| My personal description is OPEN, like opening a book(viewed from above)
I mime it and explain it. The reasoning behind it is to get both arms working as a matched pair. I know one is folded etc. but for those who have a stunted follow through, it gets across the idea that both arms are going to help draw the bow. It also helps to get the follow through, felt in both arms.
I've seen so many bow arms do nothing at the follow through stage, or worse, collapse. Opening is something familiar to us all. It matches the action of the arms and it matches the way we open books. Very few books can be successfully opened using one hand. |