What do you guy, s think is more important, in shooting a bow, your form, your bow, or your arrows....?
Form time after time over and over . :archer2:
X2! There can be no accuracy without consistency. A perfectly tuned arrow to the bow and the way you shoot it will help that, but form is always first.
Form first, good tuning second!
The good tuning won't do you much good if you don't have good form!
Bishc
Good form for sure. You'll never get the bow tuned without it.
Not one to buck the system here. But I'm going with ARROW. you could have the best form ever. And it could be consistent shot over shot. But if the arrow doesn't work for the bow. It just won't happen.
This could be a bit like the chicken criticizing the egg or the egg the chicken ...
All are of course important and among the three items you listed I would rank Form, Arrow, and Bow. Form would be on a scale of 10 would be 10. The arrow would be 8, and the bow (sorry bowyers) less than 5.
Have someone perfectly tune a top of the line bow with great arrows and hand it to someone who's form is wanting and impressive won't be among the adjectives describing the adventure.
When teaching someone how to shoot I don't care much at all about the equipment as long as it fits, is safe, and is comfortable. Then we learn to shoot. In fact, I wouldn't even start with a bow when teaching or learning to shoot. A loop of non-elastic string does the trick without distractions.
FORM
Form plus tuning over arrow equal accuracy.
F+T/A= :archer2:
If any part of this equation is missing the rest doesn't matter one bit.
QuoteOriginally posted by FerretWYO:
Form plus tuning over arrow equal accuracy.
F+T/A= :archer2:
If any part of this equation is missing the rest doesn't matter one bit.
^ agree 100%
Form!
Form!!
If you have bad form, you will not be able to differentiate between your form, or any tuning issues when you are have accuracy problems or bad arrow flight.
110% Form! You can have the best in bows and arrows, poor form and it's all for nothing.
QuoteOriginally posted by DennyK:
110% Form! You can have the best in bows and arrows, poor form and it's all for nothing.
This!
Very well put!
I was always taught that if you have your form down and know your bow, all arrows are your arrows. But form above all.
Form every time!
Form first and foremost. With good form you can get away with a lot.
To me it's similar to asking: What's more important? Driving skill, the motor, or the fuel? Without skill, the rest is useless.
Fully agree with everyone,
I think well tuned arrows. You can improve form with practice and diligent work, but if the arrows are not matched well all the form in the world is not going to amount to much.
FORM ... and ONE arrow - almost any arrow will do.
if more than one arrow, they all better be well matched. ;)
"archery" - consistency be thy name.
Form and consistency!
Sorry form guys: I think focus is the most important. I've shot many an arrow with poor form and good focus and gotten a decent (not perfect) result. I've shot even more with bad focus and good form and had a poor result. If you consider focus as part of form, then I'd say form, but I consider form mechanical and focus mental.
QuoteOriginally posted by Dave Worden:
Sorry form guys: I think focus is the most important. I've shot many an arrow with poor form and good focus and gotten a decent (not perfect) result. I've shot even more with bad focus and good form and had a poor result. If you consider focus as part of form, then I'd say form, but I consider form mechanical and focus mental.
yer right, but i also think yer wrong.
"form" is a physical thing that's guided by yer brain, and "focus" is the mental/brain part of "form".
you can't have "form" without the brain doing its best, and that includes "focus". they're both a requirement for consistency. can't have one without t'other. ymmv.
You're only as strong as your weakest link. Typically, the human element is deemed the weakest as it is the most inconsistent of the 3 major elements named here (bow, arrow, human).
However, if the bow breaks or the arrow is way out of tune, they very well could become the weaker link.
FORM.
Everything else begins from there.
I agree, form and focus are both part of the same thing.
I shot for many years before I new anything about archery but, was lucky enough to have very good form by accident. Never had a problem hitting my target, if the arrow shot left or right, I just used good old Kentucky windage. I now even do blank/ blind bale shooting, just to help keep the form up to snuff.
Form all the way!
Depends on what were talking about,archery or bowhunting.Archery it would be form,Bowhunting it would be the arrow.
Form first. Just look at the Japanese archery Kyudo, where students spend around one year or longer just practicing form.
Consistent form trumps everything. I am first and foremost a hunter, but I'm interested in the technical side of archery in order to be the best shot I can be. There are other sites devoted more to competitive archery, where they can openly discuss every accuracy enhancing trick you can legally do to add points to your score. I'm talking the best target shooters in the country and can back it up on the national leader boards. They don't post here because "aiming" is a bad word here, but they have the videos to prove you can raise nock points excessively high, walk the string, etc., everything that can be done to minimize gap size and admit the last thing on their minds is whether those arrows would group with bare shafts...but those arrows we'd call poorly tuned shoot to a repeatable point of impact out of consistent hands!