"Fast" not the word you always think it is!

Archery Fast and Regular Fast are totally different!



Up during my few days in the Peak District I signed up to try Archery….which I do now fancy and have since joined an Archery Society here at school.

The Archery instructor gave us some Safety words to use…for example:

Safe Safe = all is clear and you can continue with what you are doing

Fast = as in Hold fast = stop what you are doing immediately

I was up to take my shot and I hear “Fast”. I am sorry but where I am from that means something totally different= do what you where doing but with more speed….so I fumble with my arrow and I think man this instructor is rushing me….then my group yells “NO”.

To which I then remember and put everything down.

“Fast” in this situation meant stop, there is a lost hiker behind the targets….NOT Shoot your arrow quickly into the lost Hiker… Glad we cleared that up!

I am learning everyday!