It looked to me like he is set on not getting his elbow high enough to engage his back/shoulder muscles. I watched another of his videos, "critical elbow alignment", and his anchor is not with his hand, but with his arm/elbow placement. As he said in that video "the body aims the arrow". Nah, not for me.
"Stronger than your bow" is a cute way of saying, don't find yourself overbowed. Stay fit, and most physical activities are then easier, as a rule.
When I see someone I'm coaching shoot like that I ask them to put the bow down and assume the full draw stance without the bow in their hand. I then put on hand on their bow hand and one hand on their elbow. Then I tell them to resist me and I squeeze them together and make them collapse.
Then I set them in the proper stance with bone on bone contact and do the same thing, but I can't make them collapse.
With bone on bone contact you can push the bow around. Seriously, I'm betting he could handle 10-20% more weight with bone on bone contact. No wonder the title.
Well I don't know he seemed to be doing alright for an old man, with a self bow, and so much bulky clothing, that could interfere with the draw and string. Just keep shooting.>>>-----> Ken
I would love to hunt with that guy,,,, BUT after he keeps over hearing my shreaks and groans from trying to draw back my bow in single digits.. I'm sure he'd come over and take the bow away and say "your not stronger than your bow and your drying too loud so I'm taking it away"
I call what this dude is talking about in the video, making a controlled shot. You have to feel that you are in command of the shot. It definitely is confidence. When you have confidence you'll do your best. That's a common trait amongst those when they are 'in the groove' so to speak.
I posted this reply on another forum in a similar thread. Seems applicable here as well:
I figure 95% of the guys that "have to" snap shoot do it because they're over-bowed.
I wish someone had slapped me severely about the face and ears 50 years ago ,when I was trying to shoot bows way to heavy for me, and forced me to learn, you have to be able to overpower the bow. I spent decades learning bad habits that I've spent the last decade trying to overcome.
There are very few truly heavy bows. The heaviest trad bow I've pulled is #75, and that was a couple decades ago when I was in my mid forties. Way too heavy for fun shooting. Why anyone would willingly shoot a bow they can't control is beyond me.
Hey, ive watched this fellow before...he knows his stuff. watch his video called aim the english longbow like your ancestors. some very interesting views on anchor points or in this case not having an actual anchor.
He has a left to right target acquisition move at full draw, right before the release. I mistook this as an overbowed wobble. Nope he is not bullied by that meat stick.
