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1. Finding A Local Club
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3. Purchasing Equipment
(i) Four Things
You Need To Know When Purchasing Equipment
Many clubs offer a taster session, or a beginners course before you have to pay club and GNAS (Governing body for archery in the U.K.) membership fees. This is a great way to see if you enjoy archery and want to take it up as your sport.
To visit our list of U.K. Archery Clubs Click Here
Please Note: Don't despair if you can't find a club in our listings. I can only publish club details if they request it, so even if your area is not listed it does not mean there are no clubs.
Once you've decided you want to take up archery as an ongoing sport, and what style you like the best you will want to purchase your own equipment. The main options open to you are; to purchase equipment from an archery retailer or find second hand equipment for sale.
Click Here for a list of UK Archery Shops
Click Here for second hand equipment for sale.
Alternatively you could advertise for the equipment you are looking for in our archery discussion forum Click Here
One
How long an arrow you will draw/shoot.....This is determined by how long your
arms are...and so long as you use a bow that is nice and easy to pull will give
you a good starting point for choosing yourself a bow.
Two
What type of archery do you want to enjoy? This may seem a funny question...but
there are different bows and different forms of shooting. You can talk to others
at your club or to us...and get advice.
Three
How strong a pull bow have you been using, and about
how much do you think you can pull. BEWARE: you should always be thinking
...."now where is this arrow going", and not "how am I going to pull the bow"
when you go to shoot an arrow!
Four
Select Arrows that suit you and your bow. This can be a little tricky: but with
a little thought is easily understood and once you have hold of the idea, doesn't
change much for you. The problem is that the Arrow bends as it leaves the
bow....and the amount of bend has to be about right so that it flies straight
and doesn't hit the bow as it leaves. The tricky bit is that the
"bendiness" of the arrow changes for long or short arrows.
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