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We've had two clips demonstrating the release part of form posted recently. Joe Paranee and Steve Morley.
Joe P.
Steve M.
Looking at them I notice two different types of release.
JP, you seem to have a more rearward component to the direction of your elbow while Steve has more of a rotational component. The movement of the hand shows the difference better. In JP's case it comes back with the elbow and ends up on/near the shoulder; in Steve's case it goes behind the head/ear.
Both releases have the requisite rearward elbow direction of back tension.
I have noticed myself do both.......... and have noticed a difference in where the arrow ends up too, height-wise.
While consistency is the hallmark of a good archer and it's most likely either release done consistently is perfectly adequate, to nit-pick, is one better than the other?
My personal effort is expended at the more rotational version (a la Steve) as I notice it gives a better release. My explanation to myself would be that the rotational direction unwinds the fingers off the string better (the fingers are pulled back off in the direction they are curled onto the string).
What do others think?
Joe P.
Steve M.
Looking at them I notice two different types of release.
JP, you seem to have a more rearward component to the direction of your elbow while Steve has more of a rotational component. The movement of the hand shows the difference better. In JP's case it comes back with the elbow and ends up on/near the shoulder; in Steve's case it goes behind the head/ear.
Both releases have the requisite rearward elbow direction of back tension.
I have noticed myself do both.......... and have noticed a difference in where the arrow ends up too, height-wise.
While consistency is the hallmark of a good archer and it's most likely either release done consistently is perfectly adequate, to nit-pick, is one better than the other?
My personal effort is expended at the more rotational version (a la Steve) as I notice it gives a better release. My explanation to myself would be that the rotational direction unwinds the fingers off the string better (the fingers are pulled back off in the direction they are curled onto the string).
What do others think?