How can beginners shoot accurately in archery?

Archery is a challenging sport. It is difficult to master archery without certain skills and accumulated experience. However, talent and entertainment are another matter. Today, the editor has sorted out some relevant knowledge about how to shoot accurately in archery. I hope you like it! Archery skills The psychological activity process of shooting each arrow remains unchanged. The position of the two feet remains unchanged. The position of the head after turning remains unchanged. The height and direction of the bow remain unchanged.The method and point of force of the front hand pushing the bow remain unchanged. The route and speed of the bow remain unchanged. When the bow is opened and aimed, the position of the crosshairs on the target remains unchanged. The position of the string remains unchanged. The time of aiming-clicker-release remains unchanged. The movement route and speed of the back hand remain unchanged when carrying and placing. The duration of the action after release remains unchanged. The arrow cannot be shot at hard objects such as stones and walls, otherwise the bow will be seriously damaged. The bow must be kept dry and cannot be exposed to rain and moisture. If it is not used for a long time, it is recommended to remove the string. Never let the string go empty to prevent it from hitting the arm and easily injuring the bow.
When hanging the string, you must hang the string at one time to prevent it from not hanging on the bow tip and causing it to flip. When drawing the bow, you cannot draw it towards people without an arrow. If the string falls off, it will rebound to people, which is dangerous. Archery is a sport that requires precision. It can train people's aiming degree, ejection power, and stabilize people's emotions. As an Olympic event, archery has extremely strict training requirements and standards. Every detail of the nine links of archery may go wrong. So what are the common mistakes in archery and how to correct them? The following is an analysis of the common mistakes in archery and how to correct them for your reference.
Key link of archery: standing action
1. Unstable feet If the feet are not stable, the whole body will feel weak. When this happens, the archer will feel that the soles of the feet are not solid. Correction method: adjust the position of the whole body, stand firmly, do the heel lift movement, stand again, and make the joints and feet of the whole body stand more solid.
2. The weight of the body moves to the heels. This will cause the body to lean back and lead to internal force. Correction method: The weight should be evenly distributed on both feet, the center of gravity should be slightly moved forward, and the front of the foot should be slightly more powerful. In the process of raising and drawing the bow, prevent the body from leaning back, and keep the weight of the body evenly distributed on both feet.
3. Unequal force on both feet After this error occurs, the body will tilt left and right, destroying the symmetrical force of the two arms. Correction method: Pay attention to maintaining the initial standing posture, and pay special attention to the changes in the body position during the process of raising and drawing the bow. When raising the bow, the center of gravity of the body will also change due to the change in the posture of the two arms, which will cause the weight to move to one side, and also cause the change in body posture. When drawing the bow, this phenomenon often occurs: as the draw distance continues to increase, the center of gravity of the body will tend to move to the side of the bow. Therefore, in the process of raising and drawing the bow, special attention should be paid to keeping the body in the middle position, so that the weight always falls evenly on both feet.
4. No fixed standing position and standing method Some archers do not have a fixed standing position on the shooting line, and some always move their feet after shooting an arrow, and even move their feet after raising the bow. Some people do not stand in a fixed position, sometimes one way and sometimes another. These are all wrong actions and bad habits that should be resolutely corrected. Because the standing position and standing position of the two feet change, the body posture will inevitably change accordingly, so it is impossible to form a good dynamic stereotype. Correction method: You should have your own fixed standing position and standing method on the shooting line to ensure the consistency of the standing posture.

