Archery in Austria

Archery in
Austria

by
Dipl. Biol. Urte Paulus
WA-Coaching Course Conductor

[email protected]
Vienna, 2012

Content Part 1
• History/ Statistics
• Education concept for

archers
• Education concept for

coaches

Part II Part 2
• Standard shooting
sequence for traditional
bows
• 3D- practice

Introduction: Urte Paulus as Archer

• started Archery in 2000

• over 85 goldmedals in regional/national/international
tournaments

• won a many national titles in Austria (outdoor, indoor, 3D).

• Austrian Team Member in various selections between 2006 and
2008:

World Championchip (with American Flatbow):

– 2006 2. Place W3DC Hungary/ Agvalva

– 2007 1. Place FITA WC3D Hungary/ Agvalva

– 2007 2. Place FITA WC3D Team Hungary/ Agvalva

– 2010 3. Place WFAC Germany/ Dahn

European Championship (with American Flatbow):

– 2004 5. Place EBHC Austria/ Planneralm

– 2006 3. Place EBHC Portugal/ Torres Novas

– 2006 2. Place EFAC Finnland/ Siuntio

– 2007 3. Place EBHC Switzerland/ Wildhaus

– 2007 1. Place EAA 3D Austria/ Moosburg

– 2008 1. Place EBHC Estonia/ Tehvandi

– 2009 1. Place EFAC Wales/ Tal y Coed

– 2009 1. Place EAA 3D Austria/ Vorau

European Championship (with English Longbow):

– 2012 5. Place EBHC Italy/ Bergamo

Urte Paulus as coach

• Since 2006 professional coach

• Since 2006 head of the archery school: “White arrow”

• Austrian National Team Coaching:
• EBHC Estland/ Tehvandi 2008
• EFAC Wales/ Tal y Coed 2009
• WA(FITA) WM3D Italien/ Latina 2009
• EBHC Österreich/ Stuhlfelden 2010
• EMAU EM3D Sardinien/ Sassari 2010
• EFAC Lissabon/ Portugal 2011

• WA WM3D Austria (Suporter of the Coaches and Teams without an own
coach)

• Since 2011 Qualified Sport Mental Trainer (specialized in archery)

• From 2006 until now a lot of further educations and stays in other countries
to study archery.

Urte Paulus as coach trainer

Since 2009 Coaching Course Conductor of
the Austrian Archery Association for
Coaches Level 1, 2 and 3.
• Between 2009 and 2012 conducting:

– 10 ACC level 1,
– 2 ACC level 2,
– 1 ACC level 3.

• From 2011: Conducting mental training
courses for archery, aiming sports and
Competitive Minigolf coaches.

2011-2012: education to WA coaching
course conductor (specialized in Olympic
Recurve).
• August 2012: Conducting for WA and IOC a

10 day archery coaching course level 1 in
Lilongwe / Malawi.

Urte Paulus: private

• born spring 1966

• 1985-1992 study of Biology in
Freiburg/Germany and Vienna/Austria.

• married since 1993 with University Professor Dr. Hannes
Paulus

• 2 children (born 1993 and 1995)

• hobbies: archery, dancing (all kind), writing, dance-,
insects- and spider-projects in elementary schools.

Archery in Austria: History 1

Ötzi
• most famous archer
• 5000 years old
• hunter

Archery in Austria: History 2

• Bow has no importance as a hunting or
war weapon

• No laws demanding archery
• No competitions
• Siege of Vienna 1529 (Ottoman Empire)

– Composite bows couldn’t take the bad
weather

Archery in Austria: History 3

Modern times:
• 1956: 1. Archery course (Schieleiten, conducted by

Walter Rauch)
• 1961: 1. Austrian Archery club founded (BC Union

Vienna, former 1. Wiener Bogenschützenklub)
(Maybe 1960 Foundation of the “1. Union Bogenklub”)
• 1963: ÖBSV (Austrian Archery Association) founded,
with 3 official Clubs (Vienna, Bad Goisern, Reutte)
• 1968: European Championship in Reutte
• 1969: Development of “ALU MAGIC” (Alois Zopf, Bad
Goissern), first take down bow
• 1976 – 2012: 4x Qualification for Olympia

– 1976 Montreal / Oswald Probst
– 1980 Moskau / Petzer Mitterer
– 1984 Los Angeles / Uschi Valenta
– 1996 Atlanta / Robert Placereano (not sent by mistake)

Archery in Austria: History 4

• 1960: 1. Austrian
Championship Outdoor

• 1965: WM Participation in
Sweden

• 1966: 1. FITA Field
tournament

• 1967: International Ski-
Hunter round

• Begin of the 80s:

– 1. Compound archer
– 1. 3D tournament (self

made targets)

ÖBSV: Organisation

Österreichische Bogensportverband
(Austrian Archery Association)

