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Archery

Steps to Success

Kathleen Haywood Catherine Lewis

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Human Kinetics
13 May 2024
Master the bow with precision and accuracy! Archery: Steps to Success, Fifth Edition, offers progressive, step-by-step instructions to help you learn the styles, techniques, and equipment needed to shoot accurately, consistently, and safely. This updated edition offers full-color photos and graphics alongside complete coverage of all aspects of archery:

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Selecting, fitting, tuning, and upgrading equipment

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Assessing, refining, and perfecting shooting form

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Compensating for common weather conditions such as rain and wind

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Preparing, practicing, and planning for competition

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Expanded information: Judging distance and shooting on uneven terrain

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New section: Bow fishing

For archers using recurve or compound bows, you can practice the 92 exercises for each phase of the shot-stance, draw, aim, release, and follow-through-to develop consistent technique. Then, use the popular Steps to Success scoring system to track your progress. The Score Your Success exercises throughout the chapter and the Success Summary at the end of each chapter let you know whether you are ready to move ahead to the next step. New sidebars for each step show how scientific research informs shooting technique and equipment.

Whether you are an archery novice, an experienced competitor, a bow hunter, or an outdoor enthusiast, this manual will help you hit your mark. As part of the popular Steps to Success Sports series-with more than two million copies sold-Archery: Steps to Success hits the bull's-eye when it comes to comprehensive archery instruction.

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Imprint:   Human Kinetics
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Fifth Edition
ISBN:   9781718221369
ISBN 10:   1718221363
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Climbing the Steps to Archery Success The Sport of Archery Acknowledgements Step 1. Fitting Equipment Step 2. Shooting Safely Step 3. Shooting With Good Form Step 4. Refining Technique Step 5. Aiming and Sighting Step 6. Anchoring and Releasing Step 7. Analyzing Performance Step 8. Upgrading, Tuning, and Maintaining Equipment Step 9. Sharpening Mental Skills Step 10. Competing in Target Archery Step 11. Bowhunting Glossary References About the Authors  

Kathleen M. Haywood, PhD, is a professor emerita in the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The lead author on the previous editions of Archery: Steps to Success, she is a former competitor who has taught archery at several universities, both for the general student body and for teacher preparation students. Haywood has a background in motor learning and motor development, which lends itself to implementing instructional models for participants of all ages. She resides in St. Charles, Missouri. Catherine F. Lewis, MEd, was the coauthor on the previous editions of Archery: Steps to Success. She is a former competitor who has taught archery to people of all ages, especially children in school and camp settings. She is a retired physical education teacher from the Riverview Gardens School District in St. Louis County, Missouri. She resides in St. Peters, Missouri.  

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