[Archers] Draft of Archery Rules

[Lawrence Castell]

Lorenzo:

I hope that you are not stopping comments from the rest of the marshals by making a formal rebuttal to each and every person that responds to my call for a vote. By now we are very well aware of your ideas. 

Marshals, please continue to respond. Thanks

Ignacio

H., V., K., & S.

>>> "Andre Detommaso" <detomamd at yahoo.com> 04/30/02 09:52AM >>>
I must say, I don't understand these arguments. Where
does it say that not using a hand strap is "handling a
bow well"? YOu're being "safe" by not shooting well.
Why is proper shooting technique secondary? Basically
you're saying that if you want to shoot in Atlantia,
you have to shoot badly.
  
Although I'm fairly sure that 20th century archers
were not the only geniuses in history who figured out
that holding a bow loosely makes for more accuracy,
even taking your assumption that it didn't exist is
not valid. If we recreated history to this extent, we
wouldn't allow modern recurves, fast-flight strings,
or for that matter nylon strings, take-down recurves,
crossbows with rifle stocks, plastic nocks and the
list goes on. Yet all these are allowed and no one is
talking about taking them away. We make allowances for
the sake of convenience and safety. This is a safety
issue. 
Someone tell me where is the negative that comes from
hand straps that justifies them being banned. 

Regards,
- Lorenzo

--- SPSampson at aol.com wrote:
> Greetings to the List,
> 
> As requested, I shall throw my 2-cents into the
> debate, and hopefully help us all to clarify the
> rules in question.  Number one: hand straps.  My
> feeling is this: unless you have a medical condition
> that restricts you from properly holding the bow,
> they should not be allowed.  Certain circumstances
> (arthritis, etc.) should allow for the archer to use
> them on a case by case basis.  But in our history
> that we recreate, how many of the archers used this.
>  Were they on the field at Crecy and Agincourt?  Did
> the horse archers on the Steppes use them?  I doubt
> it, but I'm not getting into an A&S research
> situation here.  I shoot crossbow mostly as most of
> you know, but when I pull out the recurve, I handle
> it well and have a touch of arthritis.  If I ever
> feel that I am unsafe at the line or can not control
> my bow's actions, for the safety of all, including
> myself, I will pull myself from the line.  I've done
> this before due to bolt issues.  Safety is the
> primary concern, teaching!
>  proper and safe shooting techniques while keeping
> it enjoyable to the archer is secondary.
> 
> RR Requirements:  Personally, I enjoy RR's.  It is a
> consistent gauge of how I'm improving (or not, as
> the case may be!)  I like to compete against myself,
> and a static challenge like the 20,30,40 and timed
> round gives me a consistent field of play so I know
> what my strengths are, and what ranges I have to
> work with.  Yes in battles, there were no "sitting
> duck" targets that couldn't attempt to avoid the
> shaft, but remember it was required in England that
> everyone practice at the butts, in sense a static
> target not unlike our RR's.  I love the challenge of
> roving ranges, moving targets, and other novelty
> shoots.  But I refine my ability on the static
> targets of the RR.  I know when I started, it was
> very helpful to have a known benchmark so I could
> learn how to shoot.
> 
> That's my 2 cents on the topics.
> 
> In Service,
> 
> Eoghan O'Ruadhain
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