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Old 01-07-2005 | 05:34 AM
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LBR
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Default RE: Aiming vs Instinctive

Mez, if you want to give "instinctive" another try, you might try a different perspective. Rick Welch's instructional video Volume II may help. He does a lot of stuff that Asbell says it totally wrong, but I dare say Welch could shoot circles around Asbell (Rick is a high-ranked competitor). In the video, Rick does not use a high wrist grip (looks like a medium, maybe medium/low wrist grip), he draws a bit past his anchor and settles in (not a resting point according to Asbell), and shoots 3-under (double no-no according to Asbell). Rick also shoots standing straight up with his bow verticle (wrong and wrong again according to Asbell). Rick spends some time explaining the release, in Asbell's video he has a segment that is labeled as "Release", but he only mentions that release problems are really bow hand problems and goes off in that direction, never giving any real information on the release itself.

I don't agree with everything Welch says in his video--but that's just my point. I don't recall him ever saying "you have to do it just like this, or you are wrong", while Asbell mostly maintains "do it just like this". Rick proves his technique works, at least for him, by making several shots at different yardages on the tape. You might incorporate a little of both in your style and have it work for you. Don't get hung up on what one "expert" says--try different things and use what works best for you.

Chad
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