Although archery has just been introduced into Nha Trang City, it has attracted a large number of young people to practice.
Although archery has just been introduced into Nha Trang City, it has attracted a large number of young people to practice.
At present, Nha Trang City Sports Training and Competing Center (12 Thi Sach Street) is the only place in Khanh Hoa Province which offers archery training and practicing.
According to Kieu Hung, head of Bon Lan Gio Club, archery coach, in Vietnam, very few people can afford to practice archery because of the expensive instruments and lack of archery coaches. Bon Lan Gio Club, the first archery club in Nha Trang, was established in June, 2014 with the hope to attract more people to practice the both traditional and modern sport. At first, Bon Lan Gio Club had only four, five members; now, its regular followers are up to around 30 people.
Nguyen Thanh Sang, a member of Bon Lan Gio Club said that archery practicing is more difficult than he expected. The archers have to ensure that their stance is correct and steady in order to launch the arrow. The archers also have to ensure the safety for themselves and other people.
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| Archery has attracted many young people. |
“Practicing archery is a way to take physical exercise, but it does not require too much physical strength. It not only helps to satisfy the needs for entertainment but also is useful in psychological training. That is the reason why I like this sport,” shared Nguyen Phi Hung, a archery practicer at Bon Lan Gio Club.
The weight of bows varies from 15 pounds (around 7kg) to 65 pounds. No matter how much a bow weights, the archers need to have strong hands to do a proper archery shooting. Archery requires a high level of attention focus and mental concentration which depends on the archers themselves.
Most of people play sports like badminton, table-tennis, football, etc. to become more dynamic and have physical exercise. To archers, archery is a process of both physical and physiological training.
At present, Bon Lan Gio Club holds training and practicing sessions in the morning and afternoon of the days from Wednesday to Sunday. In the future, the club will hold a night session in order to meet the demand of people who do the administrative works. In addition, the club will organize classes on crossbow shooting.
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