It’s always great to find out that there’s a community of people who all love archery. It’s also really cool that I’ve found these free archery tutorials on The Youtubes. The reason that I want to share this with you is that I’ve got this belief that people learn differently. Some people learn really well one way and others learn better another way. This also goes for teachers. For some reason, I connect really well and understand one teacher, but I might not understand or connect really well with another.
With the spirit of helping you find the right information, I’m going to share the videos that I’ve found. There are more videos available once you get on the youtubes, but I’m just giving you the opener video for each that I’ve found.
This guy is at Alan’s Archery Channel and is focusing on traditional or olympic style archery. Whichever you wish to call it at this point. It’s really good information for any beginner and he has several videos that will get you lots of really good information on getting started with good technique. I recommend watching a few of them to help you improve your own skills.
I couldn’t put the second video here, but it’s a series of videos that’s been put together by the Archery Great Britain group. The videos are a bit more focused on helping out a coach to be a better coach, but if you’re learning, then you’re going to be your own coach a fair amount of time.
They’ve done a good job and the focus is on Olympic style archery. If you’re ever wondering why I focus on this type of archery a lot, it’s quite simple. You’ll find the most coaches, help, information, and best practices for Olympic archery. Everything you learn there can be carried over into another style of shooting. Instinctive shooting will have a lot in common even though you’re not using bow sights.
I hope you take some time and watch through all the videos on each channel. You’ll find that you learn something that will make you a better archer and that’s the point of this website. So go take a look and see if it helps because I’m sure it will.
I normally try to stay just on the topic of helping you out with archery, but now and then I like to go and find something completely different that will still be fun and entertaining. Well, that’s the hope anyways. So today, I’m really just pointing out a few movies that do a good job of showing people using a bow right. You’d be surprised how often you find movies or pictures that don’t do a very good job of shooting a bow and that’s just plain depressing.
Most archery movies are going to much more action oriented and I’m okay with that. The great thing about these movies is that they get people interested in archery. It’s easy to pretend that it’s not helpful or important, but to keep the sport alive and doing well we need more people to join in. Luckily, archery is something that anybody can do at almost every age.
Without more jabbering, here’s some of my favorite archery movies, or groups of movies really. All the links go to Amazon so you can read all the reviews there.
Great Archery Movies
Brave – This is an animated movie about a princess who makes a huge mess of things and just happens to be a really great shot.
Robin Hood – Prince of Thieves (Extended Cut) – A gritty remake of the classic tale of Robin Hood and the challenges he has to overcome to defend the people that he’s supposed to protect.
The Hunger Games – There are two movies out now, but it is going to be a trilogy made up of 4 movies. One of the great parts of this movie is that an Olympic archer was the trainer for Jennifer Lawrence so she actually has very good form and does a good job acting the part.
Marvel’s The Avengers – The character Hawkeye might have some fancy gadgets on all his arrows, but he’s an excellent shot and gives you some fun ideas about archery. Not to mention, he’s got a pretty cool code name.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – I know that there’s more than one movie out now and I thought about linking to the set, but this one movie has more interactions for you. I prefer watching series of movies and this is the second one. I think you’ll like it.
There’s always more movies out there and each one of them is going to come down to taste and personal preference. Luckily, this is my spot where I get to stand out in front of you and shout out random loud noises such as, “This is the best thing ever!” So please take all these recommendations as suggestions.
The links go to Amazon so you can check them out for yourself. If you do decide to make a purchase through there, I will make a small commission. It won’t cost you anything different and it will go to helping make this site better for you.
Archery is a sport that I love and have been doing for a very long time. I’d love to tell you stories of me traipsing through the woods and making Robin Hood shots from extremely long distances, but I’m not going to do that.
I’d rather talk about you and how I’d like for you to be the one that has those stories. I’ve got plenty of my own, but let’s talk about you. Have you been interested in archery or are new and don’t really know where to begin?
I have the solution for you.
You can get Archery Lessons Online through my Beginner Archery Course.Â
I’ve put together a video course along with extra material to help you go from a beginner to a very accomplished shooter in a short time.
You’ll learn what types of equipment is available as well as what to look for in a bow.
I’ll definitely cover the most important part. How to shoot a bow and do it well. You’ll learn how to use a bow correctly and how to start getting extreme accuracy from the beginning.
Need more than just archery lessons online
I’ve also added a personal coaching section that you can get for a discount with the course. I normally charge $20 just to help you once with archery, but I’ve added a special deal for those of you taking the course.
You can get 2 coaching emails for the price of one. This is where I’ll help you with your technique or any part of picking a bow. You can take a video or picture of yourself shooting and I’ll help you out.
