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By:
NamSing Then
Archery – The skill
of shooting an Arrow using a Bow was in the bygone ages
a military weapon and also a hunting method before the
invention of gunpowder. It is mainly confined now as
a competitive sport used for target shooting.
A bow is a weapon that shoots arrows using the elasticity
of the bow. The bow is made of a strip of flexible material
with a cord linking the two ends of the strip to provide
tension from which is propelled the arrow which is a
straight shaft with a sharp point on one end or have
flints and usually with feathers attached to the other
end.
The modern day 'Target Archery' involves shooting arrows
at a target from a pre-set distance. A Recurve bow is
the only type of bow allowed to be used. Archery competitions
may be held indoors or outdoors. Indoor distances are
18 m and 25 m. Outdoor distances range from 30 m to
90m depending on the seniority and 70 m is being used
in the Olympic Games. Competition is divided into ends
where an archer shoots either 3 or 6 arrows per end,
depending on the type of round. There are 20 ends of
3 arrows in a round for indoor competition, but outdoor
rounds generally involve more arrows per round. At the
end, the competitors walk upto the target to score and
retrieve their arrows.
Targets are painted with 10 evenly spaced concentric
rings, which have score values from 1 through 10 assigned
to them. Targets are colored as follows:
Outermost 1 ring & 2 ring - white
3 ring & 4 ring - black
5 ring & 6 ring - blue
7 ring & 8 ring - red
Innermost 9 rings & 10 ring - gold
There is an innermost ring, sometimes called the 10X
ring or the Bull’s-eye.
The score for each arrow depends upon where it hits
on the target. The highest score, a ten, is awarded
by shooting an arrow into the two inner most circles.
The bull’s-eye ring is typically as a tiebreaker with
most X’s winning. Missing the rings on the target results
in a zero score and in case of Line breaker where an
arrow just touches a boundary line will be awarded the
higher score. Scores are tallied at the end of each
round or volley of arrows by summing the scores for
their arrows which are recorded on a score sheet.
Archers have a set time limit in which to shoot their
arrows. For indoor competition is 2 minutes for 3 arrows.
Signaling devices such as lights and flags prompt the
archers when it’s time to shoot.
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