Who can tell Me?
12-14-2009 | 05:59 AM
#12
Dominant Buck
Joined: May 2003
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From: Ramsey , Indiana
String slap is the archery fairy's way of telling you that either your form sucks, or your draw length is too long. A friend of mine shot my recurve at a 4th of July picnic a couple of years ago, he slapped his arm so many times that he developed an embolism and had to have it drained at a local hospital.
12-14-2009 | 06:57 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 155
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From: Western North Caroilna
String slap is the archery fairy's way of telling you that either your form sucks, or your draw length is too long. A friend of mine shot my recurve at a 4th of July picnic a couple of years ago, he slapped his arm so many times that he developed an embolism and had to have it drained at a local hospital.
12-14-2009 | 07:46 AM
#15
Typical Buck
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 564
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Its all in how you hold the bow.
Try this experiment. Hold you bow arm out as if you are holding an imaginary bow. Chances are you knuckles are vertical (up and down)
Now turn your knuckles so they are horizontal (across).
Notice what happens to your elbow. It turns out.
Try adjusting your grip on the bow so your knuckles are almost horizontal. The only part of your hand that should touch the grip on your bow is the heel of your thumb. Your palm should not make contact with the bows grip.
Shoot with a open /loose grip also!
Try this experiment. Hold you bow arm out as if you are holding an imaginary bow. Chances are you knuckles are vertical (up and down)
Now turn your knuckles so they are horizontal (across).
Notice what happens to your elbow. It turns out.
Try adjusting your grip on the bow so your knuckles are almost horizontal. The only part of your hand that should touch the grip on your bow is the heel of your thumb. Your palm should not make contact with the bows grip.
Shoot with a open /loose grip also!
