Daily Training

Training is a fundamental part of Horse Archery where the basics of ground archery, riding, and fitness is key to the ability of any horse archer. Daily Training at Griffins Valley includes physical exercise, ground archery, working with horses, and riding and shooting on one of the tracks.

Horse Archers who book accommodation and daily training at Griffins Valley will partake in these routines:

Indoor Archery Range
Exercises
Kassai Beat warm-ups
Ground shooting from 10m, 15m, 20m, 25m, 30m, 35m, and 40m

OKS track
Saddling and preparing horses
6 trots (with shooting)
6 gallops (with shooting)
OR
Full 12 gallop set with scoring (OKS system)

And/Or various other activities
eg. Game Track.

This will all be dependent on the level of participants. Beginners will focus on bareback riding, and learning the fundamentals of archery on the ground before getting on the horse. Advanced Horse Archers will do more rigorous training, set to their level of riding/archery/horse archery.

We believe in flexibility and shaping training to each individual. This is open for discussion, as long as safety is ensured for both rider and horse.