arm guard do I really need it?

[flyguysc]

I have gaps in my shooting,like five years or so and then the bug hits and I'm back @ it.The older I get the more difficult it becomes to remember the ins and outs of shooting a longbow so I kinda have to start over and start from the beginning.I have been shooting again four about six weeks, every day and sometimes I forget to put on my arm guard.The weather been so warm here i practice in a t- shirt.I know that with a jacket I would need one. Just curious if I might be holding the bow wrong.Accuracy is okay.

[reddogge]

Shooting in a jacket or long sleeves I have a tendency to hit my sleeve once in a while with the string so I wear one. I read when others are afraid of a carbon arrow shattering but I do it for the sleeve thing. I don't like the heavy leather bracers but wear a lighter one.

[flyguysc]

yea I can see that not to mention the heavy leather ones make you sweat. Very uncomfortable.

[highlow]

Use one out of habit. If the string is going to scrape my arm it will be while shooting one of my longbows. Don't seem to have a problem with the recurves. Different hand positions.
Come cold weather, it's almost a necessity because of the layers of clothing. Don't want to make a bad shot because the string caught on a jacket sleeve.