creeping on the shot

[Lee Lobbestael]

does anyone have a good method to prevent creeping before release? I tend to shoot good for several days and then I start to creep before I release. So I go back to a clicker for awhile and when I go back I shoot decent again for a few days but then begin to creep again and pluck the string. Any Ideas. not sure if blind bale would fix this because it seems like a form of tp

[Lee Lobbestael]

I guess I should add that the method of shooting I mentioned above involves what I hesitate to call a dead release, but my hand does remain where it is after the release

[2Blade]

Pull through and touch your shoulder. Some people think its too dramatic but I think im more consistent pulling to a certain spot on the shoulder then I would be just pulling through the shot with no where for my hand to go that would cause a pluck.

[LongStick64]

Go back to the bale and focus on your back when you get to anchor. One drill I do to get that focus on not creeping is draw to anchor, count to three and pull a little back with your back, just a bit, and then let down. Teach yourself that you need to keep pulling not anchoring and stopping which usually leads to collapsing.

[Lee Lobbestael]

thanks guys I'll try that. 2 blade I have shot with the pull through and shoulder touch technique but found that I can still manage to creep.

[Flingblade]

Try word association.  When you get to anchor start to say a mantra like "keep pullin', keep pullin', keep pullin'" over and over until the shot goes off.  I repeat this in my head and continue the pull through until the cock feather touches the tip of my nose; then I release.  Works for me.  This was described by Joel Turner in MBB4 and has solved my tp problems.  Good luck!

[Chris Wilson]

Originally posted by Lee Lobbestael:
thanks guys I'll try that. 2 blade I have shot with the pull through and shoulder touch technique but found that I can still manage to creep.

If you're creeping, there's no way you're using proper back tension and pulling through the shot.  LongStick64 hit it on the head.

[longbowguy]

A lot of good archers shot well with a dead release, or a deadish one. It might help to realize that if you try to hold the full weight of your draw with a fixed effort, you are likely to creep as your back muscles fatigue a bit. The trick is to increase your effort as you hold. You don't have to keep moving back, just increase the effort so you can continue to hold, until the shot goes off. - lbg

I’m of the opinion that the bale is the only place/method to cure your difficulty. Total focus on the rhomboid.

 The mantra, and feather nose-touch, will work, but it’s the same as a clicker, but of another kind.  It’s not a cure, but rather provides a different stimulus to shoot.