Everyday heroes

Chapter 216 Archery for Beginners
It's a pity that the archery teacher who came out was not a beautiful teacher, but a middle-aged man in his 40s.

Guan Lang was relieved, now he can study hard.

The archery teacher's figure is not slender, and his appearance is not amazing.

Unlike in film and television dramas, those who draw bows and shoot arrows are generally elegant elves.

The archery teacher surnamed Jiang didn't talk nonsense. After introducing himself, he took Guan Lang into an empty archery gym.

Thanks to the gradual popularity of archery in recent years, more and more people like Guan Lang want to experience this novel sport.

Therefore, many archery gyms have launched a novice package for shooting a set of arrows for tens of yuan, or a one-hour experience class.

And the vast majority of people tend to be 3 minutes hot, because for novices, even if it is a fixed target such as six meters or eight meters, it is a very difficult goal to hit the target at the first try .

The frustration is such that many people give up on the sport after only experiencing it once.

The archery teacher naturally only regards people like Guan Lang as people who come to experience something new.

Therefore, he did not explain the basic knowledge of bow and arrow too much, and first gave Guan Lang a practice bow.

"Bows and arrows are roughly divided into four types, traditional bows, compound bows, recurve bows, and American hunting bows. The practice bow I'm giving you now is a recurve bow." The teacher slightly mentioned.

Guan Lang held this longbow with soft lines in his hand. This was his first experience with this sport, so naturally he felt a sense of novelty.

"Teacher, how much tension does it take to draw this bow?" Guan Lang asked curiously.

"This practice bow weighs 20 pounds, which means it has a pulling force of nine kilograms."

The practice bows in the archery hall are generally under 20 pounds. After all, for urbanites with thin arms and legs in modern cities, the pulling force of 20 pounds is not small, and bows that are too heavy are easy to hurt if they are not well grasped. to the user.

He only gave Guan Lang a 20-pound bow because of his strong body. Generally, he issued practice bows under 20 pounds for other novices.

For archery gyms, safety is the most important issue.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Guan Lang's strong arm muscles and tall body, and nodded.

"Teacher, is it too light, or you can give me a bow with a heavier weight." Guan Lang weighed the longbow in his hand and asked hesitantly.

He hasn't tested the strength of his arm accurately, but he estimates that there is at least three to four hundred kilograms of pulling force.

This is a bow with a pulling force of less than ten kilograms, isn't it too light?

When the archery teacher heard Guan Lang's words, he smiled and shook his head: "Don't be too confident, let's talk after you finish shooting these 36 arrows."

The novice's starting posture is not correct, and they often can't draw a bow of a large pound at the first time, and they keep bowing, and soon their arms will be sore.

Therefore, it is not necessary to use a heavy-pound bow for the first attempt. The most important thing is to use a light-weight bow to practice good posture. As for increasing the poundage, it is naturally a matter of proficiency.

The posture of a bow with a large weight is easily deformed, and it will be too late to correct it later.

Of course, these are also problems that many newcomers will have. They always feel that the pounds are too small.

But bows and arrows are not grips, precision is the most important thing. Within a range of ten meters, a 20-pound bow is enough.

Although Guan Lang was a little disappointed, he still nodded.

Anyway, he just came here to experience archery and learn some basic skills by the way. As for the purchase of bows, he will buy a satisfactory one in the future.

The teacher first gave Guan Lang a demonstration.

I saw him slowly draw the longbow and aim slightly.

Accompanied by a light "click" sound, the arrow landed steadily on the yellow heart in the center, hitting the tenth ring.

Of course, this is also related to the venue, after all, the target distance here is only ten meters.

Guan Lang felt a little itchy when he saw it, and when he was about to try it himself, he was stopped by the coach.

After wearing the protective gear, the coach told him some skills and safety matters.

Maybe it's because it's still early, it's not a popular time, and there are not many people in the venue, so the coach also explained it in detail.

The first experience class is a special discount, only 30 yuan, there is a professor class, and 36 arrows are given away.

But after the arrows are shot, you need to buy another arrow, 20 yuan for a set of twelve arrows.

The poses taught by the coach are not complicated, and Guan Lang memorizes them after listening to them once.

Follow the coach's movements, place the arrow on the arrow rest, bow in a low position, keep your body still, turn your head to look at the target, turn your arms
The coach standing on the side nodded. Although the posture was a little stiff, it was already very standard for beginners who were exposed to this sport for the first time.

Standing posture, raising the bow, drawing the bow, and leaning on the seat are all completed in accordance with his requirements.

However, there was one thing that made him shake his head. Perhaps this student aimed his bow obliquely because he had watched too many movies and TV dramas.

In fact, it was true. Guan Lang felt that this slanted bow and archery posture was very handsome and comfortable, so he posed like this.

The coach frowned, but Guan Lang was shooting the bow, so he didn't bother him, and was going to correct Guan Lang's posture after he finished shooting the arrow.

"Hey--da!"

There was the solid sound of an arrow being shot into a target.

He was about to give him some pointers, but when he looked back at the target, he saw that the arrow hit the yellow heart with ten rings.

so lucky?
After thinking for a while, he still hesitated to point out the problem of Guan Lang's posture.

In fact, oblique bow archery is not impossible. The posture of oblique bow archery is relatively common in the field of traditional bow and arrow, but in modern archery, oblique bow is listed as a wrong archery posture.

Especially for newcomers, it is almost impossible to repeat the same bevel every time.

"Change the archery posture of this oblique bow. Although you hit your luck this time, you can't hit your luck every time. If you don't believe me, you can try another arrow."

"Oh." Guan Lang nodded.

Recalling the strength and angle of the bow just now, he slanted his bow again to aim at the target.

With a whimper, the coach turned around and saw that he hit the tenth ring again.

"Uh..." the coach smiled wryly, how could he continue teaching.

In other words, is this a matter of luck or talent?

How did he hit the tenth ring twice in a row?

If it is talent, then this talent is too amazing.
He didn't know that this second time to open the ten rings was actually a sure thing for Guan Lang.

Maybe the first arrow was a matter of luck, he just estimated the angle and strength and thought it might hit the target, but who knows, he hit the bull's-eye right away.

At the same distance and at the same position, the second arrow is just a simple imitation and repetition for him.

(End of this chapter)