John Dudley provides tips to budding archers. Picture by Srinivas

Jamshedpur, Sept. 27: Having held his audience captive on the first two days of his visit, John Dudley ensured that the third day was equally fruitful for those who had come to be part of the seminar on compound coaching today at JRD Tata Sports Complex.

The participants, including some from abroad, were exposed to the synchronisation of the bow even as world field compound champion spent several hours explaining the finer nuances of the equipment and functioning of its components at the conference room.

The ace archer from the US, who has been competing in various competitions for close to two decades, did a practical demonstration so that the participants are able to properly understand the mechanism and setting of a bow.

“Bow setting has a direct bearing on the performance of an archer. There is a difference of 20 points if a bow is not properly set,” he explained to the participants.

As part of his demonstration, Dudley disintegrated a modern bow and re-fitted the components, so that the participants could observe for themselves the exact mechanism of the bow. Explaining to them in detail all the components of the bow, Dudley also set the bows for the participants and advised them into the technicalities of getting the grip and hold right.

Earlier, during the on-field training session in the morning, Dudley spent a considerable amount of time with Deepak Karmakar and Manish Kumar Sharma, two city-based junior international archers. Sanjeeva Singh, Jharkhand Archery Association (JAA) and chief of Tata Steel sports department, told The Telegraph that learning the finer points of bow setting under Dudley will help the archers and coaches clear doubts.

“It’s not that coaches or the archers are not aware about the logistics of bow setting. But working with great players helps in knowing the minute details of the game. Dudley is reinforcing the finer details of bow setting. The seminar here will help in galvanising compound archery in the country,” Singh, a former archer, added.

The participants, including many of international stature, have never been exposed to coaching of this kind, said Singh, adding that it is necessary to understand the mechanism of a bow.