Need tip to steady bow arm

[Ronaldlee]

Could use a tip to steady my bow arm. Seems like on release I'm either pushing or relaxing and sending arrows off one way or another.
Thanks,
Ron

[moebow]

Ronald,

Get your bow arm bones lined up, just use enough muscle to hold the arm straight (do not push or anything and don't "lock" the elbow, just straight), keep your bow shoulder down and back, relax, relax, relax.  Let it happen, don't DO anything except hold the bones straight.  Your arm is just a beam that holds the bow out there.  The beam does nothing other than that.

Think about your legs when you are just standing still. You are holding your upper body weight on the bones, the muscles in your legs are just working hard enough to keep the leg bones in line and not supporting your weight.

Same idea.

Arne

[Ronaldlee]

Thanks Arne, I'll work on that. I know I have been trying to hold the bow out as far as I could and was getting tired really fast.

[tracker12]

I really think getting the bow arm in the right position is as important as back tension.  Also as difficult to do if you are not sure what the feeling is.

[reddogge]

I try to not move anything at all until the arrow strikes the target. Sort of like follow through in golf, you know, posing for a while after the shot.

[Lineman72]

Mmm yeah, pretend someone is taking your picture after the shot, or just have someone do it. Had my daughter do that to me.

[Terry Green]

Form clock thread....proper alignment cures most issues....also you could film yourself so we could see the issue.

[TomatoLane]

lock (traps,stance,hook,bow arm), relax all (but traps/stance), then lock(eyes on your spot).

lock your hook, relax your hand.

hold your arm strait inline,semi locked but relaxed.

And for me with heavier draw bows, to stabilize,the deltoids up and rotator cuff  muscle, and rear delts on most are weak as hell.

So to counter it, even if you dont work out is to flex your trapezius muscle.

It runs all the way down to middle of your  back.

When flexed it will help hold your rear delts stable.

Try it, flex your traps and relax everything else,

try to touch your shoulder blades together while all else is relaxed

And see how much easier it is to hold your arm up with weight against it.

[tom cunningham]

I like to tell myself the shot isn't over till the "final touch is made"...the string hand touching my cheek, neck, or shoulder. When that's working my bow arm seems most consistently stable. If the touch isn't made after each shot I tell myself that I'm "loosing my touch"....before whoever's standing next to me quickly reminds me. Good Luck.

[slowbowjoe]

What Tomato Lane says, about back tension.

For me, shortening the reach of my bow has helped a ton also - it had been a little too far extended (but not "locked"), and I was always torquing the grip upon release. Shortening my draw a little provides the proper bow arm tension, so there's no extra push to the release; the balance is there already for bow arm & draw hand.
Just another idea, worked for me.