I now shoot compound and have recently switched from a 45 digree high grip to a much more upright low grip, all on the palm/thumb muscle. It has made a very significant improvment to my consistency and reduced a lot of left/right errors. Can't comment on the recurve stuff as I have not shot one in over a year now. The grips on compound bows are shaped to be low compared to a recurve too. The dynamics of the two bow types are quite different and for me, feel very different when shot.