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Justin Snyder:
I was thinking maybe you guys could give us some pointers on form in general, not just elbow. There is a huge difference in shooting warbows and your average target bow.

alanesq:
I think its more finding a way which works for you than following any specific rules
i.e. Once you get to a draw weight where you are having to really work to get the bow back it just happens, you find whatever way you can to pull the thing ;-)

adb:
If you haven't seen it yet, there is an awesome youtube video: Distance Shootng with an Englsh Warbow. Check it out.

Wide stance, draw "into the bow" (use your entie body, not just your arms), feel your shoulder blades come together, use the whole arrow, bend your knees, sit back from the waist, loose, and follow through. Shooting in the bow feels a bit like you're arching your back, and sticking out your butt.

As I understand it, there are two ways to do this: a rolling loose, and a sustained loose. A rolling loose starts with the bow flat, and you roll foward and up, loosing the arrow in a smooth forward motion, with the archer often stepping forward to follow through. For a rolling loose, check out the video on the EWBS website. The above youtube video I already mentioned, describes what I call the sustained loose. Which technique yields more distance is up for debate, but I believe the top warbow shooters use a rolling loose.

I'm sure Steve will chime in on this, giving much more detail.

Yewboy:
Well I think you may have covered most of it anyway Adam, However what I will say is along the lines of what Alan said, everyone is different and have different body shapes and strengths so an individual technique will come for each and everybody, What usually stays the same is the initial draw where you are drawing just with your arm strength, If you can then get the drawing arm back far enough, (To your chin), your now in a position to rotate the shoulder, this will give you the extra draw length needed to get to 30"+ and the weight is now being carried on your top back and shoulder, but also the bow arm, once you have this technique you will find that you can lock into position to take an aimed shot if you wish.
With  regards sitting into the draw, well that depends on the individual, some do and some dont, you will find that the bigger guys dont neccessarily do this whilst the smaller framed guys do as it helps.
Cheers
Steve

radius:
that youtube video is a good one:  short, informative, full of close-ups of technique...good stuff

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