Thanks for the content, Greg! 😊 I hope that you are doing well! Are you going to continue to make new content? The most recent I've seen are 6 months ago. I have not seen all of your other videos YET! 😊 I have watched many of them! You are one of my favorite Archery coaches on RU-vid! I will go look at your website too! Thanks, David
I have not had time to make any, between work and competing in 3D Shoot down here. I have some I’m about to start work on. Hopefully in the next few weeks.
It is preference,,,I like the Errol Flynn robin hood arrows sound so I built 3 vein 5" flu flu arrows with a sleight taper to the front, Zzzzz-zzzzzpppt Good shootin Tex
It was just the opposite according to your video you shot 153 154 with 7 1/2 inch brace height and you shot one 54 158 with the 8 and 1/2 just the opposite
You might have my new differences in your draw cycle, but I saw the videos down and you have a pretty good shot cycle. Maybe the helical helps reduce speed loss that’s why it varied at the end.
The only thing i know for certain. Adjusting my brace height gives me different levels of comfort. Each bow has a sweet spot where they have just better arrow flight or a better feel as you shoot them.
Even an ACE Hardware plunger helped move my groups left! Just wrap teflon tape around the riser and "plunger". Waiting for my Subuya plunger to come off back order at Lancaster!
Whisker biscuit slowing down an arrow is overexagerated, I lost 2 fps on my chrono testing vs a blade rest.. 2fps is so minimal it's not worth talking about.. Im tired of hearing people use the term as if it's a major disadvantage.. truth is a whisker biscuit is all you would ever need.. but people are obsessed with tech on compounds.. a blade or drop away is more tech so people think there automatically better..
If you grew up in the 70’s’80 that their parents would try and try and change their dominant hands by trying to train them to be right handed, you know all the old wives tales and all. I’m left handed I was born in 73 so I’m generation X, anyway my mom used to smack my left hand, tie my left hand so could only use my right, she finally gave up, but all of that crap she did made me ambidextrous 😂
Man, there are soo many different kinds of back tension methods! I just watched another video saying NOT to do it this way! It said that your hand and elbow should go back as in like straight behind you...NOT the opposite direction of the arrow...
Just goes to show you there is more than one way! It could also be wording. I do what I do and it works for me. Do what works for you and stopping worrying about what everyone else says to do!
Sure you're not gap shooting with 3 fingers under and looking down the arrow? Howard Hill shot instinctively with split finger at unknown distances by learning the arc of his arrows.
@@TradArchery101 got me there. I read Hunting the Hard Way years ago and he did mention his "split vision" technique in the book. I saw Byron Ferguson shoot at a show in the late '80's. He shot split finger instinctive. "Become the Arrow" illustrates his style. He practiced his form with his eyes closed shooting at a bag suspended very close. I guess I'm just old school. I shoot split finger focusing on the spot. I never see my arrow or tip when at full draw. I just love to shoot that way. To me, 3 fingers under and face walking etc bled into archery from the compound techniques. People wanted an easier way to "aim" like they could with a compound. Instinctive archery is not aiming. Did Brett Farvre and Joe Montana "aim" their passes? No. They learned to throw with years of practice (and talent.) I guess I'm a T-Rex. Thanks for posting your video.
In Byron Ferguson’s video he also states he uses a version of Split vision. I just met him in Alabama at the Howard Hill Classic and we talked about how he aims and he confirmed he uses a version of split vision. Aiming did not come from compounds. People were using aiming techniques long before the compound was made. I have a “How to book” from Ben Pearson, made in 1952 where he describes different ways to aim. Aiming is just another tool. No reason to look down on it.
Whatever. Yes compounds did accelerate use of aiming in so called trad archery. Before only target archers used sights or faux sight ie gap. You have fun with your way, I prefer instinctive with consistent form without knowing distances-especially on aerial targets 😉
Years 1-3, developed form and strength, Years 4-now, correcting bad habits, Now.....having fun and slowly improving. Archery is more than shooting arrows. Patience, perseverance, mental control, personal satisfaction, are no small elements acquired that can be acquired.
I wish I had found this video 3 weeks ago when I started to research about archery. Very confusing watching archery vedeos without knowing what the dude is talking about. When they say "bare shaft", you have to bare shaft, but no one explains what that means. I thought it was the plain naked carbon, nothing else. I think "no fletching" would be a better term😸. Thanks for that, this video is amazing, there is no assumption that the audience already know this or that, everything is explained.
