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Old 09-05-2008 | 01:32 PM
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The bow's drawlength doesn't look too bad at this point, but the elbow of the right arm bothers me. As jimmy said, ideally it should higher and the drawing hand lower, forming a stright line with the arrow. What's causing this is an extremely high anchor. If you could lower your anchor to where the string touches your nose instead of being beside it. Of course this will mean raising the peep sight and maybe even getting one with a larger hole so you see your sight the same as you are now. When you get closer to better form the knuckle where your index finger attaches to the hand should be tucked right in under the earlobe behind the jawbone. Can't tell if you're using a loop, but if you are you might shorten it as much as possible without the release jaws hitting the nock. This will help shorten you up some.

The other thing causing the elbow to be low is that your release is WAY too long, making you stretch out too far. Notice that your trigger finger is stright out. It should be wrapped right around the trigger, with the trigger located at least back to the first joint of the finger. Ideally it should be between the first and second joint so that when you execute the shot you are pulling straight back on the trigger.

Now let's work on the other hand. For starters loosen the wrist strap. It lloks tight at the wrist and this can cause torque. It should be worn loose. Now the hand itself. It should be rotated outward at about a 45 degree angle with no part of the palm touching the bow. The bow's grip should push on the meaty part of the thumb. Loosen up the fingers. In other words don't hold them out stiff like you are now. Let the whole hand just relax and you'll find that the fingers just naturally curl partly around the the grip, or at least the index and middle finger.

This is a lot of typing to explain just a couple little things that may help. Maybe not. But it's attention to all the little details that altimately can make huge differences.
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