Key link of archery: bow pushing action

1. Low bow pushing method (1) The force point of the bow is not in the middle of the radiocarpal joint but in the lower part, forming a bow push at the base of the palm, which makes the force point of the bow push away from the center of the bow. In this way, the bow cannot be ejected in parallel during shooting, but the lower part of the bow is ejected first, affecting the normal flight of the arrow and easily causing the arrow to be too high. (2) Although the force point of the bow push does not change much, the direction of the force has changed. It is not completely horizontal force, but a downward pressure force is generated. In this way, when shooting, the bow does not pop out in parallel, but the upper part of the bow pops out first, forming the wrong action of the bow "nodding", which affects the normal flight of the arrow and easily causes the arrow to be low.Correction method: Pay attention to the initial push of the bow and do it in the right position. After opening the bow, always keep the force in the horizontal direction to prevent the push and press force of the bow hand.
2. The flexor muscles of the fingers participate in holding the bow. When the flexor muscles of the fingers participate in holding the bow, the entire bow hand will become very tense. This not only affects the correct force of the bow hand itself, but also affects the forward support force of the entire bow holding arm, which is easy to cause the wrong action of the bow holding arm to retract.Correction method: The flexor muscles of the bow hand should be relaxed to the maximum extent, and the fingers should neither bend nor straighten them.3. Bow holding arm 　　The front end of the forearm enters the plane of the bow too deeply, and the bow handle is located on the left side of the longitudinal axis of the forearm, so that the center of the radiocarpal joint leaves the center of the bow. This is more labor-saving to push the bow, but it changes the force direction of the bow holding arm. Correction method: First, push the bow in the right position, and second, maintain the direction of the force of the front support straight line.

Key link three of archery: string hooking

1. After opening the bow, the index finger and middle finger clamp the tail of the arrow too tightly. Some index fingers use too much force and bend the arrow shaft. Some middle fingers use too much force and make the arrow shaft lift off the arrow stand.

Correction method: Before opening the bow, the two fingers should not clamp the tail of the arrow tightly, and sufficient space should be left. After opening the bow, the two fingers can gently lean on the tail of the arrow, but no finger should put pressure on the arrow.

2. The position of the finger hooking the string is too deep or too shallow. Too deep will cause the whole hand to be tense, and at the same time lengthen the movement process of the release action, destroying the coordination of the release action. Although a shallower hook is beneficial to the release process, it will also have the opposite effect. Too shallow will cause string slippage, especially the ring finger, which is a very harmful action. Correction method: Before releasing the bow, the string cannot slide, otherwise the archer will force it not to slide, resulting in string compression, which will not only make the hand that hooks the string stiff, but also cause tension in the entire action, resulting in "internal combination" of force. Some wrong actions that occur during release are directly related to it.

Key link 4 of archery: bow raising action

1. Some archers pull the bow open while raising the bow, which is wrong.

Correction method: After raising the bow as required, there should be a relatively stable process, and the bow should be opened after it is stable. Otherwise, pulling the bow open in a swaying manner will directly affect the stability after the bow is opened.

2. After raising the bow, the body leans back and tilts to the right

Correction method: When raising the bow, special attention should be paid to not changing the initial standing posture to keep the body in the middle position unchanged.

3. When raising the bow, both shoulders are raised at the same time

When raising the bow, both shoulders are raised at the same time, which will cause tension in the overall action, especially archers who adopt the horizontal bow raising method should pay more attention to this problem. Correction method: After the bow is raised, the shoulders should be relaxed and sunken.

4. The elbow of the bow arm droops when the bow is raised. When the bow is raised, the elbow of the bow arm is lower than the horizontal line of the arrow.

Correction method: After the bow is raised, the forearm of the bow arm and the arrow are on the same horizontal line.

5. Adjust the bow pusher and string hooker after the bow is raised. Correction method: The bow pusher and string hooker should be done before the bow is raised, and no adjustment is made after the bow is raised.

Key link of archery five: bow opening action

1. Inadequate bow opening action Any mental concerns when opening the bow will affect the quality of bow opening. If the bow opening action is not in place, it must be adjusted after the bow is opened, which not only prolongs the time of shooting an arrow, but also destroys the rhythm of the overall action. Even if the action is adjusted, there is still a possibility of returning to the original position during the aiming process.

