Updated form video

[buckhuck]

Thanks to all who responded to my original post on Feb 17.  

I recruited my wife to watch my draw and tell me when I had the correct alignment per Terry's diagram.  Read up a bit on back tension too.  After I got my muscle memory down I started shooting and it feels much better than it did before.  Much more natural.  I don't feel like I am constantly fighting the bow tension with my arm muscles.  Anyway, here it is.  Let me know what you think I could work on.
Thanks
BH

 

[Roy from Pa]

Not too bad, but I don't like how your release hand swings out to the right after the release. Try bringing your release hand straight back and touch your thumb on top of your shoulder in the same place everytime you shoot. JMO though.

[buckhuck]

Roy, I agree with ya, I don't like how my hand swings out like that either.  I didn't realize I was doing it until I saw myself on video.  Thanks for the tip, I will definitely start practicing that.

[SHOOTO8S]

Watching the slomo shot shows why your release hand is flying to the right.

1st....alignment looks excellant! If you look at the slomo shot, you can see the release hand is moving forward at release....that slight collapse is whats causing the pluck. Roys advice of bringing the release hand straight back, untill it touches the shoulder(conclusion) is good, but instead of trying to make it happen...try increasing back tension at anchor...keep pulling, with the back...pull, pull, untill you have "powered up" enough back tension to carry the release straight back to the shoulder without any effort on your part...somewhere in the process(with practice) the subconscious will relax the fingers to effect release, without any conscious thought!....maintain that tension you built at anchor, untill the hand touches shoulder.

With the alignment you have.....fix the collapsing issue and your shooting WILL reach new heights!

[buckhuck]

Thanks a million for the tips guys.  As a newbie I can't tell you how much I appreciate the analysis on my form.  I really want to start off on the right foot and not develop any bad habits from the get go.
Gotta fix my truck tonight, but tomorrow I will start working on my release.

Thanks again!!  

[Terry Green]

Nothing to add.......they gotcha covered!

[buckhuck]

New heights is right!  I went downstairs tonight and shot about 30-40 rounds (I know not a lot) with my eyes closed at close range concentrating hard on what you guys told me.  Increase back tension, carry the release straight through to my shoulder.  Eventually my thumb was resting on my shoulder naturally after the shot.  I can tell a HUGE difference in how the string leaves my fingers.

So what the heck I'll scoot back to about 10 steps (I know its not far but my basement limits me) and see what happens with my eyes open.  My groups start to tighten up a bit so I keep on shooting and look what happened!  

 


 

[SHOOTO8S]

Awesome!! Its boring as heck, but try not moving away from the bale, untill you have the new stuff so ingrained, that you can't remember how you used to do it...I know, I know...its tough not to back up and check how your doing  

[TxMoon]

Awesome you have it down, Congrats way to stick with it!

[Roy from Pa]

Atta boy Buck, keep up the good work.

[Terry Green]

[Dsturgisjr]

Good job buckhuck. There are some great folks on here for sure.

[Brian Krebs]

good job!

 Do note: the wind was hitting your bow! If you use a bow quiver with a quiver full of arrows on it- it can really make your bow arm do the twist.

 I had to laugh at your backstop! No doubt in your mind- your not going to 'miss the broadside of the barn'    

 I am loving these videos  

[Roy from Pa]

Brian, LMAO:)

[buckhuck]

Brian, its all part of my mental game..  Even if I miss the target at LEAST I am hitting the broad side of a barn...   Its doing volumes for my confidence as a new trad shooter.  I have heard there are some people who can't do that. LOL

On another note, how many rounds do you guys think it takes the average person to ingrain a new shooting habit into their form?  
I plan on doing a lot of close blind bale shooting  to get this release nailed down and am just curious what your past experience has been.  

Its gonna take me a while to dig out a path after the storm last week..
 

[Brian Krebs]

Somedays I am happy to hit the side of the barn when I am standing IN it.

Speaking of in the barn- what is that tilting its head and staring at you ???    

It can take a long time to totally ingrain a new form change into your internal computer. I am not sure how long it takes - but normally it will take a byte out of time.  

[SHOOTO8S]

Originally posted by buckhuck:

On another note, how many rounds do you guys think it takes the average person to ingrain a new shooting habit into their form?  [/QUOTE


The experts in matters of the subconscious say 21 days...and I tend to believe them. Most guys get it right for a few shots, or at most a few days and go right back to shooting targets, and then the old method begins creeping back in