Shooting Form - Picture Test

[AlanF]

[bowslinger]

AlanF.

Overall, your form looks pretty good to me.  One thing you might try is to open up your stance.  A closed stance for a right-handed shooter is when you stand perpendicular to the target with the toes of both feet approxmately even. In your photo, your left foot appears to be at least a foot's length ahead of your right foot.  An open stance is where the toes of your left foot are about even with the middle of the arch of the right foot, or possibly even farther back.  If you are shooting very good groups, I would not change it.  However, a more open stance will allow you greater clearance if you are wearing bulky (think winter) clothes.  you can also play with turning the toes of your left foot toward the target a little.

A few other things to try include lowering your right elbow just an inch or so.  It  may or may not help.  The other thing is to photograph yourself while at full draw from the front and the back to see if your right elbow is aimed out from your shoulder, which would indicate a lack of back tension.  It is hard to tell back tension from the photo.
Mike

[AllenR]

It's hard to tell from the photo, but is your bow arm elbow locked?

If so you might try straightening it a bit.  It will get it out of the way of the string a bit more.

[McDave]

Did you mean bending, AllenR?

[dragonheart]

Try to focus on bending your bow arm some, you looked locked out.  One way is to focus on a low and back bow shoulder.  You are very closed with your stance.  Point your drawing arm shoulder at the target.  I believe you are shooting such a closed stance due to your bow arm issue.  Watch Howard Hill shoot on this site nad stop the action.  You are very extended with bowarm, that is what I would work on first.

[AlanF]

Thanks guys.  I was surprised how locked my elbow looked.  Nothing like a picture or video to see what your doing.  

Alan

[mambashooter]

Who I am to judge...I just try and hit the target..