Bellhorn Family

We tried out a new archery group in Austin yesterday. They are mainly focused on younger children as part of the Junior Olympic Archery Development, or JOAD. This was the second day of training sessions for adults. It was obvious to me thier focus has not been on adults as the armguards did not fit me very well.

Neither of us had shot a bow in many years. That also seemed to be the norm among our classmates. This first class was an introduction to the sport. They covered basic form, aiming techniques, and score keeping. We also learned a bit about how competitions work and the associated rules. There were 8 people there in total. We were all hitting our tagets by the end of the evening. I believe everyone earned the 50 points neccessary to move on to the next round of classes.

Overall we had a lot of fun. Neither of us got amazing scores or anything, but we improved steadily over the course of the evening. I did not take a lot of pictures this time. I was too focused on learning what to do. These are a few I quickly got after our class was finished. One of the instructors was practicing at the time. I turned off the flash to keep from distracting him. Some of the pictures are blurry as a result.