The most important piece of equipment is the bow. There are three kinds of bows, the compound, the recurve, and the straight bows. Second most is the arrow. The three parts of the arrow are the point, shaft, and the nock. The point shape varies on shape from bullet shaped to blade shapes.
Shafts vary from materials wood, aluminum, fiber, and carbon.
Accessories You can buy accessories for your bow such as arm guards, shooting gloves wrist straps, sights, quivers, and stabilizers. An arm guard protects your arm from the release of the string. Shooting gloves protects from string cutting off circulation when pulling back the string. A wrist strap holds your hand to the bow. A sight increases accuracy.