar to the Boy scouts I had enjoyed.
To earn the basic honor our youth must identify all the parts of bow and arrow and show they can safely string a bow.
At 60 feet they must score 40 points on a 2 foot target at 60 feet with 30 arrows. The requirements were intended to make it possible for youth to at least earn the basic honor in a reasonable amount of time with practice. Make something too hard and kids get frustrated.
The advanced honor allows them to add a star shaped silver pin to the patch. For that they must score 140 points on 2 foot target at 60 feet with 30 arrows, or for outdoor archery they must score 200 points on 4 foot target at 100 feet.
My experience has been it is harder for beginners to get the required points on the four foot target due to the greater distance. A small error on release is magnified into large error on the more distant target.
This will be the fourth time I have taught archery to youth in our church. I have seen numerous kids brought to church in a carrier shortly after birth. They grew up and I recently began attending weddings for them. We now have a new batch coming up, it is so rewarding to see the shine on their face when they realize they have earned something they had to work for. I suppose in a few years my "kids" will be bringing their own new born to church in a carrier just as they were when I first saw them.
I was able to create arm guards using vinyl I bought at Joann's Fabric store. I sewed elastic and velcro strips to the vinyl, it worked amazingly well and cost a fraction of buying 12 arm guards. Now I need to dig through the storage boxes and find all the archery gear. Many thanks for this amazing video.
Thank you for this message! I am happy to hear about the basic honor badge. I think that is so rewarding to make the scores more attainable for all ages and skill levels through the pathfinders organization! I am so happy we can all keep the sport alive with the younger generations! Reach out if you ever have any questions! Good luck on your class tomorrow!
Thanks for sharing you story, what great work you do.
I feel like an evesdropper...lol.
Really comprehensive, perfect explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
❤tq.nice explain
Very informative. I never shoot a bow in my life and found your video here that will help me understand and avoid a lot of mistakes when practicing my first bow. Thanks
Wow! Thanks for the message - made my day as a coach!
thank you, so very much. I shoot a 55# Bear Magnum Recurve, it was made in the late seventies or very early 80's. I've been asking "pro shop" people why my shot is inconsistent. They couldn't tell me. I am totally guilty of violating #4, my release was an "open the fingers" style with no follow through. I'm eager to see how this will improve. Thanks again, God bless you!
Tyle czasu szukałem prostego i dobrego poradnika. Zanalazłem...bardzo mi się podoba...
Really the most useful, short and concise video I've ever seen thank you.
Very helpful just ordered a black hunter and watching Olympic archery videos so im seeing the form stance and release for consistency and this video really show how and why it works thanks for sharing
I just found your channel and subscribed. You have great information. I've been shooting a longbow for over 20 years. I had an accident 6 years ago where I broke my back. I am now going to have to re-learn to shoot, this time I'll have to switch over to shooting left handed so I can fix all my problems. Thank you for your hard work.
Ok that was the best archery tutorial I ever watched
Wow! Thank you for the kind feedback! Love that I can help get new archers on the right track!
When your tslking about follow thru and you go to grab a arrow that isnt there.. you didnt flinch.. flawless delivery 💪
Ha! When I watched to video during editing - I thought that was pretty flawless, too! Thank you for noticing the small details and sharing - because I had the same thoughts! LOL
I just started archery and I watched videos with many different men to explain about archery and I have to say that you are 200 times better than them.
One more time which a woman puts down all the men in their own territory.
Bravo 🎉
Thank you for watching! I think teaching beginners how to shoot for over 20 years has helped me explain it in an easy way!
I am totally new to archery, I watched this to prepare, get key points on how to do well and avoid beginner's mistakes on my first day of lesson, next week! Though I still might commit mistakes on my upcoming lessons but at least I would know how to deal with it more efficiently, thank you so much for this video! 🖤 So glad that I found your channel🤧
Glad it was helpful!
WOOOOOW! 😮...I learn the arrow go below, I was placing on top of knock! And the opposite color faces me, ...I must stand side ways, not facing target, and my release must slide back to my ears, not just open my fingers!
Also, I noticed before watching tour vid, that wherever the opposite color faced away it made it very difficult to see tipcof arrow...
Glad the video helped!
The most helpful video for beginners that I've seen. Thank you!
I'm so glad you found this video helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. You saved me bunch of frustrations. I’m no longer hitting my elbow with my bow string.
Great news! Happy it helped!
I'm soooooo glad I found your channel! Your videos are so helpful!
Glad you like them!
coach tara i just wanted to thank you for your videos. more than half my arrows were going over the target until i saw one of your videos about finger placement wearing a glove. i believe that my glove was touching the nock before release. now either only one or no arrows go over the target. i'm glad i found you. thank you!!!
