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Originally Posted by John (OSF)  Thanks for that phil,I must admit that field sounds as if it has more going for it than target as far as keeping the kids interested |
I taught a mates son EFAA marked distance style, he got to National champion, and silver at European level. I exposed him to target shooting, so he could make up his own mind though. He likened target to bell ringing. You only have a limited number of distances, 100, 90, 80, 70 and so on. And you can call a round what you like but it's like ringing peals, you just do the limited number of bells in a pattern. 6 dozen, 4 dozen, 2 dozen.
Clever kid, Martin, was into compounds very quickly, currently just completing his PhD with an engineering company. Works all over the world on major engineering projects. University, beer and girls got in the way of archery eventually though.
With my own daughter, if she's feeling "shooty", she will shoot 3 arrows at each target, if she's not she only shoots one per face, and we whizz round the course. We carry a drink and a snack, and if it's nice will sit on a log in the sun and watch the wildlife in the trees. We are in Sherwood forest, only a couple of miles from the major oak, so pretty scenic.