Further Information :
KIM HYUNG TAK BOOK
Korean traditional archery is centuries old but whet the Korean nation
started to embrace modern archery Hyung-Tak Kim decided to follow this
trail and was one of the first Koreans to study and analyse this type
of archery.
It was not long before his shooting skills were
imported into coaching were his skills have been appreciated by the
Korean archers for around 40 years. All the technical knowledge he has
gained over the years has been passed on to archers and coaches alike
through the many training courses and seminars he has conducted. This
knowledge has helped Korea to excel in the sport of archery and be one
of the major players in the Recurve division. Hyung-Tak Kim’s wealth of
knowledge is now being funnelled through archery the training centre he
is currently running in Goesan-gun in central Korea.When the Korean
archery team first took part in the Olympic Games, he was head coach
for the Women’s National team and was delighted when they won the gold
medal. He showed excellent performance as a head coach of the Korean
National Women’s archery team, but was enticed away to coach the Taiwan
National Archery Team in 1989. He worked for the Taiwan National
Archery Federation from 1989 to 1997 as a head coach; during this time
he raised their profile to be one of the world’s top teams. Currently,
Hyung-Tak Kim is coaching Korean coaches through many seminars he is
conducting in his position as research director of Korean Archery
Association.
He opened his training centre in 2004, and over
500 archers from around 30 countries have been trained by him, many
rewarding him by producing good results at World Cup Tournaments, World
Championships, Olympic Games, and European Championships.
Now he
has published his archery book which focuses on how to learn and coach
archery with ease, it brings to life his long experience and advanced
skills of archery coaching. Each person can discover his teaching
techniques from the basics to top levels through this tool where he is
presenting problems and solutions in a precise and practical form.
This
book, called “Kim, Hyung-Tak Archery”, will provide guidance for
coaches and archers alike who want to improve their performance as he
is providing accurate and basic technology of learning and step by step
coaching methods.
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