Anchor Issue

[2Blade]

Guys im having some trouble getting a secure and repeatable anchor. I anchor with my middle finger in the corner of my mouth and my thumb knuckle on my ear lobe shooting split finger style. It works but I tend to over draw I know this because my clicker tells me. I seem to always over draw in to the click so I have to ease up a little so it will disengage then try to anchor again. I can see this being real trouble on game. I cant really go higher on my face because of my glasses. Any idea to correct this problem?

[McDave]

How do you know that your clicker is set in the right place?  Maybe you're trying to come to full draw, but your clicker is set too short?  Full draw should be when your drawing forearm is in line with the arrow, viewed from above.

[McDave]

You're using part of Rick Welch's anchor system, which is the thumb knuckle on the ear lobe.  You may want to consider dropping the finger in the corner of the mouth and adopting the other half of his anchoring system, which is the nose touching the back of the cock feather.  Precisely setting the location of the feathers on the arrow shaft allows you to come to a consistent draw length, and then you should be able to do away with the clicker.

[xtrema312]

Originally posted by McDave:
How do you know that your clicker is set in the right place?  Maybe you're trying to come to full draw, but your clicker is set too short?  Full draw should be when your drawing forearm is in line with the arrow, viewed from above.

Yep    Check your form first.  I have been there.  I now have another 1 1/2" of draw.  

I use the thumb knuckle and then the index up under my jaw bone.  It works well for me.  I have tried the feather to nose, but I get string to cheek contact with that.

[Roy Steele]

Touch a tooth then move you clicker to match.

[Ragnarok Forge]

Touch a tooth and adjust the clicker.  If you can pull past the clicker that far it is set wrong.  Anchoring on the corner of the mouth can be tough.  It tends to move around some.  Anchor on a top tooth or do what McDave said.  Both will work.

[s_mcflurry]

Maybe it's not your anchor at all.  Maybe it's your bow arm.  An over extended bow arm also leads to overdraw.

[Quinn]

Don't forget, in all of this, you need to have a repeatable head position. You can bring your head to the arrow, hit all these previously mentioned anchors and short draw. Same on head rotation. If you don't fully rotate your face towards the target you'll draw farther to hit those same anchors. Check your head position for consistency,

[Jim Wright]

When you use the corner of your mouth and your ear lobe as anchor points you are using soft tissue and making a hard, consistent anchor difficult to achieve. Just a suggestion but a particular tooth on the upper jaw, which cannot move and the point at the rear of your jaw bone may serve you better.