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Sometimes it' s helpful in the beginning to prealign the arrow with the target, holding the bow and arrow fully extended toward the target and sighting down the arrow shaft, then drawing straight back while concentrating on the place you want to hit. This will usually allow the arrow to at least hit the butt if not the center. Once you' re hitting consistantly in one spot you can start to feel where the bow arm needs to point in order for the shots to go where you' re looking.

In terms of form, emphasize the push of the bow hand toward the target and throw out your chest to engage the back muscles in completing the draw. Hold the anchor but avoid looking at the arrow since this will probably cause you to " look it off" target. Then continue the draw while relaxing the fingers.

In time prealignment will sort of naturally drop away. You' ll simply raise the bow, draw and release without really thinking about it.

You might or might not already have a good technique from compound shooting. Unfortunately, some compound shooters shoot with a significantly bent bow arm that would actually be rather bad form with a traditional bow. If this is your case, you might need to emphasize entending the bow arm even more. Prelignment might help with that actually.