It is believed that archery is
the oldest sport. Even before 1400 years ago Hazrat Mohammad
(Peace be upon Him) advised his people that
Teach your children swimming and archery
(Refer: Shu'ab Al-Iman, Hadith: 8297 and Fayd Al Qadir, Hadith:
5477 and 5478)
At the earliest, it was not supposed to be played as a sport but used for protection and hunting purposes. Now, it is also included in the Olympic Games. It became an Olympic sport in 1900.
After a break, it was again included in the Olympic Games in
1920.
The person who plays archery is called Archer and his feminine
is Archeress. To play this sport you have to have an arrow, a bow, and a
target. The bow is used to shoot arrows on target. One can play it without any
age or gender limit. One may play it in different styles of his own choice like
indoor archery, outdoor archery, field archery, sky archery.
Different types of bows are used in different types of archery
like recurve bow, longbow, crossbow, compound bow. Recurve bow is the only type
of bow that is allowed to be used in the Olympic Games.
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HEALTH BENEFITS OF ARCHERY
If you play outdoor archery in the daytime, it is a good
opportunity to get Vitamin D from the sun, which is beneficial for your bones
and good for your mental health too. You can get direct interaction with nature
and enjoy the fresh air.
IMPROVES EYE-HAND COORDINATION
The archer has to practice a lot to get perfection. The archer has to aim for the feedback of his eyes to his hand. This practice improves his eye-hand coordination.
STRENGTHEN YOUR MUSCLES
It serves as an exercise for muscles. Pulling an arrow from a bow makes the shoulder's muscles strengthen. The repetitive action of drawing a bow while leaving an arrow from the bow makes chest, hand, and arm muscles strong too.
IMPROVES CONCENTRATION
It takes a lot of concentration to avoid distraction from the surroundings, voices and focus on the center of your target. By daily practice, it becomes a habit of an archer to develop his focus on his target task in his daily life too. It also gives peace to your mind.
DEVELOP PATIENCE
We all know that practice takes a lot of patience. It is all fun while you just play archery for entertainment purposes but one who wants to be a pro- archer has to be patient. It's not an easy job to spot your arrow on target, it could be frustrating sometimes too. Still, practice makes a man perfect.
BURNING CALORIES
While archers practice, they have to walk to get their arrow from a distant target over and over again. This activity burns their calories. It proves by a study by Harvard University 100 calories can be burnt by 30 minutes of archery.
IMPROVES CONFIDENCE
Archery is such a sport that challenges you with yourself. An archer can play individually for hours without getting bored and set his target scores for himself. It gives him inner confidence.
DEVELOP TEAMWORK SKILLS
You can't live alone here in the world. We have to be socialized
and learn to work along with people.
For this purpose, one has to develop the skills that help him in teamwork. Archery gives you this chance to develop this skill whenever you play in groups or take part in competitions.
EASY TO PLAY AT HOME IN LOCKDOWN
As we are confined at our houses because of a pandemic of COVID 19. This lockdown is affecting our mental health. At this time one can play Archery in his house too. One just has to have his bow and arrows and fixed any target board at his convenient distance and enjoys.
CONCLUSION:
Archery is fun as well as a healthy sport. People of all ages
can play it easily. One can get their suitable weight of bows too. So come out
from your lazy routine, give fresh air to your mind, and improves your health.
These benefits are explored by Resham Kashif, one of the contributors to the SOL Community.
