Hey guys, this is NUSensei, and today we're looking at target faces. I've had quite a
few people ask me questions about different target sizes, and which
distances to shoot at, and which rounds I shot, and hopefully this video will clarify
some of those questions. To begin with, let's look at the two different types of
target faces. Over here, we have the standard World Archery or the FITA target face
it's a 10 ring face and this is what most people recognise from archery.
The score goes from 1 (outside rings) to 10 (inside rings), and it's colour-coded, so white's 1 & 2,
black is 3 & 4, blue is 5 & 6, red is 7 & 8 and gold is 9 & 10.
There is also an inside ring inside the 10-ring - that is the 'X-ring'. This also counts as a 10
but it's reported as an X in the event of the tiebreaker and a countback system is used.
Over here we have the field targets. The field targets are
obviously used for field archery. These particular targets are the 20 centimeter
tri-spot, but the main difference between a field target and a 'target' target is
that the field targets only have six rings - the gold rings in the centre are 5 &6
and the four black rings are 1-4.
Now, the most frequent question I get asked about
targets is 'which size target face should I be shooting at?'
Now, if you're practicing it
really doesn't matter - just shoot at whatever target you want, but if you are looking at a
benchmark for particular rounds or distances, then it actually depends on the
round being shot. We actually do use, say, this target size for long-distance and short
distance, so it does depend.
For the second bit of this video, I'll be going through some of
the typical sizes and the typical distances you will be shooting at.
Field archery works a little differently, they do have variable sized targets and variable
distances, so the target size you shoot in a field round mosstly depends on the way that
the course is set out so I'm going to ignore that for most of this video.
The focus is on the FITA target face - these target faces typically come in three
different sizes
there's the 40 centimeter target, the 80 centimeter target, and the 122 centimeter target.
You can also get 60 centimeter targets
they are used for some rounds, but they're fairly uncommon these days.
Another thing you can find is a target centre - this is literally the centre of a
target. What you will find is that on a normal target, most people hopefully will be hitting
the middle, so the middle will take the most damage and wear and tear, so
this can be used as a replacement for the centre . These can be found for the 122cm taget, the 80cm target and so on
The other reason these are used is because these are
cheaper than the whole target, so if you're shooting fairly accurately, especially
shooting compound, it's very very rare for a compound shooter to hit outside the
gold, let alone the red or the blue, so this is often used as a replacement for a full target.
In regards to which target sizes are used for which distances, again
that depends on the round being shot - the round will specify the distance, the target
size and the number of arrows shot, so for example the FITA 900, which is the World Archery 60/900
or the Australian Canberra round - that's shot at 60-, 50- and 40 meters at the big 122cm face. 30 arrows at
each distance for a total of 90 arrows, or 900 points.
In contrast is the FITA 90/1440 which is the biggest FITA round - that's 90-, 70-, 50-, & 30 meters so
on 90- & 70 meters, it's the big 122cm face, and at 50- and 30-, it's a smaller 80cm face and so on.
There are dozens of rounds - there are FITA or World Archery standard rounds, and there are rounds shot by your local and national organisations -
you can usually find these on your club website or on your national governing body website.
Do note that age group does not directly affect which target size you shoot at - that just depends on
the round being shot. Now, it may be in most tournaments, that a junior shooter will shoot
a different round compared to the senior shooters, so instead of shooting a
Canberra they shoot a Junior Canberra or short Canberra, which is the same thing
but closer, so often a junior equivalent does not change a target size, but it does change the distance shot at.
What I'm going to do now is take these targets
outside and actually show you the distances
these are normally used at.
All right, we'll start with the 40cm target.
Now this is typically only used for indoor rounds that are normally shot at 18 metres or 20 yards.
This particular one is a single target while you often
find is that there will be a traffic light format of one target each, or they
might use the Vegas Tri-Spot, but in any case, this is the target you're shooting
at 18 metres, and this is what it looks like at 18 metres in comparison the target on
the left is the 80 centimeter target at 18 metres.
Here we have the 80cm face - this is probably the average, or standard target size,
and we like putting these up at the 10-meter line, or the bigger face, because it's really easy to shoot at a close distance.
Normally, it's shot at 30-50 meters - let's see what it looks like.
So this is the 80cm target at 30 meters and
this is the 80 centimeter face at 50 meters - this is perhaps one of the most difficult target combinations,
because relatively speaking, it's a very small size.
This is the 122cm face - up close, this thing is huge -
we love using the old target faces for the beginners because it's so big and friendly and hard to miss.
And that is what it looks like at 70 meters - this is the standard distance for the Olympic competition.
By the way, the maximum distance for any target round is 90 meters, and this is what the big 122cm face looks like at 90 meters.
And remember, you're aiming for the gold
So that basically covers all the main target sizes and the distances they're shot from.
If you shoot in your backyard and you're not sure what to use, use whatever you want - the big target sizes
are very easy to hit, and very fun to shoot at, but it is easier so you can't expect more from yourself.
Additionally, they are bigger and they are more expensive, so if you want to cut
costs you might want to buy a smaller target face, or a target centre.
Anyway, this is NUSensei, hope you found this interesting and helpful. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.