Reading Asbell's Instinctive Shooting and I am getting the low wrist is no good with a recurve. Been shooting my training wheels for years with a shrewd or torqueless low wrist grip. Should I battle throught the change or is it possible to shoot a recurve well with a low wrist.
Thanks for any insight!
You wont know till you try...if you get a grip similar to your compound...I don't see why not.
If you read other books, and study other experts' methods, you will find really good shooters who use every grip there is. It doesn't seem to be a critical element of bow form.
Could you describe a "shrewd or torqueless low wrist grip" for us?
QuoteOriginally posted by McDave:
If you read other books, and study other experts' methods, you will find really good shooters who use every grip there is. It doesn't seem to be a critical element of bow form.
Could you describe a "shrewd or torqueless low wrist grip" for us?
They were aftermarket brand names making the low wrist grip really not relevant just habit on my part.
I have recurves with every type of grip you could think of,from Hoyts extreme high grip right down to a straight longbow style grip.
I don't worry about grip shape,if I want to shoot a particular bow I'll work out what works for me with that bow an then just do it.
I think can adapt to things a lot better than some give themselve credit for.
I think some grips have a design that makes them more suitable to a certain hand position, that being said, you can find a recurve that will fit your existing low wrist grip and you can shoot it well with plenty of practice. I found that the newer slender compound grips are much like the late 50's and early 60's grips before the popular pistol grips that seem to have been the rage of the 70's. There is so much to choose from these days, you just can't beat the variety of choices we have now. This is a great time to be shooting a stick bow, awesome used bows to choose from without breaking the bank and loads of reasonable customs to match your style. I had always shot recurves with a med to high grip untill I discovered how well I liked the feel of a narrow 50's style grip.