Target archery which is a very popular sport that many thousands, if not millions, of compete in around the worlds have various rules and points of etiquette that are applied to archery competitions that are governed by the World Archery Federation governing body. The command €Fast' means stop shooting immediately and return the un shot arrow to the quiver. It is used when the situation becomes suddenly and unexpectedly dangerous. Archers are not permitted to distract another archer when they are shooting. If an archer is at full draw, wait before taking your place on the shooting line. If an archer damages another archer's arrows, or other equipment, they must offer to pay for any damages.
The World Archery Federation (WA) rules for WA target archery competitions state that for WA rounds, standard indoor distances to the archery targets are eighteen metres and twenty five metres. Outdoor distances of archery targets used during the related shooting competitions range from thirty metres to ninety metres for senior gentlemen archers and thirty metres to seventy metres for ladies. The juniors have shorter targets to shoot at. Archery targets are placed at a distance of seventy metres at the Summer Olympic Games, During the Olympics the competition is divided into ends. Each archer shoots either three or six arrows per end, depending on the type of round. After each end, the archers walk to the target to score and retrieve their arrows. There are twenty ends of three arrows each in a standard round of indoor competition. Archers have a set time limit for them to shoot their arrows.
For indoor competition, under World Archery Federation (WA) rules the total time that archers have to complete shooting their arrows two minutes for 3 arrows. Signalling devices such as lights and flags show the archers when time is up. For a World Archery Federation (WA) outdoor round each archer has four minutes to shoot six arrows at the two longer distances and two minutes to shoot three arrows at the remaining two shorter distances. Archery target shooting for Imperial rounds under Great Britain (GNAS) rules are that the standard indoor distance is twenty yards or eighteen metres where five dozen or sixty arrows are shot at archery targets in a round. This type of round is known a Portsmouth round. The outdoor distances range from forty yards or thirty seven metres to one hundred yards or ninety one metres for seniors, and ten yards or nine point one metres to eighty yards or seventy three metres for junior archery target shooters.
The World Archery Federation (WA) rules for WA target archery competitions state that for WA rounds, standard indoor distances to the archery targets are eighteen metres and twenty five metres. Outdoor distances of archery targets used during the related shooting competitions range from thirty metres to ninety metres for senior gentlemen archers and thirty metres to seventy metres for ladies. The juniors have shorter targets to shoot at. Archery targets are placed at a distance of seventy metres at the Summer Olympic Games, During the Olympics the competition is divided into ends. Each archer shoots either three or six arrows per end, depending on the type of round. After each end, the archers walk to the target to score and retrieve their arrows. There are twenty ends of three arrows each in a standard round of indoor competition. Archers have a set time limit for them to shoot their arrows.
For indoor competition, under World Archery Federation (WA) rules the total time that archers have to complete shooting their arrows two minutes for 3 arrows. Signalling devices such as lights and flags show the archers when time is up. For a World Archery Federation (WA) outdoor round each archer has four minutes to shoot six arrows at the two longer distances and two minutes to shoot three arrows at the remaining two shorter distances. Archery target shooting for Imperial rounds under Great Britain (GNAS) rules are that the standard indoor distance is twenty yards or eighteen metres where five dozen or sixty arrows are shot at archery targets in a round. This type of round is known a Portsmouth round. The outdoor distances range from forty yards or thirty seven metres to one hundred yards or ninety one metres for seniors, and ten yards or nine point one metres to eighty yards or seventy three metres for junior archery target shooters.
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