Are you serious about archery?

Call it one of my pet peeves, but I don't like it when people ask for archery lessons and they only want 1 or 2 lessons.

It shows to me that they aren't serious about the sport and they just want to try it. That is good, go ahead and try it - but ask someone else to teach you and don't waste my time if you are not serious.

I only take on serious archers who want LOTS of lessons and are serious about getting really good at archery. That is why I insist on people signing up for a minimum of 20 lessons.

Get twenty 3-hour archery lessons for $2,000. ($100 per lesson.)

Or thirty 3-hour archery lessons for $2,850. ($95.00 per lesson.)

Or forty 3-hour archery lessons for $3,600. ($90.00 per lesson.)

Or fifty 3-hour archery lessons for $4,250. ($85.00 per lesson.)

Another pet peeve of mine is parents who want to sign up their kid for "a couple of archery lessons".

It is my opinion that kids 17 years or younger don't have the patience to learn archery properly and lack attention spans to do so. Thus if you want archery lessons from me you must be at least 18 years old to sign up. (I used to set the rule that you had to be 16 or older, but I decided to raise the age limit in 2015.

If you don't fit any of my rules I recommend browsing other people who offer archery lessons by visiting http://www.archerytoronto.ca/Archery-Lessons-in-Toronto.html

I teach all my lessons one on one. I prefer it this way because teaching multiple people at the same time is too distracting I find. And a willingness to embrace distractions shows me you are not serious about this sport and just want to goof around with your friends and shoot some arrows. Not only is this an annoyance to me, I also think it is potentially dangerous to have multiple people shooting at the same time when they are still learning some basic safety concerns when it comes to archery.

Look at the photo below. Notice anything wrong with the photo? Asides from her ridiculous costume (which slows she is just doing this for fun), the bow she is using is strung with a bowstring that is way too long (it would be impossible to properly shoot a bow strung like that). To say nothing of the fact it is painted gold and the arrow she is using looks like it is purely for show.

Oh and then there is her stance. Her feet are facing the wrong way. Her feet should be angled 90 degrees away from the target (towards the camera). Hand grip and elbow position is in the wrong position, head and neck are at a weird angle, she isn't pulling to a proper anchor point... The list of errors go on and on!

So my question for you is, do you want to learn to shoot properly?

Or do you just want to goof off and dress up in costumes?