Attention

Attention to all members of USM Archery Club...................


We will be having a coach ( Ms. Shamani ) to guide us starting from next week 7th September 2009.

The coach will be there every MONDAY and THURSDAY 5 till 7 pm.

Do not worry about the students from ko-k as they have been assigned to a new venue.

By the way this is Ms Shamani

Thanks

News

http://pelapisfuturechampions.blogspot.com/2009/07/usm-archery-invitation.html

Check out this link for an article on USM Invitation 2009

Announcement: New Member Recruitment *Updated for 'non-USM-ers'*

We're delighted to tell you that we've begun our new member recruitment for this new semester.
Registration date: 24 July - 31 July 2009
Membership Fees: RM 30 per year
Membership Renewal : RM 10 per year

Upon Registration, new members are required to attend two clinics when which they'll be taught about some history, "How-to's", and important matters regarding archery.
A one-year membership card will be given and by using the card, members can rent bows and arrows F.O.C. from the sport utilities store at the minden field and train anytime from Monday to Friday (9.00am - 7.00 PM),
with exception of 5.00PM-7.00PM of Monday and Thursday as those are co-curriculum days.

For those who are interested, kindly contact the contact persons of USM Archery Club for more information.

Simon 012 550 0499
Pei Ling 014 905 2898/ 012 517 0158
Aaron 017 417 1179
Darrel 017 422 2068

Do spread the news and have fun!!!

*Updates*

For readers' information, these membership are for students and staffs in Universiti Sains Malaysia.

However, those who're neither usm students or staffs are welcome to contact the Penang Sport Association (Majlis Sukan Negeri) for info on coaching and training sessions/courses.
Contact information as followed:

Jaffery Low Wei Loon (Coach)
012 401 3428

Thank you

USM Archery Invitation 2009

USM Invitation 2009 Results!

The result of USM Invitation 2009 is as displayed below.
Events held were
Recurve Double 70m for Men and Ladies (Women)
Compound Double 70m mix
Individual Olympic for Recurve and Compound - Men and Ladies
Individual Olympic for Compound mix
Team Olympic for Recurve and Compound mix



*Please click picture for better view

For Double 70:~~

Double 70 Recurve Teams Ranking

Double 70 Recurve Individual Ranking (Men and Ladies)

Double 70 Recurve Individual Ranking (Ladies)

Double 70 Recurve Individual Ranking (Men)

Double 70 Compound Individual Ranking (Mix)

Double 70 Compound Team Ranking (Mix)

For Individual Olympics :~~

Recurve Individual Olympic Men Page 1
Recurve Individual Olympic Men Page 2
Recurve Individual Olympic Ladies
Compound Individual Olympic Mix Page 1
Compound Individual Olympic Mix Page 2

For Team Olympic Events: ~~

Recurve Team Olympic Mix
Compound Team Recurve Mix

USM Archery Club hereby congratulates those who have won their medals during this competition, A big "well done" we'd like to say to the USM compound team who've won a gold in this competition. Also, we wish to say "great job and keep going" to those who have achieved their personal goal in this competition and "don't give up" to those who might have failed to reach their target scores.


Thanks again to USM Archery Club committee for the success of this event and once again, we beg for forgiveness to those who have attended, for any mistakes and disatisfactions caused during the event. We hope to hold more of this kind of event in the coming future.

P/S Pictures will be uploaded as soon as they're collected and compiled. thank you for your patience.

USM Invitation 2009 Ends

The USM Invitation Archery Competition hosted by USM Archery Club has at last ended with success. Though there had been a few technical and management problems, the USM Archery Club committees have managed to pull the competition off while keeping up with the scheduled events, thanks to the assistance provided by various personnels.

Score results and pictures will be uploaded as soon as possible.

Club T-Shirt

Attention

Our club latest tshirt will be on sale starting from the new sem

Colour : Sky blue
Printing : Grey
Price : RM 18

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Announcement: USM Invitation 2009 Archery Competition

USM archery Club is going to host an Archery Competition in USM called "USM Invitation 2009"

The Schedule of the Competition is as followed:

10th July 2009 (Friday)

0830-1200
Official Practice
Managers' Meeting
Tackle Inspection

1500-1800
Double 70m (All : Recurve - Men, Women; Compound - Men, Women)

11th July 2009 (Saturday)

0830-1230
Individual Olympic Rounds (All)

1500-1800
Team Olympic Rounds (All)

Teams Invited: -
USM
UiTM
Penang MSN
Penang MSSPP

Other info will be updated as soon as possible.

Lessons In Life

Lesson 1:
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.

They rub it and a Genie comes out.
The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'
'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in the Bahamas , driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.'
Puff! She's gone.

'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.'

Puff! He's gone.

'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.'


Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.





Lesson 2:
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?'
The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.





Lesson 3 :
A turkey was chatting with a bull.

'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'
'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients.'

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.


Moral of the story:
Bull Shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there..

Grasping of Bow (How to fix?)

Habit of Grabbing a bow upon release can be a real problem when an archer shift from shooting an wooden bow without sling into shooting recurve, without any proper guidance or by self learning. Somehow when something becomes a habit, it is quite hard to change it back. It requires determination and re-adaptation of muscles of our body and re-discovery the feeling of shooting.

So, ever wonder if there's anyway to change it back quick?

Possible cures for grasping

By grasping the bow during or after the shot, the level of accuracy of the shot diminishes. It is evident that you should try and avoid this as much as possible.

It is very easy to see if an archer grasps the bow. An automatic grasping response takes place almost immediately when executing the shot. Another mistake is that an archer grips the bow as tightly as possible, so, that the fingers are tense and the knuckles of the bow hand turn white. Also, a bow hand forced to be open with stretched fingers is also less desirable because of the reduced control over it.These methods require extra muscle control that makes the shot harder to be reproduced.

The most simple solution for these mistakes is to isolate the error and work at it. It is best to focus on consciously letting the bow jump out of your hand (using a sling, of course!) and pay no attention to anything else. In this way you can become aware of what exactly happens with the bow when the arrow is released and get used to the reaction.

The best way to do this to draw the bow only a few inches (not more than 2 inches) without an arrow, but with sling, and letting the string go. Look and feel how the bow leaves your hand and what movement takes place here. When you are familiar with this movement, start shooting while concentrating on letting the bow jump out of your hand. In the beginning this is hard. Convince yourself that the bow is firmly attached to your arm and that there is no way it can fall. It also does not hurt to try and use a different type of sling, preferably a a wrist or finger sling.

Finally, there are a two less orthodox ways of curing grasping that are too interesting not to mention.

A Korean coach says that an archer cannot get the right feeling of the bow leaving the hand when he or she uses a sling. His method of teaching how to use a sling is therefore the following:

The archer shoots without a sling and keeps the bow hand open and relaxed. After the shot, he just lets go of the bow. The coach lies in front of the archer and catches the bow. In this way, the archer should get the right feeling of the bow leaving the hand without being afraid to let go.

A very drastic measure to prevent grasping is using drawing-pins. Use adhesive tape to attach the pins to the handle on places where the hand grasps the bow. The points should point outwards. Now it becomes very painful to grasp the bow. This method should definitely only be used as a last resort.

So, happy changing!