Proper Archery Stance for Shooting a Bow & Arrow

Series Summary

The first known bow and arrow were fashioned around the 10th Century B.C. in Germany. The arrow shafts were crafted out of wood and held flint arrowheads at the tips. Similarly the bows were created from wood and were curved more than later bows such as the English long bow. Bow and arrows were used to hunt large game as well as small game such as birds, with various tips for different animals. Native American Indians used woven targets to practice their archery skill for bow hunting. Today there are many bow designs that are carefully engineered out of a variety of materials to decrease weight, improve balance, and increase accuracy. A beginning archer has many choices of bows and arrows to choose from such as the traditional recurve bows with frame and string, to complex compound bows with pulleys, scopes, and balancing rods. Whatever your particular bow interest is, there are some foundational lessons you can learn to enhance you archery experience. If you would like to learn basic archery tips for free and at your own home, learn from one of our experts online.

In this free video clip series, learn how to shoot a bow with archery tips from an expert archery teacher. Learn archery tips such as proper archery stance, correct arm placement, how to load a bow, how to use a three finger release, how to release correctly, archery safety, how to score your shots on a target, how to properly pull an arrow out a target, how practice on a field archery range, how to choose a field archery range, how to shoot from 65 yards, and how to practice hunting with a bow.

Video Transcript

" Hello! My name is Harold Hall, Ft. Lauderdale Archers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and today we are going to talk about tips and techniques of archery. On behalf of Expert Village, I would like to welcome you. Okay, the correct position that we want to try to get the student into is where he is going to stand. Should stand parallel to the target with your shoulder facing toward the target. There are a couple of different styles of stance which is like I say there is a close stance and then what you have is a modified open stance. This is very, very important for the archer. You have to stand straight up and down, you want to have your shoulders parallel, feet at shoulder width. Okay, be nice and relaxed, you want to have your head nice and straight and you want to just turn your head toward the target when you draw the bow up. "