Let's talk about arm guards

[Tom1954]

Check out the Saunders arm guards.  Very light, all plastic, let's your arm and fabrics breath.  I've been using mine for nearly 40 years, in all kinds of weather and it's still solid.

[Hoosierarcher88]

One of the pieces of equipment i carried over from shooting wheel bows and olympic recurves is my beiter arm guard. I dont generally need it for regular shooting but for hunting i still use it to keep string contact with my sleeve under control.

[Gdpolk]

I made my own because of this.  I can make you one too if you wish.  Also the plastic ones work well in the rain.  I don't get wrist slap but an arm guard does come in handy to keep bulky clothing out of the way.  For this reason my arm guard is a winter months only accessory for me.

[moebow]

bowguy, 

Good hand but pronate elbow more.  Rotate elbow clockwise until elbow is pointing horizontally behind you.  That will take the "meat" of your forearm out of harm's way.  Do NOT roll shoulder, just rotate arm = NO shoulder movement.

Arne

[Bowguy67]

Arne thank you but I’ve got it, it’s part of the taking a picture by yourself thing. I never hit my arm and my shoulder does roll. We actually teach new instructors to look for that.
Actually I reread what I wrote. I said shoulder roll and you’re right it’s not actually the shoulder.
The shoulder can’t actually move once it’s set

[moebow]

 

Arne