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Old 08-14-2007 | 10:51 AM
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Old 08-14-2007 | 10:51 AM
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I see it, too. He's right.
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Old 08-14-2007 | 10:58 AM
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first thing to catch my eye was the possible choking of the grip.
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Old 08-14-2007 | 10:58 AM
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You're DL is a little too long. Notice how you're leaning back? Your stance is kind of awkward. Distribute the weight more evenly. It's difficult to tell in the photo, but make sure your bow hand is nice and relaxed. It may be already.......
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Old 08-14-2007 | 11:06 AM
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When I bought hte bow they measured me and told me 29 inches and thats what I gota 29 inch bow. They made me stretch my arms out and they measured and then they divided by 2.5 I believe. Also the grip, it really does look like I am squeezing the chit out of it, I never thought i did to bad till I looked at my picture, I put a sling on it so maybe that will help with the grip, keep the comments coming yall...
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Old 08-14-2007 | 11:16 AM
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You need to rotate your hand out until your knuckles are at a 45-degree angle; it looks like you're holding a hammer now straight up and down. Let your fingers go completely limp; some people refer to it as "dead spider legs" -- you'll see people stick their fingers straight out in an effort not to hold on to the bow, but that's just as wrong. The idea is to get the tension out of your hand, and more specifically your forearm.

After you rotate your knuckles so that they're positioned at a 45-degree angle, the throat of the grip should rest lightly against your thumb pad -- just to the left of your lifeline. There shouldn't be but about an inch of the grip actually making contact with your thumb pad, and keep the heel of your hand off the grip as well.

Some people LIGHTLY rest their first finger or possibly two on the front of the grip as well.

Start there, and then work on standing up straight. I think it's impossible to tell anything about draw length until you place your weight evenly on both feet and stand upright to start with. Work on making that perfect "T" first.
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Old 08-14-2007 | 12:05 PM
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Thanks fellas....
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Old 08-14-2007 | 12:22 PM
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Try this grip or non grip.

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Old 08-14-2007 | 01:25 PM
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I am going home to try that, will take some more pics after I work on it a bit... Thanks
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Old 08-14-2007 | 01:52 PM
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I actually think it looks pretty damn good, especially for as big a guy as you are (please don't take that the wrong way). If I had to knit pick I would say look at your grip, it's too deep in your hand as was said above. And your release is slipping off your wrist into your hand. Very common though.

I have seen much worse form for sure.

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