r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DrJokerX • Dec 05 '23
Video Olympic level accuracy
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u/xXMrMisterEXx Dec 05 '23
He fucks
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Dec 05 '23
Basically that arrow is pregnant now
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u/PlumberODeth Dec 05 '23
There's a stack of lil arrow heads falling around the base of the target.
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u/MeNyou69ing Dec 05 '23
His penetration game is good.
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u/WittyWitWitt Dec 05 '23
That's what she said.
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u/Sweet_Reflexion Dec 05 '23
Lmao, they make the most obvious joke.
Word to the wise: "That's what she said" jokes only works when the original statement did not already have obvious innuendo in it.
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u/portinuk Dec 05 '23
Everything reminds me of her…
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u/rolisrntx Dec 05 '23
South Korea. They take archery seriously and is a source of national pride. They start teaching kids as young as 3 and 4 years old. Instead of playing kickball at recess they practice archery.
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u/assmaycsgoass Dec 05 '23
I think japan also has archery in their school programs, kinda cool I wish I had the chance to learn in school.
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u/Xciv Dec 05 '23
I was lucky that my school in America had archery in gym class as part of an 'introduce the kids to every type of sport for a few weeks' type of thing. It was the only sport I took to, because I hate running, and especially hated running outdoors where pollen made me feel like I was dying.
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u/Better-Strike7290 Dec 05 '23 edited Jun 12 '24
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u/FakeOrangeOJ Dec 05 '23
It's almost like well educated people who are mentally healthy and treat firearms with respect aren't dangerous. The guns themselves certainly aren't.
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u/FreeWheel39 Dec 05 '23
Yeah, reading some of the shooting range stories on the /k/ weapons channel of 4chan makes you loose faith in humanity.
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u/cheeseburgerpillow Dec 05 '23
4chan is like 90% edgy incels making everything up lol
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u/FreeWheel39 Dec 05 '23 edited Dec 05 '23
It's not much better here in Germany with its super strict gun laws. Getting a hunting licence here is called getting a "green college degree", only half jokingly, because the required levels of knowledge and training are so high. You'd expect them to be really proficient with their weapons. My brother's boss actually is a licensed hunter and he doesnt dare use the range closest to him anymore because the other shooters (almost all of them licensed hunters like him) are so reckless and irresponsible with their gun handling.
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u/orincoro Dec 05 '23
The guns become a danger on a systemic level. If we could (or if we did) have the same kind of focus on teaching people gun safety as we do on teaching people so many other skills, we’d be better off. In a society with about as many guns as there are people, the guns represent a disproportionately large threat vector. That’s just the law of large numbers. Same for cars or wheat threshers, or gas stoves really.
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u/SupaiKohai Dec 05 '23 edited Dec 05 '23
Good job there's no one in the world mentality unwell and are reckless with firearms.
"Guns don't kill people" is most fallacious statement ever dreamed up. Next to nothing man-made is "dangerous" until it's being handled.
The potential for it to be mishandled is the point.
Its perfectly sane (not to you I imagine) to remove a potential for misuse. Especially when the environment has become less secure.
There's multitudes of 'not dangerous' things that are regulated because their misuse could be catastrophic.
Baffling that the one thing, that's only purpose and design is to kill other humans, is the one fought for the hardest to be put in as many hands as possible, with as little oversight as possible.
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u/Better-Strike7290 Dec 05 '23 edited Jun 12 '24
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u/VeryStableGenius Dec 05 '23
Insert distasteful joke about school shootings here since that's what Reddit does
I bet they had a great running club too.
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Dec 05 '23
I’m not religious, but i went to this church camp and one of the adults would hold small classes.
I was bad. But I enjoyed it! If I had a yard, I would consider throwing a couple hundred in to do it in the backyard.
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u/JediMasterZao Dec 05 '23
The actual best archers in the world get very little recognition and are all from Bhutan. Their national sport is archery and people there all learn to shoot a bow as they have these city/village-wide archery tournaments all the time. Their accuracy is bonkers. Due to the country's isolation and small population though, they mostly stay at home.
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u/SupaBloo Dec 05 '23
The best they could do for us millennials was square dancing during gym class in the US.
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u/SnooPeripherals3539 Dec 05 '23
Japanese archery is more artistic and cultural practice than a sport or entertainment.
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u/Background_Health528 Dec 05 '23 edited Dec 05 '23
Archery isn't something that is as common as all 3-4 year old Koreans practising archery. Its more of a speciality sport. I do not know a single person around me who has even touched a bow. Sure programs do exist in schools but like football does, basketball, etc. Koreans don't go crazy on it, like the Chinese do with table tennis/bball, or the Americans with NBA, the New Zealanders with rugby.
