Three Finger Grip on the Right Side of the Bow
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2024
- Was testing 3-finger Mediterranean grip on the RIGHT side instead of the LEFT this time, and guess how easy it was to keep it from falling off my hand and all. I'm not gloating, I just went by what works and practicing, seeing what works, and it does. Just a few tiny adjustments just like when shooting on the let side.
Nice, video. I shoot a horse bow and shoot Slavic mostly; it could be argued that the Med draw is just a variation on the Slavic draw. I also shoot three under from the right-hand side, that's the beauty of a horse bow. You can do it all from any side!
Great job Derek keep it up
Thanks for sharing
God bless.
interesting take. I sincerely believe that archery is about what works for you. Some things that you might want to consider....
At around 4 minutes, you demonstrate the arrow draw on the left hand side and it falls of.
Pay close attention to your wrist during the entire action.
During the draw cycle, your wrist is twisted inwards and when you reach anchor it straightens out - resulting in the arrow swinging to the left due to the torque exerted onto the string when settling into your anchor.
Your wrist should be totally relaxed during the draw cycle, having a straight line from your knuckles to elbow. If you do this, it will not fall off.
This is ironically easier to understand and achieve with a heavy weight bow since wrist tension will result in pain fairly quickly if you do not address the problem.
also, you mentioned the slight angle required when shooting from the left. This is true and it helps a lot if there is tension in the wrist.
With the arrow on the left, you tilt or cant the bow to around 1 or 2 o'clock.
consider the opposite, if you put the arrow on the right hand side, in order to counteract torque you need to put the bow at the 10 or 11 o'clock position.
This shrinks your sight window and potentially obscures the arrow tip with the bow in your sight picture.
Canting at the 1 or 2 o'clock position does the opposite, increases your sight picture and moves the bow out of the way, ensuring that your aiming eye has a clear view all the way to the arrow point and target.
Yes! Exactly! 👉See, all of those things you mentioned are why I did this video because whether you shoot three-finger grip on left or right, there's always a tilt/cant and a finger to raise, etc. But because of how popular it is to shoot off the left as a right handed shooter and thus the right side being so quickly dismissed, it gets overlooked (I myself am guilty of that of course), so for one of my practice sessions before filming this I was testing both sides to sorta examine what you do either way to keep the arrow steady when using this method. I was testing how the draw-and-shoot reacts plus how your muscles react to it, and so on. Got inspired by some other archers who use it this way for different reasons and yeah.
Tilting the bow to that 11:00 position definitely helps when you want a longer draw too so that the string isn't in shoved into your torso and there's more room for that chest expansion aiding the shoulders on the draw. My posture still needs some work but yeah, progress.
Does it work? Yes. Is it optimal? No. Is it fun to try? Also, yes.
Ah another thing that I forgot to say in the video, if you have your arrows on your belt on the right side as a right handed archer then when you grab the nock you can slide it straight up into place a lot smoother too.
I just wear my arrows' belt keeping them on the left so I'm not overextending my arm
Why don't you just use Slavic draw?
Slavic is the one I favor and use the most, yes 👍and I hold extra arrows using it. However, because of different detailed depictions and other archers showing that the classic three finger grip works on either side - instead of just opposite the draw hand - I practice it a lot too. The tutorial that I filmed roughly a week after shooting this was on the thumb draw, using the Turkish method of holding the extra arrows by the shafts about halfway down (which is how the book Saracen Archery describes, instead of holding them right behind the arrowheads).
@@DerekBartlettBeorn I see. I guess it takes more practice to keep the arrow where it is supposed to be... I have never tried the Mediterranean draw. Started with Slavic draw then moved onto thumb draw. It works best for me.