RE: Bear Kodiak
eightwgt, even though that' s the actual result, I don' t like saying I relax my fingers. That implies that I DO something to release the arrow. The string leaves your fingers too fast for you to consciously let the string go and get the fingers out of the way. Releasing the string leads you to anticipate the shot and will cause plucking, double clutching and all kinds of release problems.
Like I said, I prefer to approach it like I' m already doing something by holding the string back and I simply stop doing it. The string moves the fingers out of the way and escapes.