How is my shooting form?

[Clem]

Hello, I am new member to this site as well as a beginning traditional archer. I was wondering what advice you could give me? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have been shooting for about a month with my Northern Mist longbow. I don't know if my first post worked correctly. Here are the url's to my videos, thank you.

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 http://s150.photobucket.com/albums/s85/dclementnmu/?action=view¤t=100_0181.flv

[Terry Green]

The alignment looks pretty good to me....as does your release.

[BobCo 1965]

Two things that I notice, first is that there is some collapsing in your bow arm. Put the curser on the knuckles of your bow arm and watch (or watch the pole in relation). Second is that IMO you need to get your head in position before you start to pull back. It looks like you are settling your head into position during and after full draw.

The other thing that I noticed is your camera man/women is not too steady.   :D

[Terry Green]

Bob, I think he's muscling the bow a tad because his bow shoulder is a little low....but I can't be sure.

[BobCo 1965]

Clem, since you said you are a beginner, let me clarify. I understand what Terry is saying, you may want to try to keep the basic "t" as much as possible. Instead of dropping the bow arm and standing in a straight up position to shoot at a target lower then shoulder height, bend a bit at the waist (or drop a left knee a bit). Always keep the same "t" in your stance (shoulders/arms to torso) as consistant as possible. By dropping your bow arm, you will need more muscle to hold the bow steady (it will also through some other things off as well).