[Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments

[David Ruff]

I agree to a point in the fact that any archer can
shoot well one day and shoot bad the next. But,
without coaching, practice and a constant drive you
WILL cap out and not advance to the next level. In my
opinion archery is 50% muscle repetition, 40% mental
and 10% hand/eye cordination, let yourself slack off
in any one of those and you WILL shoot bad, keep
constant practice in them and you WILL advance.
Without anyone to help you along you will cap - if you
fail to push and learn - thats where we lose many
archers that could climb to the top - but never make
it past the first or second hump in the climb.

As an ok archer - i have had poeple next to me give me
a good whooping that i "should" be able to beat, good
days are good days, bad days are bad - in the end
however all that really counts is we as a whole
support, encourage and help new archers gain skill and
knowledge.



Ulrich



--- iaenmor <iaenmor at swbell.net> wrote:
> Damm, I kinda agree with you Gilli.  Anybody on a
> given day could win, above
> and beyond their expectations.  But at the same time
> sponsoring a beginners
> tourney persay is a good idea.  What is the best way
> to get someone to
> practice, dangle a little bait in front of them.  It
> does seem to work for
> the chivalric lists.  At the same time I think it
> behooves the better
> archers to make sure that they attend these shoots
> to offer their advice and
> experience.  I think as a whole we the archery
> community do not spend enough
> time with a newer archers.  Yes, I am as guilty of
> this as others, but we
> have and can see examples of this.  The time you
> spent with Lord Robert is a
> good example, he may have had the natural skill but
> who provided the time,
> range and incentive.  The same could be said of Lord
> Carluccio,  the man
> seems to have a lot of talent when it comes to
> shooting but having someone
> look at your form, stance and equipment and helping
> to better all can not be
> discounted.  Sure lets have beginner tournaments but
> lets also make sure the
> pride of Ansteorran archers are there to coach,
> teach and encourage them in
> their endavors.
> Iaen Mor
> Gate's Edge
> Ansteorra
> Coastal Region Archery Marshal
> iaenmor at swbell.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at hot.rr.com>
> To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments
>
>
> > I'm probably going to get yelled at for this, but
> I'm going to say it
> > anyway.
> >
> > Archers ranked at Bowman or below have the same
> chance as a fighter of
> that
> > skill level defeating  (fill in the name of the
> Knight or Don of your
> > choice).  My point is these folks have spent much
> time and effort to
> attain
> > their skill.  And so must those, in most cases,
> who would be victorious
> over
> > them in a head to head or even just a high score.
> >
> > I have been sponsoring competition for many years.
>  Few overcome the
> inertia
> > to compete.  Few take the time to practice.
> >
> > As the story goes, when the man asked "How do you
> get to Carrigee Hall?"
> The
> > reply was, "Practice".
> >
> > Archery is a perishable skill.  If you don't
> shoot, well we know what
> > happens.
> >
> > OK, so yell away, or not.
> >
> > Gilli
> > Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jspinks at ix.netcom.com>
> > To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
> > Cc: <dmruff1 at juno.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:03 PM
> > Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments
> >
> >
> > To the those archers of Ansteorra that do us the
> service of organizing and
> > running archery tournaments at events- I thank
> you.   I have, however, a
> > proposal for you and the ranking archers of our
> kingdom.  I have long
> noted
> > that there are many fine archers in our kingdom-
> some of whom regularly
> post
> > target scores and some of whom do not.  I have
> also long noted that there
> > are many archers that begin and reach a plateau
> and, for lack of
> improvement
> > or teaching become discouraged and do not seek to
> improve their scores or
> do
> > not enter tournaments. And against archers such as
> Don Sebastion, Lord
> > Carluccio, Lady Moreg, Lord Ironwyrm, Lord Ulrich,
> Lord Fearghus, and
> > others, what chance does the archer ranked at
> Bowman or below have?
> >
> > This year at Warlord we held our first Bowmans
> Tourney for those that were
> > new, or had less than a Bowman ranking, and had
> never won a tourney.  16
> > archers that rarely competed or had not done so
> before participated in a
> > Royal Round plus an offbeat round. It was a lot of
> fun and I expect we
> will
> > continue to offer such tourneys in the future at
> Warlord.  The winner was
> > rewarded and recognized in court- something that
> is also rare for those of
> > lower rank or just beginning.
> >
> > I challenge the other marshalls of our Kingdom to
> sponsor similar Bowman's
> > Tourneys in the interest of promoting our sport
> and developing and
> > encouraging our less experienced or less skilled
> archers to join in the
> > ranks of the Foresters and Huntsmen. Lord Ulrich
> and I each sponsored and
> > encouraged two particular individuals in the
> recent tourney.  Who else
> would
> > teach others and encourage and mentor them?  Who
> else will step forward
> and
> > organize such  Bowman's tourneys- not for the
> champion archers in
> Ansteorra-
> > but for tomorrow's champions?
> >
> > Archers of Ansteorra- what say you to this
> challenge?
> >
> > Lord Jacque the Spink
> > Steppes Archery Marshall
> >
> >
> >
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