Correction method: The key is to master the action essentials of opening the bow along the shortest distance. The so-called shortest distance refers to the shortest distance between the bow handle and the bowstring support point (lower jaw). To ensure that the bow is drawn along the shortest distance, the hand that draws the string should be pulled back as close to the bow holding arm as possible during the bow drawing process.
2. Changes in the center of the body

During the bow drawing process, the initial standing body position changes, especially when the bow is about to be fully drawn, it is easy to make mistakes such as raising the head, leaning back, looking up away from the target, or leaning to the right. These mistakes seem to save some effort when drawing the bow, but they are very harmful to the overall action.

Correction method: First, do not change the initial standing body posture during the bow raising and bow drawing process, so that the weight of the body always falls evenly on both feet, and maintain symmetrical force of front support and back pull. Secondly, pay attention to the head position not changing, and the eyes should always be straight ahead.

Key link of archery six: string leaning action

1. When the bowstring is about to be in place, the head reaches the bowstring or leans back
At this time, reaching the bowstring or leaning back will cause a change in the overall posture.

Correction method: When the bowstring is in place, the neck should be relaxed, the head position should not be moved, and the bowstring should be actively leaned against the head, just like a boat docking. 2. The action of leaning on the string is not completed in one step. Some archers complete the action of leaning on the string in two steps. First, lean on a position, and then adjust to the position they need. These redundant actions increase the action program of archery technology. The action of leaning on the string should be completed in one step. 3. Leave a gap between the string-pulling hand and the neck. Try not to leave a gap between the string-pulling hand and the neck. Make the string-pulling hand as close to the neck as possible. The elbow should be slightly higher than the shoulder joint, so that the longitudinal axis of the forearm is as close as possible to the extension line of the arrow. 4. The string-pulling hand (including the wrist) is too tense. This will cause a series of wrong movements and cause overall tension. Correction method: First, let the string-pulling hand slightly rotate inward to keep the string-pulling hand and forearm muscles as relaxed as possible. Second, the string-pulling hand does not participate in drawing the bow and other aspects of work. 5. The mouth is not closed after the bowstring is in place. Correction method: After the bowstring is in place, the mouth should be closed naturally, and the upper and lower teeth should be gently close together, otherwise it will affect the height deviation of the arrow.
Key link of archery: bow holding arm

1. Shrug the shoulders. During the process of shooting, the shoulder joint rises.

2. Push forward. During the process of shooting, the shoulder joint pushes forward toward the arrow shaft.

3. Retract. During the process of shooting, the shoulder joint retracts.

The above three wrong actions destroy the direction of the straight-line force of the bow holding arm. The straight-line force of the front support is based on the shoulder, elbow and hand connecting into a line. If this action is correct, it feels easy and comfortable, as if it is only supported by the bones, and the muscles are not involved in the work. If the bow holding arm feels strenuous, it means that there is an error in the force of the bow holding arm.

The appearance of the above three wrong actions not only produces inward force, but also makes the signal piece unable to sound within the predetermined time, and makes the bow holding arm unstable.

