Daily in Türkiye’s camps, physical exercises related to archery form and technique are now enforced.
At the 2022 World Archery Coaching Conference, Ergin displayed an example of what a training day consisted for his archers.
It shows the relentless, intense nature of what being a high performing archer entails: 480 arrows shot per archer from seven in the morning to six in the evening, combined with exercises such as push ups and wall sits with an hour sandwiched in between dedicated to strength and conditioning.
It totals 10 hours of training for both men and women recurve archers.
On top of this, every single arrow, heartbeat, exercise and mental numerical is extensively recorded by sports scientists. You name it, Ergin and his staff will know it.
Not only did this approach maximise efforts from the crop of archers Ergin began with but propelled the younger talents.
“At the end, the older athletes just couldn’t resist the younger ones’ scores,” said Ergin. “So, we made a natural transformation. Now our athletes have a much more different mindset about the archery training.”
Ergin also says that training techniques are reviewed every year and changes are regularly made but the concept behind every session “has to be athletic”.
“Of course, every year I have to implement some new details, otherwise I cannot run out monotony and over training issues.”
“For now, we have really tight schedule for each day, but the athletes are enjoying this kind of training.”
