bow arm
#1
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wichita Kansas USA
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bow arm
i saw a show over the weekend where they indicated you should lock your elbow on your bow arm. i was under the impression that you were to keep a slight flex in your bow arm. this was the PSE boys. anyone have any experience with the locked vs not locked elbow?
#3
I imagine shooting my recurve I'll have even more of a bend in my elbow, but we'll figure that out this weekend.
#7
I attended the PSE Shooting school in Tucson back in December with my daughter. We were instructed by PSE's Master Coach Alexander Kirillov. He never instructed us to shoot locked arm. He did have us bend the hold arm slightly but not locked out. He also had us hold the grip in the grove between the thumb and index finger and have the knuckles of the hand slant at a 45 so nothing else touched the grip but the single point of contact. Not sure why the PSE guy would tell you that.
If you lock the elbow it draws the fore arm into the path of the string which I never ever want hitting my arm again. Not a whimp but I AM OUT on that !!!
If you lock the elbow it draws the fore arm into the path of the string which I never ever want hitting my arm again. Not a whimp but I AM OUT on that !!!