RE: Lengthening Draw length
Seems most folks today shoot low wrist, with their palm down on the handle, and a bent elbow. Mostly to get their arm out of the way of the string on low brace bows. At 9" brace, you don' t have that problem.
If you switch to high wrist, straight elbow and float the handle on the web between the thumb and forefinger you might can pick up an inch of draw length or more. Plus, getting the hand off that handle makes it less likely to torque the bow. Only drawback is that form isn' t as strong, so you might have to back off the draw weight and work back up as you develop strength.
High wrist, straight elbow is good form and was very popular not all that long ago. It' s very stable - IMO, much more stable than the low wrist/bent elbow. Like I said, it was the low brace height speed bows that forced shooters away from it.