ARCHERY Accuracy

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ARCHERY Accuracy Precision
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History of Archery

• 50 years
• 1948 England
• Stroke Mandeville Games
• Sir Ludwig Guttmann (neurosurgeon)
• Father of Paralympics
• ISMWSF President of ISOD
• 1952 International

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What I need to now for competition!

• Archers shoot 72 arrows from a distance of 70
  meters at a target of 122 cm.
• Paralympic archery competition is open to male
  and female athletes in the categories
  for amputees, spinal cord injury/wheelchair and
  cerebral palsy/brain injury/stroke.

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Classification

• Archery Standing (ARST) Archers in the Standing
  Class have no disabilities in the arms. The legs
  show loss of muscle strength, co-ordination
  and/or joint mobility. Archers in this class can
  compete sitting in a chair with their feet on the
  ground or standing.
• Archery Wheelchair 1 (ARW1) Archers in the ARW1
  class have (Quadriplegia or Tetraplegia ). The
  legs are considered non-functional, due to
  amputation and/or similar limitations of
  movement, strength and control. They compete in a
  wheelchair.
• Archery Wheelchair 2 (ARW2) Archers in the ARW2
  class have paraplegia and limited mobility in the
  lower limbs. These athletes require a wheelchair
  for everyday use and compete in a wheelchair.

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How do I become a competitor?

• Grand National AS
• Disabled Archery USA
• Paralympics
• Capable Partners
• Limbless Association

• GNAS - Disabled Archery
• Disabled Archery USA
• The Official Site of the U.S. Paralympic Team
• Capable Partners
• Limbless Association - Sports

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Equipment

• The Bow Two types of bow , the Recurve and
  Compound bow. The Recurve bow is used during the
  Paralympics Games.
• Arrows Arrows are made of either aluminum or
  carbon graphite. Competition arrows are made of
  carbon graphite with an inner tube of aluminum.
• Target The target is divided into ten rings in
  five colors, gold in the middle, followed by red,
  blue, black and white with two scoring zones in
  each color. The scores associated with each ring
  increase from one point for the outer ring to ten
  points for hitting the centre ring.

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Resources

• http//www.gnas.org/disabled/index.cfm
• http//www.usoc.org/paralympics/
• http//www.paralympic.org