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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. 

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"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.". 

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Education &
Qualifications

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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

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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.

2016 - Full Time Archery coach

2024 - Level III

Development &

Performance Coach

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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.

Other skills &
Qualifications

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2023- current

Chief editor of Bow International Magazine

Writer and contributor since 2019. Editor since July 2023. Appointed Honorary Reporter for the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for years 2021 and 2022. 

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.

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