String hit's nose tip----->HELP

[bowhunterportugal]

I have this problem now. My nose tip get's banged by the string.

See this thread and give me your opinion please.

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=006900;p=1#000000

All the help is welcome.

Thanks

[STEVE R.]

I do that every now and then. It happens mainly when I shoot with a tab. I turn my head a little more to the left, and it stops the problem.

[YORNOC]

My Dad did this for weeks, ending up with a scar on it. Everyone is different, but he was actually turning his head slightly on release into the string. We couldn't see it until we filmed him and played it slow. In his case he was a bit overbowed, resulting in inconsistent form. When he dropped down 5 pounds, he stopped hitting the nose tip.
Hopefully you'll get some more possibilities, I remeber his extreme frustration.

[macbow]

From watching the video it looks like you are pretty quick on your release.
I'd suggest trying to anchor more to the corner of your mouth away from the nose more. Might come down to more back tension and holding for a second more before releasing.

The string has no choice but to exit from your fingers and move to the right towards your nose. So giving it a little more room would help. Increasing back tension as you,release will pull the release hand back at the shot and might help.
Something else to experiment with is to open your stance a little more, moving your right foot back away from the target.

This is something important because continued contact and pain will cause form problems down the road.
Good luck.

[moebow]

Diogo,

I put up an answer over on the "Form" forum.

Arne

[bowhunterportugal]

I can shoot consistently with back tension already, witch is good. I still tend to release too quickly. The nose issue doesn't happen every time but it does happen, especially when shooting game. On the blind bale not that often!

I've notice I push my mouth corner back when I anchor. I think this happens because when my shoulders align, my mouth corner is in front of my fingers and I have to push it back. Maybe I end turning my head to look for the anchor point and end getting my nose beat up by the string.

[bowhunterportugal]

Originally posted by moebow:
Diogo,

I put up an answer over on the "Form" forum.

Arne

Thanks Arne, already replied.