#genesis bow

[rockholdkarate]

How to re-string and re-cable a Left handed Genesis Bow

[strawberryarcher]

Archery club just posted a commercial of a girl “aiming for the Olympics” while shooting a genesis bow.  No, just no.

[acasualnachocowboyuniverse]

Genesis Original Bow

The Genesis System combined "zero let-off" with light draw weights to create a bow that covers all s tandard draw lengths and fits birtually everyone. This bow has just one cam which means no tuning problems, much less recoil, more accurate shooting, and less noise. Ideal for kids, beginners and adults. Kids can’t outgrow it because there is no specific draw length requirement. Simple to buy…

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[hellsofaseason-blog]

Spent more time repairing the Genesis Bows for instructing easily influenced young archers than I intended - the little monsters better appreciate it! The strings were a mess, though, and I wanted to try out the no-gloves so I could get rid of our ratty old tabs.

Also, if you re-string the bow wrong, you can totally break a finger or two.

Also-also, tension lines. They’re there for a reason.

[salp22-blog]

Genesis Bow, Right Handed, Red Cherry

Draw Weight: 10 - 20 lbs Draw Size: up to 30" Let-Off: zero% Axle-to-Axle Size: 35-half of" Brace Peak: 7-1/2" String Size: ninety four-half of" Energy Cable Length: 37-1/4" Read more at http://www.archerycrossbows.us/genesis-bow-right-handed-red-cherry.html/

[patt6211]

Genesis Bow, Right Handed, Red Cherry

Draw Weight: 10 - 20 lbs Draw Size: up to 30" Let-Off: zero% Axle-to-Axle Size: 35-half of" Brace Peak: 7-1/2" String Size: ninety four-half of" Energy Cable Length: 37-1/4" Read more at http://www.archerycrossbows.us/genesis-bow-right-handed-red-cherry.html/

[thetwittumbles]

The Twit Rambles About Archery

There's a joke I like to make when friends ask me what I'm going to college for.

It usually nets me some weird looks and some uneasy smiles (again, gonna be a great teacher, guys.) and I have to gently explain, in the most un-geeky way possible, that I'm kidding.

... well, mostly kidding. But you don't get nicknamed "Legolass" without good reason. (Yes I know it's corny. I didn't come up with it.)

See, back in the day I used to be pretty decent with a bow. No, not one of these. One of these. That, dear readers, is a Mathews Genesis. It's the official competition bow for NASP archery tournaments.

No, it's not a fancy compound with hunting arrow rests and sights. (Sights are for wimps anyway.) But they're used in high school tournaments, so they don't really need to be. 

Recently, Atherton High hosted the Regional archery tournament for the Jefferson County area (they came in third and qualified for the State tourney in March, btw. This is only their second time competing in regionals.) Basically, kids in elementary, middle, and high schools hauled their bows and arrows to Atherton last Saturday and shot it out from 8 in the morning until 8 at night. 

I don't shoot competitively anymore, but I like to help officiate tournaments, so I was at Atherton all day last Saturday. I once swore to myself, loudly and boldly, that I would never, ever announce for any kind of sporting event.

Guess who ended up with the microphone all day? Yep. And in between I was walking the scoring line helping call points and making kids sign their scorecards.

Twelve hours of that. That's eight flights of five arrows being shot at a target ten and fifteen meters away (one practice and three scoring flights, or "rounds", for each distance.) That's forty arrows per hour, per child. Multiply forty arrows by the number of students that attended (26 or so per flight on my side of the school), times twelve hours and you get...

12,480 arrows being shot. Not including ones we had to replace. If my math is right.

There is a very distinct, throaty "pop" when an aluminum arrow hits a target, and there's nothing quite like the rumbling wave of noise that rolls over a gym when thirty kids are all letting them fly at once. I'm still hearing it in my sleep a week later.

I like to listen to myself gripe, but archery is actually a great sport. I recommend trying it for fun to anyone, not just school-age kids. It helps coordination, improves concentration, and it's a major self-esteem booster. The regulation Genesis bow is the same no matter which age group  you shoot with, and it's a really great beginner bow with an easy draw weight. Literally anyone could pick one up and start shooting--and it's a great alternative for wimpy high school kids like me who shy away from "traditional" sports. For comparison's sake, the best male shooter overall for that tournament was a tall, gangly high schooler. The best female overall was a tiny sixth grade girl who was hardly taller than her bow was long, and her score was only a few points below his.

And no. Despite the fact that the kids are using bows and arrows, it's not a dangerous sport at all. It's so carefully executed that playing ping pong is more risky than shooting a bow in NASP.

[cheaperthandirtinc]

Women Afield—The Art of Archery: How a Compound Bow is Made

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