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Originally Posted by GeoffT James Park's Mastering Compound Bows book and Mastering Archery Technique Analysis book are both good at explaining why straight is best.
As others have said some very good archers shoot with a bent arm.....but not many. |
OK lets quote James Park :-
We are aiming at having out archers use only the muscles that are required to shoot the bow, and and hence take as much of the forces as possible directly along bones and through joints. To optimize this distribution of forces, the archer's collarbones need to be sitting down inside the ribs, and a line through the shoulder joints should point straight along the bow arm.
To Minimize the required muscle use and to obtain the greatest repeatability, it is best to use a straight bow arm. This also has the added advantage of miniimizing the possiblity of injury.( for example, tendonitis in the bowarm elbow joint)