A cap reduces light-related visual disturbance in training and competition

The summary today

There is no measurement, only opinions. The only source is a needs assessment published in 2025 in Indonesia, the first stage in developing a cap meant to replace the kisser: fifteen experts, provincial officials, coaches and archers answered a closed questionnaire. All fifteen say they often wear a cap in training and competition, and all fifteen answer that it helps against visual disturbance such as glare. On everything else the group is less united: twelve say the cap raises confidence, nine that it helps the shot and nine that it affects technique and posture, while nine out of fifteen do not believe it helps a beginner stay consistent. The questions were put by the people designing the product to those who would later use it, and nobody compared shots with and without a cap: the unanimity says what these people think, not how much a cap changes vision or score, and the question remains unstudied.

Also phrased as: "cap for archery"; "visor and sun"; "glare in competition"; "peaked cap"; "sun in the eyes while aiming"

Evidence

• 2025
  Context Archers Published later

  Closed questionnaire to 15 Indonesian experts, provincial officials, coaches and archers, as a needs assessment for developing an archery cap: 15 out of 15 often wear a cap in training and competition, and 15 out of 15 answer that it helps prevent light-related visual disturbance such as glare. It is an opinion, not a measurement of visual disturbance: it stays as context.

  Needs Assessment for the Development of Archerymad Hat as an Alternative to Replace the Kisser Button in Archery · Zaskya Riski Yanda, Razali Razali, Muhammad Iqbal, Amiruddin Amiruddin, Iskandar Iskandar, Zahara Zahara

• 2025
  Context Archers Published later

  On the other questions the group splits: 12 out of 15 say the cap raises confidence, 9 out of 15 that it helps the shot, 9 out of 15 that it affects technique and posture, and 9 out of 15 answer that it does not help a beginner stay consistent.

  Needs Assessment for the Development of Archerymad Hat as an Alternative to Replace the Kisser Button in Archery · Zaskya Riski Yanda, Razali Razali, Muhammad Iqbal, Amiruddin Amiruddin, Iskandar Iskandar, Zahara Zahara

Status history

1. 2025 Not studied A single source arrives, and an opinion one: a closed questionnaire to fifteen Indonesian experts, coaches and archers, gathered as the first step in developing a cap to replace the kisser. All fifteen often wear a cap and all fifteen say it reduces light-related visual disturbance, but on technique and posture the group splits nine to six, and the majority do not believe it helps a beginner stay consistent. These are opinions, gathered by the people developing the product in a mixed group of coaches, officials and archers, with no comparison of shots with and without a cap: they stay as context, and the question remains unstudied.

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