Cant, stance, and alignment

[tradhunterRN]

Have been lurking on the form forum for a bit now and reading Terry's form clock over and over. After piecing it all together this is the conclusion about cant and alignment that I have come up with and just want to know if I am on target here.

If I let my bow take a slight cant as it naturally does when pointing at the target, do I have to bend slightly at the waist to line up with the bow/string? Ensuring that I keep full expansion of course, moving nothing else but the waist.

[reddogge]

Not necessarily. A slight cant won't affect much.If you see guys on the range all bent over they don't look at all comfortable.

[Green]

If you're shooting with the proper grip on the bow, things will most likely take a natural cant at anchor due to the orientation of your string hand on your face.  This is a good thing as you're shooting pretty much torque free.

[njloco]

I usually do shoot pretty much straight up, but when I cant the bow a little, I do tilt my head a little also. I only bend at the waist if I have to cant a lot, this keeps everything aligned.

[Terry Green]

You have to make sure everything is still aligned.  Like your string hand...so, you have to cant your string hand some way as to not put a Z torque on the string.

If you want to cant at the waist, no problem.  I cant an bend at the waist...and I'm all comfy cozy doing so and don't really care 'how I look' ....and shoot my best that way(my back yard shot).


 Maybe because my style is more of an athletic maneuver than a methodical process, so that's why I'm more in an athletic position.