East Durham Archers
Northern Counties Archery Society
Delivering the training...
location, location, location...
Our venue for beginner's courses is 'the studio' which is a perfect room within the sport's hall at Dene Academy.
The Studio is within a few paces of the main sports hall where our club shoots twice a week during the indoor season.
Easy parking and every modern facility are on hand.
Our beginner's course is delivered by a 'lead' Coach to a maximum group size of six trainees.
Three other coaches or senior archers are present, each directly supporting two trainee archers.
Archery is a precision sport and the shooting technique is a complex one, however with a friendly coach by the side of every trainee there's little chance of anyone being 'left behind'.
Split into 2 x three hour sessions that have breaks for refreshments, the sessions are a week apart, fatigue is unlikely to rear its ugly head in our training sessions.
It's not all 'work, work, work!' either - Trainees have fun moments too, with the opportunity to try different types of bows. There's a wide choice of bows out there - so why not try a few of them?
No time for dancing, though!
The photo here is of Coach Joe demonstrating to an enthusiastic trainee how the bow arm and shoulders should be positioned.
The lead coach demonstrates the scoring systems to trainee archers whilst his support team look on.