Overdraw Prevention and Imaginary Shooting Line Practice in Archery

Abstract

Learning a new skill involves learning the appropriate basic form. In archery basic form is shooting form and it has globally accepted standards. Shooting form general lines are divided into phases as stance, nocking the arrow, hooking, and gripping, setup, drawing, loading, anchoring, holding, expansion and aiming, release and follow-through. Archery skills are characterized by repeating the same movements with high similarity and consists of phases that continue one after another. This article is about simple and affordable teaching tips for archery teaching. It proposes an answer to the question “How can I get correct shooting form more easily?”.

Acknowledgments

This work was produced from a doctoral dissertation completed at the Kırıkkale University Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Physical Education and Sports.

Funding

This work was supported by Kırıkkale University under Grant No. 2019/058.

Correction Statement

This article has been corrected with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.

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Notes on contributors

Emrah Aslan

Emrah Aslan ([email protected]) is an assistant professor doctor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sports Science at the University of Kırıkkale, Yahsihan-Kırıkkale, Turkey.

Oğuzhan Yoncalık

Oğuzhan Yoncalık ([email protected]) is a professor doctor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sports Science at the University of Kırıkkale, Yahsihan-Kırıkkale, Turkey.