The Indian Express ·
Why tuning is the most important aspect of Compound Archery
With inbuilt mechanized pulleys, cables, cams (wheels) helping the trigger system and a Vibration Reduction System stabiliser that absorbs the tremors, the arrows are shot with lesser force required, yet travelling faster than in the more laborious Recurve bows.
A Compound Archery bow has its own super-snappy elastic limbs.
They make it easier for the archer than a more complex Recurve bow. Simultaneously, this factor has kept Compound Archery away out of the Olympics until its inclusion for Los Angeles. Because the bow was considered too simplistic, and far too enabling to test absolute string-drawing and precision-aiming skill. It was being too helpful.
But with its inclusion as a solitary mixed-team event, the focus is on what sets apart the top archers in Compound, from the rest in an event that still makes demands on tiny detailing.
