[USMA:46883] Re: Archery in the Schools

[Stephen Humphreys]

We had archery in our school.  I always got the handling of it wrong and ended 
up stinging my thumb, which hurt.

 

I seem to remember that the distances were metric but the archery equipment was 
imperial.  Or the other way around.  Basically there was a mix (like many 
measuring 'things' in the UK!).  I don't remember too well as my interest 
wasn't there back in the mid-80's because there was very little coercion and 
compulsion and metrication was evolving without being associated with anything 
unpopular and thus 'metric' wasn't viewed in the same way as it is now in the 
UK.

 

It wasn't 'posh' to have archery as a P.E. item and my school was just the 
usual state school (we had tennis courts, badminton, athletics, rugby).  The 
worst thing was something called 'cross country'.  Not sure if you have that in 
the USA but I hated it!
 


Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:29:44 -0800
From: jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net
Subject: [USMA:46882] Re: Archery in the Schools
To: usma@colostate.edu





It wasn't offered in high school when I was a kid.  I don't think they would 
have trusted us, even with target arrows.
 
However, I was interested in archery and took it in college.  We had to have 
three Phys. Ed credits.  One was spent renewing my Water Safety certification 
(lifeguard), and two in archery.  Archery offered a huge advantage besides 
being fun.  You didn't change out of street clothes or get all sweaty, so it 
was easy to accomodate between other classes. (yes, I was a tool.)
 
I have no idea whether we shot a distance measured in feet or meters.  We shot 
one distance, a marked line.  I'm guessing 15 m/50 ft, but it was a LONG time 
ago.





From: James R. Frysinger <j...@metricmethods.com>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 4:56:19 PM
Subject: [USMA:46881] Re: Archery in the Schools


According to what I've read, the NASP program now includes teams from Canada, 
Japan, and elsewhere.

Here in Tennessee, as in many other states, various hunting seasons are partly 
reserved for archers, whether using long bows or crossbows.

Jim

Stephen Davis wrote:
> 
> Archery in schools?  There's posh!! :-)
> 
> Seriously though, its good to know that this sport is now using metric 
> measurements.  OK, its pretty much a minority sport (or is it massively 
> popular in the US? :-)) but it's nice to see all the same.
> 
> I used to know this absolutely gorgeous girl when I was at college a couple 
> of years ago whose hobby used to be archery.  Haven't spoke to her in over a 
> year.  I'd love to see her again.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" 
> <j...@metricmethods.com>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:06 PM
> Subject: [USMA:46875] Archery in the Schools
> 
> 
>> 
>> Archery competitions are metric.
>> 
>> This is the second year that our county's schools have participated in the 
>> National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP). And it's the second year 
>> that the high school students have taken the championship in the state. More 
>> than 80 TN schools participate in this. Our high school students will go on 
>> to the national competition in Louisville KY in May. The elementary and 
>> middle school students have also placed well.
>> 
>> The students shoot 15 arrows from a 10 m distance and 15 arrows from a 15 
>> meter distance for a total of 300 possible points. It tickles me to see that 
>> the two shooting line distances are measured in metric. Quoting from the 
>> NASP homepage, "The program’s focus is to provide International Style Target 
>> Archery training in physical education classes grades 4 - 12." I think the 
>> key word here is "international".
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> -- James R. Frysinger
>> 632 Stony Point Mountain Road
>> Doyle, TN 38559-3030
>> 
>> (C) 931.212.0267
>> (H) 931.657.3107
>> (F) 931.657.3108
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- James R. Frysinger
632 Stony Point Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559-3030

(C) 931.212.0267
(H) 931.657.3107
(F) 931.657.3108

                                          
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