Dropping My Bow Arm. Any Fixes?

Great to see so much improvement in such a short time.  Congratulations!  I'll bet the groups have really tightened up too.    

 

[Koko Bow]

The groups are very nice.....at 5 yards.  I am excited!  Question, my arrows are 30" long and I have some overhang of about 3 " off the front of the bow.  I am 6'4".  Should there (ideally) be less arrow hanginfg over the front?

[jacobsladder]

koko....the question on the arrow length....it all depends on your anchor point and how consistant it is....youve definitely made a big improvement.... in my opinion ..at your height you should probably be drawing back another 2-3" and finding a bone on bone anchor... we need to get that elbow back down and in line with the arrow...that may require a lighter pound bow.....This is just my opinion.....Terry and Rod will definitely point you in the right direction.

Arrow length usually doesn't matter, but I suspect there's a little more to consider in your situation.

I can't tell from the angle in the video, but it doesn't appear that you're getting full extension.  Looks to me like your holding at full draw with your bicep rather than your back.

If you'd have someone get above and behind you (from a step ladder maybe) and film another video we could tell for sure.

*Refer to the diagram at the top of the page.

Again... you're doing GREAT!

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Koko Bow:
Question, my arrows are 30" long and I have some overhang of about 3 " off the front of the bow.  I am 6'4".  Should there (ideally) be less arrow hanginfg over the front?

Don't worry about that right yet...let's fix one thing at a time and get that 'anticipation' as Rod called it under control.  And yes, what Rod said about not touching the bow for a week,  visualization can do wonders.

We'll put that extra arrow length to work later by getting full extension, and fine tune your alignment.

I like hearing your enthusiasm as well!!!