Tag: data
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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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Handicap Tools and Table Generation
The UK archery handicap system is one of the most underrated assets we have in this country. It provides a mathematically rigorous way of quantifying accuracy in archery, and then uses that to calculated expected scores on different rounds for that level of accuracy. The system was originally devise by the late David Lane, and…
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Raw Data for the New Handicap and Classification Systems
This article is aimed at fellow archery geeks who are interested in the data behind the new handicap and classification systems. For non-geeks, this data is much more accessibly presented in the official tables, available from ArcheryGB, or from the links at the top of this page. One of the key principles of the new…