This is the first time I've sought out advice on my form. Please give the the good, the bad, and the ugly. Really working on consistency and want to be sure I'm consistently doing the right thing. Appreciate everyone's time.
Thanks and here's the link
http://youtu.be/-shil1ZJoDo
Ben,
You have some really good things going on and some things that could use a little work. Only you can decide whether these suggestions are worth your attention or not; so here goes.
First, the good. Your bow arm is 90 degrees to your torso. Your general alignment at full draw is good. It looks as though the bow is pretty easily handled (draw weight). BUT, coaches always have a BUT! :D
As you lift the bow to draw, you lift your shoulders too. See how the space between your jaw line and your shoulder disappears? You lift both shoulders as you lift to draw and that is putting both shoulders in a weak position. Keep your shoulders down and back, level with the ground and ONLY lift the arms.
You have a very poor grip on the bow. The entire palm is laying on the left side of the grip and presses it to cause a strong torque on the bow handle at release and you are not letting the bow press into the base of the thumb. That is why you are getting that strong forward roll on the bow when you release -- top limb moves strongly forward. The entire bow, ideally, should move straight to the target at release -- no roll.
Rather than trying to type suggestions to help out, let's start with looking at my videos, where I show some of this.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMoebow1/videos
Look at the "bow hand bow arm part one" video first then move on to the "release tips" video.
See if they give you some ideas to work on, and let's try to go from there.
You are much closer to OK then this may sound, but I believe that there are some improvements you can make.
Arne
Awesome. I was really hoping you would chime in. At times I start to hit left of where I'm aiming wonder if that is a torque issue. I will work on your tips and study your videos. Arne, Thank you so much for taking the time to evaluate my video.
Just watched both videos, and then replayed mine. Very easy to see the points you mention. Can't wait to try them.
Let me know if I can help out any farther.
Arne