Archery Moments

I'm very proud of my oldest daughter (age 10) who started archery this February. She started with the local homeschool league - they do a series of 5-week leagues throughout the summer. In June, the archery range started a JOAD program (Junior Olympic Archer Development) and she was asked to participate in that program.

She's doing very well and it has been such a pleasure to watch her as she has honed her skills each week. She's been working a lot on having the proper stance, anchor-point, release; all those things that come together to make the arrow actually end up where you are aiming.

She has a Parker Sidekick compound bow (yes, it's light pink camouflage) - she helped pay for over half of the cost with her own money that she'd earned with her allowance and from helping with our beef deliveries. She bought her own quiver and matching belt, and her matching cap. A girl's gotta have some style, after all you know. I gave her the arrows that I originally had for my bow, when I discovered mine needed to be longer. So she has a complete package of the basics.

She's currently pulling about 22 pounds on her bow - she started at about 18 pounds in February. So she's building those great muscles.

Here are a few photos that I took of her at her JOAD practice a couple of weeks ago that I thought I'd share.

In stance, ready for release:



Another angle of her stance, ready for release



Her stance just after release.



Makes her momma proud, as you can tell.