Category: Performance Metrics
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Analysing the point gain from thicker arrows
(If you’re just looking for the tool to explore arrow diameter analysis, rather than my very interesting discussion of it just click here) Without fail, at the start of every indoor season, someone on social medial asks the following question “Why do people shoot thicker arrows indoors?” to which someone else replies “Because the thicker…
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Handicap System Maths
Since the new UK handicap and classification systems were released last year, I’ve had a steady stream of enquiries from fellow archery geeks wanting to understand a bit more about the maths of how the system works. So, this will be the first article in a series that will explain all of this. The UK…
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UK Indoor Archery Rounds – The Finer Details
A while ago, I wrote a post about all about rounds – what they are, how they’re structured, all the different familys and formats. That covered the basics, but after seeing lots of lively discussions on social media recently, I thought I’d drill down into some of the finer details of the indoor rounds, which…
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Overview of the New Indoor Handicap and Classification Systems
(Quick links – Full indoor tables here, mobile-friendly tables here, and custom tables here) The indoor classification has been in need of some serious changes for a very long time, and finally, going into the 2023-24 indoor season those changes have been made. The old system was not very inclusive at all. The only categories…
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Master Bowman Tier Classification Claim Validator
This is just a very short post to announce the release of a new tool on the website to validate claims for Master Bowman, Grand Master Bowman, and Elite Master Bowman classifications. These awards require 36 dozen arrows to be shot at appropriate qualifying levels, depending on your category. This simple tool lets you enter…
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Beginner’s Series: Part 3 – Outdoor Classifications
(This article is aimed at novice archers. If you’re a club records officer who has to administer the system, there’s a more appropriate article here) Just like the coloured belts in karate, the classification system in UK Archery represents a set of 9 milestones on an archer’s journey for beginner to master. Instead of belts,…
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Beginner’s Series: Part 2 – Handicaps
Handicaps are an important concept used in UK archery, and some other countries too. They are not as well-used as they were in the past, but it’s a really useful idea to know about that can help you in numerous ways. What is a handicap? Just like in other sports, most notably in golf, a…
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How to be an Archery Club Records Officer: Part 4 – Outdoor Classifications
Just like the coloured belts in karate, the classification system in UK Archery represents a set of 9 milestones on an archer’s journey for beginner to master. It is the job of the club records officer to track the classification level of each club member. As with all the articles in this series, I would…
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How to be an Archery Club Records Officer: Part 3 – Handicaps
One of the key roles of the records officer is to maintain a list of handicaps for the archers in the club. As with the other articles in this series, I would strongly recommend you use some records management software to do this as it can be quite time consuming to do it manually. However,…
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How to be an Archery Club Records Officer: Part 1 – The Basics
I get lots of questions from people who are new to the role of Club Records Officer about what the role involves and how to do it, so I thought I’d write it all down into a multi-part guide. This first part will cover the basics of what the role involves, and then subsequent parts…