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ORIGINAL: SwampCollie

Alright PA since you are in a teaching mood... I'd love to reap the benefit myself.

I'm a three under shooter also... Jeff's post on having no idea what his aiming style is.... couldn't say it better myself... I have no clue... but I'm not afraid to ask... I have no one to show me this. I know that I have a habit of short/quick releasing the arrow.

So what you do is place your middle finger in the corner of your mouth and the index vane on the tip of your nose?

Do you always put your three fingers flush to the bottom of the arrow? I've noticed that at closer ranges if I shoot with my fingers an inch or so below, I can look right slam down the arrow, and I can nail what I'm shooting at, but past about 12-13 yards... all the shots go way low way fast. Is this a legitamate method or am I doing myself a diservice? Rather like using an offset faced golf club to correct a slice?

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ORIGINAL: GMMAT

[&:]I honestly dont know.....but it's going where I'm lookin'.

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ORIGINAL: PA Hardwoods

SwampCollie. I also struggle with releasing the arrow too quick sometimes. I have worked a method to make my self hold longer. It kind of goofy but it works for me. When I start my draw I say "Howard Hill" to myself then when I reach my anchor I say "Fred Bear" to myself and that allows me the extra time to focus on the arrow and my point of aim, and actually just lets my body do what I have trained it to do.

as far as my anchor's that is iexactly what I do. I put my middle finger int he corner of my mouth and the cock feather to the tip of my nose.

What you are doing with sliding your fingers up or down the string is called "string walking" it is a legitimate aiming method but illegal for most competitions. I have found that out to 20yds I can aim spot on and hit the bullseye, after that I have learned how far I need to hold High at each distance to hit the bullseye.

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