Grip question

[Shane H]

So, looking for thoughts on what I could possibly change in my form or bows tiller to keep my nock point down a little. Currently I am at 3/4" high to get good flight. That is 3 under and tried everything from 3/8' positive to 1/8' negative tiller. Currently even. Thanks

[the rifleman]

Just my opinion based on what works for me, but 3/4" when shooting 3 under or crawl is not excessively high.  I was using my nock height to adjust point of impact, but have rethought that and now am tuning to get bareshafts and fletched shafts grouping together vertically as well as horizontally.  For one bow that means just under 3/4" and for another bow it is right about 5/8".  Let your tuning dictate your nock height.

[McDave]

Agree that 3/4” is not unreasonably high for 3 under.  I have also experimented with tiller, and have surprisingly found that changes in tiller don’t have much effect on nock height for level flight.

I have found that taking pressure off the ring finger and increasing pressure on the index finger will drop the nock height needed to get level flight.  Decreasing pressure on the heel of the bow hand and increasing pressure on the V between thumb and fingers also helps.  Since these are also good form changes, you might as well try them to see if they work.  When I made these changes, they dropped my nock height from about 3/4” to 5/8”.

[YosemiteSam]

What's wrong with a higher nocking point?  If the objective is good flight, and you've met that objective, why would you care what it is?

[McDave]

I’ve heard that a lower nocking point is better, and it makes sense to me that the more the power stroke of the bow is directly behind the arrow, the more efficient the bow is going to be (assuming good arrow flight, of course).  Imagine a nock point way up the string: the arrow would be at an angle to the power stroke. The force vector would be pointed one direction and the arrow pointed in another.

That said, is there any difference between a 5/8” nocking point and a 3/4” nocking point?  I doubt it.

[Shane H]

The reason I even care is, I think a lower nock point does seem more efficient. Also after shooting split for 20 years and having a nock point of 1/4' high it just looks weird. I will probably get used to it just wondering if I was missing something. And since I shoot an ILF rig was just curios if there was an adjustment I could make. Thanks for the response!

[Wolftrail]

Agree that 3/4” is not unreasonably high for 3 under.  I have also experimented with tiller, and have surprisingly found that changes in tiller don’t have much effect on nock height for level flight.

I have found that taking pressure off the ring finger and increasing pressure on the index finger will drop the nock height needed to get level flight.  Decreasing pressure on the heel of the bow hand and increasing pressure on the V between thumb and fingers also helps.  Since these are also good form changes, you might as well try them to see if they work.  When I made these changes, they dropped my nock height from about 3/4” to 5/8”.

I have been changing a few things and noticed a difference in changing pressure on fingers and heel of bow.