Archery is a very popular activity at Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre. It is slightly less physical than other activities, which already helps to make it more inclusive.
It can be done standing up or sitting down, which makes it very accessible for wheelchair users or other people with other mobility impairments.
Accessibility
For indoor archery, we have a wheelchair lift to help people into our sports hall.
For our outdoor archery range, we have a road track that allows vehicles to park adjacent to the range.
Coaching
Whatever difficulties you may have we can still tailor the session to your needs. Our experienced instructors can adapt the aims or choice of games depending on what is right for the group. Giving any extra assistance, only when needed.
Grip Impairments
One particular way people may struggle with archery could be with gripping hold of the string and releasing. We have a couple of ways we help with this. We have a trigger system will then release the string shooting the arrow from a simple tap. The trigger can either be released by the archer or someone helping them. Other options include simply using a cloth or any scrap material to wrap around the string and hold on to.
