So 5 minutes ago I was watching some dudes doing achery and I was like "So cool! I really wish I could do that, but I don't even know how I could get started". And then I'm watching this, and first thing this dude says is "the most common question I get asked is 'how do I get started?' " Holy shit, totally feels like he just read my mind! Or maybe I'm just a really regular person.

Very informative, well demonstrated and easy to follow. Looking forward to follow his instructions thru.

Was just about to try my hand at archery...for the first time ever tomorrow...and learnt all that I need to know to prepare myself for it. Thanks for a well crafted instructional video on the basics.

Love the way you teach. Perfect demo. Thank You.

This is one of the best Video's on Archery for Beginners that I have seen thus Far!... Thanks so much for the Information! You are an EXCELLENT Archery Instructor!...Peace Love and "LIGHT" 2 U!...

Wow you are incredibly thorough! Thank you for this amazing video! I’m starting some proper practice tomorrow!

Thank you for your video. Very informative. My husband, my 9 year old and I are getting started and your video is amazing. Thank you so much

Great video! I'm in my early 20's and I want to start archery.

FANTASTIC! I will be using this video this fall/winter with our youth and beginner adult classes at Brigham Bowmen in Northern Utah!

Just the information I was looking for to get started in archery! Thanks Jake!

This is a great video with jake kaminski! He will always be an awesome archer.

You are an excellent teacher Jake. Thanks for the tips

Hello Jake and Blake, and great vid. I took archery in middle school, golly was that a long time ago XD. Anyway, I am here to re-learn the basics and get shooting again, I love the ancientness and elegance of a bow. I live in Wyo and am in the hills as much as possible great to be involved in something that is sports, outdoors, requires skill and revamped ancient equipment. I bought a second-hand old longbow today from the thrift shop, and gonna tool around with it, it is great to know and have learned the basics from you though, thanks again and good shootin!

What a great teacher you are ,I'm new to archery and I've learnt a lot thanks

Very informative, well made video,excellent job Jake and Blake,Thanks

Great video and teaching for beginner. I have just started taking classes and love it. Want to get my own bow and have watched many videos but unsure which to get.

This is by far the most educational, straight forward video on archery. Thank you so much. I just got my Mongolian bow and am doing mounted archery. Now I know why my aim was off and how to fix it. I got a burnt left thumb (I use right side) and am wondering is this normal, or what should I do differently to avoid it. Have yet to had issue with string. (knock on wood) Thanks once again for the video!

Nice vid. I'm not sure how I missed it until 2 months or so after I started shooting and watching 1000 other introductory archery vids. ;-) I always enjoy seeing bowstrings vibrate in slow motion on youtube vids. So interesting. Thx.

Great job Jake, with your permission I'll use this with my kids, thanks for the video.

Excellent demonstration of "keep it simple"

Good job Jake. Nice intro to shooting olympic style shooting. Enough but not too complicated.

Thanks Jake and Hoyt for this helpful video.

Excellent video, clear concise explanations and instructions. Thank you :)

Thanks Jake !! Great intro video to share with those interested in the sport.

thank sir..u r so kind to share ur knowledge ...i personally feel so thankfull

Cheers mate, very informative and intuitive.

I've always been told to look at your target when shooting since I don't have a bow with sights I usually hit the target 85 per. of the time.

Great video. Thank you for posting it.

This is a great video. I have been shooting a bow(not a compound) for fifty years now and I do believe that whether you're engaged in Target, Field or Hunting Archery, that Archery is not a particularly hard sport to learn if you have the proper equipment and instruction. Without the proper equipment and instruction, you will not get progress, you will get problems.

I like the technique of figuring out your bow. As someone who is left handed, I actually do most sports the right handed way some reason. This makes it much easier rather then having to explain when being told to use whatever your dominant hand is

excellent info. thanks for simplifying.

7 yrs on and STILL a great video. Has me wondering how good is Blake now 7 yrs later?

Excellent video. I got my first bow in 1976. I probably have at least 50 of them now. I couldn't imagine shooting with the arrow above my index finger, though. I wonder why he recommends it. Also, a glove is better than a tab for new archers-less to think about. It is a "life time sport". Great video. Thanks for posting and encouraging more kids.

Great instruction for beginning archers!

Fantastic mr jake.

Great video! I started archery with a 22lbs recurve, but i've never shoot with my fingers placed underneath the knocking point. (i'm okay with the normal way) Now that i'm sort of mentoring the newbies, i find it easier for them to do this way too, by placing their fingers underneath the point.

very comprehensive information thumbs up thank-you

Super informative, thanks for making this :)

excellent. archery should be something everyone has tried at least once. its surprising how many people i know who haven't even held a bow let alone shot one and they are seriously missing out in my opinion.

