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In this study, we recruited 26 novice archers as participants and calculated the transfer entropy (TE) between their EEG and EMG signals during the archery process. This was performed to assess the characteristics of corticomuscular coupling during archery and the impact of a period of archery training on this coupling. The results indicate that information transfer from EEG to EMG in the \u03b1 and \u03b2 frequency bands predominates during archery, which may be related to the roles of \u03b1 and \u03b2 frequency bands in inhibitory control and the sustained contraction of muscle stability. Additionally, the optimization of brain resource allocation resulting from a period of archery training is primarily reflected in the prefrontal cortex and motor cortex, where the information transfer from EEG to EMG decreases while activation related to inhibitory control increases. 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