Originally published in the 1930s, this book attempts to give a method that best gets the beginner started playing archery with comfort and pleasure. The material in the book is based on the authors' twelve years' enjoyment of archery as a sport and their eight years' experience in teaching both group and individual archery to juniors and adults on private, commercial, camp, and school ranges.
Contents Covered:
- Preface
- Getting School or Camp Tackle in Order
- Bows
- Bracing a bow
- Adjusting a bow string
- Serving a bow string
- Making the arrow knot
- Weighing bows
- Making a "tiller"
- Providing storage facilities for the bows
- Making a portable bow rack
- Arrows
- Making minor arrow repairs
- Repair kit
- Regrouping arrows into complete sets
- Storing arrows
- Shooting Accessories
- Range Equipment
- Outdoor targets
- Target tripods
- Extra target faces
- Range quivers
- Points of aim
- Selecting Tackle for Use on Outdoor Ranges
- Tackle for Camp Use
- Bows
- Description
- Lengths
- Weights
- Arrows
- Description
- Matching
- Crests
- Lengths
- Selecting School or College Tackle for Outdoor Range Use
- General suggestions
- Suggested budgets
- Laying Off Camp or School Ranges
- Indoor Ranges
- Range Set-up
- Permanent backstops
- Movable backstops
- Indoor Range Rounds
- Indoor Range Equipment
- Teaching Archery
- Arousing Initial Interest
- Teaching Beginners
- Clout introduction on the outdoor range
- First target lesson (indoor or outdoor range)
- Second target lesson (indoor or outdoor range)
- Third target lesson
- Teaching Advanced Archery
- Competitive Rounds and Procedure
- Camp and School Rounds
- Junior Archery Rounds
- General Tournament Procedure
- Scoring Regulations
- Stimulating Interest in Practice and Advancement
- Awarding Ranks and Medals
- Divisions of the Group for Competitive Purposes
- The Chart Device
- Ladder Tournaments
- Posting Weekly Scores
- Outside Competition
- Issuing Arrows for Individual Use as a Reward
- Establishing an Archery Library
| Format: | PDF Digital Reprint, e-Facsimile |
| No. of Pages: | 91 |
| Page Size: | A4 (210mm × 297mm) |
| Download Size: | 37.9 MB |
