Life outside the terminal
Olympic Recurve
Archery
Shooting recurve at a competitive level under one of the finest coaches in the UK. A battle of precision, breath, and mental management - the most frustrating and rewarding thing I have ever done.
Discipline
Olympic Recurve
Draw weight
26 lbs
building toward 32+
Current distance
45 m
targeting 70m
Club
Archery Fit London
The equipment
Current setup
My recurve rig as it stands today. Everything gets tuned as draw weight and form improve.
Olympic Recurve Bow
Competitive recurve setup for indoor and outdoor shooting
Draw weight progression
Distances
Range progression
Working through the indoor and outdoor WA distances toward the Olympic standard of 70m.
Target face: WA 20cm (indoor 18m) and WA 122cm (outdoor 30-70m).
The work
Training
What a typical week looks like.
Coached sessions
Weekly one-to-one sessions focused on form, clicker work, and shot process. Video analysis on technique.
Practice sessions
Two to three independent sessions per week 2-4hrs of shooting per session. Focused on consistency, blank bale work (reduces target panic), and mental routine.
Mental game
Recurve is equally a mental game along with physical skill. Working on shot routine discipline, pre-shot focus, and recovering from bad ends without spiralling.
Goals
Competing locally, building toward national level. Hitting the Olympic recurve distance of 70m is the technical milestone.
On the range
Gallery
Photos from sessions and competitions. More to come as the journey continues.
At full draw on the indoor range, aiming down the sight at the target line
Group photo with the Archery Fit London club
Checking the arrow grouping after an end on the indoor range
Full draw, indoor range
Aiming down the sight at full draw
At anchor, indoor range
Adjusting the bow setup between ends
Full draw, side profile, indoor range
On the line at an Archery Fit London session
On the line at an Archery Fit London session
Outdoor practice at longer distance
Field archery through the woods
The lineage
Coaching
Who I learn from matters.
Certified UK Archery Coach
One of the finest coaches in the UK. After an assessment session, he agreed to take me on as a student, something I don't take lightly. His own coach was an Olympian, which makes the lineage of knowledge behind every technique correction quite something.
“Archery is one of the most complicated, stressful, frustrating, and rewarding things I have ever done. Recurve archery at a competitive level is largely a battle of mental management. I hated it when I first started, which is exactly why I stuck with it. That is where growth happens.”
— Sanj