archery skills

Talent with arrows

The abilities involved in shooting a bow and arrow accurately—drawing, aiming, releasing, and maintaining proper form.

Someone with strong archery skills can hit targets consistently at various distances.

The phrase appears in discussions of hunting, competitive shooting, and fantasy games where characters develop combat proficiencies: Her archery skills improved after months of practice.

Related
  • stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
  • drawCreate with pencil
  • aimingDirecting toward target
  • pullForce toward oneself
  • windageAir current interference

anchoring · back tension · release point · quiver · fletching · nocking · instinctive · tuning · muscle memory · breath control · bow · recurve bow · mental resilience · visualization · medieval tournaments · follow-through · bowstring · mindfulness

Categories
Opposites
weapon proficiency type

archery skillssharpshooting

Expert precision with firearms

pistol shooting

combat range

archery skillsclose-quarters combat

Fighting at intimate range

swordsmanship · knife fighting · martial arts · hand-to-hand combat · grappling

proficiency level

archery skillspoor aim

Inability to hit targets

Family

skills, archer, archery

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G