Archery Lessons – What Are the Different Types of Bows Used in Archery?
Before you can fire your first arrow, you need to decide what type of bow you are going to use. Any club offering archery lessons or introductory courses will usually allow you to try out several club bows as part of your training. This is an ideal way to see what type suits you before you spend any money purchasing an archery set. Some archery stores will also allow you to try out theirs, but few of them have suitable archery ranges, so you will not get the full experience. Despite wide variation between bows, they all contain the same basic elements: a string stretched between flexible limbs. As the string is drawn (pulled taught), these limbs store mechanical energy and it is this energy that drives the arrow when the string is released. The primary categorisation of bows is based on how the string is pulled taught. Bows that are manually drawn are called Directly Drawn Bows and their maximum tension is limited by the strength of each individual archer. Directly Drawn Bows include:
