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Building draw length
Pat B:
Eddie, your draw length is almost war bow like! You have the longest draw for your size than anyone else I know. It's amazing how different we all are.
crooketarrow:
Anyone with those long draw leanths are standing staight up locking there elbos like compound shooters.The proper way to shoot selfbow [instinive] is bent into your stance with a bent elbo.Useing you back at the end of your draw at release.Not that this is right for everyone has to work into their own system.But shooting instinive with locked elbo won't work.War bow,compound or sites yes.
Justin Snyder:
--- Quote from: crooketarrow on January 12, 2010, 11:29:47 am --- Anyone with those long draw leanths are standing staight up locking there elbos like compound shooters.The proper way to shoot selfbow [instinive] is bent into your stance with a bent elbo.Useing you back at the end of your draw at release.Not that this is right for everyone has to work into their own system.But shooting instinive with locked elbo won't work.War bow,compound or sites yes.
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The proper way is what works best for the shooter. Be careful saying it wont work, because it works for me. It isn't my preferred meathod, but it does work.
mullet:
I don't lock my elbow, crookedarrow, go back and look at my full draw pictures.
Kegan:
Only Olympic FITA shooters actually lock their elbow. Even target shooters don't. That slight bend, what's your natural extension when you shoot straight, helps prevent injury.
But a purposefully bent elbow is inefficient, inconsistent, and therefore much harder. So far, the number of good bent arm shooters can be counted on one hand.
Heck, even though it's bad (straight elbow), G. Fred Asbell shoots his recurves that way. DUnno if he does anymore, but he certainly did in his books/video.
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