An introduction to the scoring system in archery competitions: understanding assessment and points

In the archery arena, efficiency and accuracy are the main aspects that determine the success of an archer. With competitors using a variety of bows such as recurve and compound, as well as shooting at five-coloured targets, each shot becomes a crucial decision that affects the overall score. This article explains how the archery scoring system works in international competitions and how the scores are obtained based on the position of the arrow on the target. The archery event scoreboard is a tool used to record and show the number of points obtained by the participants in the shooting session (Qohar et al., 2023).