Low vs high wrist

[BAK]

18 degrees of angle between the string and the grip.  

Here's why.   Take a straight broom handle and hold it in your hand, with your index finger extended pointing at the target.  Now have someone take a picture of that.

That right there is your natural point at a target.  Anything more or less than that requires you to rock your hand forward or rearward to achieve such point.  Your results may vary.

[mahantango]

Listen to Kirk. A low to medium wrist grip is physically much stronger. Ever do push-ups using stands or dips on parallel bars? Where do you hold the pressure? I bet it's not on the web of your hand.

[bowfanatik]

Originally posted by Kirkll:
The advantage of a medium wrist angle over a high wrist is that you can shoot heavier draw weights much longer without extending your wrist.

With a high wrist most of the pressure is applied to the web in your hand. This method can be very accurate with target weight bows, but your wrist gets tired with heavier weights and you begin to collapse your wrist as you get tired and your pressure point on the grip shifts lower....This will cause inconsistency.

I prefer a medium grip with a nice flat spot for my thumb pad to settle into the same every time.

60# is it to much for high wrist ?
100 arrows per day

[achigan]

I'm a visual learner, can anyone post images of different sizes, styles(low/high wrist) etc. so I can understand the difference?

[bowfanatik]

This is high , i guess ....
     

On the draw is metric measures 61,6 mm and  41.3

[Orion]

There is no agreed upon definition for what constitutes low, medium and high wrist.  Some are higher, lower than others, but what is a high wrist to some is a medium to others, etc. I'd consider the bow pictured above a medium wrist. Some might even consider it low on a recurve.  Just need to try different styles to see if there's one you like best.  

I shoot mostly low, straight/flat wrist longbows, but have a few recurves that have what i consider medium wrists.  Don't have any difficulty moving from one to the other.  YMMD

[moebow]

When you do push ups, what is more stable,  hands flat on the floor or on your knuckles with wrists straight??  Which style will last longer regarding fatigue?  You certainly CAN do push ups either way, but for duration and steadiness, the hands flat on the floor is stronger.

Low wrist.

Arne

[Recurve7]

For years I shot medium wrist. After all, that's what everyone told me was best. However, sometime ago I bought a used Big Horn with high wrist and quickly realized that's what felt best for me. It's high wrist all the way now for me!
Try them, pick what works best for you.

[Alexander Traditional]

I like low wrist. High wrist feels very unnatural to me,and it hurts my hands.

[highlow]

Well, Wes, I'm sure this has cleared up everything for you.

[Sam McMichael]

I shoot low grip with my long bows as they have straight or slightly dished grips. When I shoot my recurves, which is not often, the contoured grip usually dictates the way I grip it. Since I am more used to the low grip of the longbow, I do prefer it.

[achigan]

Originally posted by highlow:
Well, Wes, I'm sure this has cleared up everything for you.