Introduction Archery, also known as bow and arrow, is a multi-cultural tradition with an extensive history spanning over 60.000 years (Ok, Choi and Jeong, 2010; Whitman, 2017). In the earliest days, archery was used to launch projectiles (arrows) with an elastic device (bow)—to hunt. This invention was pivotal in hunting history (Lombard and Philipson, 2010). More recently, archery has been renowned as a competitive sport, with Olympic status from the Paris summer games of 1900. After this first event, archery events were only held thrice between 1904 and 1972 but have been an enduring event in all Olympic summer games since then. The extensive history and the Olympic status attract historians and movement scientists. As performance coaches, the last group`s reports are valuable. In particular, the biomechanical and neurophysiological analyses conducted by the movement scientist provide essential insights into the differentiating variables of amateur and elite archers (Spratford and Campbell, 2017; Simsek et al., 2018). Accordingly, a narrative review of distinguishing factors is presented in Table 1.
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