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My love of Archery
I still would love to get back into horseback riding, would love to spend time on stage combat and I do miss the Bat'leth as exercise and a unique combat skill BUT my time is taken up by Archery now and the others will have to wait for a better opportunity.. But hey.. If you have access to horseback riding and want to teach/refresh me on sword fighting (Stage not reenactment) then do get in touch. I'd love to... But back to archery.
For a few years I had a 'casual teacher' who brought me out to the field and taught me what he knew. He let me borrow his bow and shoot his arrows and I was happy with that. When I realised that, as an actor, archery would look good on a resume I decided to take the Pro-Am Archery School course so I could have an actual certificate.....
WOW!!!
Not only were both teachers wonderful with me, they were patient. Why you may ask... They had to un-teach me then re-teach me.
Ardently there was a number of things wrong including the fact that I was shooting with the wrong hand/eye. I was taught to shoot right handed but after the ladies at Pro-Am had their way and tested me they had me switch to shooting left handed. I was so happy when I found out about Boorman Archery's trade in (and trade up) policies. This meant I could afford to switch.
I now shoot left handed. 20 lbs. @ 28 with a 62" string. It's a breakdown Recurve.
I smacked my arm with the string for the first time the other day so I figure I am not doing too badly. I think the hardest part is not only getting used to the change in direction/shooting hand but remembering the things Pro-Am taught me before I do what the other person taught me. I try to go out to the field as often as I can (so if you are in the area of the Burnaby Sports Club and see me on the field say hi) so hopefully, in time, I will fade out the bad and ingrain the good.
If you'd like to learn properly please contact Pro-Am and Boorman (click on their names for the link) and get out there. Good for posture, fresh air and frustration release.
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