The other option, which is by far the best deal that I’m offering is an unlimited email coaching for 3 months. You only get this when you buy the course and there isn’t any other way to get this. If you really want to progress quickly, then this is the fastest way to go and I’ll help you out as much as possible
Be the next Katniss or Hawkeye! Pick whatever awesome character inspires you. Robin Hood, the animated movie, was what inspired me. Getting a fiberglass recurve bow was the other part. It was amazing and I loved it. Fast forward a few years and you’ll find that picking archery up again wasn’t so easy.
Getting the right information about archery, how to shoot, what kinds of things you can do, and where to go shoot are just a few of the many questions that I had when I was getting back into archery after college. I didn’t think it would be right to be telling you about all the right stuff without proving that I know the right stuff. I do know the right things, but since there’s so much junk out on the internet, I want you to know that I care.
Learn archery from me
Here are the two things that I’m doing that I think will really help you out.
I’m getting certified as an instructor
I’m a believer showing you care and not just saying you care. I know how to shoot and I feel like I shoot pretty good, but I don’t want to just tell you what gear is the best and where else you can go for information, I want to give you the information and getting certified as an archery coach will not only make sure that you’re getting the right information, but it will also help me shoot better too.
I’m creating an introduction to archery video course
This is something I really wish I had when I started. I didn’t have access to a coach and there’s a lot more to learn than you can pick up from a sales rep at a store, especially when his goal is to get you to buy a bow.
The video course will cover several different things and should be a great resource to help you shoot very accurately from the beginning.
What it covers:
Parts of a bow
choosing a bow
proper shooting form
instinctive shooting
shooting with sights
practice drill ideas
lots of other tips such as finding locations to shoot, tips for people with no land, and how to find more local information.
Sorry for the absence for the past couple weeks. I’ve learned how to make videos so that I could put this together. It’s been worth it though. I really feel that you’ll be getting a great value by learning with this and that it really is the next best thing to having a one on one personal coach.
If you sign up for my newsletter, you’ll automatically get notified when it’s out and you’ll also get a discount that will be exclusively for those who read my newsletter.
Lots of times, people go around looking for archery videos to learn something. That’s a wonderful idea and you should do that. But, now and then it’s just cool to watch other people having fun and it gives you ideas for your own practice.
Instead of rambling on like I usually do, I’m just going to get on with it. I will do the one safety warning and make sure to tell you and be safe about things.
Let’s get onto the Archery Motivation
Lars Anderson Speed Shooting
This guy does tons of really neat trick shots. Most of them center around speed shooting. I’m sure you’ll notice that his accuracy is pretty good too. He’s done lots of practicing to get to this point.
 Byron Ferguson Trick Shots
Byron Ferguson has been doing trick shots for a long time. I first saw him on TV about 5 years ago shooting a Tylenol pill with an arrow. I could barely even see it. I couldn’t find a compilation video of all his shots so you’ll just have to click on the recommended videos after it’s over to see more of his cool shots.
Traditional Archery Trick Shots
These two guys start nice and easy, you know, just shooting tiny objects with an arrow. It’s no big deal, except that the objects just start getting tinier and then farther away. It’s a really cool video to see that these guys put together. They look like they’re having fun too.
Some Pro Archery Shooting a Bunny
Not a real bunny, but a target called a bunny. I have no idea who came up with the term. These are professionals and you’ll get to see a very interesting competition shot. That’s mostly why I put it on this list. It’s not something you see very often, but to watch these pros take it on is very inspirational.
Youth trick shots
These kids are hanging out and doing some cool shooting in their backyard. They seem to have several different targets that they get to shoot. It’s fun and motivating to see kids hanging out and having fun shooting their bows. I’ll leave it at that and let you get on with the video.
Guinness world record shot
How could you go through a list of great and inspirational archery videos and not have a World Guinness record in there somewhere. What’s even better is that before you get the actual record-breaking shot, you get to spend a little time watching them do some other cool trick shots.
That’s it for my favorite trick shots and motivational shots. I might try to get around to bringing together some hunting videos or a group of more educational videos.
Please leave a comment and let me know what video you liked or what else you’d like to see.
– This is an animated movie about a princess who makes a huge mess of things and just happens to be a really great shot.
– A gritty remake of the classic tale of Robin Hood and the challenges he has to overcome to defend the people that he’s supposed to protect.
– The Lord of the Rings is a great trilogy that is both epic and exciting. If you focus on the archery, it’s actually pretty good. You can be a very fast shot and indeed many archers in the past had to be fast.
– There are two movies out now, but it is going to be a trilogy made up of 4 movies. One of the great parts of this movie is that an Olympic archer was the trainer for Jennifer Lawrence so she actually has very good form and does a good job acting the part.
– The character Hawkeye might have some fancy gadgets on all his arrows, but he’s an excellent shot and gives you some fun ideas about archery. Not to mention, he’s got a pretty cool code name.
– I know that there’s more than one movie out now and I thought about linking to the set, but this one movie has more interactions for you. I prefer watching series of movies and this is the second one. I think you’ll like it.
