Curved structure used with hesitation by youth leader for shooting sport (7)
I believe the answer is:
archery
'shooting sport' is the definition.
'archery' can be an answer for 'sport' (archery is a kind of sport). I am not certain of the 'shooting' bit.
'curved structure used with hesitation by youth leader' is the wordplay.
'curved structure' becomes 'arch' (architectural structure).
'used with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound used when hesitating).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'youth leader' becomes 'y' (I've seen this in other clues).
'arch'+'er'+'y'='ARCHERY'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for archery that I've seen before include "Bow and arrow sport" , "Bowmanship" , "Sport of the bowman" , "The sport of shooting arrows with a bow" , "Shooting with bows and arrows" .)