https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/yoga-archery-score Changes to this claim in Matteo Campagna's evidence registry: its status, its year-by-year history, revisions of the page. en-gb https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/yoga-archery-scoreThree studies say yes, and none of them holds up on its own. In the first, 100 Indian national-level archers split at random into two groups, six months of yoga for half an hour a day on top of shooting: over twelve arrows at 70 metres the yoga group rises from 75.6 to 82.8 points and the control group from 76.4 to 79.1, and adjusted for the starting score a difference of 4.2 points remains, about a third of a point per arrow. In the second, 18 archers from an Indonesian university club go from an average of 6.00 to 8.50 after a period of yoga, but with no control group, no indication of how many weeks or which accuracy test, and a table that counts 26 people where the sample is 18. In the third, 50 Indian university archers split at random, twelve weeks of yoga for an hour a day on top of shooting: over eighteen arrows the yoga group rises from 69.6 to 102.9 points, the control group from 66.7 to 78.8, but the comparison between the groups is not reported as a test and the shooting distances are described inconsistently. The two studies with a control group carry the strongest figures, and both appeared in journals with questionable editorial standards, which under the registry's rule do not decide the status. The best study of yoga for archers, a 2025 randomised trial with blinded assessors, finds attention improved but does not measure the score. The evidence in favour is there, and it is limited.claim:yoga-punteggio:revision:2026-10-08:2Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/yoga-archery-score#storiaThe first study to measure the score after a yoga programme is also the largest: 100 Indian national-level archers split at random into two groups, six months of yoga for half an hour a day on top of shooting. Over twelve arrows at 70 metres the yoga group gains 7.2 points and the control 2.7, and adjusted for the starting score the difference is 4.2 points, about a third of a point per arrow. The paper does not say how the randomisation was done or whether whoever recorded the scores knew the groups, the control group does nothing in place of yoga, and the journal has questionable editorial standards. Under the registry's rule a doubtful venue does not decide the status: the result can be read, but for now there is no answer that can be counted.claim:yoga-punteggio:history_entry:2026-08-28:2020Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/yoga-archery-scoreclaim:yoga-punteggio:new_claim:2026-07-09:riportatoThu, 09 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMT