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Split Arrow Youth Archery

Archers of the week #4

This week's male archer of the week goes to @jkpatras on Instagram!

This week's female archer of the week goes to @marianencabo on Instagram!

Keep sending us your pictures for a chance to win archer of the week! You can send them to us by DM, tagging us, and Twitter, and email. Send us your Robin Hood  shots as we are Split Arrow Youth Archery!

Reminder about the Apple Trickshot Challenge because there's only 18 days left to submit your entry! The details for the challenge are on our the page.

"Perfect Form" written by Jaxsen

I know there are a lot of discrepancies regarding “perfect form,” and I am not trying to convince you that my way is the only way to shoot well. I am merely telling you guys what works for me. In later articles I will probably run through the setup of my bow and arrow tuning, etc. But for now, let’s just start nice and simple. Okay, for starters, the first part of my shot sequence is stance. I make sure that my feet a exactly shoulder width, and I imagine that there is a line that runs in front of my toes that must align with the target (some people prefer a more open stance but it is really down to personal preference). Second, I make sure my grip on my bow is right; I shoot with the handle sitting in the small part of my hand where the bone from my thumb and index finger meet. Some people shoot with the handle resting on their lifeline but again, it is down to personal preference. Next, I knock an arrow; check my grip on my release aid (this is where finger shooters would grab the string) and finally, I draw my bow. I then anchor, placing my jaw bone in-between my first and second knuckle and touching my bowstring to the tip of my nose and corner of my mouth. I find that, on a shorter ATA (Axle-to-axle) bow, the nose and mouth anchor are more important than the jawline anchor point. Once I have my anchor point, I relax my bow arm (The arm that holds the bow, not the release hand). This is to offload all the energy from my draw cycle and evenly distribute it through my arms, shoulders and back. Offloading this energy allows me to hold steadier on the target. The next and final step of my shot process is to then relax into the release while holding steady on the target. After the I feel the arrow go, I hold the pin on the target for a further 2-3 seconds or so, then slowly let my arm drop. Let me know if you have any requests for more detail on any certain aspects of this by commenting on this post.



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Archers of the week #3

This week's male archer of the week goes to @taylor.cacopardo on Instagram! Congratulations!! 

This week's female archer of the week goes to @mackenzie_loves_archery on Instagram! Congratulations!! 

Send us your pictures by DM, tagging  both #saya #archeroftheweek, Twitter, and emailing them to us! We really want to see all the Robin Hood shots as we are Split Arrow Youth Archery Also there's only 25 days to submit your Apple trickshot challenge video. Details for that are on the Apple trickshot page! For those who applied for the team, please give us a few more days to deliberate as there were multiple applicants.

Archers of the week #2

This weeks male archer of the week goes to @hjh_hayden10_lax_arch on Instagram!

This weeks female archer of the week goes to @artistokat on Instagram!

Don't forget to send us your pictures by DM, email, Twitter, or using the hashtags #archeroftheweek #SAYA . Also there's 32 days left to send us your apple trick shot challenge videos; rules on the page.

The Infamous Hyperextending Elbow

     Everyone at some point in their archery experience has been slapped in the arm with the bow-string which ultimately results in a very painful bruise. For Some people, it's lack of proper form, and others it's something they just can't help. A part of the problem is that lots of people, primarily females, have natural hyper-extending elbows. A hyper-extended elbow happens when your joint (elbow) is able to extend, more than it should. It's not a bad thing, unless it's causing you injury.

     The first thing you should do to prevent yourself from getting a bruise on your bow arm is to wear an arm guard that covers up any and all of the potential damage area. Wearing an arm guard is for the case in which the bow string does come into contact with your arm, but you should have good form so that the string doesn't hit you in the first place.

     To have proper bow arm form, your arm must be completely extended and your elbow must be parallel to the ground, Just like demonstrated in the following picture, please ignore all the additional writing in the picture, it was the best example we could find.



If you do both of these things, you shouldn't have a problem with the bowstring! If you are confused, please contact us and we will try to explain in a better way.

Apple Trick Shot Challenge

Hey everyone! We just updated the Apple Trick Shot page, so you know what that means? DRUM ROLL PLEASE! We got our first entry!!! Not only did we post the video, but we also moved all the details for the challenge to the page to make it easier for you guys. So go check that out, and keep working on yours; we can't wait to see it!!

Buying your first equipment

This post is for all you beginners who want to buy your own equipment, but don't know where to start. Trevor and I (Natalie) will be telling you our suggestions so you can do what you think will work best for you.

Trevor:
For Olympic recurve, I suggest an aluminum riser with wood limbs that is ultimately is a take-down bow, such as a KAP, or Win & Win. In addition to the bow, I bought one of the cheaper Cartel plastic sights, a 12 inch stabilizer, and half a dozen Easton arrows (bare shaft). All together it was $320 for the limbs and riser together, $15-20 for the sight, about $30 for the stabilizer, and $30 for the arrows.

