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Why is Lars Andersen considered a \"Real Life\" example? His trick shots are entertaining, sure, but there\'s nothing to suggest that his archery skills are anywhere good; in fact, those familiar with the sport will soon recognize the flaws on his claims, which are dishonest to the uninitiated because his moves are flashy and pompous, and may seem impressive for those without a grasp of techniques and forms.

Andersen’s quick-shooting technique is obviously effective (if speed is the goal), in that he is able to fire a lot of arrows at a very rapid pace. However, his gimmick is speed, not accuracy, and it’s obvious to those with some background on archery that he completely lacks any kind of consistent form, which in turn is going to require camera tricks and a lot of luck, which is exactly what’s on display there. He may in fact be the fastest archer in the world - he just shouldn’t pretend to be accurate.

The MythBusters revisited the whole “a wooden arrow can be split in half through a direct hit in the tail by another arrow”, too. The conclusion? Even after multiple direct hits on a solid wood arrow with the bone nock removed, a tail-to-tip split could not be achieved. It took an arrow made of hollow bamboo to create the splitting effect seen in movies. With a normal arrow, the second one will follow the grain, which will lead to the side before it makes it to the end. Their test also revealed that an arrow fired from a traditional bow wobbles in the air enough that it won’t hit the end of the arrow straight. Likewise, in order to shoot an already-in-midair arrow and split it in half, a series of preparations must be met: 1) the arrow being shot at would necessarily have to be pointless, which would require shooting from a distance of about 10 feet or less (an arrow without a point will decelerate quickly, and has no practical use unless this exact “trick shot”); 2) as stated above, in order to get the arrow to split, it has to be a custom one, made from bamboo and hollow, explicitly for this purpose; 3) all of Andersen’s tricks require equipment modifications, careful camerawork and editing.

Careful observation will reveal a camera cut between Andersen’s firing and the close-up of the arrow supposedly splitting. The second arrow was obviously shot from only a few feet away and was prepped to split. As for the supposed shooting at an oncoming arrow, he may have eventually hit an arrow fired over his head (not at him), but again, it wouldn’t have split, and in fact it probably didn’t. It looks like the arrow was deflected, then he picked up broken pieces already on the floor.

Here is the reason why I’m directly citing the video that was responsible for his fame: the fact that after I saw his other video a couple years ago, I could find nothing on him on the net. No live shows, no people talking about seeing him do things, none of him explaining his methods, ANYTHING. Kind of like the guys on YouTube that do all kinds of basketball trick shots that are insane, but admit it takes thousands of shots and don’t go around saying they reinvented the lost art of basketball and that this way of basketball is more practical. Everyone thinks what he does is pretty neat but when he goes around saying its better, more practical, and all this junk there’s no other reasonable answer than to call BS.

I\'m not even going to discuss the historical claims on his videos, because that\'s a whole different discussion altogether.

\'\'\'TL;DR: Lars Andersen is an impressively fast shooter, but there’s no reason to list him under Real Life examples of Improbable Aiming Skills because there’s zero evidence to even suggest that he actually does possess them at any degree.\'\'\'

Why is Lars Andersen considered a \"Real Life\" example? His trick shots are entertaining, sure, but there\'s nothing to suggest that his archery skills are anywhere good; in fact, those familiar with the sport will soon recognize the flaws on his claims, which are dishonest to the uninitiated because his moves are flashy and pompous, and may seem impressive for those without a grasp of techniques and forms.

Andersen’s quick-shooting technique is obviously effective (if speed is the goal), in that he is able to fire a lot of arrows at a very rapid pace. However, his gimmick is speed, not accuracy, and it’s obvious to those with some background on archery that he completely lacks any kind of consistent form, which in turn is going to require camera tricks and a lot of luck, which is exactly what’s on display there. He may in fact be the fastest archer in the world - he just shouldn’t pretend to be accurate.

The MythBusters revisited the whole “a wooden arrow can be split in half through a direct hit in the tail by another arrow”, too. The conclusion? Even after multiple direct hits on a solid wood arrow with the bone nock removed, a tail-to-tip split could not be achieved. It took an arrow made of hollow bamboo to create the splitting effect seen in movies. With a normal arrow, the second one will follow the grain, which will lead to the side before it makes it to the end. Their test also revealed that an arrow fired from a traditional bow wobbles in the air enough that it won’t hit the end of the arrow straight. Likewise, in order to shoot an already-in-midair arrow and split it in half, a series of preparations must be met: 1) the arrow being shot at would necessarily have to be pointless, which would require shooting from a distance of about 10 feet or less (an arrow without a point will decelerate quickly, and has no practical use unless this exact “trick shot”); 2) as stated above, in order to get the arrow to split, it has to be a custom one, made from bamboo and hollow, explicitly for this purpose; 3) all of Andersen’s tricks require equipment modifications, careful camerawork and editing.

Careful observation will reveal a camera cut between Andersen’s firing and the close-up of the arrow supposedly splitting. The second arrow was obviously shot from only a few feet away and was prepped to split. As for the supposed shooting at an oncoming arrow, he may have eventually hit an arrow fired over his head (not at him), but again, it wouldn’t have split, and in fact it probably didn’t. It looks like the arrow was deflected, then he picked up broken pieces already on the floor.

