70% of archery shooters have too short of DL

Interesting. I have to check this.

 

Shooting form advice seems to change over the years. It used to be locked bow-arm to eliminate muscle fatigue and now most have their arms slightly bent. That requires a bit shorter length, could that have anything to do with it? Did the seminar recommend straight and locked or slightly bent? Curious.

 

He advocated a straight bow arm. Not like forced straight but a relaxed straight. He compared it to standing there with your knees bent and the fatigue that occurs.

 

That's what I remember learning as well but many shoot with their arms bent now.

 

Depending on which form he advocates with the bow arm probably has a lot to do with it. If I was shooting competition I would probably do straight arm and gain an 1" on DL. But I go for a slight bend mainly to help keep heavy clothes out of the way.

 

I don't buy it either, just think of pulling back a long bow/recurve, you can't even pull those back as far as a compound. It's just like any other type of firearm, as long as you are safe and accurate, shoot however you want.

 

A bow arm slightly relaxed or straight doesn't make much difference in draw length.

Try it, I can shoot my current draw length with a releaxed arm or locked. Bent is a different story.

Haven't seen any coaches recommending bent.

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Larry wise is one of the best known coaches out there and he also claims most are too short.

I fell into the short draw length trap as well. That is, until a real coach got me lined out. Increased draw length by 2". I have shot from 29"to 26" . I hunt at 28"and used to compete at 28 1/2" afer getting things lined out with my form.

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Yes, this speaker was Larry Wise Tfox. He was pretty good I thought.

 

Listen to him. He is as good as they come.

70% may or may not be correct, but that is irrelevant. His message is solid.

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I am assuming that with both arms lined up as directly as possible with the arrow, the amount of strain on the arm, shoulder and back muscles is reduced to allow for a more relaxed concentrated aiming position without straining. I am guessing the strain related to a short draw is a major contributor to target panic.

 

Here is a video of him explaing it.

http://www.bowtube.com/media/32/The_Stance-_Wise_Shooting_Tips_With_Larry_Wise/


Some will need to make adjustments from this. When i do what he is showing, my hand is a couple inches off my face, so naturally that won't work for me.
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Makes perfect sense. One more question... I tried this. With my draw hand in the thumb down position, I felt my bicept. It is fairly tight but when I roll my hand over to the thumb under the cheekbone, I can really feel it tighten. What is the best position (most relaxed) for the release? I am thinking thumb release now begins to make more sense.

 

I just added an inch to my DL and I'm still a bit short

 

You will typically see most shoot with the release hand at somewhere less than vertical . Usually this is more relaxed

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Imo, tp is more related to not knowing how to aim properly and execute a bt release.
But it is all related.

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This form is what you will hear some refer to as "getting behind the shot"

Everything is in a straight line. Therefore, the arrow is more apt to go straight to the spot instead of being influenced off to the right or left.

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Like because of this thread or you were already working on this?

 

Honestly... I aim and my bow just seems to go off at some point and my arrowjust usually goes where my pin is, though I almost never see the arrow in flight.

 

Mine is shot about 2.5" because i got it when i was still growing. Im going to go and get a new cam before turkey season.