5 Facts about

ARCHERY

The activity of using a bow to shoot arrows is known as archery. The

name derives from the Latin word arcus, which means bow. In the past,
archery was employed for both hunting and combat. Today, it is mostly a
competitive sport and leisure pastime. An archer, bowman, or toxophilite
is a term used to describe someone who shoots an arrow.

The bow was probably certainly the first

mechanical device that could propel a

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projectile faster than it could be thrown. This is
accomplished by building up energy in the bow
limbs as you draw (pull the bowstring back),
holding, and aim the bow, then releasing the
energy by transforming it into energy of flight
in the arrow.

The length of a modern target bow varies

depending on the archer's height but typically
measures 173 cm (68 inches). The length of

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arrows also varies, but the average arrow is 56
cm (22 inches). The energy needed to fully pull
back an arrow with a bow ranges from 9 to 18
kg (20 to 40 pounds) for women and from 14 to
23 kg (30 to 50 pounds) for men.

Nearly since the very beginning,

archery has been an Olympic event.

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In 1900, it made its Olympic debut in
the archery competitions, which
employed live pigeons as targets. It
was abandoned in 1924, and then it
was brought back in 1972.

Competition arrows fly 2.5 times

quicker than a cheetah that is

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sprinting. A competitively released
arrow travels at 150 mph, according
to the Telegraph. The top speed of
the fastest cheetah in the world is
roughly 60 mph.

According to English folklore, the famed

archer Robin Hood once won in a duel by

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splitting the arrows of his opponent. The
probability of breaking an arrow with another
one in the current era is reportedly one in
three thousand. A "Robin Hood" is when you
shoot an arrow into the tip of an arrow that is
already lodged in the target, breaking it.