From December 3 to 9, 2018, World Archery held their first Level 3 coaching course at the World Archery Excellence Centre. World Archery Excellence Centre Director Juan Carlos Holgado and World Archery Development Director Pascal Colmaire led the course. They shared their knowledge on advanced coaching, covering topics such as: planning and programming, physical […]
AVTA held their first competition dedicated to young archers at the World Archery Excellence Centre
On WAEC’s second anniversary, December 2, children enrolled in clubs in the Canton de Vaud and other Swiss clubs enjoyed an indoor competition organized especially for them in the Easton Hall. December 2, the day of the 2nd anniversary of the WAEC, it was the day for kids enrolled in archery clubs in the […]
World Archery Coaches Course trains eight new Level 2 coaches
Last week at the World Archery Excellence Centre was a new occasion for coaches to learn and to extend their competences, as the World Archery Coaches Course Level 2 was taking place from October 22 to 28. Eight participants coming from various countries such as Czech Republic, Luxembourg or Poland, among others, shared the […]
Great attendance for the 2018 Hyundai WAEC Indoor Challenge
The first Hyundai WAEC Indoor Challenge took place this weekend on the 27 of October. On this occasion, the World Archery Excellence Centre welcomed 91 participants, which is a record of participants in the Hyundai challenges organised by the Centre. Although the majority were archers from Switzerland, there were some archers from France, Czech Republic, […]
36 participants attend the the World Archery International Youth Judges Seminar
This weekend at the World Archery Excellence Centre, a seminar was given to share knowledge with the youth judges and international judges registered to this event, and to complete this stage of their training. It followed the Coaches seminar given by Kim Hyung Tak on the 15 and 16 of September, and the Para […]
23 Seminar participants learn how to coach para archers at the World Archery Excellence Centre
After a first weekend at the World Archery Excellence Centre dedicated to archery coaches with the Seminar from Coach Kim Hyung Tak, a second seminar took place the next weekend, from September 21 to 23, focusing on Para Adaptive coaching. On this occasion, 23 participants came to the World Archery Excellence Centre from countries […]
Coach Kim Hyung Tak delivers a 4-day archery training camp followed by a 2-day coaching seminar
South Korean archery expert Kim Hyung Tak returned to the World Archery Excellence Centre last week, following on from his successful visit in 2017. Coach Kim recorded all the participants, who were from all over the world, using his “high-tech” video analysis method. The archers were grouped in threes and given four-hour sessions, where they […]
World Archery Excellence Centre Members experience competition during the second Members’ Day
After the first Members’ day that took place on the Swiss National Day, a second one was organised this year at the World Archery Excellence Centre on 2 September 2018. As the Members’ day that took place on the 1st of August, this event allowed the participants to get familiar with competition, while enjoying […]
Last medals awarded during the closing ceremony of the World Archery Masters Championships
The third and last competition day of the World Archery Masters Championships took place on August 18, followed by the closing ceremony of the event at the World Archery Excellence Centre. During that day, on which 28 categories competed, the Recurve archers discovered the Field course of Montheron along with the 40-49 years old […]
Archery. An incredible discovery!
Mercedes V., one of the volunteers who helped during the World Archery Masters Championships, gives in this article she wrote her point of view on the event. I was asked to be a volunteer at the World Archery Masters Championships Lausanne 2018 and I accepted, not really knowing what to expect. I must admit […]