Our Background
Kristina Dolgilevica, Head Coach
Our head coach, Kristina treats every person as an individual and has a holistic approach to coaching. Improving mental game is one of her biggest strengths and passions. She skillfully teaches athletes evidence-based tools to deal with stress and performance anxiety to improve mental resilience and achieve excellent performance outcomes. Kristina works under the supervision of a BPS accredited psychologist.
Her working method and approach to technique follow the teachings of Coach Kim Hyung Tak School, at the core of which lies balance. Kristina uses insights from the sports sciences, and employs video analysis as her primary tool.
She believes that movement should be simple and natural.
"Competence leads to confidence. To be proficient, the archer needs to learn what they need to be doing, when, and why. Archery technique is simple and performance can be enhanced through understanding.
Physical training and mental skills will make a technical archer into a successful one, but, like technical, these skills require consistent and patient practice. It is the coach's job to equip the athlete with relevant information, to give them what they need in that moment, whilst keeping the long-term development in mind. There are no quick fixes, but there are simple solutions, and anything can be achieved with good work ethic and a coach who can inspire, listen and respond to the athlete's needs. Mastery is a path and a journey, therefore the coach and the athlete should never stop learning.".
Education &
Qualifications
2021-2023, MSc
St Mary's University Twickenham, London
MSc Professional Development with Sports Coaching. Athletic development, sports psychology, strategic leadership in high performance, player and coach mentoring. Special interest in performance anxiety and archery-specific target panic.
2019 - Level II
Development Coach
Kim, Hyung Tak Archery School,
Goesan, South Korea
Qualifications were obtained as a result of Coach training camp week in Goesan-gun, South Korea, under full supervision and guidance of Coach Kim Hyung Tak. Qualifications focus on recurve and compound archery technique, and video analysis skills for beginner, intermediate and advanced players.
2024 - Level III
Development &
Performance Coach
Kim, Hyung Tak Archery School,
Goesan, South Korea
Qualifications were obtained as a result of Coach training camp week in Goesan-gun, South Korea, under full supervision and guidance of Coach Kim Hyung Tak. Qualifications focus on recurve archery technique, advanced video analysis skills, coaching methods, mental skills, equipment and bow tuning.
2025 - Level IV
Development &
Performance Coach
Kim, Hyung Tak Archery School,
Goesan, South Korea
Qualifications were obtained as a result of Coach training camp week in Goesan-gun, South Korea, under full supervision and guidance of Coach Kim Hyung Tak. Qualifications focus on recurve and compound archery technique, advanced video analysis skills, coaching methods, S&C, mental skills, equipment and bow tuning.
2016 - Full Time Archery coach
London, United Kingdom
Other skills &
Qualifications
2025- current
President of UK Traditional Archers' International Association
Founder and director of UK-TAIA, a non-profit association. Official representative to UK, appointed and approved by the World Traditional Archery Federation, Ulsan, South Korea.
2015-2018, MA
Birkbeck University of London
MA Historical Research, with special focus on the study of development of archery societies in the eighteenth century England and Wales.
2021 - current
Member of Archery Culture Preservation Association, South Korea
Key activities: international promotion of Korean archery culture, principles, methods.
Appointed Honorary Reporter for the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for years 2021 and 2022.
2023- current
Chief editor of Bow International Magazine
Appointed editor in July 2023. Writer and contributor since 2019. Key subjects: technique, current events, history, investigation.
