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Dels 100# Elm Warbow
WillS:
Not a great example, but here's Joe breaking another record...
Note the arse sticking out, and the back concaving, pulling the chest inwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN2jAsE9ics
Heffalump:
That's a fab picture Del.....better get a couple of inches of duct-tape across that nipple though fellah, or the next time you see it it could be stuck to the target! :o
Seriously; it's almost impossible to assess what you might be doing wrong from one picture, but from what I understand, I'll bet my metaphorical broadhead that you need to keep more weight in the front leg, stay pushing forwards and lean into the shot more. This will ensure that your shoulders and back are really working, otherwise its all arms and they're nothing like as strong. It's so tempting to take your body backwards with the string thinking this will help the length of your draw, unfortunately you're also taking the bow back with you so this doesn't really add anything to the equation.
Important to remember we're not talking about a rolling loose here ;) so step forward, turn it out, keep your weight in the front leg, stick your butt out and lean into the shot more. I reckon lack of lean is primarily where your "moob" is coming into play!
Hope to see you on Sunday for the roving shoot with the Finsbury Mark ;D
Happy shootynge! 8)
WillS:
Leaning forward/backward probably isn't going to make a huge difference to the chest position. You're spot on about leaning back being the wrong way to do it, but rolling loose or not doesn't matter, as the basic technique still requires the chest to be well out of the way.
You can shoot at a flat trajectory at a target 20 yards away and still need to point your belly at the floor and bend your spine backwards if you wanna keep both nipples ;)
WillS:
Here we go, this is the vid I wanted to find.
This is shooting at a close target, so no distance shooting or rolling loose here. If you pause the video at 51 seconds, you can see Scott, Steve and Mark all adopt the bend-at-the-waist position. Bum out, shoulders back, spine curved as much as possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oubMkIOpNKU
This is the key to getting chest out of the way, while retaining strength and stability.
WillS:
In fact in that video, Scott (two to the left of Steve in the red cap) has such a flawless technique.
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