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Speaking of Shooting Technique
Swamp Bow:
The recent discussion in the 250 Pounder Attempt thread has been interesting. I finally noticed something in the picture that Yewboy posted, and that is it appears that warbow shooters appear to purposefully not lock their elbows. Is this true, and if so why? This may just an optical illusion, and they do lock their elbow. I can think of a couple of reasons not to, but mainly that it could be detrimental from a injury/physical point of view. However since I have never shot one, that is pure speculation and may be completely inaccurate. Thanks
Swamp
Justin Snyder:
I would be interested if some of you guys that shoot heavy weight bows would describe some of the key points to form and technique. I have a big old monster of a bow started, but have no aspirations of being able to shoot it just yet. I need to do a little more training so I can shoot it, but it needs to be done right. How about some pointers.
adb:
I don't lock my elbow when I'm shooting any of my bows.
Davepim:
Guys!!!! :o :o :o :o :o
Never, ever, ever lock your bow elbow with a warbow!!! You shouldn't ever lock your elbow with any traditional bow anyway - just read about shooting form in any book written by traditional archers such as Howard Hill or Fred Bear (to name just two of many). The two main reasons are, 1. a slightly bent elbow allows you to rotate your forearm out of the way of the string; something you need to worry about less with a modern recurve that has a window and therefore is "center shot". 2. a locked elbow takes enormous amounts of stress directly on the joint with a heavy warbow, both at full draw and when you loose, leading to joint damage.
Dave
Swamp Bow:
Thanks guys, just what I thought (joint damage). For the record I don't lock my elbow with my regular bows, but since I'm shooting 45-50# I'm not pushing my strength limits either and have no worries about my bow arm giving out.`
Swamp
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