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Offline nhbuck1

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open stance
« on: August 24, 2016, 05:15:00 PM »
will a too open of a stance cause a bad shot? how do you know your shoulders are paralell to the target?
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Re: open stance
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2016, 05:21:00 PM »
If your shoulders are parallel to the target you directly facing it. That's not good. You want to be perpendicular to the target, somewhere in between would be an open stance.
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Re: open stance
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2016, 05:23:00 PM »
Or what Roy from Pa put up.   :thumbsup:   I have a hard time explaining stuff.
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Re: open stance
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2016, 05:38:00 PM »
i believe this is why my shot is collapsing my shoulders are facing way to the left like a 45 degree angle
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Re: open stance
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2016, 06:31:00 PM »
I think you explained it perfectly Ron. One has to know the definition of parallel and perpendicular though.
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Re: open stance
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2016, 07:04:00 PM »
oops, double post...

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Re: open stance
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2016, 07:05:00 PM »
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I think collapsing is more a result of loss of back tension.

An open stance is a good stance but usually a person finds they naturally gravitate to one stance over the others.

There are pros's and cons of each stance:  Open, Neutral and Closed.

If you have good form you will be able to shoot them all.

Shooting the stickbow is a good book on all of this and I think you would enjoy the book as many of your good questions have answers within the contents of the book.

  http://www.shootingthestickbow.com/  

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Re: open stance
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2016, 02:40:00 PM »
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