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Old 02-04-2005 | 06:30 PM
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ORIGINAL: Matt / PA

Just a suggestion........tension in your hands causes tension in the rest of your body.
Relax your hands, obviously you are not gripping either the bow or the release but there is no need to keep your fingers stretched out. Let them droop and relax.....just let your fingers relax and watch where they go.
You just look "Tense".
Also I can't tell for sure but it looks like your wrist strap is riding against the back of your hand? It should not impart any influence at all on your grip and if you can tell it's there, it probably is. Also it looks like you are "Heeling" the grip quite a bit.

All of the above cause torque and inconsistency.
Josh Keller suggested I start shooting with a High Wrist Grip, tried it, but got a lot of string slap in the process so I went back to the way I used to shoot. Do you think I should give it another shot? I may look a little tense do to the fact that I had only 5 seconds to draw, level, and aim in these shots. Thats what I get for using a cheap web cam. You're right about the strap, it does touch the back of my wrist, but not so much that I think it causes inconsitency. I'll lossen it a bit more though just to make sure.

Thanks for the advice folks, keep it coming!
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