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Arm guard noise? HELP!
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: PeteC on September 13, 2011, 10:24:38 am ---I shoot all of my selfbows with about a 5 1/2" brace height,or a little less,and never hit my arm. If one will keep the back of the hand in line with the top of the forearm,(a flat plane from the knuckles to the elbow),the string will not come near the arm.Then a guard is not necessary.Everyone I have taught to shoot in this position has no need of an armguard. This is only my humble opinion,but it works. Hope you can get it fixed. God Bless
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5 1/2 inch brace height? Go ahead and rub it in, you have perfect form and I suck! Thanks!
But seriously, he's right, better form in your grip style and how you hold your bow arm will make a difference. I often stick a ruler under the armguard straps across the back of my wrist. That way I know how badly I am turning my wrist "out". PeteC might even have been the person that told me about good form with my wrist years ago, if I remember right.
I have to compromise a little with proper form because I tend to torque the bow more with good wrist form, so I raised the brace height a little and cheat just a tiny bit (sorry Pete) with the wrist.
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