Form photos

JohnK

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As far as I can tell, this is the most appropriate section for this sort of thing. If not, I'd be grateful if a kindly moderator could move it :)

Donned some thermals and a hat yesterday afternoon on getting home from work and got my wife to take a few pics of me at full draw. Any constructive criticism of my form is welcome (and any funny comments too):





 

TJ Mason

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Excellent form, John! I wish mine looked like that.

I assume the left eye's closed because it's your dominant eye. That's what Don Rabska does, so no bad thing.
 

JohnK

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Little Miss Purple said:
Wear tighter jeans next time :beer: (and remember the colour should be green or white)
Errr. :eek: That's what happens when you lose weight and your jeans slip a bit after belting on your quiver.

As for the colour, I'll exercise my right to wear whatever colour clothes I please while I shoot, unless forced to do otherwise :D
 

Field Archer

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All looks good to me. At first I did think that your bow arm was perhaps a little low (photo 3), but you are aiming slightly downwards which accounts for it.

Grass need a cut though.
 

JohnK

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TJ Mason said:
Excellent form, John! I wish mine looked like that.

I assume the left eye's closed because it's your dominant eye. That's what Don Rabska does, so no bad thing.
Thank you, very kind :)

My left eye closes because it just does that. I'm actually very right-eye dominant because my left eye has no central vision.
 

JohnK

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Field Archer said:
All looks good to me. At first I did think that your bow arm was perhaps a little low (photo 3), but you are aiming slightly downwards which accounts for it.

Grass need a cut though.
Yes it does. As soon as it's a bit warmer, I'll see to that.

And thanks :)
 

Murray

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No criticism - looks fine. Good enough for a 1250 anyway :)
 

JohnK

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Murray said:
No criticism - looks fine. Good enough for a 1250 anyway :)
Blimey. Thanks very much :) Now I'll have to make a serious attempt to get somewhere near that.
 

Murray

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Yeah, that's where the other 98% of your shooting comes into play - consistency/focus/concentration/arousal Levels/confidence... ;)
 

JohnK

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Murray said:
Yeah, that's where the other 98% of your shooting comes into play - consistency/focus/concentration/arousal Levels/confidence... ;)
Tell me about it. :boggled:

Ditching my habit of coming to full draw and somehow holding a few mm of the point under the clicker for ages is the current work in progress.
 

morphymick

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Form looks fine, but the strap on your chestguard's twisted. :raspberry

Mick
 

JohnK

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morphymick said:
Form looks fine, but the strap on your chestguard's twisted. :raspberry
Horrors! :melodrama :D

I need a new one anyway. As soon as I've recovered from forking out for the Helix, I'm going to pick up one of those clever Arrowhead ones.
 

Tuck

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Only one serious observation that could drastically affect your scores...


Your Hat - string alignment could be 0.0005 mm to the right!

This could take you from 1259 to 1260 FITA
 

Shirt

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In the above shot, it looks like your bow arm has a bit of a kink in it, but that could (and probably is) just the way the jumper is hanging off it.

Looks nice, though... wish I looked like that!
 

JohnK

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Tuck said:
Your Hat - string alignment could be 0.0005 mm to the right!

This could take you from 1259 to 1260 FITA
That's a new one - blaming the hat :D

Shirt said:
In the above shot, it looks like your bow arm has a bit of a kink in it, but that could (and probably is) just the way the jumper is hanging off it.

Looks nice, though... wish I looked like that!
I think it is the jumper. My arm is pretty straight (although I have to remember to rotate the elbow).

And thanks. I wish I had your scores :)

Little Miss Purple said:
I have an arrowhead chest guard also....(I would add a smiley but they aren't here at the mo!!)
They never went away for me (but then, I can also remember some of the codes :raspberry ;)).

I was surprised to find that I'd need a medium fitting one. I think the sooner I get one the better - I never realised that my string touched my chest guard until I had these pics taken.
 

Marcus26

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That's what Don Rabska does, so no bad thing
Interesting logic.


As said it looks good John. I am wondering a little about your posture and if you could straight you back some more. Perhaps crunch down more on the abs.
 
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