Are you a "serious" archer?

[Field Archer]

Yes to all the options. I do it to have serious fun each time I shoot, and serious competition almost every week-end.

[Little Miss Purple]

I am a 'pretend' serious archer!!

I want to be good and want to train regular and want to spend time with my coach.....in reality, I train when I can and make excuses when I can't. I compete against myself and a handful of people in my sights - I also strive to be as good as certain people.

I tell myself it will be different next year once I have finished at uni and can work a 'normal' week.

[Deadeye Doc]

Originally Posted by disbloke

Seems to me that your poll could be a little bit off the mark. When your choices are fun, get away from it all, competing against self/others I would imagine that the majority of people who feel themselves to be a "serious" archer would check all the boxes. Even dare I say it a large proportion of those who aren't in to it "seriously"!

P.S. think i come under the "serious" category.......

Well the next poll would be to identify some of those in amongst those ticking all the boxes by forcing a choice and not offering several options.

[tel]

Initially I checked all boxes apart from 'compete against others..', but in truth I guess that comes in too. I'm not out to better anyone but myself , but as another gauge of improvement a club record along the way is a nice marker...

[Furface]

I take my Archery - in all its aspects - very seriously. I shred myself when my shooting is mostly giving me negatives, but I can generally find the positives in any performance I give. I have not improved for many years, chiefly because I am (I think) scared that if I tried properly I would fail. I am also serious in wanting to help other get the most out of their archery - can that make me a "serious" archer? And I have know archers who can achieve very high scores who i would say are not "serious" archers, but have nothing else in their life to get in the way.

[Briar Cottage]

I shoot in permanent hope of getting better: if that means 'competing' against others in the club or at a competition, fine. When I'm not getting better (most of the time!) I shoot for fun. I think it might be called addiction.....

[chris]

yes
chris

[Thunk]

Originally Posted by Deadeye Doc

I know that there have been threads concerning "What is archery to you? and so on but I wonder how many shoot for fun or to get away from the humdrum nature of "Life, the Universe, and Everything", or shoot to compete, either against others or themselves?

I know a bit about 'Life', and less about 'Everything'. but I spend my working week (and then some) considering 'the Universe', and I can tell you, there's not much thats humdrum up there...

Am I serious about archery? Absolutely. I am also in deadly earnest about hamsters, flatpack furniture and underwater clog dancing.

C'mon - be honest. It really was a silly question, wasn't it?

[Marcus26]

I am looking for archery perfection. That is being able to execute perfectly everytime while holding perfectly still and drilling that same hole in the target.
Being 'fun' isn't a part of it, I enjoy chasing this goal, but it's not 'fun'. It's frustrating and difficult.
I compete because it adds difficulty to my goal and lets me catch up with friends.
Imay never reach my goal, but that's OK, I have the rest of my life to get it right.

[Uncle Remus]

The answer to your question, Deadeye, is how seriously do you take yourself?