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All right. Archery bows come in all different shapes and sizes, depending on what you want
to do with archery. This is the basic bow. This is called a recurve bow because it has
a recurve on it. It curves and recurves. What happens with this recurve, it gives the bow
more power. Because, as you open it up, the spring effect of the recurve shoots the arrow
out a lot faster than just a straight bow. This is really the most common kind of bow
today. This is the type of bow that's used in the Olympics because it's known world wide.
That's why it's allowable in the Olympics, because anybody in the world has access to
this type of bow. This particular bow is a basic bow. It has a wood handle and it has
limbs that are attached to the wood handle. That makes it, actually, a very good bow for
a beginner, because the limbs actually, can be changed to different poundages. As the
beginner improves and strengthens, he can change, he or she can change the poundage
of the bow. The bow's main part is called the riser. The riser contains an arrow rest
where the arrow rests on. It's an elevated arrow rest, so that as the arrow passes the
bow, the arrow doesn't interfere, or the bow doesn't interfere with the arrow. This is
what we call a basic bow.