Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Bunch of Buffoonic Archers!

Just came back from so called 're-union' with Taskin and 'long gone disappeared' Carmen Lin. As previous post, juniors request for help, to teach and to coach.

Figure 1.1 : Clicker

We're exactly like barbarians, arrived and to play with everything! Yes, everything is bad in condition. The tool box I used to clean and to arrange, it's now a box filled with MANY useless things in it. I wonder why is 'used to be my bow's target aim in it? Don't they need it on the bow where they're actually using now? Nothing else that is useful in the box except the extra clicker(fig 1.1)


Figure 1.2 : Fletches (aka Feather)

Quite sad to see everything. Noticed some of them shooting arrows without fletches(fig 1.2). All I can say is 'CHUN!' Hit bulls eye also no use! For sure! Without fletches the arrow can't fly well and everything won't be as accurate as it seems. There are quite a number of arrows without nocks too! (fig 1.3)

Figure 1.3 : Nocks (Over nocks for Carbon arrows)

Even sad is they don't know the posture?!? Just 'main' shoot only? What the? How to represent the school? Two more months till tournament and alot of work to do! Oh dear god... Disassembling the Bow is also another issue!


Figure 1.4 : Disassemble a bow

To disassemble a bow after use, you use a stringer. Attach caps on both ends then by stepping on the stringer while pulling the bow upwards would tension the bow even more than the bow string. Hence it's easier to remove the bowstring from the bow as shown on figure 1.4

Their version : Four people manually push the bow downwards to perform the same effect, to add up the tension to the bow just to loosen the string.

One person to disassemble than four people! You decide! (bow stringer is there)

The teacher ordered them to pack up after we arrived shortly. We were checking the arrow conditions one by one and the teacher was like 'Sponsor la!....etc..Sudah order!...Sponsor la!' Dang! I heard the word 'Sponsor' for alot of times already! God! What happened to student's monthly fee? Can't you buy equipment from those fund?

Figure 1.5 : Teachers Playing Archery

After they've packed, the teacher told them to just leave one bow behind, and had his teacher friends around (males) waiting for chances to play with it! Dang! WHAT THE HELL?? (fig 1.5) So meaning you guys are the one destroying the bows n arrows? Come on! Fletches is expensive! By the way, you're paid to teach not play! You guys don't even know how to play archery in the right way!

I might check them out again tomorrow! Might...with the gang of course!

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