What are the effects of overdrawing and how would one know that he is doing that?

Are you still fighting lefts?

My answer to overdrawing would be don't, if you have developed a shot sequence with a solid anchor then it should not be an issue. If it is an issue then you lack the above mentioned shot sequence and therein lies your problem and the path to it's resolution.

You can tell you are over drawing in a couple of ways at least.

One is that if you are hitting your bow arm consistently, you may be over drawing. It happens because you are pushing your bow arm too much, your elbow rolls down, rather than out, and you get your arm in the way.

Another way is that you may find yourself hitting your face somewhere. When you overdraw, there is the tendency to stick your face in the string.

What makes you think you are overdrawing would be the first question?

I looked at a video of myself shooting and I saw my elbow pointing to the sky. It was slightly or moderately high coming back and when I reached anchor and settled in, my elbow moved up. Yes, the string is hitting my bowarm and I’m getting left misses. This evening, I tried not stretching out so far and the results were very good. My left misses went away and I felt more comfortable at full draw. One evening of shooting isn’t nearly enough to judge anything but it’s a start. I’ve struggled with inconsistency for years and this year I am determined to get it right. My shot sequence is good but if my draw and form isn’t good then there will be problems, and there are problems. I think that overdrawing might not be the right term. Stretching out too far might be a better term. Anyway, I’m trying to get it right. Thanks

Are you located anywhere close to where you could get some good coaching? Texas is big but that would help a lot if you could pull it off.

I have talked with a coach in Shreveport (80 miles away). He backed out on our first meeting because of rain. Then his wife’s birthday, so I assumed that he wasn’t interested for whatever reason and never called him again. I then called a coach in Little Rock(145 miles away) and his wife said that he would return my call. He never called back so I assumed that he wasn’t interested . I think I am on the right path now. I started not stretching out so much when I draw my bow and it straightened my arrows out and just felt better. We’ll see. Anything new takes time.

Be careful "ASSUMING" things. There is a saying that breaks that word down. People are busy and sometimes don't have the time to call back at a time that they ASSUME you are able to take a call. You may not need a coach at this time anyway.

I shoot left handed. When I overdraw my arrows hit to the right.

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