Question Involving grip tightness.
 

Today I was kind of expierimenting with the looseness of my grip. I have been shooting for just under 3 years and am looking for things to make me better. What I noticed was that I can make my grip really loose and make sure to keep it really loose and let the bow kinda go where it wants during the shot. When I just kinda go with it like normal I shoot a little tighter grip but certainly not a death grip or anything. I was trying to see if I could shoot equally accurate but I would end up over concentrating and messing all the shots up. Now heres the problem, if I grip my bow really loose I have to really try to not pinch right when i shoot. Is this ok? My bow kinda kicks back when I shoot but I kinda grab my bow as a reaction. Once that bow is recoiling back is the arrow already gone? Any suggestions would be appriciated.

RE: Question Involving grip tightness.
 

Do you shoot with a wrist sling? If not, get one.

Most of the best shooters shoot with a relaxed open hand. There are some variations of this, but almost all shoot with a loose hand that would drop the bow if they weren' t using a sling.

RE: Question Involving grip tightness.
 

Some 5-6 years ago, when I decided I needed to get with the program and go short bow, reflexed riser and mechanical release, I found out these new bows weren' t at all like my old ones. On those old deflex riser bows, I could throw my hand on ' em any old way and it would settle into the grip just right. Not so with this high tech stuff.

I had one bow that wanted to be shot with a completely relaxed hand. I had another that wanted one, and only one, finger rested lightly on the back of the grip. Another wanted two fingers rested on the back of the grip. Any variation of my grip and none of those bows would shoot two arrows into the same area. They were faster' n blue blazes and shot lights out... when I did what THEY wanted me to.

Anyway, you have to experiment with your grip and find what your bow likes.

About the recoil, when you first start feeling it, the arrow is still on the string but it' s gone in a splintered second. Faster than anyone can react to it. As long as you don' t grab while the arrow is on the string, you' re okay. BUT... People tend to anticipate the shot and begin grabbing the handle at exactly the same time they trigger the release. Of course, the shot is ruined. That' s where the wrist sling comes in. An experienced shooter that uses a sling doesn' t grab the handle at all. He lets the sling catch the bow.

RE: Question Involving grip tightness.
 

Well If I' m not really concentrating on loosely gripping my bow still is able to kick back. But when I grip loosely and make sure not to close then it kicks back and then goes whervever it wants. I want to know if my the time I catch my bow from the kickback if the arrow is gone.

RE: Question Involving grip tightness.
 

first of all if your bow kicks back that bad you need to balance it out with a stabilizer--now as far as hand torque or gripping after the shot or before the arrow hits the target---buy a wrist sling and try this for a while---while you have your bow riser rested in your bow hand keep the four knuckles on the left side of your riser.shoot this way with the sling on and you eventually will let the bow shoot itself and not worry about fear of dropping it or gripping it or torquing it

RE: Question Involving grip tightness.
 

thenuge, from a shooting form standpoint, it doesn' t matter whether the arrow is on the string or not. What matters is executing good followthrough and not grabbing the handle until the arrow is sticking in the target. If you get into the habit of grabbing the bow' s handle at any time, you WILL begin anticipating the shot and you WILL eventually have serious trouble with accuracy... if you don' t already.

I also agree with goldtip. If your bow is recoiling that bad, then you need to do some experimenting with different stabilizers to tame the beast down.

RE: Question Involving grip tightness.
 

Hey Nuge...I noticed your other thread as well and have some advice that helped me a lot.

I' ve been shooting about the same amount of time you have...' bout three years and the single biggest thing that improved my accuracy TREMENDOUSLY was...

I shortened my draw length a bit. I saw your other thread on string stinging your arm and I' m here to tell ya...you won' t believe the difference.

Grip. This is a lefty shooter, but a good idea of what your looking for. The whole whole article is here[link]http://www.bowsite.com/bowsite/features/practical_bowhunter/grip/index.html[/link] and will help you.

Shorten you draw just enough so that when at full draw the sting is on your nose or kisser in the anchor or whatever you use...peep is lined up AND your bow holding arm is just beny at the elbow ever so slightly. This will do 2 things for you straight away...

No more string sting and I damn near promise after shooting it for a day your groups will tighten significantly.

And get a sling as these guys said too;)

RE: Question Involving grip tightness.
 

I shoot with a " grip" just like that first picture, " angle hand" . I do not close my fingers, and I do not lower my palm down to the bow. I had a problem where I was kicking my arrows up from doing that. So, I just rest the bow in the web between my thumb and forefinger and shoot with a " high wrist" style. Has worked wonders for me for 18 years now.