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This is a broad view of traditional archery in China as seen through the eyes of historians, philosophers, poets, artists, novelists and strategists from 1500 BCE through the present day. The book is written around parallel text translations of classical Chinese sources, both famous and obscure. In English and Chinese. ... Read more

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Unique, definitive, impressive, a "must" for archery buffs.
In Chinese Archery, Stephen Selby draws upon his years of study and interest in Chinese language and culture, as well as an accomplished archer, to present a definitive history of traditional archery in China as related by historians, philosophers, poets, artists, novelists and strategists from 1500 B.C. down to the present day. Written around parallel text translations of classical Chinese sources (some famous, some obscure), the reader is provided vivid and detailed explanations of the techniques of bow-building, archery and crossbow technique over the centuries. Chinese Archery is unique, definitive, and a very impressive contribution to Chinese history, and the sport of archery.

For the Archer, Historian, & Martial Artist
I have not only read through most of this book, but also met the author.He is someone who is quite the expert at practicing the archery in whichthis book discusses. I have found this book to be extremely thorough inboth the history of archery in Asia, as well as the forms and exercisesassociated with it's practice. The level of research makes this a scholarlywork but presented in a readable fashion full of pictures and diagramswhere appropriate, translations of period references on almost every otherpage, and instruction on how to shoot a bow in the Chinese style as canonly be told by someone with personal experience in addition to thetranslations of instruction from various texts.

A nice feature of thisbook is how archery in China is put into perspective across the large spanof history and geography it covers. It is not an isolationist view of asingle culture but rather it takes into account the styles of archery aswell as the attitudes about it from the various cultures that were bothinfluential to and influenced by China.

Overall I would say it is anintense, well rounded book and I highly recommend it.

3,000 Years of Archery
"Chinese Archery" by Stephen Selby is a book that iseasy to use. The author introduces the subject of each chapter, thenfollows with the original Chinese sources and his straightforward translations. He then discusses the texts and the ideas they present. Selby is careful to include references to variant interpretations, where the texts may be ambiguous or where there may be scholarly debate. Unless it is vitally important to reading a given section, most of this discussion is kept to footnotes. The book covers three thousand years of archery in China and discusses bows, arrows, crossbows, archers' rings, targets, and shooting technique. Selby includes some clear and relevant colour photographs at the beginning of the book and supplements them with black and white photographs in the body of the work. He also uses old woodblock prints, computer-generated drawings and diagrams to illustrate the translations. "Chinese Archery" is a good resource for the scholar and an interesting book for the nonspecialist. An extensive bibliography and the careful discussions of the translations are a positive advantage. Having the Chinese texts present makes this book more valuable than a translation only because the reader can check the original. With the discovery of new material, "Chinese Archery" will become a reference for identification and comparison.The bow-maker and the archer will benefit from the descriptions and instructions in this book. Readers, who are interested primarily in other forms of traditional and modern archery, will at last have an insight into what really was going on in Chinese archery over the last three thousand years. The general reader will see through the window of a particular activity the many ways in which a culture can approach dealing with its problems, including education and social relations. ... Read more

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How can a high school student find the perfect college for his or her interests, strengths, and personality? College Matchmaker, 2007 Edition is a comprehensive book of college lists designed to help students pinpoint their ideal colleges, and it’s produced by the same experts behind the top-selling Best 361 Colleges.

Surveying thousands of undergraduates to provide a microscopic level of detail, lists include everything from academics and dorms to the best places for hang gliding or studying animal nutrition. By consulting and cross-referencing lists, a student will be able to find that one perfect fit–for example, a liberal arts college with great study abroad opportunities, or a college offering a mythology major and a fantastic lacrosse team. ... Read more

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Lists almost any criteria a college applicant or parent might find important
Nearly three hundred original college lists, all compiled by the staff of The Princeton Review, lists almost any criteria a college applicant or parent might find important, from outstanding academic programs by major to schools with the highest percentages of students receiving financial aid, academic opportunities outside the classroom, and more. Any collection, whether it be high school or public lending library, catering to college-bound patrons needs this.

