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Archery

Archery

📖 In short

Archery is a sport where the archer shoots an arrow with a bow at a target. It's one of humanity's oldest skills, once used for hunting and defense, and today it's an Olympic sport that needs focus, calm and strength.

🤩 Did you know?

  • Compound bows are about 130 centimeters long on average.
  • Beginners are advised to use a bow with a light draw.
  • A national archery association was founded in the United States in 1879.
  • At the Olympics the archer stands 70 meters from the target.

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🌟 Bow and arrow

A bow is a bendy stick held taut by a string. The archer puts the arrow on the string and pulls it back, so the bow bends and stores energy, then lets go and the arrow shoots off fast.

🔍 The colorful target

The target is made of colored circles one inside another, with a small yellow circle in the middle. The closer the arrow hits to the center, the more points the archer scores.

💡 Archery among the Arabs

Arabs and Muslims valued archery greatly, the Prophet ﷺ encouraged learning it, and scholars wrote books on making bows and the art of shooting.

🎯 Safety first

Archers only shoot in special places under a coach's supervision, and never aim an arrow at anyone, even if the bow is a toy.

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Archery
Archery

🧩 Test yourself

1 Where does an archer score the most points?

2 What does archery need?

3 Compound bows are about ?? centimeters long on average.

4 Which picture shows “Archery”?

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📷 Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons