A great coach told me that if your string fingers are straight or extended just after you release the arrow, you are not getting a good release. He wants to see archers pull straight back as described above and the fingers still curved. It almost looks like the string goes through the fingers rather than around them.

Themost consistentway to do this is to simply quit holding the string. You don't release it or try to flick you fingers out of the way, that causes plucking.

This is a hard concept to describe in written words, but consider that no oneis fast enough tomove their fingers out of the way of a sting. The string has to push the fingers out of the way. The most consistent way to do this is to simply relax and let the bow do the work while your hand moves straight back with curled and relaxed fingers.