tab/glove

[teddybear]

i perfer a glove i have used tabs and i found the ends of the tab turn over after a short time, i finde that a glove gives me a very good release.
and i can choise for deff when i have the string on my fingers, but you have to woch out that you dont pinch the nock with your fingers, but you can feel that if you do and move your finger up i have done it many times in full draw.

[Artemis]

I would agree in general with Pip when he said throw away your glove. It is so easy for the string to snag and not slip cleanly away. If you watch a slow motion film you will often see the fingers of the glove moving as the string goes. If you have trouble with a tab it may be that you have not trimmed it properly. It is amazing how many archers do not realise that a tab should be trimmed to suit your fingers, (and give proper arrow clearance) You should have the minimum amount of leather which you can get away with.

A tab also responds to a good loose - which allows it to literally 'flip' out of the way of the string. This means that instead of thinking about 'moving' your fingers, or 'opening' them, you relax them - utterly- and the string will flip them and the tab out of the way.

[teddybear]

i have used both and as long as you pratice with it, there better than tabs.
in inter club comps i offen out shot people with recovers with it, and i will be using it in my frist comp in cardiff, bigest problem with tabs is that they ceral over.

[English Bowman]

I used to use a tab for the recurve, and then when I got a longbow I moved over to using a glove. After a while I changed to using a tab with the longbow as well and my accuracy improved.
A tab is much better than a glove, but, it does take more getting used to, and you may have to try several different tabs before you find one that works for you, also as Artemis says you may have to trim your tab to fit.
When I coach an archer who is using a glove, the first thing I do is change them over to a tab. This has ALWAYS resulted in the archer's scores improving, without exception.

Daniel

[steve58]

Originally Posted by teddybear

i have used both and as long as you pratice with it, there better than tabs.
in inter club comps i offen out shot people with recovers with it, and i will be using it in my frist comp in cardiff, bigest problem with tabs is that they ceral over.

Of course leather tabs curl over, the leather is settling to your fingers and shooting style, like a pair of shoes wearing in and creasing in the right places for your feet. Makes not a blind bit of difference to how they shoot.

Interesting that you are out-shooting recurves, care to give some examples of scores or post some links to results on the internet?

[Pete-60]

Although I mainly shoot compound I do for the fun element shoot a newly aquired hungarian Horse Back bow, and a long bow.

I prefer a glove cannot get on with a tab. I also prefer to shoot all fingers under the arrow that for some reason really upsets some people and organisations, to the point of been illegal? Bit of a pain I call it, personally cannot see the difference between what I do and shooting with one finger above the nock?

The question I ask is? "Did Henry the V at Crecy or Agincourt command his archers that they must shoot in one specific style? Somehow I doubt it"!

Unfortunately this brings us into the realms of the what I have to interperit as stupid modern day rules. We all wish to enhance and promote archery to more people , but all the powers that be do, is put more and more silly rules and regulations in the way. The mind boggles.

[English Bowman]

Originally Posted by Pete-60

Although I mainly shoot compound I do for the fun element shoot a newly aquired hungarian Horse Back bow, and a long bow.

I prefer a glove cannot get on with a tab. I also prefer to shoot all fingers under the arrow that for some reason really upsets some people and organisations, to the point of been illegal? Bit of a pain I call it, personally cannot see the difference between what I do and shooting with one finger above the nock?

The question I ask is? "Did Henry the V at Crecy or Agincourt command his archers that they must shoot in one specific style? Somehow I doubt it"!

Unfortunately this brings us into the realms of the what I have to interperit as stupid modern day rules. We all wish to enhance and promote archery to more people , but all the powers that be do, is put more and more silly rules and regulations in the way. The mind boggles.

Although I think that if you found the right tab, and you'll have to go through a few, you'd do better than with a glove I do agree with you about the rules.
Fortunately in GNAS you can put your fingers where you want on the string, so if you want to shoot 3 fingers under with a longbow, horsebow or any other bow for that matter you can. I don't see any reason why you shouldn't.

String walking or face walking is banned for longbow or trad under GNAS, but provided you only use one anchor and one finger position on the string you can do what you want

Daniel

[Pete-60]

Originally Posted by English Bowman

Although I think that if you found the right tab, and you'll have to go through a few, you'd do better than with a glove I do agree with you about the rules.
Fortunately in GNAS you can put your fingers where you want on the string, so if you want to shoot 3 fingers under with a longbow, horsebow or any other bow for that matter you can. I don't see any reason why you shouldn't.

String walking or face walking is banned for longbow or trad under GNAS, but provided you only use one anchor and one finger position on the string you can do what you want

Daniel

Thanks Daniel for your constructive reply, in the new year I just may take your advice and start trying different tabs. I did try one once with a spacer between the 1st & 2nd fingers, it came as a job lot with a second hand recurve I bought, but it was very uncomfortable and actually hurt, so I quickly ditched it and got the glove. Do not have the recurve anymore either, swoped it with a friend for another compound.

Peter