Archery equipment
This is the piece of equipment that protects your forearm from the string.
What is an armguard?
This is the term for pulling the bowstring back before releasing the arrow.
What is drawing?
Always point the bow and arrow in this direction when not shooting.
What is downrange?
The highest score you can achieve with one arrow.
What is a 10?
This is the standard number of arrows shot per end in most competitions.
What is 3 or 6 arrows?
This part of the bow is where you place the arrow before shooting.
What is the arrow rest?
The point where the string touches your face, ensuring consistent shots.
What is the anchor point?
Never do this with an arrow when people are downrange.
What is shoot?
If an arrow hits the line between two scoring zones, this happens.
What is it counts as the higher score?
This many points are awarded for a bullseye.
What is 10 points?
These are the three feathers or vanes on the arrow that help it fly straight.
What are fletchings?
This technique involves aiming without the use of sights.
What is instinctive shooting?
You should only nock an arrow when this signal is given.
What is the range is clear or the whistle is blown?
The total score from six arrows in a standard end is known as this.
What is an end score?
In Olympic archery, this is the distance from the archer to the target.
What is 70 meters?
The length of this determines the draw length of your bow.
What is the bowstring?
This is the process of holding the bow steady while releasing the string.
What is follow-through?
These are the designated areas where archers should stand while waiting to shoot.
What is the shooting line?
The rings on a target are numbered from 1 to this.
What is 10?
If an arrow falls off the bow without being shot, this happens.
What is it may be reshot?
This type of bow has limbs that curve away from the archer when unstrung.
What is a recurve bow?
This term refers to the amount of force needed to draw the bow.
What is draw weight?
This should never be done with an arrow before it is released.
What is dry firing (drawing and releasing without an arrow)?
This is the score for an arrow that misses the target completely.
What is 0?
This is the maximum number of arrows an archer can shoot in a competition round.
What is usually 72 arrows?