Excellent demo

Nice tattoo. The Lord Bless you and great demo... gunna give it a go at 62... when I've finished the gym and watching Rambo 👍😁

oh my yes that was amazing :) good job and I'm gonna go download this song as well haha

oh my yes that was amazing :) damn good job and I'm gonna go download this song as well haha

Good video. Might make one like this

Very nice tutorial!

Thanks man! Loved it :)

awesome video. learned a lot. thanks :)

I started archery 2 days ago at my local club and everyone there thought I have come from another club lol! They love my draw, form, everything. I broke the junior club record on day one, and broke my own record on day 2. I'm the talk of the club.

this is an excellent instruction video

Great video.

well done and very well explained :)

excellent video....interesting.

super awesome video

Love the video!

Thankfully this worked for me thanks bro

Nice intro: thank you!

I've always been bad at shooting. I think the best advice I got from this video is to avoid the death grip ... I kept doing that and no one told me otherwise. I'll have to try this out next time I do this.

the only problem with archery is finding a free space to practice it.

I haven't tried this :) ARCHERY is part of my Bucket list :)

hey jake, im writing a book at the moment which is set in medieval times with a focus on archery for two of the main characters. i was hoping i could talk to you to make my writing a bit more authentic. especially since i need to have my characters trained

love this video

Thank you for this video....I have an AR15 Rifle and a Beretta 92X but now am interested in getting into ARCHERY since pullets are so very expansive and I feel like I want another weapon for protection, but where I can learn everything that I need to know? Can anyone tell me where to go, please!

So when you're shooting at a long-distance what's the technique for arching your arrow up to hit your target there's a technique to it and I don't know enough about it could you explain thank you Ken looking forward to hearing from you

have to say. very nice video. Well done all.

Good tips!

Great vid

Thanks Jake, learned more in 9 minutes then i ever knew ! you should teach ,you could make some cash ! again Aloha

I can watch this again and again....

Man this was bomb

Archery increased to 99...

idk if buy a bow without pulleys or sheaves, help me know which works best shot I love your videos thanks sorry for my English I'm Mexican: 3

im thinking of getting into this. Im a newbie. Should I start off with a 20lb bow. Also what is the normal practice distance. looks like your only 10 yards away from the target. is 20 or 30 yards normal.

i'm 25 years old now and i'm suddenly fall in love archery and also suddenly want to represent my country in archery in tokyo 2020 olympic..do you think i still have time to do so ?

Seriously? Jake and Blake? :D Good video, very helpful, thanks :)

Archery is life, it does at first but once you get used to it you feel fluent and you can shoot faster and move while you shoot

great i am 11 years old and i am training archery for 3 years great sport

Спасибо за видео , очень помогло

i aim with with my left eye but I use a right handed bow and my right hand is my dominant hand what do I do ??

Thank you :)

What is archery kits name you used in this video

Great video!! I'm teaching my son but look's like i just got schooled!!

I have that same bow model

I've just taken up archery and have started lessons. I'm right handed but left eye dominant so my instructor had me on a left handed bow. Could someone explain this to me? I thought I'd still use a right handed bow?

The Mexican archers are really doing well at the pro Recurve competitions in the past few years.

I'm only 11 and I started archery with one of my brothers bows that he got from somewhere and I used sticks as arrows and somehow over the course of a year I got better and I finally have a real bow with real arrows :D I had the stance from the beginning

How far from target do you shoot?

what is the HOYT kits name you used in this vedio

Got a little question. I'm into archery but I always wonder a thing about follow through. Is it so important Just for target archery? I'm a "hunter & field" archer so I far away from using kilometric stabilyzers and what I'm used to see from me and other archers is that the bow stays still after the shot in order not to cause any bad affections; it doesn't fall at all and it's not that easy to make it fall without a stabilyzer. Same thing I see from compound field shooters. So what's the right point?

very helpful

Great video but why move sight? Shouldn’t the shooter adjust?

What's the song at the beginning and throughout?

how to get stuff for the archery bow

I'm right handed and I use my right when shooting guns, but when it comes to archery, I feel more comfortable using my left side, which is a bit difficult to aim since that's not my good eye lol 😞

i want to do archery :=(

What is the sight in archery ?

Thanks man .....

I'm growing up starting with a medium sized longbow, no sight and I shoot with both eyes open and my arrow on the right side of the bow, btw I'm right handed and this is a historic way to shoot

I've wanted to start archery since forever, but there's no practice ranges or classes in my area. 😭

show us how blake shot arrows at the end

superb