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Finally, a book to help all aspiring archery coaches. Full of advice on not what to teach but how to teach it. A must for beginning to intermediate archery coaches. ... Read more

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Top notch aid for archery instructors and coaches!
When I heard that this book would soon be on the market, I could hardly wait.I'm a big fan of Steve's work in Archery Focus, Precision Archery and Discover Archery publications.I read this book, cover to cover, twice in 2 days...in order to soak in all its contents. It is now part of my library of books to take and use at my classes, and refer to it often. I had lots of "wows", "great idea", and had "lights turning on" often!I, then, made some modifications to my teaching cirriculum and power point presentation for training students and new instructors in archery...based on my "Ah-Ha's" found in the book.At my most recent class for Intermediate level archery instructors I showed the book off to my students and recommended that they purchase it...as an adjunct to their NADA course manuals...maybe this book should be part of the course's texts.

A Great Place to Start
In Coaching Archery, Steve Ruis, takes on preparing new archery instructors for the task of teaching beginning and intermediate archers in a group setting. Just because you are an experienced archer and can shoot a fine Field or FITA round doesn't mean you have the knowledge or experience necessary to teach the sport to a group. Many practical considerations must be taken into account or you could end up with dissatisfied students or, worse yet, dangerous situations. In this book Ruis explains the components of a good program from the ground up. He knows what he is taking about because he and his partner Claudia Stevenson have setup multiple programs throughout out the country. Ruis is also certified at a high level by the USA Archery and the National Field Archery Association, national governing bodies for archery in the U.S.

In Coaching Archery, Ruis covers equipment, practice, and mental aspects that come into play when instructing or coaching. Personally, I differentiate between instructing and coaching and in my mind this book has its focus on squarely on instructing.
The only thing that isn't covered is actual instruction materials (curriculum) but Ruis gives lots of tips on where to find these. I believe he didn't include these because the choice of appropriate curriculum depends upon many factors (students ages, goals and the style of archery to name a few).

Coaching Archery is a great book to get to get a handle on what setting up and running a program will look like. Many instructors (myself included) have learned the hard way, by making lots of mistakes and hoping our students will smile and understand. I think Ruis would agree with me on this as we worked together setting up our first program. Fortunately, Ruis has remembered what worked and presented it in an easy to follow guide that belongs on the bookshelf of every archery instructor.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Certified/Staying Connected
Chapter 2 Safety Paranoia
Chapter 3 Running a Program
Chapter 4 Helping with Equipment
Chapter 5 Tuning Concepts
Chapter 6 The Mental Side of Archery
Chapter 7 Practice
Chapter 8 Coaching Style/Communication Style
Chapter 9 Coaching at Tournaments
Chapter 10 Hitting the Big Time--Championship Level Coaching
Chapter 11 The 13 Commandments of Coaching Archery
1. The Joys Of Coaching--Find Them or Go Play Golf!
2. Take It Seriously (You Gotta Wanna, Be Organized)
3. It's Okay to Just Have Fun
4. Style Doesn't Matter ("If you shoot a bow, you are my friend.")
5. Get Out of Your Own Way
6. Praise Effort, Not Outcome
7. All Archers Believe in Magic
8. Performance is Determined by Self Image (Lanny Bassham)
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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: A Complete Manual of Archery. With Many Chapters of Adventures by Field and Flood, and an Appendix Containing Practical Directions for the Manufacture and Use of Archery Implements; Original Published by: C. Scribner's sons in 1878 in 284 pages; Subjects: Archery; Juvenile Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Camping & Outdoor Activities; Juvenile Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Miscellaneous; Non-Classifiable; Sports & Recreation / Archery; Sports & Recreation / Fishing; Sports & Recreation / Hunting; ... Read more

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Witchery of Archery
This book was rewritten in some foreign country. There were lots of misspellings, grammer errors, misplaced punctuation, missing letters, and printed way too small. In all poor quality. Waste of money.