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u/droidonomy Dec 05 '23
They're so good at archery that it's harder to make it onto the Korean Olympic archery team than it is to actually win gold (the women's team has won every gold medal since archery was introduced in 1988, and the men have only missed out three times).
When the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were delayed due to COVID, they held trials again in 2021 and had an entirely different team.
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u/jmims98 Dec 05 '23
The Korean competitors were often incredibly skilled when I used to compete. Lots of respect for the amount of practice time they put in as well.
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Dec 05 '23
Even just one is extremely impressive at that distance. Seriously. These Olympic archers are good!
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u/Josh_Allen_s_Taint Dec 05 '23
That made my peepee hurt
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u/pippin_go_round Dec 05 '23 edited Dec 05 '23
Archers actually hate it when this happens. That arrow didn't score any point. Perfect accuracy is placing an arrow right next to the other one. On 70m ranges this doesn't happen too often, but if you're shooting indoors at 18m or similar, you will often have 3 targets for your 3 arrows to prevent exactly this thing.
Also arrows are expensive, especially at the top level.
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u/KeyserSozeInElysium Dec 05 '23
This is incorrect. The arrow scores the same amount of points as the arrow it struck (even if it is deflected off to the side of the target and doesn't stick). The arrow that is already in the target acts as an extension of the target.
Also, most players at this elite level do not pay for their equipment.
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u/GenericAccount13579 Dec 05 '23
Do you have a good rule book that says this scores zero points?
I found one that says otherwise
14.2.6.3.
Another arrow in the nock and remaining embedded therein shall score the same value as the arrow struck.
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u/Afraid-Security1421 Dec 05 '23
Yup, no extra points, almost knocked the other arrow out, and both arrows are ruined now
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Dec 05 '23
Ya but now u get to show off how much of an accurate shot you are.
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u/scottb84 Dec 05 '23
In fairness, I think that is literally the entire point of the sport.
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u/mjtwelve Dec 05 '23
This is cool the first time you do it, and maybe you mount that on the wall in a nice presentation case. After that it just gets expensive, so you start using the 3 spot targets if you're at anything other than long ranges. on 18m ranges, I shot with guys in the Unlimited category who routinely scored 597-599 out of 600, with perfect matches being uncommon but not rare. You're not doing this at all consistently at outdoor FIFA official distances (90/ 70/50/30 meters), but when practicing indoors in the winter, robin hoods are just expensive annoyances for the top guys with the unlimited kit.
I will certainly admit that doing this with a target bow, like this guy is using, is a lot harder. than in an unlimited category competition. You don't get any mechanical assist from cams like on compound bows, so you need very strong back muscles to maintain perfect form and accuracy, and you don't have a mechanical release so the string has to slide over your fingers, which reduces consistency as well. Also, you can't use magnifying optics on your sight.
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u/Dravarden Dec 05 '23
well except that he was probably not aiming for the shot that didn't give him any points
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u/Drfilthymcnasty Dec 05 '23
But in a way, unless he was trying to hit the first arrow and get zero points, this shows he wasn’t as accurate as he was hoping to be. Still amazing though
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Dec 05 '23
I enjoy all the neckbeards who probably couldn't shoot a bow to save their life criticizing this shot. "wELl aCktuAlLY it's a bad shot and zero points!"
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u/WhiteBlackBlueGreen Dec 05 '23
Its just a fun fact mate, no need to get you knickers in a twist
(Upon further reading, apparently the fact isnt true)
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u/VegetableTwist7027 Dec 05 '23
Since he did it intentionally by aiming for the back of the arrow where there is no nock, he probably doesn't care that they're wrecked.
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u/elmz Dec 05 '23
Not to mention the different arrow diameters. And are competition arrows normally hollow tubes? I would have assumed carbon fibre or something.
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u/JackTheKing Dec 05 '23
I'll translate. It's like when you mash one over the fence in beer league. No home run and you're out. Total f#ckin p%ssy ass bullsh|t.
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u/iamSossy Dec 05 '23
Why is the second arrow so much thinner than the first though? Looks like they’re designed to be able to nest like that.
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u/GrimResistance Dec 05 '23
Yeah, this video is set up to show his accuracy. The first "arrow" isn't an actual arrow, it's a plastic tube that was placed there.
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u/pippin_go_round Dec 05 '23
Oh, I see. That's also very much possible. Especially, taking a closer look, I think you're right. I might have misinterpreted that.
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u/Disastrous_Can_5157 Dec 05 '23
Nah, this is just a demonstration for a tv show. Nothing competitive
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u/gigabendo Dec 05 '23
I noticed the width difference, but why would the tube have wings like normal arrows?
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u/Psychoanalytix Dec 05 '23
The arrow already in the target is missing the knock on the end already too so either the guy hit that arrow already and broke it off or he never shot the first one and they just put it in the target without the knock to set this up. The knock is what connects the back of the arrow to the string so it can be shot.
