There both 2 totally different ways of shooting for the most part unless obviously your shooting without sights on your compound but even so there way different from the other. Nothing really can be hurt by It much by shooting both but I think If you really want to get good with your recurve, you better stick to It and not jump back and forth all the time. You'll find out that getting good and staying good with a recurve takes much, much more practice and time then It does with a compound. You'll find that one out quickly.