The sport is Olympic and is aimed at everyone. From the age of 5-6, one can engage in the sport. No special skills are needed and no great physical strain is required. It helps us a lot in boosting our self-confidence, strengthens our self-discipline and teaches us self-restraint.
There are many types of archery such as shooting, mounted and field archery. Archery is practiced in Greece, in which mainly Olympic and compound bows (Recune-Compound) are used. There are races of various distances in open and closed space. In an open space the distances are 30, 50, 70 and 90 meters, while in a closed space they are 18 and 25 meters.
