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Callous on ring finger

Started by Bear Heart, March 17, 2008, 08:45:00 PM

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Bear Heart

I shoot 3 under and lately I've been developing an irritating callous on my ring finger.  What does this say about my technique.
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john1271

hey same here but i shoot split .ive been playing around with different release and notice if i get a deeper hook on the string its not as bad but still there so im interested to see what everyone says.
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Mark Hedges

I think a small callous can be normal but often it is a sign that you have your elbow too high.

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Terry Green

You could be torquing the string...your string hand is not inline with the string...this is very common and results in a callous on your ring finger.  

When you draw the bow to anchor, instead of the string being in the same plane, your have induced a kink with your string hand.
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Terry Green

Make sure your fingers are inline with the same plane as the string, and don't twist your wrist outward when you draw the bow.
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wapiti

Use the Fischer release/grip.
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BobCo 1965

I had a problem similar and got some great advice after a lot of searching for the problem. The problem was the ring finger was not releasing at the precise same time as the others. I ended up taping the ring finger to the middle finger between the first and second joint. I also started using a second anchor point which is my ring finger on my chin to prevent torquing the string.

Austin Brown

Ditto what Terry said, or atleast that's what caused it for me when I fought it.
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Bear Heart

Started paying attention to the angle of my hand in relation to the cant of the bow.  I also started to pick up the string with my middle finger first liks Dale Karch does in Masters of the Barebow.  Together they seem to have fixed the problem.  I don't know how I started to do that.  Never a problem until the last couple of weeks.  Thanks for the help.
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