Back tension!!!

[exziit]

Originally Posted by lancecpl247

Oh, I know there is no easy fix to this. I know that it is all down to me and I will do it, I know I will. Its going to take time but sometimes don't you just wish it was easy!!! lol

Thanks again

but then it wouldnt be much of a challenge and it wouldnt be fun now would it?

[niceguy]

Weight activated releases like the Loesch and Carter Evolution help a lot with these problems. I had all the usual problems, punching, heavy flinching and below gold freezing until I changed to a Loesch release. It not easy to learn but gradually all the bad stuff goes away. I found that after a period of shooting with this release I was able to regain total control and now I find I can shoot any release I like. It's almost magic.

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[geoffretired]

I second what Niceguy said.

[ThePinkOne]

I found that Larry Wise's book "Core Archery" gave quite a good explanation of what BT is and how it "works" also some of his exercises with a rope to practise the release are good.

Not everything he says I'd take as gospel, but it's a good basic intro with a systematic approach to learning BT.

[not dead yet]

long standing recurve archer here...just bought compound27th dec.going to vegas 4th feb.......broke my carter trigger release .had a tru-ball, bac tension given to me. well does it go when you want it to....NO....but better groups. gone bac to the carter now its fixed,,,got 3 weeks to get it right.

still its a compound its only for playin with

[ThePinkOne]

Originally Posted by not dead yet

still its a compound its only for playin with

Wasn't quite what you were saying Sunday... you had me convinced you had come over to the Dark Side

Got to admit your little spike release was a bit hairy, which I think also means that like all releases you have to like your BT release and be confident with it. I found the Evo is a good BT trainer in some ways and the Stan in others... but still prefer my Carter thumb trigger release shot BT style for serious scoring.

Did you get the string checked out in the end?

[matt]

Originally Posted by not dead yet

long standing recurve archer here...just bought compound27th dec.going to vegas 4th feb.......broke my carter trigger release .had a tru-ball, bac tension given to me. well does it go when you want it to....NO....but better groups. gone bac to the carter now its fixed,,,got 3 weeks to get it right.

I'm shooting a tru-ball back tension as well Pete and liking it better than the Carter. What bow are you shooting at the Welsh?

Originally Posted by not dead yet

still its a compound its only for playin with

That was my idea aswell but if you see an Avalon Plus on ebay in the near future don't be suprised. Tried shooting it last night and it was horrible

[10x]

Originally Posted by lancecpl247

Oh, I know there is no easy fix to this. I know that it is all down to me and I will do it, I know I will. Its going to take time but sometimes don't you just wish it was easy!!! lol

Thanks again

The best thing to do here is go and find yourself a good compound coach who can help with everything that is required to get you out of this. There may be other contributing factors such as bow set up (draw length and weight) which are hindering your back tension problem, and a coach will watch you shoot and indentfy the problems. Then he'll help you fix them. It's still up to you but the right help wouldn't go amiss.

[not dead yet]

get it sorted this week end

[lancecpl247]

I am going to have to work hard at this. I have just finished reading Core Archery, thats what got me to notice that I was not using back tension at all. Thanks again for all your input.