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Main Boards => The Shooters FORM Board => Topic started by: Pokerdaddy on October 23, 2012, 07:38:00 AM
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Last night I was consistently shooting 4" high at 10 yards with two bows that had been dead on.
I'm thinking one of two things happened: either something crept into my form/release or I'm having some muscle issues from raking leaves the day before and compensating for some muscle tweaks.
What could be some form/release issues to look at that could have me shooting high?
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Could be several things. Maybe the first thing to look at would be your anchor and head position. A slight change in either one could throw your arrow 4" high or low at 10 yards.
If your arm or shoulder was sore from raking it could cause you to drop your string elbow and give a slight downward pull on the nock end of the arrow on release, which could tilt the arrow up and cause a high miss. When I made this comment in another post, someone responded that they had low misses when they dropped their string elbow, so this is probably an individual thing, like so many things are in archery.
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Originally posted by McDave:
Could be several things. Maybe the first thing to look at would be your anchor and head position. A slight change in either one could throw your arrow 4" high or low at 10 yards.
If your arm or shoulder was sore from raking it could cause you to drop your string elbow and give a slight downward pull on the nock end of the arrow on release, which could tilt the arrow up and cause a high miss. When I made this comment in another post, someone responded that they had low misses when they dropped their string elbow, so this is probably an individual thing, like so many things are in archery.
Aha! I've been shooting high off and on the last few months. My left to right is spot on, but when I'm high it's a good 6" high. I came to the conclusion that the problem was with my bow arm but didn't know exactly why.
Today I was shooting and decided to relax my arm just enough for a slight bend in the elbow which also relaxed my shoulder. I think I've been over extending my bow arm (elbow and shoulder) coming to 29.5" instead of my normal 29" draw. Once I concentrated on my bow arm I was shooting much better.
After doing a search just now, this post seems to confirm my suspicions and gives me a reason for the arrow flying high. I couldn't get my head around a high arrow with a dropping bow arm but this makes sense.
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Finger pressure on the string
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All good information here. I've had issues with shooting high lately, and especially so today. Remembered to concentrate on keeping my head/neck upright, in line with my spine, bringing the string to my eye instead of hunching down to aim... worked instantly.
Just one of the possibilities, as has been mentioned.
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I would ask, what is your method of aim?
Explain in as much detail as possible.