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Title: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: wv lungbuster on March 23, 2011, 09:03:00 AM

Do you shoot with your thumb relaxed just pointing up? Or do you use it as an anchor somehow, and what about the pinky finger?

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: Eugene Slagle on March 23, 2011, 09:10:00 AM

Well the back of my thumb closest to the web of my hand is against the back of my jaw bone as a secondary anchor, my pinky is either tucked in or just hanging because I really don't give it much thought but in videos of me it along with the rest of my string hand seems relaxed after the shot.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: BobCo 1965 on March 23, 2011, 09:16:00 AM

I tuck my thumb over my pinky. This is easier to keep consistant and aids in keeping the back of the hand flat and relaxed.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: mark land on March 23, 2011, 09:46:00 AM

I don't know what my thumb and pinky fingers are doing as I don't pay them any mind and they are not in my way when I anchor.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: NJWoodsman on March 23, 2011, 10:03:00 AM

Thumb under jaw (Mediterranean anchor). Pinky is tucked but relaxed.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: wv lungbuster on March 23, 2011, 11:11:00 AM

I tried the thumb over pinky, it felt like I put a lot of tension in my string hand.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: Javi on March 23, 2011, 11:29:00 AM

Hangs naturally

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: BobCo 1965 on March 23, 2011, 03:17:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by wv lungbuster:
I tried the thumb over pinky, it felt like I put a lot of tension in my string hand.

The thumb pad should be just over the pinky finger nail, no further.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: Don Stokes on March 23, 2011, 07:43:00 PM

Do nothing with them; your hand should be as relaxed as possible, with a deep hook on the string.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: Jake Diebolt on March 24, 2011, 12:44:00 PM

My thumb sticks straight up and settles a little behind my temple...weird, I know, but it seems to work for me. I have no idea what my pinky does.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: Stumpkiller on March 24, 2011, 02:09:00 PM

I tuck my thumb into my palm and the knuckle taps the back of my jawbone at anchor.  The pinky is curled.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: bigugly1 on March 25, 2011, 12:09:00 AM

Pinky I have no idea, thumb sits in a natural pocket in my lower jaw.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: monkeyball on March 25, 2011, 04:22:00 PM

Mine just float.....

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: bucksbuouy on April 01, 2011, 07:24:00 PM

I dont know haha

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: LongStick64 on April 03, 2011, 10:30:00 AM

My form really suffered until I moved my thumb out of the way and now use it to solidy my anchor by placing it behind the jaw bone. Previously the thumb would hit my cheek bone and it would become impossible to get to anchor, and I would find myself collapsing at the shot.
The other important aspect of the string hand is to remove tension from it. You want the tension in your back muscles, if you tense up your string hand, you are also tensing up your bicep. Using a hook method you can easily get your thumb out of the way and get a straight string hand and reduce the tension.

Title: Re: String Hand what do you do with your pinky&thumb
Post by: Northwest_Bowhunter on April 04, 2011, 04:15:00 PM

I start out holing my pinky down with my thumb, but as I draw my second anchor is my thumb behind my jaw bone.  At that point I am not even aware I have a pinky.