ARCHERY at NEST is a fun way to learn a target sport, develop new skills, or improve your existing skills if you are already an archer.
Why Archery?
Archery is a recreational target sport that builds upper body strength and mental focus.
Archery is a social sport with participants from all backgrounds and ages, from 9 to 99.
Archery can be a personal sport where one builds self-confidence and patience.
Archery can be a team sport where one learns teamwork and cooperation.
Archery teaches safety, responsibility, situational awareness, and attention to detail.
Archery can be just plain fun, an enjoyable hobby that can be practiced indoors and out.
The Instructor
This course will be taught by Bob Phinney, director of NEST, who has a level II archery certification. Bob taught archery for many years at his former school and camp in Brookline. In the 1990s he started an archery program for a Maine summer camp he directed for five years. Bob's son was a Junior Olympic archery champion when he was 10.