Comndr45 is on the right track. It can be involved in describing it, but I wrote quite a long description in a post we had about this last year.

If you are shooting properly with a surprize release, the arrow is gone before you can possibly react. I don't buy the lenght of tine or distance on the string thing.

BTW, Dave Cousins who wins just about everything he enters has a 30+ inch AMO draw. He holds the world record for indoor FITA (shoot at the same face as vegas, only that tiny x ring is the only thing scored as a 10) with a 598. Also, I believe Jim Despart (who has won Vegas) is over 29+ for his draw length. I don't know what Hopkin's draw is but he is a big guy and probably has a longer draw.