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Originally Posted by Bald Eagle  I coach longbow archers in our club, along with recurve and compounds, it's the same! Only the equipment is different. As is already said, you assess the individual and start from there. A guy in our club cants his bow, 3/4 draws, snatches his release and puts in good scores, he's been shooting (stylewise) badly for so long he's got quite good. He condemns the use of rubber bands and shoots "instinctively" That's up to him, but the archer that shoots like Ascham describes will shoot better IMHO |
A coach can watch you shooting. You can't watch yourself so easily He can then assist you to improve and work on any issues you feel are present, such as your handle position and the bow going left in your case (Ruthmc)
Thanks guys! No coaches up at the field tonight, but I think my longbow buddy Dave, who winds me up something wicked normally, has spotted the problem. The way he phrased it was quite clever, it went along the lines of "indoors you were... you aren't doing that at the moment." What it comes down to is that I have gone to trying to hold the bow arm still and shoot by pulling the string hand back. What I was doing, and it worked so much better! was coming to anchor, keeping the tension on and pushing into the target with the bow hand until the shot loosed itself. Have just been working on this on the very short target I keep in the yard and it feels far better. Fingers crossed I can transfer this to the field next chance I get!
Bald Eagle; I think some compound release aids work on back tension? Is this anything like what I am trying to describe? I have been wondering this for a while, if you coach all three bow styles maybe you can help me understand the transference of skills like using back tension across the different disciplines?