Thanks, Greg! 😊 The information you shared in this video is awesome! I'm 66 years old and a newbie to archery. I started about 6 months ago by taking lessons, joining an archery club, and buying a 35 lb PSE Nighthawk, which is like a Samick Sage. I depended on the recommendation of the guys at my archery shop and have .600 carbon arrows, cut down 1/2". Your information on arrows is invaluable to me moving forward. I saved your video to my list. I will review it over and over until I have the information down by memory until no part is confusing, and I have a fluent understanding of these concepts! 😊 i just bought a 64" 40 lb. Southwest Archery Spider XL. It comes with a Dacron string. I ordered a 60" D97 Flemish Twist string. I understand D97 is between Dacron and Fast Flight. I will consider all these factors to buy new arrows for my 64" 40 lb. Southwest Archery Spider XL.
I really enjoy your content I'm struggling being right handed but blind in my right eye so I'm shooting lefty ok but I'm struggling finding a set method of shooting style but anyway I like your videos thanks
A bow not cut to center will induce a bending action due to the rapid change in angle as the arrow accelerates abruptly. A flexible spine and heavy point can only exacerbate the bending action as the string keeps the nock end in the same plane. The point is thrust out away from the limb rapidly causing most of the shaft flex.
Always kept both eyes open, so I guess I'm an instinctive shooter. Right handed and left eye dominant I fire a rifle left handed. Peep sights never worked for me because of this. I practice what I call Amish compound archery without sights but with a release aid! A left hand bow probably won't work for me because of left shoulder injury. I'll be trying your method and hope you're right. Not doing too badly with both eyes though. Maybe I shoot with some mix of instinctive and gap without having known what this is.
Great video! Just what I needed to stop thinking about equipment and just shoot until I get consistent groups. Great channel, great advice. Cheers Greg.
I’m wondering if maybe you’re left handed, but right eye dominant. That’s actually pretty common with people who are left handed, they have to shoot right handed anyway because off their eyes.
I would encourage you to read up on the “Dominant Eye”. Studies have proven that it can and does switch sides. You can see these studies online. Jake Kaminski, has a video on the subject and he was told at the Olympic training center, medical professionals that the dominant eye is not nearly as important as your “aiming eye” and that they are different.
no one shoots arrows without feathers in the first place so what's the point here and feathers or vanes come on all arrows you buy new unless you order arrow with out any on them or you make you own thats different but other wise everything in the stores and off the shelf already have vanes or feathers tuning is more to do with yes feathers or vanes and the bow your using spin size up front weight of the tip and incert etc.. so your video all it does is prove how bad arrows suck without feathers or vanes and like i said all archers shoot with feathers or vanes even when hunting no one shoots bare arrows ..
Plenty of people shoot arrows without feathers, it is called "tuning". If you did not get the point, then you were not listening. And no, not all arrows come with feathers and I do not request them not to have them. The point is to focus on your form and not on tuning when you first start.
hey, nice video. one thing needs to be corrected: it's called intuitive and not instinctive. instinct is in your genes and is called up in stressful situations. intuitive needs calm and training through repetition.
in·tu·i·tive /inˈto͞oədiv/ adjective using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive. Don't stress over wording so much. here in the US Instinctive is the dominate way to describe that style of shooting.
Hello A while back and I'm not sure which video or whether or not it was on this channel or Archery 101, you mentioned about your point before you draw on the spot you want to hit, would automatically set your gap. If you could provide me with the link to it I would greatly appreciate it. I try to explain to people and they don't get what I'm trying to say. Thank you. Aaron
So your title SHOULD be “Don’t BARE shaft tune….for beginners. With a simple understanding of tail left and tail right you could correct much of that issue with correct spine and different grain tips. Is getting the correct spine and tip weight really too complicated in the Information age? Clearly those bare shaft arrows are way off for that bow. Why waste time and money thinking that you have the right arrows and know how to shoot only to find out your form sucks and the arrows were covering it up. This would be like beginning with a guitar that has built in pitch correction or a car that has auto pilot then wondering why when you turned off the technology you suck as a player or can’t drive through the parking lot without crashing. I’m not saying a beginner should keep tinkering trying to get sub 6 inch groups but with all the test kits available tuning isn’t really a black art too advanced for someone with average intelligence.
You are glossing over the fact that new archers have so much variation in their form that simply following tail left or right will get them going in circles. Focus on form and pay attention to groupings. Trying to tune is a waste, see it all the time and guess what? They always have to buy new arrows because they tightened up their form so much, the old ones are not flying right anymore.
