Athletics
Archery requires a great amount of skill. It requires physical strength, focus, and precision. Archers need to develop good technique, proper stance and posture in order to strike the target. Most importantly, they also need to learn how to aim at the target for the best results. In archery it’s all about being patient, you don’t instantly become good, it takes practice like any other sport.
Practices
You can start archery in 6th grade and continue all the way until high school. There’s practice every Sunday, and sometimes during the weekdays, if there's no weather problems. There are tournaments every Saturday, and some being optional. We go to different high schools for our tournament and stay at TJ for practices. While in practice you shoot 5 arrows per round and talk about upcoming events.
During the first few weeks of archery you will receive a rope which the coaches will tie to adjust to your length and liking, then you’d be introduced to the eleven steps of success to archery. The eleven steps to archery includes stance, nock arrow, draw hand set, bow hand set, pre-draw, draw, anchor, aim, shot set up, release, and follow through and reflect. These eleven steps ensure your success in archery.
Tournaments
During tournaments the coaches give you an assigned spot for you to shoot. To score sometimes you use a paper chart while other times you use a phone. The scores on a target range from 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest and 0 the lowest. When scoring you will be assigned a partner and once everyone’s done shooting you will both score each other. There would be a practice round for both 10 and 15 meters, and 3 scoring rounds for them also. Once done scoring you will give either the phone or paper chart to the person in charge of the scores. At practices after a tournament we would talk about how the tournament went and who had the highest score.
Archery
Track was invented in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. Track is also popular in Eugene, Oregon. It was made by the Greek gods for showing off their athleticism. This article will be about Thomas Jefferson track and field.
Track is a sport that you can join at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. It starts during spring, and it’s from 4:30 to 6:00. If you are a person that isn’t that fast, there are also events for you, like 4-800 and ball throw. There are also events for fast people like the 100m, 200m, and hurdles. If you like running in a group, there are relay races, like the 4-200 and the 4-400. If you can build up your speed quickly then the 440 would be great for you!
The way some people get interested in track is the Olympics. Famous track runners are Usain Bolt, David Wottle, and most recently Noah Lyles. There are 44 track events in the Olympics from which to choose; some of them are the 100 and 200 meter sprints. The fastest Olympic man is Usain Bolt, and the fastest Olympic woman is Elaine Thompson-Herah. Track in the Olympics happens in summer Olympics and usually starts in July, every four years. The medals you win in the Olympics for track are all different. If you get first place, you win a gold medal. If you get second place, you win a silver medal. And if you get third place, you will win a bronze medal.
There isn’t just running in track and field. That's the field part of it. Some of the field events are discus throw, bronze jump and high jump. In the Olympics there are more events like javelin and shot put. The field events are usually for the strong people, so if you're strong you should sign up for track! The field events are put into categories. The jump category is consists of events like pole vault, and throws consists of things like hammer throw.
So if you want to sign up for track, you must do it fast, and you have to have a physical from your doctor. If you want to sign up you can take a form or talk to coach Bolton.