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Offline Arrowcraft

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shot placment
« on: October 16, 2015, 03:46:00 PM »
shooting left hand , with new 52# tall tine but now and then arrows hitting to the right of bull any ideas ? release? anchor?

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Re: shot placment
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2015, 03:40:00 PM »
Your issue is the same as a right handed shooter missing to the left.  Many possible form issues could be causing it, and a few possible equipment issues.  I guess if you only have a few arrows occasionally hitting to the right, it's probably not an equipment issue.  These are some of the possibilities as to why you might occasionally hit to the right, but there are others:

1.  Inconsistent anchor
2.  Inconsistent head position or moving head on release
3.  Not always keeping bow arm shoulder down
4.  Occasionally torquing the bow or the string
5.  Arrow has moved away from strike plate before release, possibly caused by your fingers twisting the arrow nock as you draw the bow
6.  Inconsistent shoulder alignment with target
7.  Occasionally focusing on arrow tip rather than target
8.  Jerking or pulling release rather than smooth release (this is different from plucking, which would throw your arrow the other way)

You could try making a video and sending it to us, but this would probably only work if you happened to catch one shot going right on a video, and another one with the shot going in the center, so we could see the difference.
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