Natalie:
For a simple barebow, I suggest one of the less expensive recurve bows from Lancaster Archery. I got the Samick Sage as my first bow, but I also have a Cartel bow. It's best to go to a range where you can rent equipment to see what draw is the best for you. The Sage was around $130 and the Cartel was around $110 I believe, make sure you also get an arrow rest. I think the best way to go with arrows is to get them pre-fletched; you can also get them nocked too, but that usually costs more. You want to order the arrows with tips, and extra nocks. Start of with six, and as you improve buy six more, making sure the size corresponds with the type of bow you have. A quiver is also very important, you can get ones for as cheap as $10 and as expensive $200, but its ultimately your choice. As for arm guard and finger-tab, that will be your personal preference.

http://www.lancasterarchery.com/

Things to remember when getting your own bow:

• it is not a toy
• you should get a case for it
• don't keep it strung when it's not in use, it's bad for it
• always use a bow stringer (we will make a post on how to use one soon)

Archery Challenge

Hey everyone! We have decided what the archery challenge will be. The title of our challenge is "Apple Trick-shot". The goal of this challenge is to make up your own trick-shot and incorporate an apple into it. This is open to all ages. We will post all entries here.

The rules:

1. one entry per person
2. no cross bows
3. cannot kill anything (no hunting trick shots), but you can use a foam target

How to enter:

• you must submit a video of your trickshot my emailing it to us at splitarrowyoutharchery@gmail.com
• give us your first name, age, and name of the shot
• you can enter using instagram but you must use the hashtags: #appletrickshotchallenge #splitarrowyoutharchery

How the winner is decided:

• each video will be posted here, there will be an entire page for the challenge
• you will be able to vote on the side bar which appears no matter what page your'e on

Prize:

• the winner will
• be archer of the week for two months
• receive a page here, we will conduct an interview and you will have access to this page to post your progress and any pre-approved content

Deadlines:

submission deadline: December 25, 2014

voting deadlines: January 5, 2015

The winner of the challenge will be announced on January 6th on here, our Instagram, and our Twitter. Good luck and be creative!

Thank You!!

Thank you guys so much!! I can't believe we already hit 50 followers on Instagram! We really appreciate it. If you aren't already following us, our username is @splitarrowyoutharchery . We also have a Twitter now, our username is @SAYarchery .

In celebration we want to hold an archery challenge, we aren't sure what the challenge will be yet so we would love your suggestions. Just leave a comment on this post or on our Instagram. We plan on having you guys enter by emailing us your video of the challenge with your first name and age. We will post each entry on here where you can vote for whoever you think completed the challenge the best.

Archer of the Week

Every Sunday (with today being an exception) we will be posting an archer of the week, one male and one female. You can DM us your pictures on Instagram or email them to us for a chance to be featured.

This weeks female archer of the week goes to Jessica, age 12. 

This weeks male archer of the week goes to Lincoln, age 14.

Shot this from 40 yards with a killer group! He already has a Pope, a young black bear, an 8 point white tail, and is working on another buck right now! Keep up the good work!

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT

Okay, because we are so excited that this happened, we felt the need to make a post! Believe it or not, HUNTER JACKSON FOLLOWED US ON INSTAGRAM!! AHHHHHHHH!! We could hardly believe it happened! Thank you so much Miss Jackson for following us! I hope all of you guys are doing well!

please pardon all of the exclamation point in this post, we are just so elated :)

Archery Showdown

Recently two famous YouTubers made archery videos to help inspire people like you guys! Check out their videos and then you can vote for the video that you think is best by clicking on this link!

http://contest.archery360.com/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Organic&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Dude%20Perfect

Deadline to vote is November 19th!

We are not being paid or anything to make this post, we are doing this just because we want archery to be a more popular sport!

Coming Soon!

      Hello everyone! Welcome to Split Arrow Youth Archery (SAYA). We are currently setting up and creating things to for y'all. Here at SAYA our goal is to help make your experience with archery as positive as possible. Whether you are just starting out or experienced we hope that you benefit from this or choose to contribute. Down below you will notice that you can comment on our posts, and you don't have to be a member for anything to do so! We also encourage you to tell us about your experiences with archery to contribute to the site. You can follow us on instagram: @splitarrowyoutharchery ; we are working on a YouTube channel also!

     Message for beginners:
We are currently working on technique and instructional videos for those who are interested in learning archery with a recurve. We are working on getting someone for compound, sorry for the inconvenience.


     Message for experienced archers:
If you shoot compound and are interested in joining the SAYA team, we would love to have you join us so you can help us post technique and instructional videos for a compound bow. Just comment down below, or email us at splitarrowyoutharchery@gmail.com.