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Old 10-08-2007 | 08:53 AM
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SignOfTheTines
 
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**Edit** Rick James and I wrote our post at the same time (so I didn't see his till I posted mine) but we are saying the exact same thing and see the same problems

While everyone is correct that your shoulders are not square with your hips and you are leaning back a tad, I am not sure if you are too long.

Try this. Draw, do not touch string to your nose, push your left arm all the way out till both your shoulders are down and firmly in thier sockets, squeeze your shoulderblades together from the bottom a tad or make it tight in there and let those muscles under your shoulder blades do the work. Without lifting your front shoulder at all make sure your left hand is rotated out for a proper grip so your elbow is clear of the string path when you release. Keep your head square and dont move it forward or back. Have your wife check for your shoulders square over your hips, then and only then see where your string is. If its on your nose congrats your draw is correct. If not adjust.

I think you are leaning back, but worse your front shoulder seems up out of the socket a tad and your elbow bent just a tad too much. The shoulder and elbow need to be consistant as to create a firm and rock solid place for your bow to live

Surprisingly people with thier shoulder up and the string to thier nose can be short. So you may be long, short or just right.

Try the above and find out.

OR
You can measure from the center of your chest the the large wrinke in your wrist and that should be your draw length.
Or
You can measure your full wingspan tip to tip of your middle fingers subtract 15 inches then divide by 2 and that should match your previous measurement and that should also be your draw length.

Good luck
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