Re:Lars Andersen: a new level of archery [video]
by mcguire on Friday January 23, 2015 @02:02PM
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Maybe, maybe not. :-)
Accuracy vs. volume of fire is not an easy question to settle, given that they can't be compared directly, but require very different tactics and training.
Check this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHGUExSGH8 (and for background, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XomJdLZGyCM ).
Most of the depictions of longbowmen in battle that I've seen make me suspect that they're going down the volume-of-fire route.
Your comment does make me consider, though, whether longbowmen use a technique more similar to the modern sports technique than to Andersen's here. Kind of like how sniping is more similar to target practice than urban combat.