Archery: Steps to Success, 5th Edition

Master the bow with precision and accuracy! Archery: Steps to Success, Fifth Edition, offers progressive, step-by-step instructions to help you learn the styles, techniques, and equipment needed to shoot accurately, consistently, and safely. This updated edition offers full-color photos and graphics alongside complete coverage of all aspects of archery:

• Selecting, fitting, tuning, and upgrading equipment
• Assessing, refining, and perfecting shooting form
• Compensating for common weather conditions such as rain and wind
• Preparing, practicing, and planning for competition
• Expanded information: Judging distance and shooting on uneven terrain
• New section: Bowfishing

For archers using recurve or compound bows, you can practice the 92 exercises for each phase of the shot—stance, draw, aim, release, and follow-through—to develop consistent technique. Then, use the popular Steps to Success scoring system to track your progress. The Score Your Success exercises throughout the chapter and the Success Summary at the end of each chapter let you know whether you are ready to move ahead to the next step. New sidebars for each step show how scientific research informs shooting technique and equipment.

Whether you are an archery novice, an experienced competitor, a bowhunter, or an outdoor enthusiast, this manual will help you hit your mark. As part of the popular Steps to Success sports series—with more than two million copies sold—Archery: Steps to Success hits the bull’s-eye when it comes to comprehensive archery instruction.