The Barebow Archery Podcast

What is Archers Reflex? Why do we get it? How do we get it? How can we train to overcome Archers Reflex? Archers Reflex is what is happening when things start going badly with your shooting, your bow and arrows are the same it's just that something isn't working right anymore. This is probably due to something completely natural and it's a learned behaviour. It's something you can re-programme, but it takes time. Danish 3D archer Jes Lysgaard explains everything in this podcast. Jes has shot in the Danish national team in the Longbow class in WA and IFAA 3D archery. He won Bronze in the European 3D championships and practises archery daily. Search for Jes Lysgaard and Archers Reflex on youtube for more information.

Paul Helms is right up there amongst the top 3D shooters in the IBO and TAS in the USA. Paul rose quickly up the ranks after ditching his Compound and going with a single string bow. Initially starting out in the Longbow class he switched to Barebow and made good progress until a routine medical check up stopped him in his tracks. Paul regularly shoots with high level competitors and hunters including Dewaynne Martin,Fawn Gerrard, Dwight Dorsey and Ken Reinas. Paul can be found on Facebook and on his Youtube channel Stick and String Life. Another long podcast but well worth the time to get the good information that Paul shares. Enjoy!!!   

Allison Wright is better known under her maiden name of Allison Kelly within archery circles. She quickly rose to the top of 3D archery in the UK within the NFAS and then World Archery circles. Having shot and won in many NFAS 3D events she tried her hand at WA3D and quickly qualified for her national team. Her first international competition was the World Archery 3D World Championships in Lac La Biche Canada in 2019. She finished in 11th place after less than a hanful of World Archery competitions under her belt. Then disaster struck and her life was turned upside down. Allison explains her shot process, her rise through the ranks and the daily battles she faces. It's a very long podcast but please bear with it.  

Gareth Ochse is a South African archer with a history of high level sporting achievement. In the 90s Gareth was an international level rower (crew) representing South `Africa on the international stage and reaching 5th in the world. When done with rowing he moved on to extreme mountain biking, entering various endurance races. Lately he has caught the archery bug but noticed a decline in his performances and set about investigating why. Finally, after a great deal of research and surveys of the archery community, Gareth believes he has the answer to his questions about why we anticipate our release and get in our own way during the shot. Gareths work can be found at https://www.archerywithoutanticipation.com/

Talan Skeels Piggins is the UK's first AGB WA Masters BB champion. He achieved this after shooting only one archery competition. Talan has faced many challenges in his life and becoming a Barebow Champion in the UK is only a small part of his amazing story. Talan also champions issues such as mental health in sport, sports mentoring, forces veterans support and disabled charities. He is a keen motorcycle racer and skier. He hopes to raise awareness around inclusion and accessibility in archery.

How would you like the mindset of a champion archer? Adam Cowming from Archery Mental Mastery discusses techniques to turbocharge your thinking and remove bad thought patterns and processes that may have become wired into your brain. We discuss why archers get performance anxiety in competition but shot great in their backyard and how to break those types patterns of thought.  #archery #performanceanxiety #barebow #barebowarchery #targetarchery #3darchery #targetpanic #traditionalarchery

Steve Oakley has hit the ground running with his barebow shooting. Only 1 year into the sport and already taking home belt buckles and trophies. Steve has had success in a tree stand too in a short space of time. Listen in to find out how he has done it! #barebow #bowhunting 

Kristina talks to The Barebow Archery Podcast about coaching barebow archers, what coaching can do for us single string shooters, good technique and what a coach and coaching programme does. Check out 3rd Eye Archery  for coaching.

We chat to Jens Fudge ex para olympian archer about his book Choose to be a Winner and the mental game of archery, competition stress and how to make yourself shoot better in pressure situations.

All you ever wanted to know about stickbow, barebow and longbow setups. Why bows work like they do, why different strings feel different to shoot, reflex and deflex on bows, bow design. Sid Ball is the man behind Border Archery and makes the Border risers and limbs. Border bows place highly the WA Instinctive and the traditional bow classes, hunters all over shoot Border products and Border now have the Tempest range of risers from short hunting setups to 27 inch target risers. Check out the Border Archery website / facebook page