technique back view - 28/2/08

[hhh4evur]

It kinda looks like ur relaxing ur back once u get to anchor and ur pulling through the clicker with ur shoulder. U wanna keep the tension in your back through out the entire shot until the clicker goes off

[MrBazzat11]

I reckon the front shoulder is pretty good. She is shooting a recurve, after all.. I'm guessing at around 40# on the fingers? Having no shirt on & exposing the shoulders may make it seem exagerated but its not often people are shown with completely bare shoulders..

[albundyhun]

why do you have that thing on your upper body while shooting? whats that thing for?

[erikaanear]

@albundyhun

It's a chest guard. Stops your clothing catching the string and deflecting the shot.

[albundyhun]

@erikaanear Thanks!

[famnel1]

@erikaanear From a personal trainers point of view, you need to bend you left elbow a little, lower the left shoulder a little "putting it in place" to stabilize it, and you have some problems stabilizing your right shoulderblade, so you need to work the lower portion of your M. Trapezius and M. Serratus anterior, but i think you might have a tight M. Subscapularis and/or trigger points in this or the other rotatorcuff muscles if this motion is done repeatedly. Your rotatorcuff muscles are huge

[BurningBridges100]

Your shoulder is a little high. This may cause a problem in your shooting. Your elbow might get locked because of it and you may not be able to do the required amount of push-pull after a few rounds as well. You can even get hurt with the string on your bow arm.

Try relaxing it a bit.

But otherwise, you are great . :)

[erikaanear]

This footage is almost two yrs old. The front shoulder is better in the May 09 footage. I made a few changes. Not really shooting recurve as much right now, so current technique vids reflect a total lack of practice.

[BurningBridges100]

How long have you been doing archery for?

[erikaanear]

20 years

[Jigen1984]

I don't know. Isn't the left shoulder a little too high?

[coconut54]

that is awesome

[JaedomHexen]

I think this technique is best, when the archer releases there is a very low horizontal movement from muscle tension to erode the arrows' tragectory after release.

[MarshallBananna]

That's cool. It's quite interesting to see the way your muscles relax after you release the arrow.

[Goukakyuu78]

yes...but they arent supposed to. back tension should be kept well through the follow through