Form Master???

[The Hawk]

I have seen this in 3R and seen the discussion on how to make one but, I don't understand what it is supposed to teach you to do?  Do you shoot the bow with this thing on? I am a little Cornfused? Thanks

[reddogge]

It teaches you to come to a full draw using your back muscles.  You can put an arrow on the bow and it will just sort of fall to the floor on release because the parachute cord stops the forward motion of the string.

[The Hawk]

Thanks.

[The Hawk]

I guess I need to get Masters Of The BareBow III to see how it works.

[grouseshooter002]

Hawk,
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[Dawnpatrol]

Hawk,
I found the Form Master very useful. You don't have to spend money. I built one out of an old strap, some cord, and a few rivets. It works fine and does the trick.

It kicked my butt the first few times I used it. I found out that I wasn't pulling through my anchor during the shot. My bow arm and sting finger should would jump all over the place when I released.  I practiced with it for a bit and got to the point where the bow arm and sting finger shoulder did not move when I released. Only then was I was acheiving postive pull thru.

What was unexpected was that the bow started to jump toward the target and out of my hand. My alignement was much better, the bow became quiter, and the speed and stablility of arrow flight are better.  All together, the form master is a good thing to try.

[Pete Darby]

It can be very useful.  I will break it out for others to try sometimes if they are interested enough in proper alignement.  While the form master itself didn't really help much since I already was pulling with back tension and releasing while pulling, it did confirm that I was doing it right.  I did find a small but critical mistake I was making in the accompanying book that was causing some shoulder pain.  But now that is gone and I am continue to improve.