New to archery and have been watching a ton of videos. That is the best explanation of the differences in the two grip styles that I’ve seen. Actually, if the first one in which I’ve seen it addressed at all. Thank you as I was struggling.
Another good one from S3 - I'd call it succinct or concise. Once people start thinking about traditional archery more than just superficially your videos certainly put them down the right path. Well done!
Nice video Joe! It's an important issue and I switch between longbow and recurve and has also been thinking of how I use the griphand differently. Well explained :) Take care, Joachim
For those of who shoot both pistol gripped long bows and straight gripped it always a bit of a challenge when changing bows styles (does mean we own too many bows??? NO WAY!!!),, for me it works best to shoot the same bow for a few weeks at a time.. Joe- an idea for a vid,,,the role of breathing in the shot cycle,,, do not hear much talk about it,, but I believe it to be an important part,, for me it is like your crouching,, acts as preshot centering-tom
Thanks for this awesome video. Can you please give me some advice about the string slapping my forearm? It almost never happens with my recurve, but when I shoot my flatbow, I slap my armguard almost every single time. I've narrowed the possible causes down and I think it is due to my bad grip because I got used to the recurve's higher grip. Now, if I use the grip that you have shown in your video for the longbow, it's like all of the pressure is put on my thumb. Is it supposed to be like that? Because it feels uncomfortable. I assume you get used to it?
Vccine Likely what is happening is that you are applying too much pressure on the back-left side of the grip, and the bow is torquing to the left when the shot goes off, moving the string into your forearm. I have the same issue from time to time, and you are correct, you can fix this by adjusting your grip. It sounds counter-intuitive, but the more you place your hand on the left side of the grip, as demonstrated in this video, the less likely it will be that you torque the longbow, and the less often you'll hit your forearm. As for the discomfort with the longbow grip - yes, all the pressure goes onto your thumb, which may be uncomfortable for a few weeks, but you adapt very quickly to it, and you actually can become very repeatable with the longbow grip because of the "distinct feeling" you have when gripped correctly. Keep trying to grip your longbow as I have shown in this video, and let me know if things get a little more comfortable after a few weeks. Also, let me know if you stop hitting your arm. You are likely torquing both your longbow and your recurve the same, but with an inch bigger brace height on the recurve, the string may not torque enough to hit your arm, whereas with the lower brace height on the longbow, it does hit. Hope that helps!
