Post by grandpawrichard on Feb 15, 2007 12:36:27 GMT -5
I had a new archer stop by yesterday for lessons on how to shoot his new bow properly and accurately.
The very first thing I saw was that his draw length set up is WAY TOO LONG for him.
I gave him some lessons, even though his draw length was way to long. By the end of his first One Hour lesson he was grouping his arrows in a 3" group, his form was pretty darned decent and he only had a couple of fliers that he created by pulling the shot!
I had him take the bow back to the shop that he bought it at and tell them to take at least 1" out of the draw length ( his bow will not go any shorter than 1" on the major settings.) I also told him to have them Short Post the draw length so that he would loose another 1/2" approximately.
Here is what I saw:
The shop disagreed with my wanting him to have the draw length shortened. But he Insisted because I am trying to teach him and he respects my opinion. The shop Would Not Short Post the draw length for him. They told him that that would not be possible.:confused2: :set1_thinking:
They did however put a DLoop on his bow for him, because if you look closely at the photo you will see that he is shooting off the string.
He will be back on Tuesday afternoon for another hour's worth of lessons and shooting. When he comes over I will take a photo of his new draw length to post here. Do you think that it would be better for him to have me short post his cams to shorten the draw length a touch more?
dick
The very first thing I saw was that his draw length set up is WAY TOO LONG for him.
I gave him some lessons, even though his draw length was way to long. By the end of his first One Hour lesson he was grouping his arrows in a 3" group, his form was pretty darned decent and he only had a couple of fliers that he created by pulling the shot!
I had him take the bow back to the shop that he bought it at and tell them to take at least 1" out of the draw length ( his bow will not go any shorter than 1" on the major settings.) I also told him to have them Short Post the draw length so that he would loose another 1/2" approximately.
Here is what I saw:
The shop disagreed with my wanting him to have the draw length shortened. But he Insisted because I am trying to teach him and he respects my opinion.
The shop Would Not Short Post the draw length for him. They told him that that would not be possible.:confused2: :set1_thinking: They did however put a DLoop on his bow for him, because if you look closely at the photo you will see that he is shooting off the string.
He will be back on Tuesday afternoon for another hour's worth of lessons and shooting. When he comes over I will take a photo of his new draw length to post here.
Do you think that it would be better for him to have me short post his cams to shorten the draw length a touch more?dick
).This may be attributed to his low anchor but I don't see it. You shorten his DL on that short AtA bow and he'll be looking through that peep a pretty fair distance from his eye. If a loop was added, then I would certainly consider shortening it some to get his draw arm level. If he did have the DL shortened an inch and then added a loop, his draw arm may indeed straighten out some but he will still be short on the draw a bit. IMO of course. Got to remember that with a shorter AtA bow, the DL may need to be a tad longer to get the peep a bit closer to the eye. But the NUMBER ONE thing to always consider is COMFORT!!!! OH yeah, one more thing, LOSE THE RUBBER TUBING!!! 
