I think it does. But it sometimes confuses me and that is something I don't like. I don't like to see confused beginners/improvers either.
Can someone please help to clear my mind? (without resorting to drugs; legal or otherwise)
Set out below is my thinking,right or wrong;I'm not sure!
Assume a bare bow for the moment. On release, the arrow, string, limbs move forward. There must be something moving backward, the riser I assume.
If everything was symmetrical and in balance, with the bow hand pressing into the grip on a level with the arrow(impossible but just imagine for now) then the riser would move back quickly with no tendency to tip backwards or forwards.
The bare bow would need a reflex riser to put some mass in front of the hand otherwise there would be a slow backward rotation.
Now move the hand down to the normal level. The bow is balanced around the arrow still but it is held below. The forces now will tend to rotate the bow so the top of the riser moves towards the archer. This will happen very quickly and, in amongst everything else, it will go unnoticed I suspect.
IF my thinking is correct so far, is this the reason why the long rods tend to flick upwards when they are "underweight"?
I have shot with a very light long rod and a laser. The video shows the flick upwards clearly.The laser indications are upwards too. It is very quick so it's not the bow tipping back because it's out of balance(that would start slowly)
I believe it is the result of the reaction to the arrow launch.
Getting the hand and arrow as close to each other as possible would reduce it. I believe some top archers set up like that.
I think archers put weight on the long rod to reduce it too(and for other reasons ) I keep having nagging doubts that there is a better way of reducing this backwards rotation other than mass added to the long rod.
Please help me!!!
Can someone please help to clear my mind? (without resorting to drugs; legal or otherwise)
Set out below is my thinking,right or wrong;I'm not sure!
Assume a bare bow for the moment. On release, the arrow, string, limbs move forward. There must be something moving backward, the riser I assume.
If everything was symmetrical and in balance, with the bow hand pressing into the grip on a level with the arrow(impossible but just imagine for now) then the riser would move back quickly with no tendency to tip backwards or forwards.
The bare bow would need a reflex riser to put some mass in front of the hand otherwise there would be a slow backward rotation.
Now move the hand down to the normal level. The bow is balanced around the arrow still but it is held below. The forces now will tend to rotate the bow so the top of the riser moves towards the archer. This will happen very quickly and, in amongst everything else, it will go unnoticed I suspect.
IF my thinking is correct so far, is this the reason why the long rods tend to flick upwards when they are "underweight"?
I have shot with a very light long rod and a laser. The video shows the flick upwards clearly.The laser indications are upwards too. It is very quick so it's not the bow tipping back because it's out of balance(that would start slowly)
I believe it is the result of the reaction to the arrow launch.
Getting the hand and arrow as close to each other as possible would reduce it. I believe some top archers set up like that.
I think archers put weight on the long rod to reduce it too(and for other reasons ) I keep having nagging doubts that there is a better way of reducing this backwards rotation other than mass added to the long rod.
Please help me!!!