Archery Observation Essay

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Archery Observation On a Saturday afternoon we observed players of Archery and most of them are in High School. At first glance you’ll be overwhelmed seeing them play because teens nowadays spent mostly their time on computers playing DOTA or making status on Facebook. These teens have a bright future ahead of them. Since I’m not too familiar with archery here are some things that I had observed. The archers who are all boys were all lined up from a shooting line. They are really far from the target which is really different from us since we are beginners. Before they start shooting someone will whistle to mark the signal. We don’t know what his role is so we asked him. Then he said he was the DOS at first we looked at each other; we don’t get what he’s saying and the older man said that he is the Director of Shooting also known as Field Captain. He is responsible for controlling the match and make sure the archers followed the rules. He will also give verdict to questions about the rules and settle disagreements and will signal when to start shooting and when to end. There is also the score keeper which will record the points after the arrows had been shot and will validate the scores. Another is the tabulator which tallies the scores from the score keeper. We also met the term spotter which uses spotting scope to see how your shot ended cause the target is too far away to see and lastly the judge responsible in keeping the shooting distance correct, monitors the archers and directs their stance on shooting line, he also makes sure that all shots are taken within the time limit. We also learned a new instrument called the spotting scope a small portable telescope which can magnify distant images. It is commonly used for bird watching, verifying an archer’s shot, surveillance and other activities which require magnification. When the archers are done shooting
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