Help with release and finish

[cofen380]

You could check out Jake Kaminskis videos on release. He talks about trying to think about using your jaw or anchor point as the pivot point to keep your release high and moving back and behind your head.

Oh yeah I’ve watched a ton of his videos and they’re definitely helpful. I’ve learned a lot from his content


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[Wilderlife]

Not to hijack the thread but I always read every trad post just to pick up tips on form as I’m new to trad. Your tip about “elbow to tailbone” improved my shooting so much it’s crazy. Just wanted to say this as it was something I wasn’t conscious about at all before.

Glad I could help, mate, but Tom Clum is the one that needs the credit. Haha.

I find the 'elbow to tailbone' tip, as well as a really deep hook, helps my hand go where it needs to at release.

 

[Beendare]

I see a few guys with an exaggerated followthrough...it seems to me they are trying too hard.

I was guilty of that for awhile.

FWIW, I started shooting more consistently when I started concentrating more on back tension and a solid bow arm...and not worrying about where my hand was going.

 

[Wilderlife]

Of course, but where your hand goes can be a good indication of whether you are in good back tension, you are collapsing, or your tension is going in the right direction.

When Tom was watching me he said I was clearly in good back tension but the final part of my shoot was likely a bit of shoulder pull, and my hook not being deep enough was resulting in my hand coming away from my face a lot more, going slightly down, and then coming around. This was giving me erratic results at the target because my hand was kind of plucking the string a little bit.

Having my elbow come around properly is just an indication that I'm pulling properly and my tension is going where I need it to be.

You're absolutely right though in that plenty of people think a dynamic looking follow through is how things need to be, and that's also true in the compound world. I've seen plenty of people punch a thumb trigger, or consciously open their fingers on the string and give a collapse, only to have their hand come way back around and touch the back of their head or their shoulder. "You need to have two anchor points - one at the start and one at the finish".