Off the arrow shelf

This episode marks the 150th full episode from me, I can’t believe the podcast is now entering its 6th session. It’s a bumper episode of over 2 hrs so I really hope you enjoy it. Thank you all for your continued support. In the episode I’m delighted to have a fantastic guest in Marek Pawlik, for those of you who don’t know of Marek he is an accomplished archer as well as being the owner and…

Regular listeners and readers of this site will know I have a soft spot for Black Arrow Field Archers club (BAFAC). I do my best to attend as many of their shoots as possible in the year. It is a club I used to belong too for several years and only left due to moving house and was where I started my field archery shooting and coaching. Feel free to look back and read my last shoot report from…

I’m sure many of you reading this feel at times that you are running just to keep still because there is so much going on. That’s exactly how I’ve been feeling over recent weeks. Barely having time to catch my breath. This episode is still audio only as my attempt at filming proved less than ideal. The good news is I have learnt lots from the experience for the next time. Sharon running latest…

I’m delighted to be joined in the latest episode by Darren of Dal archery, based here in the UK. Be warned we completely nerd out on all things arrow building, including different wood options for traditional archers, along with everything archery, from how he first started in archery to coaching. but especially building wooden arrows. We talk for over two and half hours on the podcast about his…

Episode 143 is now live and in it cover quite a few different topics. As always it is on Spotify and Amazon music If you are on any archery forums you will probably have heard the various reports about Quicks Archery going to administration. Now I’m not 100% clear on the situation here as some are saying it is still trading while others are saying it has closed. Either way it’s a shame, as we…

By far one of the most common questions I’m asked by new and sometimes experienced archers is concerning distance judgement and how to improve accuracy at varying distances in their shooting. Many will start shooting at a target of 15 to 20 yards and when presented with longer shots struggle. Over the years I’ve found many experienced archers all have a distance they struggle to shoot…

By far the most popular round in the National Field Archery Society is the Big Game round. It is the one that is used at both the 3D championships in May and the paper face National champs in September.It’s also the one that most clubs use as a basis for their open competitions. The scoring of this can be confusing for new archers and a few years back I recorded a video explaining the scoring.…

Welcome to the first podcast of 2026, crazy to think we are already in February. I hope 2026 is treating you well and any new year resolutions you made are still going well. As always here is a link to the amazon music version I will admit to having a bit of a rant at the start of this episode concerning the appalling service we have received from TUI airlines following our long flight delay…

Welcome to the last podcast of 2025. How crazy is it to think 2025 is almost over. It’s that strange time between Christmas and the New Year, where we lose track of which day of the week it is and its still festive but not Christmas. In this episode, where I dare to be in front of the camera, rather than just a voice,  I give a quick review of 2025 from Off the Arrow Shelf HQ, also known as my…

From my family to yours, can I wish you all a very happy, safe and enjoyable Christmas. May I also wish you all the very best for 2026.

Happy Christmas everyone. In this week’s episode I delighted to have as my guest Chris Mussell. Chris is a highly experienced archer as well as being heavily involved with the Scouting organisation in the UK,  specifically with respect to archery. In the episode we explore how scouting approaches the challenging task of coaching young people but also training scout leaders to enable them to…