+1 on the Genesis.
My (11 years old at the time) kid started with a $20 el-cheapo recurve set from the local sporting goods store and got really good really fast and outgrew the small recurve quickly. SO we went shopping both tot he local archery store and on line. The local store had a range and he tried many different bows, the Genesis not being one of them. All the bows we looked at were in the 300+ range and I was thinking thats a lot of money... So we found the Genesis and it had good reviews so we took a chance. And a good one it was. It took him a little while to get used to the compound aspect of it, but after a month he was staying within a 12" circle from across our acre yard - a good 170 feet!!
