string hand question

[nhbuck1]

ok so i have a problem when i start drawing my bow back my wrist breaks inwards and my fingers go outwards and its causing string torque, am i allowing to mych pressure on the string with my fingers? can someone please help, my release is the problem in my shooting because of this

[McDave]

If you relax your string hand except for the fingers that are holding the string, it is impossible for your wrists to break in and your fingers to go out.  A relaxed string hand pulls in line with the force of the string, and doesn't torque or cup.  The feeling you should get as you start to draw the bow is that the pulling force is the muscle behind your shoulder blade, and your forearm is just a linked chain connecting your elbow and your string fingers.

My feeling, and I have the impression that Arne may be feeling the same way, is that you may be overthinking things at this point in your archery progress.  Learning traditional archery involves shooting a lot of arrows, and letting your body learn things experientially, non-verbally, based on what feels right and what feels wrong.

It has to be a balance.  Some people go too far in the other direction, and never ask questions or take lessons that could speed their progress.

[Bladepeek]

Check out moebow's post on you tube. He has several there, but there are some dealing specifically with your string hand and keeping it relaxed. If you hand is relaxed, it has to stay straight in line with your string arm.

[Fattony77]

Watching one of Moebow's videos helped me with this. I have to start with consciously making my wrist break OUTWARDS and let the weight of the bow straighten it during the draw. This also helps to turn the arrow into the bow, so I didn't have much worry about the arrow falling off of the shelf any more. Hope this helps.

[nek4me]

Draw with your back, not your arm, and keep your forearm and wrist straight and aligned with the arrow. Try turning just your upper body to facing the target and start your draw using your upper body and continuing with your back muscles until you reach full draw and proper alignment. Your arm, wrist and hand is just a handle and hook. Don't know how you can put too much pressure on the fingers as obviously the weight of the bow will be on them but how you distribute the pressure will make a difference on how clean your release is. Check out some videos on basic form. I would recommend Jeff Kavanagh and there are others recommended on here as well.  Practice your form at close range (5yds) without aiming at a target until it becomes automatic. You can't concentrate on form and aiming at the same time. It will take lots of shots and you will know when you got it together.

[moebow]

Yes, wrist out does SO many GOOD things!!!  opens the tendons for a clean easy release, increases your strength as it puts the wrist and hand in the  strongest position, and puts the elbow behind the arrow.

The only way to get the hand to move out is to put too much tension into the forearm, and it is usually done when the shooter tries to keep the arrow in line with the target.

Wrist OUT!!

Arne

[nhbuck1]

i like the wrist out idea really well but it feels strange should it? also can you do this with a cant?

[nhbuck1]

thank you for all the help guys, this tends to really be a problem for me and sometimes dont catch it until the day is almost over

[moebow]

Kyle,  All things that are different feel strange at first. Stick with it!  Yes, it can be done with a cant; the motion is an out to in drawing movement.  Check the videos.

Arne

[nhbuck1]

is there any exercises i cn do to remember to relax y string hand? amazing how good you can shoot with a relaxed hand not one bad arrow today thanks for the help guys but if anyone know any exercises or routines before the shot that would be great help, thanks again
kyle

[slowbowjoe]

What McDave said ( as always!). I will just add once more; deep hook, in or just in front of the first joint crease. Helps straighten the back of your hand, and your wrist.