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the bow elbow
Pat B:
Both arms should line up with the arrow. The bow arm elbow should bend slightly bent and the drawing elbow should be on the same plane as the arrow point.
Urufu_Shinjiro:
I know with my thumb ring draw that there's a straight line from the point of the arrow to my draw elbow.
loon:
Draw elbow should be somewhat high for more use of the back. On release the elbow should move backwards, and drop a bit so that the follow through is in a straight line and not outwards, with both fingers and thumb draw as far as i know
This is close to how I shoot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWetqyG-9Bs
Just my opinion, not sure if in-line draw elbow would be "wrong" or not
High draw elbow allows more use of back muscles, and several successful archers have used it
loon:
had more discussion about bow elbow, It's really hard to draw 85# without my bow arm collapsing although the draw arm is fine. Maybe it's because I haven't gotten used to rotating the arm correctly. My friend who draws warbows said the bottom one in this picture is a stronger posture, it could also be a natural consequence of rotating the bow shoulder properly and canting the bow, although some have said that the shoulder shouldn't be rotated, but the elbow, which doesn't make sense to me
Ishi didn't seem to have a rotated elbow or anything :P Haven't really had many problems with 55-60#
the cup of the elbow seems pretty high here, too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b65feT-bmQs
jayman448:
i know thats the general consensus on the bow elbow among target archers. i just can not physically draw with my elbow back like that. it dont matter if its a 25 lb bow or a 55 lb bow i cant make my bow elbow do that rotation
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