Look at olympic archers,they are about the same width as he is.I am a shoulder width proponent as well but I don't think wider is wrong,but imo,narrower is.

I had him working on hips and grip so I did not ask him to narrow up.I try not to add too many things at once,especially with a young person.Everything else he was doing on his own.Once he has the other things going without thinking about it,I will have him try narrower to see how it works.


Granted,they are 2 different disciplines between recurve and compound but like I have already said,not ready to call it wrong just yet.