Board: Administration office
• President
• 1. Vice-president, advisor for communication 4 Training bases
• 2. Vice-president, advisor for public relations work
• Cashiers 2 national Coaches:
• Youth advisor •In-/ Outdoor
• Judge advisor •Field/ 3D
• Advisor for education
• Advisor for mass sport In-, Outdoor, Field (WA)
• Advisor for mass sport 3D (WA, IFAA)
• Representative of the national coaches

9 regional associations 178 clubs

Archery in Austria: Statistic 1

Archers • 1232 archers with licence,
participating in WA competition,
• state 2011 about 1550 without licence

• about 5200 registered – Indoor: 572 (46,4%) with L.; 48
(ÖBSV), about 3000- without L.
4000 not registered
archers (about 80% 3D) – Outdoor: 381 (30,9%) with L.; 49
without L.

– Field: 186 (15,1%) with L.; 32
without L.

– 3D: 823 (66,8%) with L.; 1470
without L.

archers interested in WA competition 2011

2500
2000
1500
1000

500
0

Ind1oor Out2door Fie3ld 34D

Archery in Austria: Statistic 2

Bow Divisions WA
(Data: Archers trying to qualify for national Team)

Olym. Rec Outdoor Field 3D
Compound (22) (17) (117)
2m/1f -
6m/3f 3m/2f 19 m / 2 f

10 m / 3 f 7m/2f 21 m / 5 f
- 20 m / 4 f
Barebow - - 25 m / 11 f
Longbow -
Instinctiv Bow -

m=male, f=female

Archery in Austria: Statistic 3

Bow divisions 3D (IFAA) female
male
Example 3D tournament 2012
“Planneralm Challenge”, 452 archers • Bowhunter Recurve: 162 m / 79 f
• Compound: 26 m / 6 f • Longbow (Am. Flat.): 81 m / 33 f
• Olympic Recurve: 0 m / 0 f • Historical bow: 41 m / 10 f
• Barebow (WA division): 2 m / 2 f

300 0 241
OR2 124
250
4 51
200
B3B B4R L5B H6B
150

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0

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Archery in Austria: Statistic 4

Tournaments 2011
• 17 WA Indoor
• 19 WA Outdoor
• 4 (2 days) + 3 (1day) WA Field
• 20 WA 3D
• 44 (registered)+ about 20 (not registered) other 3D

Number of Tournaments

100
80
60
40
20
0
12 34

Archery in Austria: Statistic 5

Clubs: Participation in WA competition
(State 2011)
– Mostly target archery indoor
About 170 Archery Clubs and/or outdoor: 26

– Mostly field: 3

– Mostly 3D: 72

– Allround: 31

WA Competition Participation

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In-/ O1utdoor

Archery in Austria: Statistic 6

• Practice ranges

– Indoor: 29
– Outdoor: 57
– Field: 15
– 3D: about 116 (+ ca. 40?)

Practice ranges

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120
100

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60
40
20

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Archery in Austria: Statistic 7

Coaches: Number of Coaches in Austria

(concept since Dec.2009) 350 Coach,
300
Level 1 (for beginners) 250 can you
200
• 307 active ( 79 WA- 150 fix it?
guidelines, since 2011) 100 Please!
50
• about 80/year active C o ach es
0
Level 2 (for national
competitive archers) 123
Level
• 62 active (13 with new
concept, 2011))

• about 10/ 2 years

Level 3 (high performer,
national, international)

• 15 active
• 2-5/ every 3-6 years

Archery in Austria: Statistic 8

Summary
• most of the Austrian archers are

interested in

– Traditional Archery (bowhunter recurve
(IB), longbow and historical bow)

– 3D

• most archers are autodidacts

• most clubs are interested in 3D

• Most coaches (L1 – L2) come from
traditional archery and want to teach
traditional archers

• Till now not every club has a coach (will
hopfully change soon)

Education concept for archers

• WA manual for beginners (extended with more security
rules, planning of trainings sessions, tuning and little
competition education, adapted scores for non-sight
archers 85 rings)

• Competition education: rules, planning, preparation,
post processing, behaviour, etc.
1 Course offered in Austria

• Development to performer, squad member,
international competitor

– Most autodidacts (especially traditional archers and compound)

Education concept for coaches

Requirements

• Level 1:

– +18ys, 2 years club membership,
– score (18m, 40 cm face, 30 arrows, recurve): 200 rings
– knowledge of the WA coaching manual for beginners
– bring their teaching equipment with them

• Level 2:

– 1 year coaching (L1) experience (confirmed by the club)
– competition experience in 3 disciplines and two bow types (1

traditional, 1 with a sight)

• Level 3:

– 2 years coaching experience (L2)
– general coach L3 basic course (5 weeks over 1 year)

Education concept for coaches

Teaching equipment

• light (+/- 20#) teaching bow (Long– or Recurcebow) for beginner:
wooden or plastic riser, wooden (+fibre glass) or plastic Recurve
limbs, button is optional.

