Asbell

[Terry Lightle]

Ray
Point gotten across with a lot of CLASS

[Terry Green]

Been out of town...glad to see this thread continue on a positive note....

   

[Roger Norris]

quote:Originally posted by Terry Green:
Been out of town...glad to see this thread continue on a positive note....

   

[toddster]

Ok, mr. Asbell has assisted in getting some new people into this great sport, and his stalking books are great.  We need to focus on helping this guy shoot.  A great many of us have been dong this for longtime, and have are own way of doing the shot (usually because we are all built different).  Let's break it down.
First, we need to focus on the one thing I believe we all can agree is the whole enchilada, the form.  A great many of us know, that learning to "swing" draw from the begining can add to the challenge and frustraion, so how to we minimize it. We break it down.
Stand 6-10 yards from backstop, raise the bow, draw straight back and hit anchor, hold and squeeze back muscles (rhomboids)and with the bak muscle (push/pull) we draw the fingers off the string staight back (release).  Once we in grain the "feel" of the shot, we can add more dynamics to it.
Ok, we have shot every day or every other with 10-25 shots using one arrow, are form is feeling pretty solid, now we add a dynamic beginning.
ONLY AFTER WE SPENT A WEEK OR TWO IN GRAINING FORM!  WE stand at 10 yards, with bow on are side, we slowly raise the bow up, as we draw with equal speed, once the arrow is level to ground and the draw is roughly halfway to anchor point, we "pre-aim" (this is why we practice the form, at this point it is the same as the weeks before). We continue the draw staight back, to anchor and let the shot happen.
We want to stand close, to not have any worries.  We want the arrow's to be level to ground, to ensure good form (aiming at a block on ground causes some to lean into shot and mess's form up).  Now we repeat this slow draw into the "pre-aim" and continue back, until it is in grained.  Roughly about a month of shooting.  At this point you will be amazed at how good you shoot.  AS long as you "pre-aim", get bow up (steady), arrow drawing straight back, you should be "cutting feathers" in no time.  From this point, you will focus on more accuracy and move back.  The speed of "drawing", will come with alot more arrow's shot.  Remember this, "Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast"!  Fast draw comes with time and arrows shot!  Better to be slow and smooth and hit your mark, than fast and miss.

[riivioristo]

Hi

My nickel here is, that barebow shooting in my opinion is VERY dependable of your personal/physical/even personality matters. My good is your bad perhaps and vice versa. To me for example three under draw has never worked (about 20 years recurve/longbow shooting behind and pretty much all kind of techniques tried here    ) and still many people enjoy shooting that way. I wonder how they can    :D    :D
And what comes to mr. Asbell - to me he is a living legend, whose writings have been very important when I have learned to shoot with bow and arrow - my style is not exactly his, but his detailet writings have been enjoyable and informative so much so, that I read and re read his writings and find usually a new pointer I have missed/forgotten previously.

[Terry Green]

I'd like to thank everyone that emailed me before and during my vacation for their support of keeping this thread civil.

Also, I'd like to thank all those that bought "The Bowhunters of Tradgang.com" DVD as a result of this thread.