Inspired by Michael Jordan, the American Matt Stutzman created an entire training method and is now dreaming of an ‘armless 1-2-3’ at Paris 2024
Inspired by Michael Jordan, the American created an entire training method and is dreaming of an ‘armless 1-2-3’ in Parisatt Stutzman believes that controlling adrenaline is crucial if you want to be a successful archer. So he used to have a quick parachute jump before training. “I literally would shoot my bow, get on a plane and jump out,” he says. “Then I would land close by, shoot my bow until the adrenaline wore off and then go back up and jump out again.
The release mechanism is the only part of Stutzman’s equipment adapted to accommodate his disability. This is the way he likes it and the way he’s always been since his childhood. “I told my dad I was going to be a basketball player,” he recalls. “He went and got me a basketball and a hoop and said ‘here, go practise’. He knew I was never going to be a Michael Jordan but I told him I was. That mindset … carried over into everything that I tried … and that’s when I came across archery.
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