Nephew has picked up the bare bow!

[razorsharptokill]

He's 15 1/2. He has never shot a bow or gun really. No bad habits! In a matter of minutes he was shooting groups at 5 yards then 10 yards.

It was really neat to see the basics I was teaching him, come together.

I have an old #39 Hoyt Pro Medalist and it shoots like a dream. I think I'll give it to him if he stays after it. I'm trying to get him to register here so he can learn from the masses too.

He is really into the hunting shows and asks me questions about shooting and hunting all the time. I'm really excited about getting him out in the woods this year! I'll try to get some pics of his form and post them.

Just had to brag....

[razorsharptokill]

 Here's one clip. This bow has a plastic elevated rest and he really has trouble with the arrow rolling of the rest some times. The string is an older one. It has those no glove rubber tubes. Could that be the problem? It doesn't happen every time but it is always when he approaches his anchor point.

 
Got any pointers for him? This kid is a blank canvas. I'd like to make sure he can correct the string roll problem. He's really frustrated about it.

[razorsharptokill]

TTT. Anyone care to add their input????

[Grant Young]

RAZORSHARP-if he's having trouble with the dreaded roll-off you might suggest a good deep hook on the string and ask him to relax his hand, wrist, and forearm and initiate his draw by pushing back with his elbow. I taught three sons and their friends to shoot and this image usually helped with the problem. I've never seen a new shooter that didn't experience this problem to some lesser or greater degree. Hope it helps and way to go-gett'em young.   Grant

[razorsharptokill]

Thank you. It seems to be improving. I put a new string on his bow(w/o the rubber rollers). I need to get him a glove that fits him. He's been shooting with out a glove but he AND his fingers will be much happier with one.

Thanks for responding and for the advice.

[razorsharptokill]

Update: he's now moved up to my old 45lb Pearson Cougar. The finger roll problem improved but he still has a problem with it at about 2/3's draw some times.

His shots have all been going high but are usually in good groups. He said that "it looks like I'm aiming for the spot I pick but it always goes high." I showed him the three under method and instantly his shots are right where he looks.

He's now shooting kneeling, sitting, and out of my pop up blind too. I think by next year he'll be ready to hunt if that's what he wants.

I'm going to be taking him with me this year to get a feel for it. I'll let him bring his bow along with field points to do some stumping.