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Old 12-26-2005 | 09:26 AM
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Ossage
 
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That's a good tip tommy. I have seen that too, and permanet marker give you something to practice with.

I use a low grip, and I love it, but there are two things you have to get on top of. On my favorite bow, there isn't any registration point for the vertical position of the hand. I'd love something like the top of a grip on a 45. I'm fine with flat and all that, but getting a quick consistant grip is difficult. When I have time, I make sure my index finger is just below the arrow.

The other form of alignment is getting a zero torque lateral position. Plain longbow grips are wonderful for this, next best thing to a machinied riser without a grip, or a shrewd precision grip. if you hold your left hand out a little, and relaxed, take the finger tips of your drawing hand, and pull back into your lifeline area. You will actually see your hand shift position if you load the areas outsideo fht ezero torque position. Learn where this area is, this is the area than needs to take the laod when you draw. Keep a bent elbow, as low a wrist as required, and keep the no torque area against the bow. That's all there is to it. A lot of pistol grip are terrible for low torque, unless you use only the area between the thumb and forefinger. That kind of high wrist grip is not really good technique any more, unless you have a high wrist grip on the bow too, and even then it's out of favour.
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