horrible edition of this classic.
while this is a great, classic book of archery, my one star review refers specifically to this edition...i am NOT exaggerating when i say there is an average of AT LEAST one typo PER PARAGRAPH, with many paragraphs having considerably more typos.VERY frustrating and difficult to read - missing spaces that combine two words into one, bizarrely inappropriate paragraph divisions, etc.the publisher has the audacity to insert a paragraph on the copyright pages asking the reader to "please excuse" the typos as this was reprinted via some sort of optical scanning software.what the publisher is REALLY saying is: "we're too cheap and lazy to pay some high school kid $20 to take a couple of hours to proofread this sorry mess."sure, at $3 a copy, i'll excuse errors.at nearly $17 for such a thin book?i don't think so. that's FAR more expensive than paperbacks this size sell for and it's truly a slap in the face to pay so much to receive such SHODDY quality.as this book is now in the public domain (the copyright having expired), this publisher has NO expense whatsoever other than printing costs...you'd think they'd have enough integrity and respect for their customers to do a half-decent job of providing a quality book instead of simply selling overpriced print-on-demand garbage to bank a fatter profit, but i guess not. i will avoid this publisher like the plague from now on...

Wonderful Step Back In Time
Wish I had an original print of this gem.Two fellow Hoosiers, deprived of their firearms following the civil war because they served for the Confederacy, take to their old friend - stick and string.If you are an archery nut like me this is an absolute must read.This is the book that started it all.The Tri-Fecta:The Witchery of Archery by Maurice Thompson, Hunting the Hard Way by Howard Hill and Hunting With The Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope - these should be in every archer's bookcase.

Bedtime Reading
A gentle book telling tales of archery in the deep south of USA, poetic and visually descriptive of the slower life of holiday adventures and the enjoyment shared by two brothers with the bow and arrow during the late1800's, don't be put off that it is a photocopy book of an out of printedition, the print might be bad, but the content is good. Good bedtimereading.

Like meeting a stranger you have known your whole life.
Like twenty serpents bound together hissed the flying arrows feather.Mauriece Thompson wrote this book in a gentler time for a less politically correct reader. ... Read more

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Mastering the mental side of shooting bow and arrow and getting the best possible performance from yourself. Includes confidence building tips, mental control, best shooting form for you and putting equipment, form and mind together. Author Al Henderson. VENDOR # 01-001 ... Read more

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Mental side important
This book is not for the person who doesn't know how to shoot. It's for the experianced competitive shooter who wants to win, hence the title Understanding WINNING archery.Archery is full of advise on equipment and form so it's great to read something from another point of view. Henderson coached some of the best recurve olympic shooters in Pace and McKinney so unless you are winning everything I would buy this book if I was you.

Al has coached gold medal winners for the US. nuff said
Al understands the mind of the serious archer and puts his coaching techniques in print. Many books talk about the mechanics of archery but this book was unique at the time since it dealt with the mind. I've read it several times and get something out of it every time I read it... Highly recomended for all levels of archers.

Not about Understanding Archery, rather amateur psychology.
This book was highly recommended to me by a top British Archer when I asked if there was a book that would help me understand the Physics of the sport. Neither he nor Al Henderson, the author, seem to know what Physics is, because this book is about the amateur psychology of archery. It's the kind of thing that will be popular in the US, but is probably not a lot of help to the rest of us, except if you find this kind of work funny. I roared all the way through it: "When I get a chance to talk about that great human game called "passing the buck", I get get right up on a soapbox and cut loose."

The book is just crammed with anecdotal advice from this old boy, whose English comes with the twang and syntax of upstate Arizona: "It takes backbone, not wishbone, to succeed at anything."

Al tries to prepare the prospective archer for the possibility that they may not win (mere participation not being the object of sport for many in the US), and even quotes that pillar of American society, OJ Simpson, who advises, "Give it your best. If it doesn't work, it just wasn't your day that time."

