ARCH - Archery Question

[Rayburn, Timothy]

Not a coincidence at all ... but you are falling into a classic logical
blunder.  In Latin they would phrase it : 
Post hoc, ergo proctor hoc.

In essence, you are assuming that because after our scores went down, there
were fewer archers that the decline in scores caused the decline in archers.
Just because something came before something else does not mean that it
caused it.

Let me give you some reasons I personally feel that there are fewer archers
:

1) Groups don't highlight archery - This may be a symptom of less archers in
the local groups, but very few local groups put an effort to highlight
archery.  Some do, though, as Elfsea is planning to at Defender.

2) Archers aren't Inviting - Not that they aren't welcoming, but I've never
been /invited/ to shoot target archery.  I don't have a bow, so I don't
bother going over to the range.

3) Lack of Pageantry - Completely personal bias, I admit, but I love seeing
pageantry and display of the middle ages which I just don't feel at the
archery range.

Those are my feelings, but they can all be summed up to the following :

No one has ever gone out of their way to make archery fun for me.

That single key is what I think people should focus on.  Make archery fun
for the archers, and I guarantee the kingdom scores will recover.  If you
look at other fighting activities you will see people who make it fun for
people to enjoy that activity.  Once they are having fun, they will compete,
they will maker prettier armor, etc.

Make it fun,

Timothy of Glastonbury

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bob Dewart [SMTP:gilli at seacove.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 06, 2000 2:41 PM
> To:	ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
> Subject:	Re: ARCH - Archery Question
> 
> Great!  Outstanding!  I'm glad you do.  Really :)
> 
> However,  check out the history of the shoot.  Years ago more folks shot
> and
> our scores were much higher.  Now our scores are in the crapper and not
> too
> many people shooting.  Coincedence?  What do you think?
> 
> Then again I  could be wrong.
> 
> Archery is the greatest individual competiton I can think of.  Ok, last
> time
> I shot I hit the target 4 times, let's see if I can hit it 5 this time.
> Forget about the winner of the competition thing.  How did I do compared
> to
> what I did last time?
> 
> Whether your counting the number of times you just hit the target or for
> points, all it is is a way of keeping track of how well YOU are doing.
> Other than for safety sack,  forget about the other archers.  They have
> their own individual contests going on.
> 
Gilli
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