Slight bend

 

Take a look...Both great archers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHQrIW-0T3M

 

I used to think of it as a bend but then once I started helping people with their form I had to really think about how to explain it and once I studied I realized that using the term bend was a issue. So I stood there and locked out my arm and then I put it in the position I prefer and I realized that I just barely broke my elbow from being locked.

That is when I started using the term BROKE, it is so easy to teach now because you simply have them lock it out and then barley break that lock and there it is. To me it is still a bone to bone solid choice and it gives the impression that there is a bend to the front arm but it is just a elbow that is not locked but barely broke.

 

Good explanation ^.

 

Just barely broke.

 

which ever you prefer and shoot best, i have a slight bend

 

You'll find archers that have success with both styles, but for the majority of archers having a straight bow arm that isn't over extended or locked out will work best. This promotes skeletal support versus muscle support and allows for your body's build to help hold the bow arm up and for longer periods of time throughout shooting before tiring out because smaller muscle groups aren't being used.

This is a topic I researched and made an instructional video over to help you get set up correctly for either style.

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/proform/189412527

 

"Locked" means to fully extend your forearm, until you run out of room for range of motion.



This is "LOCKED" or max range of motion, to unbend the elbow. "LOCKED" does not always mean the bow arm will be in a straight level line. So, this is an extreme case of hyper-mobile elbow, meaning the bow arm can go, can bend beyond "straight", goes past "straight". Just line up the upper arm bone with the forearm bones (two in the forearm). If your arrow is level at full draw, then, try to LIFT and RAISE the elbow joint up to the same height, as your shoulder joint. If your elbow joint is LOWER than your shoulder joint, if the elbow joint is CLOSER to the ground, than your shoulder joint, UNBEND your elbow some more.



IS this fellow's elbow LOCKED? Probably not. So, does this guy BEND his elbow some, a little, a skosh, a tad, a bit, a little bit, MORE than a little bit, MORE than a skosh? Just get the bow arm level, when your arrow is level. Shoot some arrows. Do you like the results? Then, bend your elbow 1 degree more. Shoot some arrows. Do you like the results NOW? Play with the FEEL of your bow arm, and see what you can repeat shot after shot after shot. When you find a full draw posture that works for YOU...then, you are done. cuz, that is what matters. What full draw posture allows YOU to get results. Not what some other guy does. Find what gives YOU results, the results you are looking for.

 

"Locked" means to fully extend your forearm, until you run out of room for range of motion.

That arm looks broken (literally).

 

Reo definitely has more front belly stabilization.

 

I added about 60 lbs of that front belly stabilization to myself and I don't think it is helping me at all.

 

It's because you're not adding it equally to the butt as well I expect

 

Bent/unlocked. If I lock my elbow, the string will (has) hit my arm. OUCH! I learned REAL quick to unlock my arm. LOL

 

I use a slight bent elbow it gives me the best hold on target and what I can repeat day after day The front shoulder position is super important When you get it right your right and lefts go away day after day

 

My elbows don't "lock" to 180 degrees. Never have. One advantage of this is that an arm guard is purely cosmetic on me. Can't hit my arm unless I really screw up my release.
My daughter is hyper flexible though. And she needs a full coverage arm guard.
She loves the old school leather gauntlet style from 3 rivers.


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Very slight bend. If I grip the bow correctly, I never have to think about the arm


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Small bend

 

I relax my arm. So, probably a slight bend.

 

First, I want to start out by saying I am mainly a hunter, not a target shooter, so for me...I have found that having a bend in my arm is best. Here is the reason, if you have a straight arm, you are basically "maxed out" on mobility. If you hunt out of blind, ladder stand, hang on, etc...as a hunter you find your self having to shoot in some weird angles. If you give yourself a bent arm, it gives you more "leeway" but if you have a straight arm some positions are very tough if not impossible to shoot from...at least that has been my experience.