To be fair, although there's nothing at all in the book about understanding archery, it might help you understand your own approach to any sport, and has, in fact, helped me improve my groupings by getting me to look at myself a little closer. For this alone, it was worth the asking price, and if you can get through it without flinging it in the fire, then you just might find that Al's annoying advice will help you , too ... Read more

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This straight-forward, comprehensive book covers the history, skills, rules, professional organizations and competitions, and equipment used in archery. The content is designed to teach the fundamentals to beginning archery students of any age and enhance the skills of experienced archers. ... Read more

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Good Comprehensive text book
This is a comprehensive text book covering the history, equipment, and skills of archery. It also includes information on target and field sports as well as hunting and physical conditioning. One complaint is that it reads like a college text book and the pictures are black and white. I had hoped for more and bigger pictures illustrating techniques. This book is for adults. Kids will be bored with it. It is extremely detailed, but sometimes hard to read with sentences like "The remaining three fingers are placed or 'hooked' on the bowstring at or slightly past the first or distal interphalangeal joints of your fingers." Overall you can't complain about a lack of information. You just might wish it were faster and lighter reading.

Book Review of Archery
The book Archery is an excellent book for all levels of archers.It has a large variety of step-by-step photographs emphasizing the key skills of the sport.It also covers the equipment, techniques, and rules for all kinds of types of archery competition rounds.Practice drills are shown step-by-step to help one learn quickly.It has many special sections on different types of bows and bow hunting.Archery covers the basic and advanced skills, allowing you to master the techniques at the speed you see fit.Many pictures and diagrams help explain the material and its procedures. ... Read more

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Professional Archery Technique, by Kirk Ethridge, a landmark book for compound archers, covers bow and arrow setup, perfecting your form, the shooting process, tuning the bow, and the mental game. ... Read more

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Lacks substance
While Kirk is a great shot he doesn't really give you the ground work to become a good archer or improve your current form. This book is esentually "This is how I do it, oh and by the way I've won lots!"
Kirk doesn't really show anything that you could not have learnt looking at photos fromatournament.

Common sense combined with technical information
There is nothing in this book that most archers couldn't come up with on their own, eventually.What it does, however, is provide accelerated learning and eliminate a lot of trial and error.This book takes all of the key elements of becoming a good archer and combines it into one easy to read reference.I can't speak for the more advanced or competition archers, but as someone who has been shooting for some time, it is an invaluable reference.It also gave me more confidence in that my form was already pretty good, but provided me with better ways to reproduce my form.Although the information for bow tuning is available elsewhere, it is a good reference for tuning your bow, as well.The range estimation portion of the book is especially useful for all archers, be it 3-D, hunting, or other competition.This is a great manual to help improve your accuracy.

This book is my personal archery trainer!
Kirk Ethridge's book is an instant classic.Great for thebeginner and expert alike, everyone (including myself) can improvetheir shooting significantly.Kirk is a real insider...anyone who has shot the Vegas shoot in the last 10 years knows the only man who ever won 10 National Championships.A former world champ, he is a true master of the sport.I recommend this book highly.The appendices are worth the price of the book, with explanations of elevated shots, drug testing, and others.Great for 3D shooters (there's a chapter on range estimation that is CONTROVERSIAL and a real EYE OPENER), or targeters alike.

Kirk's in rare form!
I found that this book goes beyond the ho-hum of most ordinary archery technique books.Most archery books start with the boring tasks of identifying basic tools and then expands from that point on.Kirk namesproducts, and also evaluates them. I also was thrilled to read the personalphilosophy of a down to earth, yet obviously good shooter.I'm waiting forKirk to put out another book, hopefully with more on the brain portion hetouched on in this book.