Here is the reason why I’m directly citing the video that was responsible for his fame: the fact that after I saw his other video a couple years ago, I could find nothing on him on the net. No live shows, no people talking about seeing him do things, none of him explaining his methods, ANYTHING. Kind of like the guys on YouTube that do all kinds of basketball trick shots that are insane, but admit it takes thousands of shots and don’t go around saying they reinvented the lost art of basketball and that this way of basketball is more practical. Everyone thinks what he does is pretty neat but when he goes around saying its better, more practical, and all this junk there’s no other reasonable answer than to call BS.

I’d have liked to mention two other things: first, that the reason most archers use the opposite side of the riser from the draw hand (resulting in the Archer’s Paradox) is that this allows us to actually sight down the arrow in a more direct aim at the target. On the same side, the arrow is hidden from the archer’s vision by the riser, and forces the archer to aim further to the other side in order to compensate for the skewed trajectory. And second, to Lars’ claim of piercing armor: unless chain mail is riveted, it’s easily pierced with an arrow even from a lightweight bow, and we never see whether it’s riveted or how far away Lars is from the chain mail when it’s pierced. I\'m not even going to discuss the historical claims on his videos, because that\'s a whole different discussion altogether.

\'\'\'TL;DR: Lars Andersen is an impressively fast shooter, but there’s no reason to list him under Real Life examples of Improbable Aiming Skills because there’s zero evidence to even suggest that he actually does possess them at any degree.\'\'\'

Why is Lars Andersen considered a \"Real Life\" example? His trick shots are entertaining, sure, but there\'s nothing to suggest that his archery skills are anywhere good; in fact, those familiar with the sport will soon recognize the flaws on his claims, which are dishonest to the uninitiated because his moves are flashy and pompous, and may seem impressive for those without a grasp of techniques and forms.

Andersen’s quick-shooting technique is obviously effective (if speed is the goal), in that he is able to fire a lot of arrows at a very rapid pace. However, his gimmick is speed, not accuracy, and it’s obvious to those with some background on archery that he completely lacks any kind of consistent form, which in turn is going to require camera tricks and a lot of luck, which is exactly what’s on display there. He may in fact be the fastest archer in the world - he just shouldn’t pretend to be accurate.

The MythBusters revisited the whole “a wooden arrow can be split in half through a direct hit in the tail by another arrow”, too. The conclusion? Even after multiple direct hits on a solid wood arrow with the bone nock removed, a tail-to-tip split could not be achieved. It took an arrow made of hollow bamboo to create the splitting effect seen in movies. With a normal arrow, the second one will follow the grain, which will lead to the side before it makes it to the end. Their test also revealed that an arrow fired from a traditional bow wobbles in the air enough that it won’t hit the end of the arrow straight. Likewise, in order to shoot an already-in-midair arrow and split it in half, a series of preparations must be met: 1) the arrow being shot at would necessarily have to be pointless, which would require shooting from a distance of about 10 feet or less (an arrow without a point will decelerate quickly, and has no practical use unless this exact “trick shot”); 2) as stated above, in order to get the arrow to split, it has to be a custom one, made from bamboo and hollow, explicitly for this purpose; 3) all of Andersen’s tricks require equipment modifications, careful camerawork and editing.

Careful observation will reveal a camera cut between Andersen’s firing and the close-up of the arrow supposedly splitting. The second arrow was obviously shot from only a few feet away and was prepped to split. As for the supposed shooting at an oncoming arrow, he may have eventually hit an arrow fired over his head (not at him), but again, it wouldn’t have split, and in fact it probably didn’t. It looks like the arrow was deflected, then he picked up broken pieces already on the floor.

Here is the reason why I’m directly citing the video that was responsible for his fame: the fact that after I saw his other video a couple years ago, I could find nothing on him on the net. No live shows, no people talking about seeing him do things, none of him explaining his methods, ANYTHING. Kind of like the guys on YouTube that do all kinds of basketball trick shots that are insane, but admit it takes thousands of shots and don’t go around saying they reinvented the lost art of basketball and that this way of basketball is more practical. Everyone thinks what he does is pretty neat but when he goes around saying its better, more practical, and all this junk there’s no other reasonable answer than to call BS.

I’d have liked to mention two other things: first, that the reason most archers use the opposite side of the riser from the draw hand (resulting in the Archer’s Paradox) is that this allows us to actually sight down the arrow in a more direct aim at the target. On the same side, the arrow is hidden from the archer’s vision by the riser, and forces the archer to aim further to the other side in order to compensate for the skewed trajectory. And second, to Lars’ claim of piercing armor: unless chain mail is riveted, it’s easily pierced with an arrow even from a lightweight bow, and we never see whether it’s riveted or how far away Lars is from the chain mail when it’s pierced. I\'m not even going to discuss the historical claims on his videos, because that\'s a whole different discussion altogether.

TL;DR: Lars Andersen is an impressively fast shooter, but there’s no reason to list him under Real Life examples of Improbable Aiming Skills because there’s zero evidence to even suggest that he actually does possess them at any degree.

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