TFA: 012 The World of Archery with Paralympian Lee Ford  – TheFlyingArcher.com Discover Your Passion For Archery

Paralympian Lee Ford is a Parapan American Games gold medalist and she is still ranked 16th in the USA with the able bodied women.  Lee is also a coach and motivational speaker and her goal is to win the gold in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.  In this podcast Lee describes the thrill of what it was like to compete in the 2012 Paralympics in London and the challenges of shooting from a stool ie the wind blowing her over in competition. Lee also shares her thoughts about loosing her Para status because of changes in the rules that are painful. And throughout the podcast, Lee leaves us with wonderful pearls of wisdom about archery and her journey and how to live life.

The next Olympic and Paralympic games is this summer of 2016 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil  and I hope that  the media also broadcasts the Paralympic games.

” I have been shooting since a kid, but my dad didn’t think 3D was lady
like. Had he known about target archery then, I might have been stuck
wearing white while shooting. But I started up again in 2008, about 3 years after
my injury, when my friend Stephanie wanted to get me out of the house and
away from a toxic relationship. She said “let’s go to the welding shop and
shoot arrows.” It’s where my first archery club had practices in the
winter. They handed me an Olympic recurve bow, I had only shot compound
barebow fingers before, and let me loose. I was hooked.”  – Lee Ford

 

 

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TFA: 011 The World of Archery with John Fleury  – TheFlyingArcher.com Discover Your Passion For Archery

John Fleury is a 27 year old Level 4 NTS Archery Coach who has been working at Pelkey’s Archery in St. Albans Vermont for 11 years.  John is the head coach of the Vermont Junior Archers and also a co-coach for the Compound Junior Dream Team through USA Archery.

John was introduced to archery when he was 6 years old and he started getting competitive at the age of 12 and primarily shot indoor FITA and NFAA.  And then at the age of 14 John was shooting outdoor FITA and then he started shooting in the USAT ranking events traveling around the United States and internationally.  In this Podcast John will share some thoughts and secrets about his adventures in archery that you might not know about.

 

 

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TFA: 010 The World of Archery with Crystal Gauvin  – TheFlyingArcher.com Discover Your Passion For Archery

Crystal Gauvin is a World Ranked archer and Senior Economist who was born and raised in the mid west and now lives in Connecticut.  Crystal was introduced to archery as an adult at the end of 2012, and fell in love with the sport. Crystal is now a member of the US National, World Cup, and World Championships teams.

“My goals include making the World Games and setting as many National and World Records as possible. Ultimately, I hope to bring the women’s playing field in line with the men, and I dream of the day compound is accepted into the Olympics.” -Crystal Gauvin  http://crystalgauvin.com/

 

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TFA: 009 The World of Archery with Coach Dee Falks  – TheFlyingArcher.com Discover Your Passion For Archery

Coach Dee Falks  was born and raised in Texas. Dee joined the Army at the age of 18, and was an Airborne Ranger for 20 years.  After retiring from the Army at the age of 38, Dee started a successful landscaping business, then in 1998 he moved to Mount Juliet Tennessee and only a year later Dee was introduced to archery.  In 2002 Dee became the National Federation Director of the Archery Shooters Association and in 2004 Dee sold his landscaping business so he could do archery as a full time career.  Dee became a level 5 NTS coach in 2009 meanwhile in 2008 Dee wrote and published the Level 3 NTS (Community Coach) course.

Dee works as an international coaching consultant and contractor for Costa Rica, New Zealand and Dubai. Dee has been a staff member or personal Coach on 22 international trips since the summer of 2009 and Dee was the USA Youth Olympic Archery Coach in the first Youth Olympic Games in 2010. And in 2013 Dee was elected to the USA Archery Board as the Coach Director.

Coach Dee Falks Podcast

Click here to watch Dee Falks podcast with Coach Lucy or click on the below YouTube video.

