Straight Grip = wrist slap

DanielB89 · May 08, 2015, 02:38:00 PM

Does anyone else experience excessive wrist slap when shooting a straight wrist grip?

fnshtr · May 08, 2015, 03:02:00 PM

I do on a lower braced longbow.

Orion · May 08, 2015, 03:10:00 PM

Straight wrist grips are my favorite. Agree with fnshtr. Only when the brace height is too low. I do shoot with a slightly bent arm. Also a slightly open stance.

kat · May 08, 2015, 03:54:00 PM

Yup. I have noticed the same thing.
I shoot with a straight arm, and try to stay away from straight wrist grips.

Killdeer · May 08, 2015, 04:54:00 PM

Hill styles always have me rummaging for the armguard. And I do the open stance-bent elbow thing. It is a low brace height that necessitates this stratagem.

Killdeer

Florida lime · May 08, 2015, 05:11:00 PM

I have a new-to-me gorgeous 68" Dave Wallace Mountain longbow ( Thanks again, David ! ), and I had one heck of a bruise from the wrist slap until I got the hang of it. :eek:

I love shooting it, the bow just reminds me to do everything right. :D

Pete McMiller · May 08, 2015, 05:31:00 PM

All my bows are straight grip either D or R/D and the only time I notice wrist slap is when my brace height has dropped too low. A couple twists of the string and it's fine again. I've even shot a whole 28 target course and not realized I had forgotten my arm guard until I went to put my gear away.

May 08, 2015, 06:09:00 PM

I think if there is no chance of wrist slap on a Hill style bow, the brace may be too high. Nothing like a good Hill style arm guard with a Hill bow.

bulldog18 · May 08, 2015, 06:22:00 PM

Agree with the others. No slap until the brace height gets too low.

mahantango · May 08, 2015, 07:33:00 PM

It really shouldn't make a bit of difference if the bow is a low-wrist or high-wrist grip. Arm slap is a result of form and/or brace height.

M60gunner · May 08, 2015, 08:05:00 PM

I agree with manhantango. I wear an arm guard only with a long sleeve shirt to keep sleeve out of the way. I do rotate my elbow out. Some folks like my wife can not without pain. I shoot low and med grips.

nineworlds9 · May 08, 2015, 08:30:00 PM

Arm guard, bend your arm and change your stance a little, and FF string, especially a FF string.

May 08, 2015, 08:39:00 PM

On Hill longbows the old B50 strings had more carry through. Not saying that they were not shootable with them set at a 6" brace, because they worked just fine for a lot of shooters for a lot of years before fast flights were around. I shoot with a B50 every so often, after a bit of getting use to the feel of them, I really don't know if it is all that big of a deal to have the string tag my arm guard and the bow having a bit more action.

jhk1 · May 08, 2015, 08:48:00 PM

Not sure what kind of string you're using, but if you're getting wrist slap with a dacron (B50/B55) string, a low-stretch string may help.

May 09, 2015, 02:46:00 AM

As John Schulz stated and wrote about with a Hill style bow and the brace heights that he suggested, the bow string tagging the arm is a normal part of the shot. Now the word used was 'excessive' and no mention of the bow, the string, or if a sturdy arm guard was on. Trying to go to extra lengths to avoid it with certain bows and set ups would require a considerable divergence from normal form.

nineworlds9 · May 09, 2015, 07:28:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by pavan:
As John Schulz stated and wrote about with a Hill style bow and the brace heights that he suggested, the bow string tagging the arm is a normal part of the shot. Now the word used was 'excessive' and no mention of the bow, the string, or if a sturdy arm guard was on. Trying to go to extra lengths to avoid it with certain bows and set ups would require a considerable divergence from normal form.

My pal here absolutely nailed it. Trying to make a Hill something its not is a pointless exercise. I have had an on/off affair with Hills for several years now and recently I realized I cannot be happy without at least one on the rack. They command allegiance to a particular set of form/setup parameters, but for a person that shoots often and enjoys a variety of bows switching back and forth shouldn't be an issue. I can say this, though you must commit to shoot them well, in my opinion no other style of bow is so purely conceptualized to take split second yet fairly accurate shots.

mike g · May 09, 2015, 10:28:00 AM

Proper Grip and form AND A M.A.L. Armguard.

Sam McMichael · May 09, 2015, 11:01:00 AM

I have been lucky so far. The sweet spots on brace height for all my Hill bows is outside the wrist slap area, unless I screw up the grip. I still ALWAYS use an arm guard. However, the possibility of a slap on the wrist is just part of it.

killinstuff · May 09, 2015, 01:06:00 PM

I never use an arm guard and never get slapped. Only bow that would do that was a Frank SanMarco. Those thin whippy tips caused it I'm sure. No issues with Harrison's or Hills

No reason to get slapped. If you are, you're not gripping the bow correct.

snakebit40 · May 09, 2015, 02:19:00 PM

I have a 62" Super D with a SBD string on it and have never had string slap. The Super D does have a locator grip on it. I'm new to the D shape bows so I'm not going to act like I know what I'm talking about with them. Just thought I would give me personal experience.