For those who develop archers

From a single report to educating your coaching staff

• Movement reading

  Your archers, read through data

  Biomechanical analysis of the shot, for an individual athlete or the whole group. What is working, what is not, why, and where it makes sense to start. Not a gut feeling: data and visuals, delivered in a form your coach can use straight away.

• Education

  For coaches and instructors

  Since 2019 I have taught biomechanics and motor learning within the federation circuit, as a FIARC instructor. Workshops and programmes for those who coach, because a correction only holds when you understand the physical reasons behind it. Through mentoring, one or more of your coaches follow my method with their own archers for a few months.

• Reports

  Technical and functional analysis

  In-depth reports on individual athletes, especially for the cases that are not improving: the problem, an interpretation, a concrete action plan. Further down you will find a real, complete example.

• Assessment

  Screening days

  Group assessment, physical and functional screening, load monitoring. An objective picture of the group to build on, rather than impressions.

• Method

  Support and periodisation

  I help structure the season and the monitoring process: what to measure, when, and how to read it. A method that stays with the organisation afterwards, not a one-off consultation.

• Outreach

  Bringing research to the field

  Talks and content that translate scientific literature into things that are actually useful on the range, not academic abstractions. For archers or coaches, in person or online.

For federations: a demonstration of ARCOS

With a federation, the work starts from the competition data that already exist. ARCOS is the system I am developing to read them together: it is designed to follow squads over time, measure each archer's reliability, consistency and load, and give selections transparent criteria that can be explained and defended. Every index carries its own uncertainty, so you can see where the data are solid and where more competitions are needed.

ARCOS is performance intelligence, not a medical tool: it does not diagnose, it does not prescribe and it is not a medical selection criterion. It supports your coaches and, where needed, the federation's medical staff, without replacing them. It is still in development, so what I can offer a federation today is a demonstration: I show you how it works on fictional data.

ARCOS in the Lab

The score tells you what happened. Almost never why

For years I looked for that "why" by feel, and I never found it. Then I stopped guessing and started measuring. That is what I bring to your archers: data instead of opinions, always alongside your coaches, never in their place.

The full manifesto

• Federation education

  FIARC instructor since 2019

  I collaborate with the federation circuit as an instructor and educational collaborator, bringing biomechanics and motor learning into coach education.

• Research

  Author and kinesiologist

  I have written technical manuals on shot errors and the biomechanics of archery, currently in technical and editorial review, and I trained as a kinesiologist (master's degree with honours).

Here is what one of my reports looks like

A real case, anonymised and complete: a pre-anchor block analysed in depth, from the assessment to a twelve-week return plan. This is the level at which I read an athlete.

Read the case study · Download the report (PDF)

How I work

It is the same method I use with individual archers, also described on the services page.

1. Observe and measure

   I start from data: video, target reading and, where the work calls for it, physical and functional assessment. No snap judgements: first I understand what is actually happening.

2. Interpret

   I bring together body, movement and shot behaviour to reach the cause, not just the visible error. This is the part that makes the difference.

3. Intervene

   We work on one variable at a time, with clear priorities and specific exercises. We change what the data asks us to change, not what "has always been done this way".

4. Verify

   We compare against the starting point and measure the change. Then the cycle begins again, one loop at a time.

Frequently asked questions

Do you also work in person?

Most of the work is done online, by video call, shared video files, email and messages, so I can support your archers wherever they are. For assessment days, workshops and meetings with your coaches, I am happy to consider coming to your club.

Do you take the place of our coaches?

No. I work alongside your coaches, never in their place: they see the archers on the range every week, and I bring the reading of the data, the biomechanics and the physical preparation. The method stays with the club when our work together ends.

Can we start with a single athlete, or does it have to be the whole group?

Either works. Often we start with a report on a single athlete, usually a case that is not improving; other times with an assessment day for the whole group. We decide together once you have told me about your situation.

Do you work with compound archers or only recurve?

Both. Much of what I measure applies to everyone: posture, stability, consistency across the session, periodisation. Release and equipment change from one division to another, and the work adapts accordingly.

How much does it cost?

The price is on request, because it depends on what you need. After our first exchange I send you a written proposal with the work, the timing and the cost, before anything starts.

What does the club keep at the end?

The written reports on your athletes, the assessment and monitoring protocols we build together and, above all, coaches who know how to use them. The aim is for you to be able to carry on by yourselves.

What are your credentials?

Bachelor's degree in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Bologna. Master's degree (LM-67) in Preventive and Adapted Physical Activity at the University of Urbino, with honours: I am a kinesiologist. FIARC instructor and educational collaborator since 2019. You can find the full background on the about page.