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Main Boards => The Shooters FORM Board => Topic started by: YosemiteSam on February 13, 2017, 01:57:00 PM
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Just a quick celebratory word about light-poundage bows. For kicks, I pulled out my wife's 20 pounder on Friday and loosed a few arrows. Since it was ridiculously light, I was able to play around a bit more and pay more attention to every part of how my body moved through the shot. Over the course of about 20 shots, I realized that I had little back tension and almost no follow-through on my release. It didn't take long to fix and I saw a huge improvement in my groups.
It's old wisdom at this point but I'll repeat it. Do form work on a ridiculously-light bow and do it on a regular basis.
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YES, YES, YES!!!!!
For me, this topic is like the old "Rubber Tree Plant" song.
Arne
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I love shooting my wife's 20# bow. Perfect for plinking and form work. Definitely shoot it more than she does!
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I'm convinced also, I just started shooting a 30# bow I made and its helped me hone my skill level 2 fold.Now when I shoot my heavier bows I have a better ingrained idea of the form I need to emulate. More work to be done but I have a better idea how to proceed.
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YES!
I own a 32 lb bow that I use just for form work. It gives me my tightest groups. It is lightweight, easy to use for repetitions and overall a dream to shoot.
If my form goes off, I go back to this bow to get it back on track.
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I'm with you.
Looking for a lighter weight bow for form work (and to give my beat up shoulder a break). Don't know why I haven't done it before now.
Good for you.
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I have dropped about 10 pounds in bow weight for NFAA indoor league shooting this winter. I still shoot tighter groups and more X shots with my limbs that pull 55@29, but not for as many shots. In the course of <20 arrows, I can be more accurate with heavier limbs, but if I'm shooting more than 75 shots or so, my 43 or even 46@29 limbs really shine.
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I went to a lower poundage bow because of shoulder issues, and to my surprise it shoots/hits the spot as good or better than my high poundage rocket launcher. It's amazing how one can tune arrows of lower spine to a low poundage bow and get the same results and my shoulder appreciates it.Been working on a test kit from Surewood shafts and settled on a 45-50 spine shaft and the results are pleasing. (http:// [url=http://imgur.com/mTNHlM3] [img]http://i.imgur.com/mTNHlM3.jpg)[/url] [/IMG]