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Old 03-09-2005 | 09:34 AM
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Sir John Hawkwood
 
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Default RE: Bad habit or not ????

In his book, "Become the Arrow," Byron Ferguson actually reccomends that beginners in traditional archery use three fingers under. "Ferguson teaches three-fingers-under to people just learning to shoot barebow. This style makes aiming down the arrow easiest and gest good results right away, which makes the new archer happy and makes the coach think he's smart" (Glenn Helgeland & Byron Ferguson, p. viii, 1994).

I've heard talk of the "tiller" issue before, but to be honest with you, I can't find any mention of having a special tiller for this type of hold in Ferguson's book, or any other book on archery that I own. If anybody can point out where this is a scientific problem, I would like to see it; I've considered shooting three under at times myself.

If your bow isn't broken and you hit the target, my thoughts are this: who the heck cares what anybody else thinks.
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