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Originally Posted by Jerry Tee It could be your recurve brain telling you to make a fast movment at the point of release and you get a large twitch. I wouldn't do any thing till Geoff comes back with his answer. |
Good Advice Jerry and one that I am already on to. Geoff very kindly sent me a long PM confrming some of my suspicions and with loads of advice on how to start controlling the shot, techniques for slowly building the 'surprise' element of the shot and some goal setting around that. This is going to be my rehab program.
Hopefully, if I can shoot a bow that is not quite so savage off the stops (possibly my Ultramag, or my Pro Elite if it can be retuned, maybe even another bow), then I can still enjoy shooting in a competition and the effects of the occasional twitch will be much less exagerated.
Which brings me to an interesting point and possibly some conjecture. Should a beginner ideally shoot a bow with a nice long valley (or flat spot), rather than something that flies off the stops? The advantage would be to prevent some of the wild (possibly dangerous) shots that punching a harsh bow might create. however, I can also see that it could hide bad form for longer and delay the development of good back tesion. What type of bow lends itself to a longer flat spot - the opposite of the spiral cam if you like?