Archery tournament software and live scoring

Target archery is shot in two main bow styles. The recurve bow is the Olympic discipline, while the compound bow uses a system of cables and cams and is shot with a release aid and a magnifying sight. The two are always separate divisions, and most championships also separate archers by gender and age, so a single event can hold a dozen or more categories on the same field.

Distances and target faces depend on the bow style and the category. At senior level outdoors, recurve archers usually shoot at 70 metres and compound archers at 50 metres, while juniors, cadets and younger archers often shoot shorter distances. Indoor competitions are commonly shot at 18 metres. Many calendars also include barebow events and, in some countries, national rounds of their own.

On Zeetius, the organiser sets each category's bow style, distance, age band and number of arrows, so the platform follows your rule book rather than a fixed template. Team events, including teams of three and mixed teams of one woman and one man, are set up as their own categories with their own entries and brackets.

• Recurve. The Olympic bow style, shot over the set system in head-to-head matches at most championships.
• Compound. A separate division with its own distances and target faces, usually decided on cumulative score.
• Age and gender categories. Under-15, under-18, under-21, senior and masters bands, each configured with its own distance.

Most outdoor championships begin with a ranking round, in which every archer shoots a set number of arrows, commonly 72 at a senior event, and the total decides each archer's position. That position becomes the seed for the elimination stage, so the highest-ranked archers meet the lowest-ranked in the first round of matches.

Recurve matches use the set system. Each set is three arrows per archer, the archer with the higher set score takes two set points, a tied set gives one point each, and the first to six set points wins. A match level at five points each is decided by a single-arrow shoot-off, with the arrow closest to the centre winning. Compound matches are usually decided on the total of fifteen arrows across five ends.

Zeetius Tournaments generates seeded brackets from the ranking round results, places byes where the field is not a full bracket and publishes each round as it is completed. The match format, the number of arrows and the shoot-off rule are set per category by the organiser, so recurve, compound and team brackets can run to different rules in the same tournament.

• Seeding from the ranking round. Ranking round positions become bracket seeds, with byes placed for the top archers when the field requires them.
• Set system or cumulative score. The match format is chosen per category, following the rules of the event.
• Team brackets. Teams of three and mixed teams are seeded from their combined ranking round scores.

Archers take years to develop, usually starting on lighter bows at short distances and moving up as their strength and form improve. Zeetius Academy manages athletes, batches, training plans, attendance and assessments, so a head coach can see where each archer is in that progression and plan the next block of training from real records.

Fees, coach payroll and expense claims sit in the same system as the coaching. Parents see their own child's attendance, assessments and fees, and nothing else, while coaches record sessions on the mobile app at the range rather than writing notes to type up afterwards. Clubs with more than one range or centre can manage each separately and see the organisation as a whole.

Zet AI answers questions about an academy's own data, such as which archers have trained most consistently this term or which group is due its next assessment. Archery coaches and clubs can also list in the Zeetius Sports Directory, where beginners and parents looking for a club nearby can find them.