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Holiday

Any day fixed by law, custom or religion on which day-to-day business is suspended for the celebration or commemmoration of some event or public figure.

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serving

Sports; Archery

Serving is extra thread wrapped around the middle of the bowstring to avoid the arrow or the archer's fingers from causing wear on the bowstring and thus leading it to break.

NCAA

Sports; Soccer

National Collegiate Athletic Association governs and organizes sports at the collegiate level; has its own soccer committee.

shooting line

Sports; Archery

When an archer shoots at a target they shoot from the shooting line, and they must have one foot on one side of the line and the other foot an the other side. They straddle the ...

near post

Sports; Soccer

the goalpost closest to the ball.

sight

Sports; Archery

A device that the archer uses to assist in his aiming at the target. The sight is placed on the bow.

NPSL

Sports; Soccer

National Professional Soccer League a U.S. indoor league that plays its games in a modified hockey rink, much like the former MISL; plays by non-traditional rules to create a ...

sight window

Sports; Archery

The sight window is an area that is cut out of the riser (handle) and allows the archer to be able to better see through the sight.

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