There are two aspects of the bow holding arm action that should be paid attention to: one is the internal rotation of the upper arm, that is, the internal rotation of the front support. The second is the collapse of the shoulders, because these two aspects complement and influence each other. The internal rotation of the upper arm can increase the bow-lifting power of the deltoid muscle, and the action of internal rotation and collapse of the shoulder can increase the tension of the front deltoid muscle, pectoralis minor, pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi. These muscles are attached to the humerus and scapula. Therefore, after the internal rotation and collapse of the shoulder, the scapula can be closely attached to the thorax, and the humerus can be better fixed to the trunk, making the shoulder more stable, so as to better connect the bow-holding arm and the trunk as a whole, which helps to strengthen the stability of the bow-holding arm. Some archers have the problem of bending their arms. If the bow-holding arm action is not done well, the bowstring will hit the arm. To prevent the bowstring from hitting the arm, the bow-holding arm can be rotated. The specific method is: internal rotation of the shoulder joint, external rotation of the radiocarpal joint, rotation of the upper arm and forearm in a clockwise direction, internal rotation of the elbow joint by one quarter, and the elbow joint leaving the plane through which the bowstring passes.
Key link of archery: bow arm　　Whether the bow arm movement is correct depends on whether the longitudinal axis of the forearm is in the shooting plane or close to the shooting plane, and whether it is conducive to the use of the back muscles. The following problems are prone to occur in the bow arm:
1. Shrugging
The shrugging movement is caused by lifting the shoulders. When lifting the shoulders, the movement direction of the scapula is upward rotation, which results in the scapula moving away from the spine. Shrugging the shoulders will inevitably reduce the angle of the shoulder joint and lengthen the distance between the center of the shoulder joint and the radius, which is not conducive to the use of the back muscles.The main reason for the shrugging movement: As the bow is raised, the shoulder also shrugs. Although the shoulder collapses when the bow is raised, it rises again during the process of opening the bow. Excessively forcing the forearm to be on the horizontal line of the arrow will unconsciously lift the shoulder.The power source of the bow arm is mainly in the middle of the rhomboid muscle and the trapezius muscle, so when doing the action, it must be based on the smooth use of these two muscles, otherwise it will be wrong.Correction method: Mainly do the action of collapsing the shoulders and raising the elbows. When lifting the bow, the shoulders should be stretched and completely collapsed. When the bow is opened and the string-drawing hand is fixed in position, the shoulders should not be raised, and the shoulder blades should be ensured to rotate downward and move closer to the spine.
2. The wrist of the string-drawing hand is protruding or concave. This is a common wrong action. It is mostly formed in the initial stage. Once formed, it is very difficult to correct. Therefore, in the initial stage, special attention should be paid to prevent the archer from forming this wrong action. The main harm of this action is that it causes the string-drawing hand and forearm to move stiffly, which directly affects the force of the back muscles, makes the whole action tense, and also causes mistakes in releasing. At the same time, it will cause shrugging, making the whole bow-drawing arm very tense, and all the bow-drawing force is concentrated on the forearm and wrist. Correction method: mainly to do a good job of collapsing shoulders and raising elbows. Its main advantage is that it is conducive to the absolute force of the back muscles and transfers the force of bow-drawing to the back muscles. At the same time, it can make the string-drawing hand as close to the neck as possible, increase the angle of the shoulder joint, and reduce the distance between the center of the shoulder joint and the center of the radiocarpal joint, so that the longitudinal axis of the forearm is on the extension line of the arrow or close to this line.
Key link of archery: release action

1. When releasing the arrow, the hand is raised outward (the arrow hits the right side)
When releasing the arrow, the hand that draws the string leaves the shooting plane and moves to the right side of the shooting plane. This will change the direction of force and make the arrow deviate to the right side of the center of the target. The reason for this wrong action is: the back muscles are stiff or the force is paused. The extensor muscles participate in the force of releasing the arrow. The elbow is not pulled back in time when releasing the arrow. The energy is too forward, and the force is inward when releasing the arrow.
Correction method: During the process of drawing the bow and aiming, the archer should relax the forearm and wrist as much as possible, the extensor muscles should not participate in the work, and the flexor muscles should give way. At the same time, the elbow should guide the string arm to move backward along the shooting plane, and the string hand should not leave the lower jaw and neck.

2. When releasing the arrow, the hand is buckled inward (the arrow hits the left side)
The reason for this wrong action is: the back muscles, the string arm and the hand are too stiff. The hand buckling inward and the hand raising outward are similar errors in opposite directions. The correction method is basically the same as the hand outward.
3. Press down the hand when releasing the arrow (the arrow hits the point too high) The back elbow is too high above the extension line of the arrow. The back elbow should be at a certain height when releasing the arrow, but the higher the better.
Correction method: During the entire action, the string-pulling arm should always maintain horizontal force.
4. The back elbow droops too much when releasing the arrow (the arrow hits the point too low) The archer pauses when aiming and continuing to exert force, resulting in inward movement. The string-pulling hand moves too far during the arrow-pulling process.
Correction method: Strengthen the training of the overall rhythm of the basic posture. When releasing the arrow and after releasing the arrow, do not relax the force of the back muscles. The movement distance of the string-pulling hand should be moderate.