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Shooting at low targets

 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 me with some assurance where adjustment to shoot low targets can be achieved.

Progress log:

Shooting Easton Inspire 1200 arrows (72cm length) at 12 metres. Casually doing this over weekends with between 4 and 7 rounds of 1 dozen arrows.

Have been focusing on following technique as described at many sites (without the use of a clicker):

  1. Stance. Move to the shooting position, feet apart, arms, should and torso position for consistent shooting form. This seems to deteriorate after the 4th round.
  2. Draw. Raise the bow slightly, with bow resting on the meaty part of palm draw the bow.
  3. Anchor. Position the grip, body, then the draw hand to help execute the shot. This ensures that every shot happens with the draw hand at the same position. Since I use the sight, this helps minimise variations to the shot.
  4. Aim. The slight inhale, and tension of muscles.
  5. Release & follow through. Release the string, relax the fingers and pull the draw elbow back. Maintain a harmonic movement until arrow reach the target.

All said and done, will have to consider to increase height of the target.

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