Fumbled around with peep and kisser placement. Shot this vid of me shooting. With video, I could take my time and place my feet as oppose to trying to beat the camera's timer.[:@] Qualities not that great, just to warn ya. Target is approx. waist high.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v317/doegirl/?action=view&current=highwrist.flv

You are bending your bow handwrist forward.Everything else appears good.Rough video hard to tell.

High wrist...

id say it looks alot better...i aint no expert...

the wrist kinda does jump out at me...but if its comfortable and no torque issues, it dont matter.....just used to seeing most guys shoot with a low wrist...

Can you hold bow in front of you without your wrist bending(not drawn back)for several seconds?Bow may possibly be to heavy for you.You also may be pushing bow forward to fight against draw weight.Im not an expert on this either.

It is justthe high wrist method,not the most widely preferred method but is an acceptable grip.


For the most part all looks good except to me,it looks as though your weight never gets even over both feet,looks like you are putting more weight on your front foot from the beginning.When shooting at a target that close and low,pull back level keeping the weight centered and then bend at the waist to get on the target.This will keep you in the habit of bending at the waist when shooting downhill.Of course that isn't the best scenario for evaluating form.



How are things feeling now?

Actually, high wrist grip is much less prone to torque than low wristbecause there is so little hand contact.

It was 'the most widely preferred' grip style for many, many years, until the hellishly low brace height speed bows of the mid-90's came along. Low wrist was the only way to shoot those things, because it was the only way to get the wrist and forearm out of the string's way. Now that those ultra low brace bows have gone the way of the dinosaur, we're still stuck with the low wrist grip. Needlessly stuck with it.

It might behoove a whole lot of folks who are having trouble with bow torque to follow Doegirl's example and experiment with high wrist.

Good Post Arthur!!! I switched to a more "high wrist" grip a couple years ago, and groups GOT much tighter due to LESS torquing.


Doegirl,
Looks pretty good from what I saw. Some people's "mechanics" don't have to be absolutely perfect to still result in a "good" shot either. Heck, I'm a LEFTY who shoots right-handed because of a bad shoulder and having such bad mechanics that I decided 17 yrs ago to SWITCH. Eye dominance really wasn't even much of a problem, because my eyes are "ambidextrous" so to speak, and I actually see a little better out of my RIGHT eye anyhow.

Err, double post.

I also shoot with a high wrist grip and have done so for more than 35 years. At the time, all bows had a large grip and it was the only way I could prevent right/left misses. It was also a carryover from shooting recurves

Only recently have I experimented with shooting a low wrist grip and after a good long try, I'm back to shooting "the old way". I did shoot well with the low wrist but had some unexplained right/lefts and paid more attention to tension in the bow hand with good results. I could probably switch completely to the low wrist but I think it would take a few years to be completely confident in my shooting with that style. Not that it would take that long for someone starting out but it would take some time to un-learn my high wrist habits.