• simple stabilizer and sight for the Recurvebow

• at least 6 arrows (no need of high quality)

• long armguard, finger protector (glove or tab), quiver, chest guard (if
necessary)

• 1 mirror (minimum size 20x30 cm)

• 1 elastic- or ruberband (2-2,5m)

• 1 elastic string (ca. 160-165cm)

• braces ribbon 2,5 m x 3cm

• 1 woollen thread (ca. 2,5m)

• safety pins, tooth stick,

• sticky tape or crepe band

• piece of rope (ca. 50cm x 0,5cm) + USB Flash
• 2 soft juggling balls for all files (PPP, word)
• 1 shoelace (ca. 1cm x 70cm)

• 1 measure band (200 cm, inch), 1 gauche +/- 1000 pages

• 1 photo camera with video funktion

Education concept for coaches

Time frame:
• Level 1:

– 2 weekends (too less!!!!!! Participants >16, 2 conductor)
– 40 lessons (archery specific)

• Level 2:

– 3x4 days + 1x3 days (June to November)
– +/- 148 lessons (59 general / 79 archery specific / 10

evaluation) + homework

• Level 3:

– 5x 1 week (May – November), general
– +/- 2 weeks/ weekends archery specific + homework

(coaching, planing, documantation etc.); depending on the
organisation, not jet well thought out  standard very
low!!!!!!!!
“Self-education” is asked!!!!!!

Education concept for coaches

Subjects Level 1: • Standard Teaching
Program (WA)
• Teambuilding
• Strength training, balance
• Role of the coach +
sandwich feedback • Equipment, Set up (OR,
LB, BHR), small
• Safety reparations

• Warming up/ cooling • Archery for visual
down with plays and impaired
coordination exercises
(kinesiological) • Building up a youth
group/ teaching children
• First contact
• Shooting games
• WA Standard shooting
sequence (SSS) • Literature / files on flash

• >120 (WA + self invented) • Didactic/ Method/
exercises to teach and Pedagogy
improve the SSS
• Organisation of Archery
• Structure of a trainings (History, Austria)
session

Education concept for coaches

Subjects (A.sp.) Level 2: • Tuning (+ making strings,

• Teambuilding arrows etc.)

• Role of the coach + • Fieldarchery (Field, 3D, WA,
sandwich feedback IFAA), training, estim. Dist)

• Warming up/ cooling down • Rules (WA, IFAA)
with plays and coordination
exercises (kinesiological) • Performance determining
factors
• WA Standard shooting
sequence (SSS) adapted • Competition (preparation,
to OR, LB, Co, IB, BB postprocessing, behaviour,
training)
• >120 WA exercises
• Tactic (training, competition)
• Standard Teaching
Program (WA) • Breathing, rhythm

• Strengthening/ balance • Mental training (regulations)

• Aiming technique: intuitive, • Mental technique training
sight, scope, stringwalking
• Nutrition, Anti-doping
• Ballistik
• Trainings planning

• Analyse (technique)

Education concept for coaches

Subjects Level 3: 4. Report

Homeworks: • What has a field compound
archer in his mind from the
1. 2 Archers/ 4 month moment he reaches the
targetnumber until the 3rd
• Technique analyse arrow (unknown distances)
• Trainings analyse/
• Trainings progress 5. Applications protocols (each 3x)
• Trainings plan
• Coach diary • Relaxing training
• Time management
2. 1 Archer/ 3x Outdoor • Goal setting
competitions • Sandwich Feedback
• Sleeping protocol
• Preparation • Competition analyse
• Post processing • Body analyse
• Tactic/ interventions
No co-coaching !!!!!!!!!
3. Planing of a WC/ EC
preparing seminar Which would be absolutely necessary

• 2-4 days
• Time schedule
• Preparation, material

End of part 1
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Standard shooting sequence for

traditional bows

Phase Technique element
pre shooting phase analyze of environment
lower 1. start ritual
preparation phase 2. feet positioning
3. nocking the arrow
upper 4. setting the bow hand and string fingers
preparation phase 5. stance
loading 6. head turning and mind setting
execution phase 7. raising
8. bow shoulder setting
end phase 9. drawing (draw-push-rotate)
10. anchoring
11. aiming
12. extension
(13. release)
14. follow through
15. analysis + final ritual













3D- practice

Practice range
• technique, “Nullschuss”
• distances 5m -60 m
• intuitive aiming (bottle

lids chasing)
• “gap shooting”

3D- practice

Indoor
• bottletop chasing
• 3D targets
• paper animal targets
• different stances (up, down)
• archery games (1-4 arrow

rounds)

3D- practice

3D course
• warm up shooting

inclusive blind shooting
• different pecks
• different rounds (1-4

arrows)
• IFAA or WA scoring
• with visual and

acoustic disturbance
• in all weather

conditions
• Estimating distances

(gap shooter)

End of part 2
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