From a, I wanted to write out a list of the suggestions for an idea (or, fantasy, really) archery shooting facility. What would you need? What would you want? I’ll keep adding to this one as I get more ideas.

Ideal Archery Shooting Center

Outdoor Archery:

• Outdoor range with available covered shooting positions. (out to 90M, 200Y wide)
  • With lights at shooting positions and targets
  • Some section of with setup with bleachers for head-to-head tournament viewing
• Two Field courses — basic and advanced (extreme angles and shooting conditions)
• 3-D practice range, can also set up the targets on the field courses
• Rentable scopes/tripods for long distance shooting.

Indoor Archery:

• Multiple indoor ranges
  • Tune-up
  • Short (up to 30M)
  • Long (out to 90M)
• For competitions:
  • Easy range access for bow stands and getting on/off the line
  • Plenty of space to setup/breakdown equipment
• Cameras in place (or rentable) for recording sessions.
• Special high-speed camera lane.
• Possibly a special “coaching” lane with cameras always setup.
• Cameras set up to point at your target for a close-up of your arrow.
  • For long-range indoor shooting
  • For Competitions
• Good audience viewing area for tournaments (or parents during coaching sessions)
  • Possibly raised up to be on the second level above the shooters
  • (Optional whether to make this sound-separated so that parents can’t interefere…)
  • Viewscreens for showing close-ups of targets.
• Lighting Options:
  • Natural lighting available (when available)
  • Special Adjustable lighting lanes — for learning how to adjust to lighting changes
• Field Archery Simulation Lanes
  • Adjust angle of target (60 degrees up to 60 degrees down)
  • Adjust lighting

Usage:

• Available great coaches
• Walk-in equipment rental
  • Enough for a beginner class
  • So you can invite non-shooters to come try.
• Target faces available for purchase
• Attached to or close to a shop and a great bow mechanic
  • With tools/workbench rental for self-work time.
• Frequent competitions/leagues
  • With ranges available for non-competitive uses during league and competition time
• Arrow-pulling caddies – local middle school kids to run and pull arrows for you…
• Timer clocks for competitions — no more stop-lights and guessing
• PA system with understandable announcements.

Non-Archery Good Stuff

• Close to home. For everyone. (so… teleporter)
• Good Coffee
• Nice Lounge area.
• Library of Archery books
• Water/Drinks/Food/Kitchen available
• Clean Restrooms
• Heat/AC
• Ample Parking
• Private property, so as not to be at the whim of the local parks department.
• Wireless Internet / Good Cellphone reception
• Playground for bored young’uns
• Quiet room for doing homework/coaching/prayer
• Campsite / RV hookups for traveling shooters during multi-day tournaments
• Close to hotels / restaurants / “I forgot something shopping”
• A wall/screen for projecting outdoor movies.
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