Compound bow

[ozzy1977]

I don't understand why a recurve shot instinctively should give you crp form.

I cant see how it would either

 

[mrcharly]

I think he meant that instinctive shooting gives you poor form if you then want to do 'formal' target shooting.

The lower brace height of a recurve (compared to compound) means you are more likely to slap your forearm. The answer is to wear a bracer!

 

[nephilim]

mrcharly nailed it on the head, sorry.

Instinctive shooting is fine and dandy and you can be a great shot, but if you then want to go to do proper target shooting, your form won't quite be up to standard and you'll need to readjust.

 

[mountainm]

mrcharly nailed it on the head, sorry.

Instinctive shooting is fine and dandy and you can be a great shot, but if you then want to go to do proper target shooting, your form won't quite be up to standard and you'll need to readjust.

But, you'll be able to adjust quickly - I switched over to instinctive shooting and find it a lot more fun and certainly better for field style targets where range and angle vary a lot.

 

[Tank]

I do not see how shooting instinctively give you poor form, form should be your building blocks for every shot. Instinctive shooting is training your body to shoot accurately without aiming, shooting instinctivly should not change your form as form is training your body to recreate the same movements every time you shoot.

 

[Crassy84]

have you looked on the NFAS and EFAA websites? as they are both field archery

Found a club in hebburn, not so far away from me. I shall begin my "I want to join" bothering today. Great shout Ozzy

 

[ozzy1977]

No worries, for me the nfas is better as we shoot 2d or 3d targets at unmarked ranges, efaa normally shoot at round targets at marked distances but I think some classes do as nfas, but it is all out in the woods

 

[mrcharly]

I do not see how shooting instinctively give you poor form, form should be your building blocks for every shot. Instinctive shooting is training your body to shoot accurately without aiming, shooting instinctivly should not change your form as form is training your body to recreate the same movements every time you shoot.

Totally different ways of holding your body, the bow, sighting etc.

Instinctive shooting is shooting without using a sight, not without aiming!

 

[Tank]

Totally different ways of holding your body, the bow, sighting etc.

Instinctive shooting is shooting without using a sight, not without aiming!

Maybe I am getting confused but I do not hold the bow any different or have a different stance when shooting, I do not aim (with sight or looking down the arrow/at the point) I focus at a spot on the and let my body do the rest. I repeat the same movements on every shoot until it is automatic and done unconsciously.

edit - if I am using a different style of bow (tradtional vs recurve) I can see how hold the bow changes.

 

[boatman]

Formal target shooting and you can't shoot instinctively? Of course you can and will have to at certain shoots. I have no doubt that if all that worries you is ever higher scores as the be all and end all of archery that sights and all the rest of it will be necessary for you. Room for all sorts in archery so I won't criticise other people's choices but it should not be implied that one sort of archery is superior.

 

[veqtor]

If you haven't shot a bow before I recommend signing up to a club and shooting a recurve first. It's very important that you get the technique right so as to not develop a habit of drawing your bow in a way that can create muscle issues. A 60 lbs bow is very heavy to draw. You might be lifting 70 at the gym but unable to draw a 50, because you'll be using very different muscle groups. The choice of a bow is very personal. I think you should go to a dealer that stocks bowtech and hoyt and try several models.