A guide to scoring in Archery The standard 5 colour face Point ValuesThe number of points awarded for hitting a specific colour or “ring” on a target depends on several factors
The various scoring systems are shown below. Although they may look complicated at first there are really only two main systems to learn – Imperial or Metric (with a slight variation between the indoor and outdoor Metric scores). If you shoot compound there is an additional indoor scoring system which makes it harder for compounds to score a 10, by use of a smaller 10 ring. Line CuttersOne thing is common to all the scoring systems and round types. If your arrow cuts or touches the line between two of the rings, however slightly, you always get the higher score. That’s why you see some people changing from thin carbon fibre to fat aluminium arrows for indoor shoots! Outdoor ShootingTarget FacesOutdoor rounds are always shot on the standard 5 colour face. The face can be either 122cm or 80cm across, depending on the type of round and distance being shot. All Imperial Rounds (those shown in yards e.g. York, Albion, National etc) are all shot on the 122cm face. Metric rounds (those shown in metres e.g. FITA 70, Long Metric etc) may be shot on either the 122cm face, the 80cm face or a combination of both, depending on the round and distance. Outdoor – Scoring GNAS Imperial RoundsThe number of hits and golds (9’s) are used to resolve score tie breaks. Outdoor – Scoring FITA and GNAS Metric RoundsThis is the only system where the innermost gold counts as 10 points but is marked as an X on the scorecard. The number of Xs is used to resolve score tie breaks. Indoor ShootingTarget FacesAgain, most of the Metric (shown in metres) and Imperial (shown in yards) are shot on the standard 5 colour face. The face may be 80cm, 60cm or 40cm depending on the round. There are also two variations of the standard single face.
Both these faces have three targets which include only the inner blue to gold rings of the standard target (5 zone). The possible score range is therefore 6-10. Each of three arrows is shot at a different one of the three targets, primarily to prevent arrow damage from “Robin Hood” shots. There is also a special black and white face which is only ever used in shooting the Worcester round. This has a possible score range of 1-5 (see below). Indoor – Recurve and LongbowsAll indoor rounds shot with a recurve or longbow use the above 1-10 scoring system where both the inner and innermost golds count as 10. Indoor – Compound Bows OnlyIndoor rounds shot with a compound bow use the above scoring system where both the outer and inner golds count as 9 and only the innermost gold counts as 10. Indoor – Worcester Round (all bows)The indoor Worcester round is an exception to the coloured scoring faces. It is shot on a special target with 4 black outer rings and a white inner ring. The outer rings score 1-4 with the inner ring scoring five. It is also the only round where you shoot 5 arrows per end. The ScorepadA scorepad with the first twelve arrows recorded Regardless of the type of round you are shooting or the brand of scorepad you are using your score is recorded in a similar way, with a slight difference between metric (recording hit’s and gold’s) and metric (recording 10’s and X’s): Both imperial and Metric rounds
Imperial Rounds
Metric rounds
That completes your scoring for your first dozen arrows and finishes the first line of your scoresheet. You can see an example of a completed first line in the example above.
As an example, an archer shooting a “Long National” round must shoot the following combination of arrows
A sample scoresheet for this is shown below. Note that as this is an Imperial round, the only potential scores are 1,3,5,7 & 9 and that 9 counts as a “Gold”. A few basic but important notes (especially for competitions!)Don’t touch the arrows or the target face until all the arrows for all archers have been recorded. Point to the arrow nocks as you call each arrow. If you are calling out your scores for someone else to record (e.g. a competition), call them in batches of three, e.g. 9,9,9 (pause) 5,3,Miss. This makes it easier for the person recording the score. If there is any sort of dispute over the score of an arrow that the archers on the target can’t agree on, don’t pull any arrows until the field captain or judge (at a tournament where judges are present) has been called and made their decision. Complete the scoring before collecting any arrows that overshot the target (obviously, collect any that fell short as you approach the target – before someone stands on them!) How many points is an X in archery?There are some peculiarities with the innermost gold ring (called the “X” ring). Sometimes it is used for tie-breaking. Sometimes it is used to make 20 yard shooting more challenging for archers using compound bows. It is written on the scorecard as “X”, and is counted as 10 points.
What is a ten in archery?Scoring. Scoring in archery is very simple: you just add up the number of points based on where your arrows hit the target. The highest score for a single arrow is 10 for hitting the inner gold ring, while the least (for hitting the outer white ring) is one point.
What is the diameter of the 10Recurve archers shoot over a distance of 70 metres at a target face measuring 122 centimetres in diameter, with a 10-ring measuring 12.2 centimetres in diameter.
What's a good archery score?The average score, out of a possible 300, at local tournaments has remained at about 220 for female and 225 for male archers. As the tournaments become more difficult to qualify for the scores rise. For instance, the average score at NASP® Nationals is 251 for female and 252 for male archers.
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