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Post by: JKEEN33 on June 08, 2011, 11:21:37 PM
I use an arm guard to keep my sleeve clear.
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Post by: Instinct on June 09, 2011, 12:39:25 AM
if your slapping your arm freqently trying opening your hand, generaly will releave bow torque and more forearm out of the way. but like carp said with baggie clothing i do wear one to keep it out of the way.:yeah: otherwise its just another tool to be messing wth, however i sould get a new one cuz mine gets loose on me sometimes
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Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 09, 2011, 10:48:09 AM
Your elbow should always be locked. Hand relaxed and elbow turned out. If you bend the elbow you will never have the same shot. I hear this all the time and bending the elbow is how a bow shop gets a misfit bow to work for you. A locked arm is going to be the same length every shot a bent elbow is going to change with every shot.???
I use an arm guard to keep my sleeve clear.
"locked" ?? must be why I dont hit 100% of the time :chuckle:
But when shooting my recurve it is a fluid motion from raising the bow, pulling the string and pushing the bow forward, when I hit anchor, ..I release and follow through.
Arm is not "locked" or I would hit my forearm, but it is fully extended...... :twocents:
quit using an arm guard because I needed the painful reminder that if I hit my arm, I was turning my wrist out .
Post by: Elkrunner on June 09, 2011, 10:52:21 AM
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Post by: JKEEN33 on June 09, 2011, 02:17:45 PM
Your elbow should always be locked. Hand relaxed and elbow turned out. If you bend the elbow you will never have the same shot. I hear this all the time and bending the elbow is how a bow shop gets a misfit bow to work for you. A locked arm is going to be the same length every shot a bent elbow is going to change with every shot.???
I use an arm guard to keep my sleeve clear.
"locked" ?? must be why I dont hit 100% of the time :chuckle:
But when shooting my recurve it is a fluid motion from raising the bow, pulling the string and pushing the bow forward, when I hit anchor, ..I release and follow through.
Arm is not "locked" or I would hit my forearm, but it is fully extended...... :twocents:
quit using an arm guard because I needed the painful reminder that if I hit my arm, I was turning my wrist out .
From an olympic coach "Lock your arm and lean against the wall and see how long you will last, then bend your elbow and try and hold yourself at the same spot and see how long you last"
Lock your elbow, turn it out and unless you are double jointed you will not hit your arm. Recurve may be different, but with my compound, my arm is pointed down at my target before I start the draw.
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 09, 2011, 02:39:45 PM
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This is an argument that keeps popping up year after year. There is a simple technique that avoids all of the confusion, is intuitive, and results in the most biomechanically sound solution. Stand with your side (bow arm) to an open door with an imaginary line through your shoulders aligned with the door frame. Relax your arm at your side and lift it to about the height that it would be while aiming. Relax the wrist and place the palm of your hand against the edge of the door frame. You should be standing arms length away from the door so that you are relaxed with your arm extended and hand against the frame. Now lift your foot on the bow arm side. This should cause you to put body weight into your bow arm. Adjust the bow arm position so that you hold the weight with the least effort and most stability. Now slide your support foot a few more inches away from the door and get the same position of your bow arm and check. The support for the weight against the door frame should come from alignment of the bones in your arm and shoulder more than muscles. This is the position that you should use when shooting. Whether you call it straight or bent is irrelevant. In truth, no one ever has a completely straight or locked elbow. Generally, hyper-extension is not good. The goal is to find the most efficient alignment of YOUR skeleton to support the force of the draw with the least muscle effort possible. This is the foundation of good shooting. Too many coaches and shooters cling to terminology and techniques that confuse and are not always effective because that’s what they were taught. Good common sense and a very basic understanding of physics and bio-mechanics usually leads to simple solutions. FYI, my credentials are a B.S. in Kinesiology, M.S. in motor behavior with emphasis in bio-mechanics, former Sport Science consultant to the NAA coaches committee, former member of the USOC and NAA Sport Science Committees, and 20 years of archery experience. Leonard G. Caillouet
Post by: Kain on June 09, 2011, 02:52:38 PM
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Post by: JKEEN33 on June 09, 2011, 05:20:12 PM
Well, according to a different source...QuoteThis is an argument that keeps popping up year after year. There is a simple technique that avoids all of the confusion, is intuitive, and results in the most biomechanically sound solution. Stand with your side (bow arm) to an open door with an imaginary line through your shoulders aligned with the door frame. Relax your arm at your side and lift it to about the height that it would be while aiming. Relax the wrist and place the palm of your hand against the edge of the door frame. You should be standing arms length away from the door so that you are relaxed with your arm extended and hand against the frame. Now lift your foot on the bow arm side. This should cause you to put body weight into your bow arm. Adjust the bow arm position so that you hold the weight with the least effort and most stability. Now slide your support foot a few more inches away from the door and get the same position of your bow arm and check. The support for the weight against the door frame should come from alignment of the bones in your arm and shoulder more than muscles. This is the position that you should use when shooting. Whether you call it straight or bent is irrelevant. In truth, no one ever has a completely straight or locked elbow. Generally, hyper-extension is not good. The goal is to find the most efficient alignment of YOUR skeleton to support the force of the draw with the least muscle effort possible. This is the foundation of good shooting. Too many coaches and shooters cling to terminology and techniques that confuse and are not always effective because that’s what they were taught. Good common sense and a very basic understanding of physics and bio-mechanics usually leads to simple solutions. FYI, my credentials are a B.S. in Kinesiology, M.S. in motor behavior with emphasis in bio-mechanics, former Sport Science consultant to the NAA coaches committee, former member of the USOC and NAA Sport Science Committees, and 20 years of archery experience. Leonard G. Caillouet
I would agree with this. He says the bones should be supporting the weight not the muscle. Call it locked, straigt or whatever it's not a bent arm.
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