title: Shooting Arrows: Archery for Adult Beginners
author:  Steve Ruis 
description: Steve Ruis holds a Level 4 coaching credential from USA Archery and Master Coach credential from the National Field Archery Association and has recently been certified by US Collegiate Archery as he is now the coach of the University of Chicago Archery Team. Steve shoots recurves, longbows, and compound bows, but his real passion now is to elevate the coaching of archery, as that is the route through which many more people can come to enjoy the sport. Steve, born and raised in California, currently lives in Chicago, IL.
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  Ten Weeks
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Jolene Perry & Janna Watts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Dedication
  
  To the boys of summers past.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ten Weeks
  
  
  Kay-Kay
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  Fifteen minutes into moving the archery target across the amphitheater and I’m
  beyond annoyed. So far beyond annoyed that I’m straddling the line between
  pissed and postal. The ground is early morning damp, and the wheels on the
  target keep sticking in the wet divots of grass and soil.
  
  
  “What a-hole thought this was a good idea?” I mumble, bending to give the
  target a shove.
  
  
  “I’m the a-hole. And it is a good idea.”
  
  
  I swing around. “Alex.”
  
  
  He doesn’t even bother to hide the smirk. “Kay-Kay. What do you think you’re
  doing?”
  
  
  “Moving the archery targets so the small children I’ll be giving bows and
  arrows to for the first time in their lives don’t shoot at the bystanders
  walking to the dining hall.”
  
  
  He walks forward and pushes me out of the way. Not even a little elbow tap to
  ask me to step aside, a full-on push. This i