A Comprehensive Archery Training Guide With — Olympian Jake

In archery, perfection is measured in millimeters. The difference between a gold medal and an early flight home is often a single stray twitch of a trapezius muscle or a heartbeat that peaks 0.2 seconds too early. To understand how to bridge that gap, we sat down with Jake Morrison, two-time Olympian and national record holder in recurve archery. For six months, we shadowed his training regimen, dissected his shot process, and translated his elite methodologies into a guide for the serious archer.

Jake’s cue: "Imagine the riser is fixed in space. Your sternum is trying to move toward the target. The clicker goes off as a result of your torso opening up, not your fingers letting go." The only conscious movement of the entire sequence: Relax the back of your draw hand.

"Archery is a lifetime sport," Jake says, packing his recurve into its case. "I have shot over 300,000 arrows in my career. I have never shot a perfect one. But I have shot 299,000 that were better than the last. That's the chase. That's the art."

Jake says, adjusting the limb bolts on his Wiawis rig. "Olympians train until they cannot get it wrong."