This guy is the greatest archery teacher of all time!
My score went up 25+ points since reading this book.It is the greatest! :-)Very conversational in style.Recommended! ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This outstanding paperback series examines the sports of the Olympic Games in a clear, easy-to-understand language. This series introduces families to Olympic sports, explains how and when each sport entered the modern Olympics, how each sport is played, what to watch for as a spectator, and how to get involved as a participant. Each book is suitable for all ages and neither assumes nor requires prior knowledge of athletics. ... Read more

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WOW!
i looked up archery in hopes of finding a bow & arrow but found this instead and it hit me that i need something to tell me what i was doing, and this book won! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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KiSik Lee has again revolutionized the archery world with his second installment of the successful Total Archery series. Inside the Archer provides a unique perspective into the highly detailed world of competition level archery through 28 carefully written chapters. Each chapter focuses on a new technique element, and is beautifully laid out with large, full-color photos and diagrams that supplement the words of the text in graphical form.Inside the Archer is written as a collaboration between the teacher, Lee, and the student, Benner. The co-authorship creates an intriguing blend of impacting lessons from Lee and curious inquisitiveness from Benner. Never before has archery taken on such a lively form as Lee and Benner speak about archery with such passion and enthusiasm it pours out of the pages. Though at times technical, Inside the Archer speaks with a warmth that will remind any archer, past or present, why he loves this age old sport. The pursuit of grace, control, power, and beauty are the overarching tones of Inside the Archer. Originating from discussions of technique, a delicate blending of form and function takes place throughout the pages, ultimately cultivating passion in the pursuit of archery. ... Read more

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Total Archery - Inside the Archer
This is the most comprehansive compilation of how to properly shoot an Olympic recurve bow that is in print today.It takes the reader through each of the progressive steps of the shot process, yet at the same time making sure that the reader understands what is needed to be done, thought, and felt during the execution of a shot.

I have had the pleasure of chairing the Coaching Development Committee of the National Archery Association and I would recommend this book to anybody wishing to begin the road to understanding archery. This book can take you to where you wish to go.

Good!
For beginners this is far too special, but for the advanced archer this is THE book. Buy and enjoy!

Highly Informative
The layout of this book is beautiful. The pictures are amazing and the information, most importantly, is comprehensive and very well-written...understandable even for an archery beginner like me.

Great book but!
This book is great if you're already into archery, pictures, diagrams, explainations etc. are very good, it's not a book for beginners. The reason I've only given it 3 stars is that when it arrived the spine was broken, otherwise it would be 5 stars, as it came from the US (I'm in the UK) I couldn't be bothered to send it back for a replacement and so mended it myself.

Really useful and great book
This book is much better than the other Kisik Lee book. With all the details, and great pictures it is really easy to learn the correct/best style of archery. I think this should be there in every archer's book collection. ... Read more

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The Witchery of Archery was the main inspiration for the increase of interest in archery in the United States at the beginning of the century.Dr. R.P. Elmer wrote of it "That wonderful little book has had as much effect on archery as Uncle Tom's Cabin had on the Civil War!" ... Read more

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Romantic view of archery and hunting
This book presents quite a romantic perspective on archery and hunting with bow and arrow, something which can kindle interest in the sport, but also bring up sadness for a way of life that at the present time islargely lost and gone.One of the great ironies of the book is that while the author condemns those who would plunder nineteenth century wildlife with the lowly shotgun, (which required so much less skill to use than the longbow!)he himself tells story after story of going out into various American wildlands and shooting dozens of herons, cranes, woodpeckers,and pretty much any number of any bird that the whim of the moment inspired in him, including the now-extinct Ivory-Billed Woodpecker.Which just goes to show that one can be as irresponsble with a bow and arrow as with a gun, in spirit if not by numbers.Yes, Maurice Thompson, many a US citizen who in this day and age attempted to find himself a place to live out your beautiful stories of the grand old days when boys had plenty of space to explore and camp and dream, would be saddened to find himself limited to the tiny spaces left between ever-increasing private property holdings and restrictive US Fish and Game laws. And if he tried to imitate your adventures, he might well end up in jail.NOt that it isn't valuable to dream.And the romance of archery can certainly be kindled by this sweet book with its delightful nineteenth century flavor. The book also has an appendix on the concrete specifics of building a bow, fletching, string and shooting techniques. ... Read more