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Originally Posted by geoffretired ...
The push and the pull are equal whatever you "think" you are doing. The harder you pull on the string, the harder you must push into the bow. |
Yes, that's obviously true (otherwise your bow would be moving forwards or backwards at full draw!). I think the words are a little deceptive though. The difference between "pushing" and "pulling" in this context is where the movement occurs to get you through the clicker. That is to say; "pullers" move the back half, off a static front. "Pushers" move the front, off a static back half. Or that's the perception, at least.
Interesting point: if compounders think in terms of push/pull, it can't be to get through a clicker, can't even be to do with movement, if they pull against the stops... Do more compounders consider themselves "pullers", I wonder...? Quote:
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Originally Posted by geoffretired What really matters, I think, is the understanding in the archer. If the archer thinks the bow arm has to keep still to hold the sight, then it will keep reasonably still, but usually well into the follow through too. Sometimes, thinking "push" can give the archer the impression that the drawing hand is not working so hard and a dead loose can be the result. I ask my students to come up with something( expand, open, wider) that gets the feeling of both working all the time and into the follow through. |
I'd agree there. It doesn't really matter how the archer thinks about what they are doing, it's the result that counts. If thinking "GOLD!" or "push" or "pull" or "float" or "pink flower fairies"(!) helps them get it right, then that's the right way for them to think about it. So why do some people think about pushing, and others about pulling (or something else entirely)?
I think it's just a tag they hang on their form, to help them identify it. Of course, choosing a tag whose associations conflict with what you're trying to achieve, might interfere with the process... I wouldn't recommend someone to focus their attention by thinking: "miss"...
