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RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
ORIGINAL: drockw If you lengthen your DL by 1/2", straighten your arm out more, you should be able to keep your anchor pretty close to the same as you are comfortable with. I shoot with a pretty straight arm, and a hair longer DL and i seem to be able to hold better, and my releases seem cleaner b/c of the joint alignment. My stance in this pic is a little tooopen, but you get the idea. |
RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: drockw If you lengthen your DL by 1/2", straighten your arm out more, you should be able to keep your anchor pretty close to the same as you are comfortable with. I shoot with a pretty straight arm, and a hair longer DL and i seem to be able to hold better, and my releases seem cleaner b/c of the joint alignment. My stance in this pic is a little too open, but you get the idea. Not totally different.Some of the same basic fundamentals remain the same. |
RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
ORIGINAL: TFOX ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: drockw If you lengthen your DL by 1/2", straighten your arm out more, you should be able to keep your anchor pretty close to the same as you are comfortable with. I shoot with a pretty straight arm, and a hair longer DL and i seem to be able to hold better, and my releases seem cleaner b/c of the joint alignment. My stance in this pic is a little tooopen, but you get the idea. Not totally different.Some of the same basic fundamentals remain the same. I don't know, I guess I get tired of seeing young shooters with thier elbows all the way back past thier ears, and the main reason is the bow is too heavy for them and the bow's ata too short. They shoot, they have no follow thru, and grip the trigger. Josh isn't in this category, so don't think I am talking about you, but with a caliber release, I sure wouldn't go longer in draw length. |
RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
Actually,the main fundamental is bone to bone contact and with the elbow pointed outward,that bone to bone contact is next to impossible.
The a-a being so short for a longer draw archer definately causes anchor issues and I am not sure which way he would be more comfortable with his anchors and bone to bone contact once he as addressed his bow arm elbow alignment.I do know that when he lengthened his draw that the alignment looked better but the anchors do not. |
RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
Josh: You have gotten good advice on here. Personally, I really think with your size and the bow's size, I'd forget about the nose thing. If you go on Archerytalk, there is a guy that goes by Nuts and Bolts who is very good at explaining form. He had a good explanation of why forcing your head down to touch the nose to the string is a bad idea. I can't remember specifics. When I have shot shorter bows OK (not really well but not bad) I put a kisser button on the string for a secondary reference point, and forget about the nose. I can only comfortably use the nose on the string starting at about 36" ATA. I would not make yourself crazy over this. Your form looks better than most shooters that I see.
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RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: TFOX ORIGINAL: bigcountry ORIGINAL: drockw If you lengthen your DL by 1/2", straighten your arm out more, you should be able to keep your anchor pretty close to the same as you are comfortable with. I shoot with a pretty straight arm, and a hair longer DL and i seem to be able to hold better, and my releases seem cleaner b/c of the joint alignment. My stance in this pic is a little tooopen, but you get the idea. Not totally different.Some of the same basic fundamentals remain the same. I don't know, I guess I get tired of seeing young shooters with thier elbows all the way back past thier ears, and the main reason is the bow is too heavy for them and the bow's ata too short. They shoot, they have no follow thru, and grip the trigger. Josh isn't in this category, so don't think I am talking about you, but with a caliber release, I sure wouldn't go longer in draw length. Like you said bc, i believe that with his form now, he will be smart enough to take some critique and turn it into better form/shooting, not just bad habits that many rookiestakeon. If you practice like you are hunting, then you will know what you can/cant do in certain situations. Anyways, "different strokes for different folks" Derek |
RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
The only thing wrong is that I don't have an Alpha Max formyself. :(
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RE: got my bow set up. critique my form please
ORIGINAL: drockw I get tired of seeing people with DL's soo short that they have their elbows bent completely. Short seems to be the trend:eek: I was one of those people for quite a while. I shot a 29" DLa few years back and im 6'3". Not arguing with ya about a little shorter for hunting, but hes asking us to critique his form, and im assuming he wants to shoot better. Just gave my .02;) Like you said bc, i believe that with his form now, he will be smart enough to take some critique and turn it into better form/shooting, not just bad habits that many rookiestakeon. If you practice like you are hunting, then you will know what you can/cant do in certain situations. Anyways, "different strokes for different folks" Derek I have seen a whole lot of good bowhunters, and see a whole lot of target shooters, they are rarely the same thing. |
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