 

Episodes of our TFA Archery podcast show

The World of Archery with Coach Ruth Rowe

The World of Archery with Coach Keaton Chia

The World of Archery with Jennifer Wong

The World of Archery with Coach Derek Davis Podcast

The World of Archery with Coach Tim Williams Podcast

The World of Archery with Coach Charlie Sneed Podcast

The World of Archery with Coach Jim White Podcast

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This is a list of 9 amazing top archers with a YouTube video of each one.  Have you heard of all of them?

1. Lars Andersen(DEN)
2. Brady Ellison(USA)
3. Reo Wilde (USA)
4. Mike Schlosser (NED)
5. Min Byeong Yeon (KOR)
6. Park Sung Hyun (KOR)
7. Stephan Hansen(DEN)
8. Aida Roman (MEX)
9. Erika Jones(USA)

1. Lars Andersen (DEN)

Lars Andersen is a Danish painter and archer. Claiming to hold a world record for speed, he is able to shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds, or 3 arrows in 0.6 seconds. A private student of Otto Frello, Andersen graduated from School of Visual Art.  Wikipedia

Click here to see how Lars Andersen speed shoots arrows quickly – the secret he doesn’t share 

 2. (USA) Brady Ellison

Brady Ellison is an Olympic level athlete from the United States, who competes in recurve archery. He is currently a Resident Athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Wikipedia

(Click here) Archery how to Shoot under pressure, with Brady Ellison 

3. Reo Wilde (USA)

Reo Wilde is an American athlete, who competes in compound archery. He took up archery in 1992 and first represented the United States senior team in 1995, and has since won numerous World Cup and World Championships titles. Wikipedia

(Click Here) Reo Wilde’s new world record: 150 12X in matchplay | Flash Interview 

4. Mike Schlosser (NED)

Mike Schloesser (born 15 January, 1994 in Heerlen, Netherlands) is a compound archer from Netherlands. He has won medals at the World Youth Archery Championships, competed in the Archery World Cup and in the 2013 World Archery Championships he qualified 5th in the same event. He also competed in the men’s team compound and mixed team compound event for Netherlands.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Schloesser#cite_note-2

(Click Here) Perfect Archery: Mike Schloesser’s reaction to shooting 600/600 

5. Min Byeong Yeon (KOR)

Min Byeong Yeon is an athlete from Korea and is the Juniors world Champion 2015 (Fiu Archery Range Master facebook)

(Click Here) Min v Kim – Recurve Men’s Gold Medal Match | Las Vegas 2015 

6.  Park Sung Hyun (KOR)

Park Sung-Hyun is a world champion and former world number one archer from South Korea. She had held the women’s world record for a 70m 72-arrow round, set at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and won a goldwith her team in both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She has the women’s world record in a FITA Round with 1405 points. Wikipedia

(Click Here) South Korea’s Park Sung-Hyun Wins Amazing Archery Gold – Athens 2004 Olympics 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKVGaYc0v1s

7. Stephan Hansen (Den)

Stephen Hansen Is a world champion and he loves shooting a bow.  Stephan joined the youth national team in 2009 and then joined the senior team in 2013. Stephen starting doing archery in 2003 and loves shooting and traveling with archery.  Stephan Hanson facebook.

(Click Here) Stephan Hansen: the only archer to win a World or European Championship four years running? 

8. Aida Roman (MEX)

Aída Nabila Román Arroyo is an athlete from Mexico who competes in archery. She is currently ranked number 1 in the world as of 2014.Wikipedia   Click here to go to her facebook page

(Click Here) Olympic runner-up Aida Roman wins World Cup title | Lausanne 2014 Archery World Cup Final  

9. Erika Jones (USA)

Erika Jones is an American compound archer. She has won gold medals at both major World Archery Federation compound discipline competitions, the World Archery Championships and Archery World Cup, as well as numerous other national, regional and international competitions, including a World Championships cadet title at age 13.   Wikipedia Click here to go to Erika Jones Facebook page

(Click Here) Erika Jones – Presented by Plum Creek Archery

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