I know i should have done this a long time ago. I am going to post up the guidelines of a mentor. If my memory serves me right, this is the first time we are seriously going to have this system because the last year and the previous years we had a coach. Mentor: A mentor will have 3~4 Juniors attached to him/her. The mentor will be solely responsible for this archer's form/equipment. It is the mentor's responsibility to go ask/search if he/she does not know the right way shooting is done. The mentor has to be fair and equal at all times (cannot show favoritism) It is encouraged that mentors to give instructions to juniors to train at home or when they are free. This includes Tuesdays (before 5pm as PT starts after 5pm) & Thursdays. It is also encouraged that mentors teach their allocated juniors only, please curb the urge to teach another junior who is not allocated to you . This is to prevent confusion of instructions . Lastly, please do not teach something foreign. Please
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Looking at the both picture, you can see that both of our girls are shooting with a "bent" arm(still subjective as it is still an on-going debate; i see it as bent) . There are some on-going talk about this in the forums, do take a look. Archery Interchange 1.1 Archery Interchange 1.2 (same topic another discussion ) Archery Forum It is not wrong to shoot with a bent arm so long alignment is right and also not compromising clearance for the arrow. There are very good archers scoring 1200 ++ on a full fita having that kind of arm too, this is due to body structure , for some people, it can be changed, some just adapt. Some of the juniors might have this problem too, feel free to ask your mentor, they will try your best to answer your question and help you. -benjamin
Dear all, Here's a gentle reminder, all archers are to bring a towel and a bottle which can contain up to at least 1L of water for every Saturday training. Those who are not able to get these things to the field will have to contribute a dollar to the club's fund. And the money collected will be use for club's BBQ and etc. PS: Hui Fang, please remeber to bring a tin for the money. Thank you. =D -Silie
Dear archers, On this coming Saturday, it will be The Pinnacle. All are to report at 6.45am. As for the juniors, you can choose to come or not. But I strongly encourage everyone of you to come down to help as it will be a good exposure to all of you guys. In brief, The Pinnacle is a race event whereby around 80 teams of 2 will start out from Zhenghua CC and race all the way to our school and archery is one of the stations. We will further brief you guys on what's happening on the day itself. As for training, we will have resume once The Pinnacle ends. I request that you give me your response during training this coming Thursdays and if there are any doubts, feel free approach us. grace (:
GB :This question may have been asked before, but can anyone assist by advising how the name designation of left handed bow and right handed bow came about as the bow is held in the opposite hand to shoot. JA :we say right or left hand based on which hand is doing the drawing. So a left handed riser means that its grip is designed for the right hand as the left does the drawing...it is a little confusing when you think about it.. MARCUS :I believe the terms date way back before the metric system. Bottom Dweller : In the Roman empire those archers who would draw the bow back with their left hand were considered to be possessed by the devil. The latin word for left is "sinistra", which evolved into today's word "sinister". On the other hand (hehe), those archers that draw the bow back with their right hand were considered to be very able. The latin word for right is "dextra". Which evolved into today's word "dexterous". But somehow calling
Dear archers, here is the link for the photos to the Leisure & Bonding Camp: http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff266/nparchery/Bonding%20Camp%202008/ and the link for the NUS Indoor 2008 photos is: http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/ff266/nparchery/NUS%20Indoor%202008/ the photos for the NUS are not completed yet. Benjamin will upload the rest of it that is on his camera when he gets it back (: enjoy! grace (:
It is nice to hear that everyone enjoyed the camp =) Once again, Kudos to all who made this possible, includes those who came for the camp =) My concern now is that usually after the camp people will start dropping out =( Now, if you have a problem or feel that Archery is not working out for you, feel free to talk to your mentor about this and work things out .The last thing we want is for you to just quit without saying a word =) Those who made orders for the arrows, your orders are being sent as i am typing this. My sister is on the other side typing it out.. HOHOHO.. See you all on this saturday's training. -benjamin
Mentor Junior Grouping
Thank you Yishan for staying up all night preparing the list for us =) Please thank Yishan for the list the next time you see her yar? -benjamin
Dear archers, I understand that some of you may wonder what to bring for the camp, so here is the to-bring list: 1) 4 sets of clothes 2) undergarments 3) covered shoes & slippers 4) socks 5) torchlight (optional) 6) toiletries 7) towel 8) sleeping bag 9) extra cash Also, do note that everyone is to bring at $11 to pay up for the camp t shirts. Juniors, you are to report at 12.30pm on 16th June at Canteen 2 . Seniors, please report at Canteen 2 as well but at 9am instead. Tml is the competition for the NUS Indoor. Good luck to all competing archers. For supporters, please make full use of this chance to observe the ongoings and procedures during a competition. Grace (:
NUS Indoor Indemnity Forms
TO ALL ARCHERS GOING FOR NUS INDOOR, For those who already have the indemnity forms, please get them signed and pass it to me on SATURDAY . For those who do not have the indemnity form, please get them from me on Saturday and fill them up. This is very important because no indemnity forms means DISQUALIFICATION CJ
Dear Archers, ATTENTION TO ALL SENIORS WHO ARE IN THE GAMES COMMITTEE . You are requested to come down to school at 1 pm, Friday to do some preparation for the camp. We will meet at the study area. For those who aren't in the games committee and that you are very free with nothing to do on hand, you may come down as well (: Grace (:
Indoor archery FITA rules 8.6.2.2 If more than the required number of arrows should be found in the target butt or on the floor near the target butt or in the shooting lanes, only the three (or six) lowest in value will be scored. Athletes (or teams) found to repeat this offence may be disqualified. 8.6.2.3 When triple faces are used, arrows may be shot in any order, but if more than one arrow is shot into the same scoring area, both (or all) arrows count as part of that end, but only the lowest value arrow will score. The other arrow, or arrows, in the same spot will be scored as a miss, or as misses. Any arrow missing the outermost blue six (6) zone will be scored as a miss. FITA Judges Guidebook gives you answer: 5.3.1 “Double error” situations At indoor and field events we have three-center faces and a special rule saying that if two arrows are in the same center, the lower scoring arrow scores the actual value while the other arrow scores a miss (M). On occasions the archer adds
Dear all, I have an extreme good news to share. NP Archery has won the award for Outstanding Club (Sports Club) for academic year 07/08!! Our club will receive this award during the Annual Awards and Appreciation Night. =) We also have quite a no. of archers nominated for Full and Half Colours Award as well. This shows how hard work and dedication CAN pay off, and everyone has a part to play in the club's success. Ms June would like to congratulate all graduated as well as current archers for our acheivements. So let's all keep up the good work and strive to do better and prove ourselves worthy of the awards! Three cheers to NP Archery!!! -jialin
Dear Archers, Sorry for the sudden change of dates for the camp. This is due to the lack of rooms because there are other camps going on too as well. For those who are unable to make it to the camp and you have already submitted your indemnity forms, please give your names to yishan. For those who initially could not make it but you are able to now, please get your indemnity forms from yishan on this coming saturday. Training will resume THIS SATURDAY, 7th JUNE. grace (: