Just when you think you're getting to grips with archery, another curve ball or three comes your way. Who would think that foam target matts come in so many shapes and sizes? What about finding strings right now? Thank God for people like John Magera who is going to get me hands on making my own strings post haste. And what about those aluminum risers with screw threads that are dodgy enough to make a grown archer weep? Thank God for my hubby, who can fix just about anything. Sometimes, it takes a village. And sometimes, one feels like the village idiot. But we all have to take turns, right? This is not even mentioning that, in the first quarter of this year, I have barely practiced my own archery and have not made it to a tournament thus far.
So what have I achieved, archerially speaking? (Yes, I said that). 41 keen JOAD archers on the roles and 20 students in private lessons to date in 2014. All the while working full time at Sagemont Church. Am I bragging? No. Not at all. I am, however, minutely, heck - HUGELY - thrilled about the number of young lives impacted for the better, having found a sport that they can get passionate about. It took me almost 40 years to find that place. I have a lot of catching up to do...
There are some big changes coming down the pike, in the way that I spend my time. And I am very excited about it. Onward ho!
Friday, April 4, 2014
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Welcome to the Pearland Archery Blog
I took the advice of a successful music teacher in the area to start a blog on the Pearland Archery website. It seemed like a good idea, so I will try my best to make it a worthwhile read. It may be a little erratic, but will be focusing on sharing insights and news that will benefit my archery students and the local archery community in general.
One of the first things that I want to highlight is an upcoming Archery Equipment Clinic that is being held on Saturday, January 25th in Columbus, TX. It will be taught by Olympian, John Magera, with an emphasis on the Olympic style recurve bow. It is just $10 to attend, which includes lunch. To register, visit the registration page on my website.
Why did we arrange this clinic? First of all, it was totally for my own benefit, being relatively new to the Olympic style recurve bow (oly rig). I have shot a compound bow since I started out with archery around four years ago, and knew that I had to get up to speed with recurve for the sake of my students. John Magera put an oly rig in my hands in April of 2013, and I've been trying to learn the discipline, and all of the complex elements that go with it, ever since.
Since I have been shooting an oly rig, I have quickly realized that there are many other archery instructors and coaches who are just as ignorant of this discipline as I was. To the extent where it seems as though some even shy away from it, like it's a dark art that can only be understood by the elite select few. Well, that's just shocking! With this incredible surge in interest of archery, due largely to the pop culture movies of the Hunger Games, Brave, The Avengers and now, the new Hobbit movie, the interest in traditional barebow or Olympic style recurve archery is through the roof, and we have to get up to speed. PDQ!
Archery instructors and coaches... May the odds be ever in your favor.
One of the first things that I want to highlight is an upcoming Archery Equipment Clinic that is being held on Saturday, January 25th in Columbus, TX. It will be taught by Olympian, John Magera, with an emphasis on the Olympic style recurve bow. It is just $10 to attend, which includes lunch. To register, visit the registration page on my website.
Why did we arrange this clinic? First of all, it was totally for my own benefit, being relatively new to the Olympic style recurve bow (oly rig). I have shot a compound bow since I started out with archery around four years ago, and knew that I had to get up to speed with recurve for the sake of my students. John Magera put an oly rig in my hands in April of 2013, and I've been trying to learn the discipline, and all of the complex elements that go with it, ever since.
Since I have been shooting an oly rig, I have quickly realized that there are many other archery instructors and coaches who are just as ignorant of this discipline as I was. To the extent where it seems as though some even shy away from it, like it's a dark art that can only be understood by the elite select few. Well, that's just shocking! With this incredible surge in interest of archery, due largely to the pop culture movies of the Hunger Games, Brave, The Avengers and now, the new Hobbit movie, the interest in traditional barebow or Olympic style recurve archery is through the roof, and we have to get up to speed. PDQ!
Archery instructors and coaches... May the odds be ever in your favor.
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