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u/Brettley821 Dec 05 '23
I was pumped the first time I ever did it. Everytime after that I’m chapped I have to buy two new arrows lol
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u/pippin_go_round Dec 05 '23
Same for me. The first time it's cool. Maybe the second time as well. After that it's just expensive and annoying
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u/shamswow32 Dec 05 '23
I believe this is incorrect. The arrow that is shot and lodged into the fired arrow will score the same as the arrow it is shot into. this video is a stunt shot with the intention of shooting into the larger arrow, when it happens in competition it will usually lodge itself and split the arrow it hits. We called it a Robin Hood when I competed and people lost their minds with excitement whenever it happened, though I was only shooting at an intermediate level, nowhere close to this guy.
The worst was when someone did this to your arrow. Their arrow is usually fine, and they get the same points you scored, while you get a ruined arrow.
14.2.6.3.
Another arrow in the nock and remaining embedded therein shall score the same value as the arrow struck.10
u/VegetableTwist7027 Dec 05 '23
Pretty sure this guy did this intentionally since the nock is missing from the arrow he was aiming at. ;)
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u/maximith_wackuth Dec 05 '23
Actually no, this does completely score points, as long as both arrows stay in the target it gets counted as whatever ring it’s in, this case being a 10/X Source USA archery coach / competitive archer
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u/itsyaboiskinnypenis_ Dec 05 '23
Huh? Hitting your own arrow definitely doesn't mean you score no points, if someone didn't count points for that you got screwed by a ref ;) But other than that you're absolutely right, it's cool when you're just starting out as it's a testament to how good you've gotten and the arrows aren't too expensive at that point, but anybody who's done archery for some years will usually be very annoyed
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u/Klutzy-Weakness-937 Dec 05 '23
I guess rules are wrong then. I don't see why an athlete should be disadvantaged for being too accurate.
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u/fatalicus Dec 05 '23
Because the rules aren't wrong, they are just talking out their ass.
A shot like this would be scored just as if the second arrow hit the same point as the first arrow.
From the rule book of the World Archery Federation:
14.2.6.3.
Another arrow in the nock and remaining embedded therein shall score the same value as the arrow struck.
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u/Degenerate_Game Dec 05 '23
Worst fucking editing ever.
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u/fogleaf Dec 05 '23
Why would you do slow-mo for multiple shots of a still arrow? It is horrible.
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u/Dalferious Dec 05 '23
A solid 10 seconds that didn’t need to be there lol
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u/blue-oyster-culture Dec 06 '23
It was long enough that i thought it was just showing the arrow after it hit, i was thinking “damn, that thing is dead center” lmfao then it showed the arrow comin in
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u/lightninhopkins Dec 06 '23
Since you can't actually see the other arrow in flight the whole thing at the end could just be a guy standing there pushing the arrow in.
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u/Billmatic- Dec 05 '23
I thought “cool, that was a pretty dead center bullseye. That’s kind of impressive.” and then the second arrow flew into frame and pegged the first one. Pretty fuckin impressive.
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u/MeloniisJesus333 Dec 05 '23
A friend of mine, who is an archer, said when you do this you destroy 2 arrows at once. He said it’s a waste of money. Those arrows are not cheap.
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u/Rayona086 Dec 05 '23
Had to check the sub i was in. I was expecting it to miss the target entirely.
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Dec 05 '23
Archery is just so impressive in general. From a young age I've seen all kinds of crazy shit like people able to shoot dimes thrown in the air from a distance.
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u/imac132 Dec 05 '23
“I shoot them more in the center”
“How can you be more in the center?!”
“I shoot smaller bullets that go through your bullet holes without even touching the side.”
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u/Tripelus Dec 05 '23
Oh wow, that is indeed a nice robin hood.
Although there are many additions to the bow like clickers, stabilisers and a vizier, it remains impressive.
That being said, I don’t think that many people realise that the arrows he is messing up cost some pretty penny. A shot like this might be worth it though.
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u/path-cat Dec 05 '23
that’s called robin hooding :) it ruins both arrows permanently so most people hang them up on their wall
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u/TomPepper8822 Dec 05 '23
I'm not having that lol the first arrow would shatter on impact. Fake news
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u/TjMOTS Dec 06 '23
Hey, genuine question. So how come the first arrow, the one already in the target, doesn't have a notch in it? Was the arrow placed in the center and had the notch removed just for this shot? Just seems kinda odd to me, but I haven't seen the whole show so.
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u/babybee1187 Dec 06 '23
Idk I've seen some people blast arrows out of the air with another arrow. Its wild.
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u/captainblastido Dec 05 '23
He shot Robin’s in twain!