Goldie Lookin' Pain
New member
Hi Folks,
I've been going about a year (recurve)- so still pretty fresh. I got my first real bit of coaching at my club at the weekend and was really thankful for some very good advice - first up, i am going to try to use my shoulder more than the bicep - i know what i am doing there - so all good.
However, the second bit of advice was to change how i grip the bow. To turn my hand to 45 degrees and hold it against a different part of my hand. My fingers were also getting in the way a little, so we tried to move my hand down the grip a bit, however, my hand slid back up to the same position, as soon as i put any sort of tension on the string. It was suggested i may want to sand down my riser handle which I'm not overly keen to do this and there was also the option of using racket tape on the handle.....
So my question has a few aspects... firstly, do you have any good guides/videos you would recommend on youtube to do this, would you just cover the handle with tape or would you try to build it up, somehow, to make it comfier/fit the hand better and what materials do you all use?
Got my first competition coming up soon and as much as i won't get anywhere near the top, i don't want to be lagging behind the rest of the field either
cheers in advance
I've been going about a year (recurve)- so still pretty fresh. I got my first real bit of coaching at my club at the weekend and was really thankful for some very good advice - first up, i am going to try to use my shoulder more than the bicep - i know what i am doing there - so all good.
However, the second bit of advice was to change how i grip the bow. To turn my hand to 45 degrees and hold it against a different part of my hand. My fingers were also getting in the way a little, so we tried to move my hand down the grip a bit, however, my hand slid back up to the same position, as soon as i put any sort of tension on the string. It was suggested i may want to sand down my riser handle which I'm not overly keen to do this and there was also the option of using racket tape on the handle.....
So my question has a few aspects... firstly, do you have any good guides/videos you would recommend on youtube to do this, would you just cover the handle with tape or would you try to build it up, somehow, to make it comfier/fit the hand better and what materials do you all use?
Got my first competition coming up soon and as much as i won't get anywhere near the top, i don't want to be lagging behind the rest of the field either
cheers in advance