This was a major breakthrough for me. Rotating my torso to draw rather than pulling my arm back gives me good back tension and sets my bow arm into my shoulder socket and takes some strain off of my drawing shoulder where I was using the wrong muscles to draw.

http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/your- stance-and-hip-chest-and-head-positions-work-together- to-create-correct-posture-and-a-foundation-for-shooting

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If your arm points to the target and you back rotates during the draw, then you would seem to be using the muscles on the back of the bow shoulder dynamically, flattening the shoulder joint. I am trying to get that dynamic into the back muscles.

My problem was that I was trying to keep my arrow lined up to target through to the whole draw. This was causing me to strain my wrist and/or drawing shoulder. Often, that setup would cause me to pluck my release or slap inwards because the tension wasn't set up correctly.

I have injured connective tissue in my shoulders from martial arts and boxing and can quickly feel when I am loading my shoulder sideways.

Almost everyone stand 45 degrees to the target. It should be 30 according to KSL. That allows you to use torque of torso to draw back. Gives you more strength.

Bowmania

Rotating draw. If you actually do it you'll get the longest draw from your favorite anchor and it will generally arrange your stance without thinking.

I stand 90 degrees. My left shoulder is pointing at target. I don't have any issues.

I hadn't thought about it before, so I dragged up these pix my stepson took two summers ago. It looks like I stand about 75º to the target...and I think I open up that little bit to allow my dominant right eye to see past the bridge of my nose a little better. I suppose I could do it by twisting my head a bit too, but this way feels more natural.

Shooting just now I am really liking that picture have taken the 'heat' off of my shoulder on the draw. And I just shot this group from 20 (gapping)

Someone seems to be always coming up with more stuff. I hear all things its good for the days chuckle more than Frisky s HS.

If you have to worry about drawing and strength? I think your over bowed maybe.LOL

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JSD- That's a very nice 20 foot group! Keep it up!

Joe

White Falcon, nice aggressive look. Feet are pretty wide though.

If your initial angle is less closed, 30 degrees as mentioned, you will have more mechanical advantage relative to the torso rotation, but it is still a shoulder, not a back move, and you will not get much out of it since extension is pretty much maxed at that angle.

Nothing wrong with a wide stance. It's whatever works for the individual. That takes some experimenting and that's ok too.

There's more than one way to shoot correctly, and by correctly I mean consistently accurate. I've seen more than one archery champ over the years and two are rarely the same in total style, save for the consistency part. So what works for you may not be the best for someone else. It just works well for you.

Some shoot accurately behind their backs :)

This concept clicked for me for getting back tension

Check out a video of English war bows being shot .They bend a bow as opposed to a conventional draw as we know it.These guys and some gals shoot 100# to (Mr Stretton ) 200#.You hold the string almost at full draw and then push your whole body into it.An arm on its own can't do that safely without the risk of injury. I think just a average hunting weight bow is more than adaquate for most of us.Hey we don't need to shoot armoured French nights these days do we? OSR

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