| That has occured to me Jerry and I do know what you're saying, however, if I let the bow grip slip when wet it ends up in a horrible position which doesn't feel right at all, and which forces my bow arm and wrist into bad positions also. Basically it affects my whole form. I can say that when shooting normally with a dry grip, I have no problem, my hand does not feel like it wants to move at all, and I also have the feeling that I am pushing directly into the centre of the grip i.e. I don't feel one side or other of the grip pushing harder against my hand. And it seems to work... Also I think you have to consider the large number of top archers, both recurve and compound who also find that things are better with some tape to improve grip - why is that?
So I do understand and appreciate your point - obviously you are a thinking archer. While I guess I can't resolve your question exactly (I'll probably keep thinking about it too!), you'll have to forgive me if I don't go down that road too far - I'm going to go with the tape.  |