I used to shoot recurve to a reasonable level but due to family and work commitments I could never get the practise time it really required to progress any further. It was the constant physical requirements of recurve that made me think more about going compound. Having a good grounding in recurve immeadiately paid dividends in my form with a compound, and I took to it very quickly.
I totally agree with Adam that not having the loading on your muscles with the compound allows you to understand the correct bodyline and muscle control required in any form of archery. I occasionally ( 1-2 times a year) try out my recurve and find that the form and control learnt from compound gives surprisingly good results. It still bugs me as I love recurve, but I could not see myself going back full time now.
Besides the compound seems to be working pretty well at present.
