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Archery: Steps to Success (Steps to Success Sports Series) Paperback – November 2, 2005

by Kathleen Haywood (Author), Catherine Lewis (Author)
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Master all of the archery skills essential to shooting straight and true. Archery: Steps to Success provides in-depth, progressive instruction with accompanying illustrations for each phase of the shot—sighting and aiming, shooting form, and anchoring—for all forms of archery.

Build a solid skill base; learn the details of choosing, fitting, and tuning equipment; and then refine your technique and sharpen your mental skills. By practicing the 91 drills and using the scoring systems to gauge your progress, you'll develop consistent technique and shot patterns in no time.

Whatever the target, this manual will help you hit the mark. As part of the popular Steps to Success Series (more than 1.5 million copies sold!), Archery: Steps to Success hits the bull's-eye when it comes to expert instruction on the sport.

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  1. Print length
    224 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Human Kinetics
  4. Publication date
    November 2, 2005
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    8.5 x 0.51 x 11 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0736055428
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0736055420
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"A fine book teaching the essentials of archery, Archery: Steps to Success provides well-rounded instruction in choosing archery equipment, shooting form, aiming, and archery technique. I would recommend it to anyone interested in becoming an archer and for experienced target shooters looking for solid tips on improving scores."

Mike Strandlund
Editor, Bowhunting World magazine

"The most complete instructional book on the market. All the details and steps to perfect shots make it an excellent teaching tool. This outstanding book will help the student reach the level of proficiency desired."

Arlyne Rhode
President, U.S. & International Archer magazine

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"A fine book teaching the essentials of archery, Archery: Steps to Success provides well-rounded instruction in choosing archery equipment, shooting form, aiming, and archery technique. I would recommend it to anyone interested in becoming an archer and for experienced target shooters looking for solid tips on improving scores."

Mike Strandlund Editor, Bowhunting World magazine

"The most complete instructional book on the market. All the details and steps to perfect shots make it an excellent teaching tool. This outstanding book will help the student reach the level of proficiency desired."

Arlyne Rhode President, U.S. & International Archer magazine

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Human Kinetics; 3rd edition (November 2, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0736055428
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0736055420
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.51 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 71 ratings

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    Kathleen M. Haywood, PhD, is professor emerita at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, where she has researched life span motor development and taught courses in motor behavior and development, sport psychology, and biomechanics. She earned her PhD in motor behavior from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976.

    Haywood is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and the Research Consortium of the Society for Health and Physical Education (SHAPE America). She is also a recipient of SHAPE America’s Mabel Lee Award. Haywood has served as president of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity and as chairperson of the Motor Development Academy of SHAPE America.

    Haywood is also the coauthor of four editions of Archery: Steps to Success and of Teaching Archery: Steps to Success, published by Human Kinetics. She resides in Saint Charles, Missouri, and in her free time enjoys fitness training, tennis, and dog training.

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Martin Lihl
5.0 out of 5 stars Very understandable .. Well written
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2013
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I have read small tips that I have found to be helpful that I have not received from coaches .. I would not hesitate to recommended this book to beginning archers .. Informative, thoughtful, and written in understandable terms .. 5 Stars !!!
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DC
5.0 out of 5 stars A great balance of content, well presented
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013
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Covers all the information you need to get started and then some. A great reference without being complicated. I used it to refresh myself with all the archery terms and what is important. Recommended.
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pericles lavat
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2013
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Well written book about all aspects in Archery. Covers both, compound and recurve bows techniques. Accessories et al. The illustrations are not very modern. They could have made a better job in this area. But content is what matter, therefore I found it very useful.
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Mimi.b
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn and Review
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2012
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This is a great book for someone reviewing, learning for themselves or teaching others. You forget little things over the years and this book helps bring them to the fore front again.
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Robert L. Swarts
5.0 out of 5 stars Archery book review
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2011
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Excellent book in better than expected condition. Covers a wide range of subjects that are bound to be of interest to the beginning archer like myself.
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L TIMMINS
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2012
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This book is very informative, has pictures and easy to follow instructions which are a must for beginners in archery.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2015
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Great book
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Joseph C Smith Jr
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2018
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Outstanding source and content. Thoroughly enjoyed.
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Om prakash Prajapati
5.0 out of 5 stars हम पुस्तक नहीं मंगाए थे हम तीर धनुष मंगाए थे
Reviewed in India on July 14, 2021
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LewishamMan
5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Intro
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2012
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I'm totally new to recurve archery and am doing lessons at the local adult education centre. These are great but the group is big and the equipment pretty, let's say, basic.

This American book assumes that you have access to a half decent bow but even without that luxury it helps the user to establish the core essentials. Effective archery is based on developing 'good form' through repetition, repetition, consistency and, more than that, consistency. This could be pretty boring but Haywood and her co-author do a great job in explaining why consistency is so vital and in providing exercises and drills to get you there. They also take a useful look at the bells & whistles that come later, once good form has been developed - sights, stabilisation and so forth. They also take the reader forward into the realms of technique refinement, but it's the basics that so far, for me, prove the worth of this title.

I appreciate that many people do not learn practical skills effectively from books, but you're reading this so I assume that you are open to this form of education / instruction and I have to say that, for me, it perfectly complements the weekly hour-long sessions of shooting. Any American-ness is not intrusive and in any case archery is a sport without boundaries. (I should mention that the principles covered apply as much to compound bow shooting and the illustations balance recurve and compound types.)
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Rithvik R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book
Reviewed in India on December 26, 2018
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It has all tips that what I want
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Kautabak
3.0 out of 5 stars Praktisch für ungeduldige zum schnellen Einstieg
Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2013
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Leider gibt es sehr wenig deutsche Literatur für den Kindle zum Thema Bogensport.

Dieses in Englisch verfasste Buch richtet sich hauptsächlich an Einsteiger, die sich einen schnellen Einstieg und Ergebnisse im Bogensport erhoffen.
Es werden alle wichtigen Themen von Sicherheit, Auswahl der Ausrüstung, Training und noch mehr, kurz und verständlich erklärt, ohne sich dabei zu Verzetteln. Dass dabei auf tiefergehende Details verzichtet wird ist zu verschmerzen - dafür kauft man sich ein "Profi-Buch".

Didaktisch wertvoll finde ich die "So macht man's"- und "So macht man's nicht"-Anmerkungen.

Zum ersten Einlesen absolut geeignet. Wobei man auch sehr gute und vorallem kostenloses Material im Internet finden kann.
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RR Waller
5.0 out of 5 stars Successful Archery - in easy stages
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2011
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As a neophyte, I enjoyed thus book. It was just what I was hoping for. Before receiving the book, the nearest I had come to archery instruction was the odd Robin Hood film, some very odd indeed but this seemed just what Robin himself might have read somewhere in the depths of Sherwood, although I am not sure he would have recognised some of the bows described.

It is a step-by-step guide to beginner's archery and, if along the way, the wrong step is taken, there is a section on spotting and curing the typical faults. The illustrations are not what I have become used to in some expensive golf books by the top players who use very fast, motion-stopping cameras but, since the motions are not very fast (arrow excluded), there is no reason for anything other than the effective line-drawings it has.

If what readers are looking for is a book to take them through the basics of beginners archery in sensible, well-described stages, this is the book for them. (It also cured me of the Robin Hood impersonations!) Recommended.
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