Archery 5th Edition epub

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:
⦁    Selecting, fitting, tuning, and upgrading equipment
⦁    Assessing, refining, and perfecting shooting form
⦁    Compensating for common weather conditions such as rain and wind
⦁    Preparing, practicing, and planning for competition
⦁    Expanded information: Judging distance and shooting on uneven terrain
⦁    New section: Bowfishing

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 bowhunter, 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.

Audience

Beginning and intermediate archers—both recurve and compound users—looking to learn and become more proficient at the sport. Also for students and instructors of college physical activities courses and professional instructors seeking additional reference material.

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.
 

Aiming in bowfishing
Establish Perfect archery Form
Understanding the use of clickers in archery
 Adjusting exerciseChoosing arrowsFitting the arm guard and finger tabWrist positions  
 

All ancillaries are free to adopting instructors through HKPropel.

Instructor guide. Includes lecture topics, physical activities, and student assignments in both a 20-session framework and a 32-session framework; a course outline; and additional resources. Also included are test questions in multiple-choice, true-false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer formats, as well as student evaluation guidelines.