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I 've been considering the question of "forgiveness" in a bow.
All sorts of different degrees of geometry in limb angle, deflex/reflex, centershot, weight loading - just to name a few - are used to increase "forgiveness".
Yet it seems that the hidden cost of forgiveness is that it allows a greater margin of error in form.
Is it fair to say that a bow built and tuned for forgiveness encourages poor form?
And that a more unforgiving bow - though more challenging - will in the end require a greater mastery of form?
In this sense, then, it would be wiser to choose the more difficult bow to achieve the highest levels of skill.
. . . your thoughts?
Regards,
Salskov
All sorts of different degrees of geometry in limb angle, deflex/reflex, centershot, weight loading - just to name a few - are used to increase "forgiveness".
Yet it seems that the hidden cost of forgiveness is that it allows a greater margin of error in form.
Is it fair to say that a bow built and tuned for forgiveness encourages poor form?
And that a more unforgiving bow - though more challenging - will in the end require a greater mastery of form?
In this sense, then, it would be wiser to choose the more difficult bow to achieve the highest levels of skill.
. . . your thoughts?
Regards,
Salskov