Sunday, 3 November 2013

Things that led to success

Practice was one thing, but the most important thing that led me to pass my first goal of 20 and 25 yards was technique. The number one rule is to not choke the chicken. The hand holding the bow should just have pressure against your palm and thumb letting the rest of your fingers not making contact with the bow. The second is having a consistent anchor point when you draw back the bow. I bring the string back to just below my ear having my middle and fourth knuckle touching my earlobe and my hand behind my jaw bone. The string ends up touching the tip of my nose with all of that. The last thing is making a "T-Form". This means if you look at someone shooting from their backside their torso should be vertically making your spine a straight line. To make the horizontal line of the 'T' is to have your drawing elbow in line across to your bow side elbow. This makes the back muscles engage to create a more accurate shot.

As you can see, draw back elbow is a little high, not perfect but getting close.














Stable anchor point behind jaw, thumb wrapped around handle to make bow not collapse.

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