RobVos

On keeping the open hand, be careful -- I see a lot of guys with the open hand looking like a vulcan shoulder grip -- i.e. tensed straight out. Make sure your hand is relaxed. Some guys concentrate on keeping the hand open so intensely that it is tense and if you are pointing your fingers down range (vice slightly curled), you are using muscles in your forearm. Also, many guys shoot and snatch when doing this.

My grip is similar to ArthurP's -- I have a very slim grip on the bow and the entire grip is to the thumb side of the "lifeline" my bottom 2 fingers are curled under in a relaxed fashion and the top 2 wrap lightly up and around the front of the handle in a relaxed fashion as well. At the shot the bow will go a little forward and lightly hit the 2 front fingers, but I do not grap the handle until I am going to move the bow out of the way and let it down (after arrow is in target).

Derbytown

Here's a very good article on griping the bow.

http://www.bowsite.com/bowsite/featu...grip/index.htm
Hope this helps.
Be safe, Shoot Straight
Derbytown

SuperX

Wallaby, you seem to think the culprit for the "lefts" is your grip and I can't argue with you on that... for *me* the "lefts" come when I am pushing too much with my bow arm and straightening the elbow. When I release that way, my arms tend to do a flapping motion I call the funky chicken and I always get a "left".

If I couple the funky chicken with noodle arm (dropping my bow arm) I get the &quot;lower lefts&quot; and... funky chicken-noodle soup (sorry <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>).

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SuperX

Edited by - SuperX on 02/05/2002 15:07:56

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