Archery: draw (stance) question?
How do I hold the bow straight at full draw? Whenever I hold the the string (with my right hand) the right side of my body tilts with it.
I was looking at some archery vids and at 1.46 in the one below they show a frontal shot of a woman holding it so straight you can’t see her elbow. If that was me my shoulder and elbow would be sticking out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTPwMMrpwQ
If YOU are comfortable with your archery technique, and you achieve the desired results – i.e., putting the arrow where you want it to go – why worry about what others say you “must” do to “improve”? If you are consistent in everything you do, and you are accurate, that’s what really matters – unless you are doing something such as Kyudo archery, in which case following the ritualistic forms means a lot.
Check out this video of Byron Ferguson. I bet he does it differently than the woman in the video you linked to – yet he gets the same desired results.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxS8W7lWMU&mode=related&search=
By the way, in Olympic style archery and when using compound bows, it is relatively very easy to make the “impossible shots” – especially when you can hold that string at full draw for over three minutes.
Learning Archery – How An Archer Should Stand
