The last month or two I've been working on being more "technical" in my shooting, after switching from a longbow to a recurve. I can't say that it's going incredibly well so today I decided to just cant my recurve and shoot the same way I shot my longbow. My accuracy and consistency immediately improved exponentially. Anyone else ever experience this? I feel like its directly related to canting the bow.
I cant shoot well without canting a fair amount. I have tried the more vertical Olympic style and it just does not work for me. I like a larger field of view.
The first question I would ask both of you, do you draw all the way ?
I shoot both LB and recurve, straight up or canted, no real difference, that is why I ask the above question.
I feel like I draw all the way olympic style but short draw when canting, which is what has me confused. Technically speaking I think my form is bad when I cant, I'm somewhat hunched and short drawing the bow, yet I pack arrows. Shooting the way I've been practicing I "think" my form is decent, I'm upright, elbow behind the arrow, drawing further, double anchoring, and following through with a dynamic release but my consistency was mush.
I find that my wrist naturally cants the bow. To shoot vertical requires that I think about and control one more thing. Since I feel my equipment is more accurate than me I try to let it do what it does with minimal interface on my end short of simply aiming it. Then again I'm not Byron F. or an Olympic grade shooter.
I feel like I am coming to full draw. I dont lean into the shot to much, but cant get my elbow aligned well without canting the bow.
"Leaning into the shot" doesn't have an affect on draw length IF your form is correct. It could be any number of things. A couple checks to see if you are short drawing. The best is to have someone film you, and watch the videos. This is an incredible tool for evaluating your form. If you can't identify the problem, post the video up in the form forum and let this site works it's magic. I fought short drawing for a long time. I very rarely do it anymore, but when I do it's extremely evident in my arrow flight. Move back past 25 yards and shoot. This will greatly magnify any short draw problems, if they're there.
Jake