Basic Flow: Stand, take stance, set body angles properly, hook on the string, look at the target, raise bow, draw string, anchor, aim, release, follow through.
(Around) Shoulder width apart legs, 30 degrees to the target. Straight line through the rear heel and through balls of the front foot. 60-40 front-back weight distribution, slightly leaning forward feel, with toes having slight pressing feel on them. Hips tucked in forward, no bend in legs. ~20-25 deg to the target. Flat back. Power from the lower abdomen, by holding in 50%~ breath until more is uncomfortable. Also pulls the ribcage down to connect.
What about left right weight balance?
Hook upwards, especially top finger(most crucial) should point towards the sky. The gap between fingers and arrow ~1mm. Top 2 fingers pointing to the throat and third barely hanging on(parallel). Top finger 2-4 mm before the joint, middle finger may be hooked in the joint or slightly behind, third before the flesh bump. The first finger always same, second and third can change. 40-50-10 pressure ratio. Wrist bent and thumb, pinky stretched back the same amount. Middle knuckle should protrude the same as the first, pointing upwards with the right position helps. Knuckles staying inward is the best. Hand, wrist rotated downwards, tips stay in line with the string. Elbow and wrist have the same angle. Finger spacer should be squeezed.
Chin slightly elevated and pressed forward and over the bow shoulder. Slightly tilted towards the right or level better than left. Head turned as far as to the target as possible. Wait for a while after looking at the target.
Knuckles min 45 degrees to vertical. Higher riser angle better(> 50 degrees) Knuckle angle related to grip angle? Pressure on the bone joining thumb and first finger. The flesh close to the thumb should sit on the outer half of the grip(towards the plunger). Pinky knuckle pulled back. Thumb pointing towards the target. Index downward.
After hooking and grip, and before set position, the bow arm should be checked. Low shoulder, extended arm with a ‘V’ at the shoulder joint during the settling of the bow at the target. Triceps tight. The arrow should be visible by a lot over the shoulder. Shoulder rotated outward. Direction comes mostly from the shoulder. At the set position, the bow shoulder must point towards the target. Bow arm should be scooped towards the target, above it and then settle on the target. While settling, exhale a little breath(naturally) which keeps the connection to the abdomen. The shoulder rises a little while setting, not an issue.
After setting the legs, arms and hook. Use bent arms at stomach level to check. Shoulder position and head rotation is set in place. Shoulder alignment directed towards the target. Bow arm pushed, draw arm biceps pressed into the body. Low bow arm. What do shoulders directed at target mean? //el? Look over your nose, don’t bend down. Wait for half a second or so. Raise the bow in a counter-clockwise movement around the right of the target, a little above it. Arrow is pointed a little to the right of the direction of the target.
LAN2 the first part to move. Push down shoulders. Drawing arm not higher than the nose. Arrow in line with the elbow, wrist out of line(a bend at the wrist). Closer to the body, better. Shoulder line more right to the target. Arrow left to the target.
Angular motion around the neck/spine. Should bow arm rotate counter clockwise?
60-40 power-intensity ratio in the back muscles. The hand should slowly come downwards when drawing. <1 sec, ~0.5 sec. Arm almost an extension of the arrow. 60-40 to 90-10 ratio of back-arm. The draw should be towards the body, and so should the follow-through be. How to maintain the wrist position with so much force on it? Don’t pinch back muscles, rotate the shoulder muscles. The angle between the string and horizontal is around 65 degrees.
Around an inch during loading. Drawing hand underneath the chin. Draw until thumb tucked into the neck. Focus on the back, not on the face. Take a moment to control. 80-20 back arm.
Top knuckle should sit in the dip of the jaw bone at the end. Relaxed thumb and pressed in front of the neck muscle.
Oooone, two, … three. Inverse relation between speed of movement and control.
Not much movement during transfer, elbow moves ever so slightly downward and around the body. Wait a moment after transfer. In holding, the elbow can be behind the arrow. It’s the controlled angular motion. 1.5 – 3.5 seconds of holding. Expansion is similar but with less than an mm. Nothing should move but only intensity increases in LAN2. Bow arm should increase its intensity though it cannot move any further.
String should be aligned with the inner part of the aperture. It should only be checked after holding. Incorrect head positioning mostly leads to incorrect alignment. Wobbling is natural and should not make the focus on the pin. Slight cant is allowed to get the alignment.
Release shouldn’t be thought of as an action, but it happens naturally through relaxed fingers as the intensity increases. Bow arm must stay the same and the bow must be snapped downward using the wrist. Maintain the pressure point low in the bow hand and grip. The bow should jump between 1-1.5 inches.
Breathe in while raising the bow(40 to 65%), breathe out slightly during setup(65 to 55%), breathe in to 70% and breathe out to 65% during transfer and hold there.