Learn Archery with Recurve Bow

Lesson learnt when selecting a recurve bow. Among considerations are a bow length and a person's draw weight that can give the optimum shooting. Here, the notes are for take down recurve bows where there is the riser, string, upper limbs and lower limbs. Wasn't it obvious you needed these basic components? Here is a recurve bow where the arrow is being release. Lets start by determining the draw length. DRAW LENGTH Here is a simplified table based on your draw length to determine the bow length; Draw length ... Bow length 14-16 inches..................48 inches 17-20 inches..................54 inches 20-22 inches..................58 inches 22-24 inches..................62 inches 24-26 inches..................64-66 inches 26-28 inches..................66-68 inches 28-30 inches..................68-70 inches 31 inches and longer...........70-72 inches Bow length is the measure from tip to tip of a bow without string. To find your draw length do the following; Me...

 Most of the practises are with the target on the ground about 12 metres away. After many months of training on shooting form, it came to my attention that the arms were not in line due to the aim being lowered towards the ground. It was out of ignorance, and I did not understand what were the comments were about in the beginning. Thanks to Jason Mills, as it started with the prompt to "save your shoulders", that led me to read further what were people commenting about. Martha managed to compensate this by bending at the hips, whereas I moved the bow arms downwards. From experienced archer advices and references online, my approach may lead to injuries and prevents good shooting form. As you can see from the photos, there is much difference between our 2 postures. Have been taking some effort on correcting the posture. Its easier said than done to bend at the hips as adviced in articles and online tutorials. The first helpful video I watched is by David Nguyen , that provided...