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Outdoor Mail-in Tournament
Ace Archers will be holding a USA Archery Mail-in Tournament on Sunday, 5/31/2015 for Ace Archers JOAD and USA Archery members only. This event will take place on an outdoor range at Mansfield’s Memorial Park Practice Field at the corner of Hope and Church streets. The event starts at 9:00 am with field set-up and end around 11:30 am to noon with field tear down. Everyone must preregister for the tournament with Jacques Cote. Jacques Cote is the coordinator for the tournament and will be turning in the score information to USA Archery and communication point for th event with the club. […]
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SPT2 – Build Archery Strength
Want a more powerful shot? For archery athletes looking to increase their strength and power for archery, no exercise compares to SPT2, or the Power SPT for archery. Watch this video to learn how to do this exercise: To complete SPT 2, do the following steps: Without an arrow Load Anchor Transfer Back to set […]
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Outdoor Warm-ups
Outdoor warm-ups are the first tournaments for the outdoor season. An outdoor warm-up is a great opportunity to prove we have dusted off our outdoor skills and gives us a chance to test our outdoor equipment.
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What is an Archery Athlete?
On the most basic and simple level, an archery athlete is anyone who participates in the sport of archery. However, simply showing up a range with bow in hand every once in awhile does not an archery athlete make.
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Who is An Athlete?
Rather than taking the time to debate the wide range of scholarly definitions of what an athlete is, our time is better spent discussing what defines an athlete. Across countless sports, as varied as the individuals participating in them, common characteristics can be found in those who excel.
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Who can participate in Outdoor Practice? For me outdoor practice and outdoor tournaments are a dream of green grass, warm sunshine, gentle breezes, no snow and a target far away. The reality is different. The grass may be wet from rain or dew. The wind may be blowing, sometimes above 10 mph and it may […]
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Indoor Season is almost over! In Massachusetts we have the 2015 National Indoors, the Shamrock Shoot (70 meters indoors) on 3/22, the Harvard 70 Meters Indoors (again 70 meters indoors) on 4/12, and the Indoor Archer’s Cup on 3/13 to 3/15. The Indoor Archer’s Cup is an Individual Event only this year. Please register by Friday, […]
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No Archery Classes the Weekend of 2/20/2015 On Friday 2/20/15, Saturday 2/21/15 and Sunday 2/22/15 there will be no archery classes since Coach Tom will be at the National Indoors with Team Aces. Team Aces is shooting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in both the JOAD Indoor Nationals and the National Indoor Tournaments.
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Endurance Training? For Archery? Yes! Archery is an endurance sport! During an outdoor tournament you will be shooting a minimum of 84 arrows per day, drawing your bow about 90 – 95 times, walking about 5 miles and you will doing this for 2 days for local tournaments and national and international competitions lasting for 4 […]
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Nutrition Eating is more than just supplying energy for the body. It’s an important part of our social lives, shared among friends and family. But when people think of nutrition, people think automatically about restricting diets and other negative connotations. Nutrition, however, should be in our minds at all times, regardless of where we happen […]
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