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Author Topic: Bad Draw = Bad Shoulder  (Read 138 times)

Offline tracker12

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Bad Draw = Bad Shoulder
« on: March 12, 2013, 09:09:00 PM »
When I started shooting traditional again last spring I noticed the shoulder of my bow arm was really giving me problems high in the back.  I'd stop shooting for awhile and it would get better. As soon as I started up again shoulder pain again.  I was thinking the trad thing was not gong to work until I realized it was my bad draw that was causing the problem.  Come to find out instead of pulling straight back with my shoulders I was kind of pulling out away from my body with my arm and then moving into my anchor position.  Puling away was putting pressure of my left shoulder.  I have always did this with my compound shooting but was able to get away with it.  Not so with the recurve.  Not only was I hurting my shoulder I was getting very inconsistent arrow flight since I was plucking the string on release.  Glad with a little help on this board I was able to figure it out before I ended up at the orthopedics again.
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Offline Flying Dutchman

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Re: Bad Draw = Bad Shoulder
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2013, 04:01:00 PM »
Yup, I noticed that typical draw you describe very often with compound archers. You can't do that with traditional bows.
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