[Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments

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You make the point quit well, Pug.  Many DO give up for lack of encouragement and quit practicing.  And Gilli and others also have valid points that practice is needed to shoot well.     This is why I set the recent tourney to cover Bowman and below- to attract those that had given up or that simply were not practicing as much any more due to discouragement.  It worked.  Archers were there that had not shot in a year but that I used to see regularly. If we can get those folks out and shooting again and with the encouragement of our better archers- who knows what might be accomplished.  Perhaps it is time to look at something such as a master/student relationship such as is in so many other areas of our game?

There has been some excellent discussion so far.  I still have not seen anyone commit to ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE although I still have not read all the messages in the thread yet.

Jacque the Spink



-------Original Message-------
From: Pug Bainter <pug at pug.net>
Sent: 06/12/03 08:15 AM
To: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Bowman Tournaments

>
> Bob Dewart (gilli at hot.rr.com) said something that sounded like:
> 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.

Yes, and something we don't see as often on the fighting field anymore
is "Newbie" tourneys. In the past these were quite popular and you'd see
one about every month. These were tournaments that only new fighters
could enter. This generally meant that they had been fighting less than
a year.

Why are these a good thing? They encourage new fighters to not quit. If
every time you enter a tournament you are taken out the first or second
round, (depending on single or double elim) then you are likely to give
up in frustration instead of putting more effort into it.

Yes hard competition is good, but to keep people around you have to let
them win every now and then. Any good trainer on the fighting field
allows the new fighter to land a killing shot every now and then.

> Archery is a perishable skill.  If you don't shoot, well we know what
> happens.

As is true with fighting.

Ciao,

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