Wow! Love hearing this! Thanks for sharing! Happy Shooting!
Outstanding Beginner Archer Instructions. Thank you very much!
These 10 basic tips are so very well explained 👏
Thank you!
Thank you for watching and the nice feedback!
Titus is a beautiful dog 🐕, I was in an after school camp in 1975 and archery was taught to boys and girls. The instructor kept correcting me even though I was hitting the target 🎯 and 🎈🎈. One of the things was that I needed to grab the nock and pinch it before releasing arrow, also to not allow my hand to touch my cheek. The embarrassment I felt at 14 yrs old in front of my crush, I didn't want to attend after school archery anymore , 49 years later my granddaughter wants to shoot arrows oh she is going to be 9 on 05NOV24 so I want to buy her an archery set and wish her the best 🙏🏼
This is gold! Glad I found this, just starting to take interest again. Haven’t shot since I was a teen. Great instruction 👏
Thank you!
Thank you!
You explain it very well and precisely. Your tips are very helpful. Thanks :)
Glad it was helpful!
I didn't realize anyone could make that many mistakes in just a few seconds, but I'm down with it. Thanks for the 411.
haha - you're welcome!
You can get an extra inch of draw (more power) if you raise your bow arm wrist. It is called a high wrist grip. This grip can also shift your bow arm further away from the string path. Good tutorial. Thanks for sharing. Famous archer and bowhunter Fred Bear, developed his own technique for shooting and recommended that nobody try to imitate his technique. Many of us archers have done the same thing.
Very helpful. Got a bear grizzly and frankly learning to shoot has been a problem. I think I can get it rolling after watching this. Thank you
Great news! Hope the videos help! Thanks for watching!
Me, as a beginner at the age of 12, this video is so much helpful for me because i started training two months ago and i still make some of these mistakes, but I'll try to work with these tips! Thanks for the help
This makes me so happy! I started shooting at the age of 8/9 years old. It's so important to learn good habits from the beginning! So great job learning and researching! Keep working hard, and I know you are going to be an awesome shooter. Keep me updated on your shooting journey!
My brother and I started shooting at 7 and 6. I've shot compound, recurve and longbow for nearly 40 years. We used to do 3D shoots all over the state of Maine until we graduated high-school and had to start adulting.
Love your presentation very clear and concise , I must try dropping low as you shared, my shots were on target until I started to do chest up body up and it messed up my shots thank you for a great lesson ! I am recommending my daughter watch you videos she shoots with me sometimes . Thank You !
Great points here, as a beginner I grip too hard and first couple of lessons I got a blister from the top of the grip on my hand because of that! will try the looser grip for sure.
Thank you very much. I begin my archery journey today at age 50!
Best of luck!
great teacher thanks for the info , caught my arm on my 3rd shot today just before watching this so gave me a laugh and my first lesson :) you have the most beautiful smile to so that helped .
Excellent video, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Thank you!
Love your videos. Have not shot since i was a kid in camp. I now have grandkids and wanted to introduce them to archery and ended up reawakening a passion in myself. Your videos helped. Your awesome
So glad to hear this! Working on videos geared towards kids getting into the sport!
Great videa, as a leaner myself and reason im here is because ive not started my course yet so for about two months been constantly watching vids on form ect. I'm happy to say im doing everything youre saying. Only thing ive not done and this now makes sense to why my arrows go to the left as a right handed archer, i use Huntington arrows and never realised why one fletcher is white. Now i know. Thankyou so much as this will really help my already good bunching. Definitely a follow from a new and hopefully competitive archer, even at 52 i cant see why not.
Thanks for the nice words! Have fun on the range - archery is a great sport for any age!
I've only been practicing archery for a few days, thank you
Awesome! Hope these videos are helping!
Hi Coach. I would say this is a great video even for people who have been shooting a bit longer. It's got most of the main mistakes in it, and is to the point! It's so easy to fall into bad habits, particularly if you're not under active coaching and have no-one telling you your posture or alignment is out etc. Bookmarked!
Thank you for watching and sending along the kind words!
I wouldn't consider myself an expert in any way - but I have some little skill with archery - great to review the basics! Well done! Well presented. LOVED the Cameo with Titus!
Very informative, as an OIF Veteran I'm brand new to archery.
Really helpful video - thank you so much. Clear, concise and to the point...s! Went to my first archery lesson last week in the UK and was the oldest female in the group by at least 20years! I don't have my own bow to practice but just watching this and practicing without a bow helped to reinforce what I had learned. Many thanks.
Glad it helped!
This video was crazy helpful, I was acutely aware when I videoed my stance, I've been shooting about a year, this was awesome, thank you!
