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This study aimed to provide fundamental data contributing to archery performance improvement and stabilization of shooting posture in ar-chers by examining the influence of Pilates core stability (PCS) exercis-es on dynamic and static balance. The study was conducted from De-cember 2015 to March 2016 on high school archers who were registered as archers in the Korea Archery Association with 5 or more years of ar-chery experience. Twenty voluntary subjects (exercise group n=10; control group n=10) with an understanding toward the aims of this study were selected and their body composition, static and dynamic balance abilities, before and after the PCS program, were measured. As for the static balance ability, there were no significant differences be-tween pre- and postvalues in the exercise group after completing the PCS program. Similarly, these results were also represented in the con-trol group. In the aspect of comparisons between postvalues in both groups, there were significant improvements in only the exercise group. As for the dynamic balance ability, there were significant differences between pre- and postvalues in the exercise group, except for up-right and left postures, whereas, there were no changes or decreases be-tween pre- and postvalues in the control group after completing the PCS program. Meanwhile, in the aspect of comparisons between postvalues in both groups, there were significant improvements in up, and up right, and down right part and overall dynamic scores of the exercise groups.