At practices I’ve been telling our archers about a friend of mine, Lee Ford. Lee is a very inspiring woman that our entire club will be cheering on when she competes in the Paralympics in London.

Take a few minutes and get to know Ms. Ford from this piece from Fox 5 News Atlanta:
Disabled Mother to Compete in Paralymics.

You’ll also notice in the video, Lee’s coach Jim White. Coach White provided the training for most of our coaches and is currently one of the coaches of the USA Archery Junior Dream Team.

Good luck in London, Lee! Go USA!

We have practice once a week. However, that’s not enough to become proficient in archery. We’ve been bringing out archery mirrors to practice for a while now, but now it’s time to add your own archery mirror at home! When you practice with your stretch band, use this list to keep your practice … perfect.

Download this PDF document, print it out and tape it to the mirror that you practice in.

The Archery Perfection Mirror by the Forsyth County Archery Club

Lorig, who’s trying to make her fifth Olympic team, said Lawrence was a quick study. “When she draws the string back, she does really well.” Lorig said. “I was surprised; I even told her if she wants to be a professional archer, I think she has potential.”

Click here to read more:
USAToday: Hollywood star coached by Olympian

Campus officials said Tuesday the Statesboro complex will be constructed with a $3.3 million federal grant obtained by the state Department of Natural Resources as well as with a mix of private and corporate donations.

AJC: Ga. Southern gets $3.3M for sport shooting center
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You may not know this about the Williams family, but they are HUGE Georgia fans. Football fans in particular. Take a look at this video. It is so wonderful to see Hunter up and around, looking so good. Keep healing and keep on that road to recovery Hunter!

We’ll see everyone starting back on January 7th!

Coach Kevin Cully
Forsyth County Archery Club

Today is Thanksgiving, and one of the things I’m giving thanks for is my archery family. It is my pleasure and my honor to call you my friends and my family. I hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Here’s a slide show / video that I put together from the photos that Brent Weber took at the Archery Festival. What a beautiful day.

The updated numbers: You all raised over $3,795 for the Hunter Williams Trust Fund. Well done and a million thanks to all of the volunteers that helped make the Festival a success!

Get better Hunter! We’ll be waiting for your return to archery!

We’ll see you all starting back January 7, 2012.

Coach Kevin Cully
Forsyth County Archery Club

Thank you volunteers and sponsors! Could not have done this without you all.

To Hunter, please get better. Your archery club will be waiting for your return with open arms and open hearts.

Coach Kevin Cully
Forsyth County Archery Club

Here are some of the questions in no particular order. The answers are given below. How well will you do?

1. Where will the 2012 Summer Olympics be held?
2. When we shoot archery, which muscles do we use?
3. How many spots were there on the 2008 USA Olympic Men’s archery team?
4. How many spots were there on the 2008 USA Olympic Woman’s archery team?
5. What is the first step in the archery shot process?
6. What is the last step in the archery shot process?
7. What is the maximum distance shot in the normal Olympic tournament events?
8. What percentage of an archers weight should be on the balls of his/her feet?
9. Can a mechanical release be used in competition by a recurve archer?
10. What do you call your hand that “holds” the bow?

Answers:

1. London, England starting July 27th and ending on August 12th, 2012
2. All of them! From the top of our head, to the tips of our toes, we use all of our muscles to make an archery shot.
3. Three: Richard “Butch” Johnson, Vic Wunderle, and Brady Ellison
4. Two: Jennifer Nichols, Khatuna Lorig
5. Stance, the act of getting to the line and positioning our feet. Posture is sometimes included in this step but can be split out as it’s own step.
6. Followthrough, although alternative answers can be “Evaluation”,
   “Feedback” and “Relaxation”.
7. 70 meters is the longest distance in the normal events, but bonus points go to the archer that answers 90 meters in some of the qualifying rounds.
8. 60% of an archers weight should be on the balls of their feet with 40% on the heel.
9. No, while technically possible to use a release with a recurve bow, the use of a mechanical release is not allowed in competitions.
10. The “bow hand” is the hand that holds the bow. Our young archers way over-thought the answer to that question.

So, how did you do? Some easy, some are more difficult. Thanks for playing!