Great info, thank you! I started archery 2 months ago.
Good luck! Glad it was helpful!
Helpful, just right for complete beginners. Looks a nice part of the world.
Thank you, David!
This was great-A lot of good information and examples! Very helpful !
Thank you!
This is day 3 for me trying to be good at shooting arrows i hope i can do it and not quit because i really enjoy shooting arrows and u are really a good teacher
Thank you! Keep going - you will keep improving!
Hi Tara, thanks a lot for the fine explanations. I´m beginner and watched a bunch of videos before. But the advice "take the horizontal third of the fletchings away from the bow is new to me. I shot 120 arrows today and was wondering why not all arrows were hitting straight. 🙃 I will try again tomorrow and do it right! Take care -
greetings from germany - Ralf
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Tara , great presentation and advice well given , strange how even experienced archers can slip into basic errors , best wishes from the UK x
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent! I just found out why i am shooting low to the right!!! Bad release and follow trough!
Glad the video helped!
I'm going to try out my bow for the first time today, and I have to say this video makes me feel a lot mor3 confident, at least as far as my stance. I want to gage my comfort level with my 30lb recurve before I take lessons.
You make want to get back into bending a bow.. its been 30 plus years but as you were going through those 19 items .. yep did that ..yep did ghat.. its muscle memory.. i still have my old compound i used to go hunt with and 3d targets or indoor shooting..
For any one who doesnot shoot but wants to learn really important to find an archery class or range or soneone tgat shhot ghat will show you the ropes..
It's a lot of fun.. you dont have to pull the biggest bow orcdraw weight . Find an easy puller to start with.. lots of fun.. i used to build my own arrows over beers with my hunting buddy.
Lots of fun
Thank you for making this vid
. It has sparked my jnterest again.
Learning something new. I'm going to interest. Thank you teacher. I liked your class. Your ten point drive correctly very good. Salute
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Terra, I'm new to learning. That was good teaching.
Glad it was helpful!
Perfect video, thanks a lot!
I remember here in Tuscany joining a bow try during a middle-age feast.
I made lots of errors ( no grip before launching the arrow, arrow on my hand's thumb, and so on....😄)
On six hit I went very close to the apples and plastic water glasses three times and hit the targets three more times.... I won a red wine bottle.....😄
Thanks for sharing! Love hearing everyones archery stories! This is great!
Suddenly my interest in archery increases 10 fold 😍
Useful... 👍. Had my first day at range yesterday, and was instructed a lot like this, but this is very good to illustrate right technique, and a lot more useful tip! Thx 👌
You're awesome, and thank you so much.. It helped me a lot, and now I am teaching my kids the same..
Happy to help!
Excellent lesson. I shoot Longbow not Recurve but I enjoyed the lesson. Great Instructor
Thank you very much Tara, I am a beginner & your explanations are very very relevant.
Tara: I saw something in the camera when you were talking about elbow position. You didn't do anything wrong, but your words didn't match your technique. You were telling beginners to "keep the elbow up high" but not the why it is important, When you kept your elbow up high, you also aligned your whole with your arrow, so that your aim is consistent, and the power of the bow was transferred in a straight line, which also give you a smoother and more consistent release. Excellent form btw. I had to learn how to shoot a bow by watching people do it right, and then correcting what I did wrong. I never had any coaching, but I watched your video and saw it right away. 😀
Learned a good bit, most of things I knew before you were born. Anchor, follow through. So important. muscles are completely different than other process in life. You will learn to stand straight. some concentration. THANKS!! my school had ranges. I used them after, before school for my shooting. Friends daughters are shooting in their school curriculum. teach more!
Thanks for watching!
Very good instructions, clear and easy to follow.
Olá, sou do Brasil e também sou instrutor de tiro com arco e gostei muito de ver que as suas orientações são as mesmas que praticamos aqui . Gostei muito de seu modelo de ensinar 🎉
I`ve seen quite a few that shoot and teach by feel. This is best one around yet as it teaches proper form and technique. Just compare with the archers at Olympics! Thank you, great video.
Thank you!
Thank you for this. Me and my daughter are going to start archery together.
Wonderful! I started with my dad, as well! Great family sport!
@@ArcheryHouse that’s great to hear. We just finished watching most of your videos. You are an excellent teacher by the way. We are both looking forward to your next RUclips video and are now eager to get going with it.
I just started rchery and ur tutorial taught me lot..
Great news! Thanks for sharing - I love to hear I am helping!
Excellent Video Tara, especially the bow hand and anchor point info, it does take time for these points to become second nature, lovely background too, reminds me of Australia. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the kind words!
Hey beautiful. my 1st three shots ever were perfect. Thank you so much.