PHED 118 - Archery

1 Credits: (3 lab)

Course Description
This course is designed to teach the student the basic knowledge of archery safety, shooting fundamentals, shooting styles, marksmanship, and sportsmanship. Equipment maintenance and selection will also be presented. 

Text
No text required

Handouts during class

Objectives
The student will be able to:

A. State the basic safety rules of the sport, including the description and justification of the whistle system.

B. Name the equipment.

C. Renock and Refletch an arrow.

D. Use the proper posture and shooting form with consistent anchor position and follow through.

E. Use proper warm-up and cool-down activities.

F. Show an improvement in shooting score for a 30-arrow round by either an increase in score at the original distance or by increasing distance and maintaining original score.

Content
A. Safety rules

B. Whistle system

C. Types of equipment

D. Parts of the bow and arrow

E. Selection of equipment

F. Nine steps of shooting form

G. Exercises

H. Sports psychology

I. Types of competition

Student Evaluation
A. A written exam

B. A verbal quiz on all equipment

C. Physically demonstrating Renock and Refletch an arrow

D. Demonstrating to the instructor proper form while shooting

E. Leading class in warm-up and cool-down

F. Demonstrating improvement

Bibliography
Fairbanks, Robert. Archery for Beginners: Master the Archery Bow Technique for Hunting and Target Practice. CreateSpace, 2015. Print.

Grissom, Thomas. Principles of Traditional Archery. Santa Fe: Sunstone, 2013. Print.

Johnson, Teresa. Archery Fundamentals. 2nd ed. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2014. Print.

Ruis, Steve. Shooting Arrows: Archery for Adult Beginners. Chicago: Watching Arrows Fly, 2012. Print.

Steck, Moritz. The Bullseye Masterpiece: Your Archery Journey from Newbie to Ringer. Amazon Digital Services, 2015. Kindle.

USA Archery. Archery. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2012. Print.