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THE RELAX SWIVEL TECHNIQUE OF AIMING, ENGLISH LONGBOW, 5 SHOT GROUP

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Channel: Gary Chynne · 2016 · People & Blogs

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IF I WAS GOING TO LIST ASPECTS OF ARCHERY IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE FROM 1 TO 10 I'D SAY BEING RELAXED AT THE MOMENT OF RELEASE IS A 10. BEING RELAXED AT THE MOMENT OF RELEASE IS THE ONLY WAY TO NOT  IMPART TORQUING THROUGH THE HANDS TO THE BOW AND STRING.
WATCH THIS MOVIE AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT YOUR SEEING.YOU WILL SEE ME DRAW,THEN MY BOW GOES RIGHT A LITTLE,THEN BACK LEFT A LITTLE AND THEN I RELEASE.WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS ME DRAW TO ANCHOR BUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS THE ARROW PERFECTLY LINED UP TO THE TARGET.EVEN THOUGH THE ARROW IS PERFECTLY LINED UP I DO NOT RELEASE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS TENSION IN MY ARMS AND I WILL MISS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SO TEMPTING TO LET GO BECAUSE IT IS LINED UP.THE BOW ARM HAS PUSHED FORWARD AND IS STIFF HOLDING THE ARROW STRAIGHT.LIKE DOING A ONE ARM PUSH UP. THE DRAW ARM HAS HAD TO GO TO THE REAR WHICH TENSES THE SHOULDER, TRICEPS, FINGER, AND FOREARM.
NOW BACK TO AIMING-SO EVEN THOUGH I'M LINED UP I RELAX MY ARMS AND SHOULDERS.I FEEL THE SHOULDER MOVE AND THE TRICEPS RELAX.THE BOW TENDS TO PULL ME TOGETHER AT THIS POINT AND I SEE THE ARROW MOVE TO THE RIGHT-RIGHT OFF THE TARGET.THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THE MOVIE WHEN THE BOW GOES TO THE RIGHT.WHAT I SEE IS THE ARROW POINTING TO THE RIGHT WHEN I GO RELAXED.I ALLOW THE ARROW TO POINT WHERE IT WANTS TO NATURALLY POINT IN THIS RELAXED STATE.NOW WITHOUT MOVING THE ARMS OR SHOULDERS TO AIM; IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO MOVE THE BOW ARM LEFT AND LINE UP THE ARROW BUT DON'T, INSTEAD I ASK,"WHERE IS THE ARROW POINTING," AND I SWIVEL AT THE WAIST AND ROTATE THE UPPER BODY IN IT'S ENTIRETY; ARMS, SHOULDERS, AND HEAD, AND YOU WILL SEE THE ARROW ALIGN TO THE TARGET. THIS TIME YOU ARE ALIGNED TO THE TARGET WITHOUT TENSION AND TORQUING IN YOUR UPPER BODY AND WHEN YOU RELEASE YOU WILL SHOOT STRAIGHT. 
WHEN I RELAX THE ARMS AND THE BOW PULLS MY ARM TO THE RIGHT THIS IS NOT A COLLAPSE. THE FINGERS DO NOT GO FORWARD.THIS IS SIMPLY THE BOW ALIGNING MY ARMS WITH EQUAL PRESSURE ON THE BOW AND AND THE DRAW HAND.THE OPPOSITE MISTAKE TO A COLLAPSE IS WHEN WE TRY TO USE TO MUCH BACK TENSION AND PULL THE SHOULDER BLADES TOGETHER LIKE SQUEEZING A TENNIS BALL BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES WHICH CAN OVER DRAW. TO MUCH BACK TENSION ARCHES THE BACK AND CAUSES THE CHEST TO COME FORWARD.THIS SQUEEZING THE BACK TOGETHER "BACK TENSION" IS OFTEN OVER STATED.
THE TRUTH IS WE CREATE TENSION OVER DRAWING, OR PUSHING FORWARD, OR DYNAMICALLY PULLING OFF, OR RAISING OR LOWERING THE ELBOW.WE MUST BE RELAXED ENOUGH THE BOW SHOWS US WHERE IT WANTS TO POINT AND THEN ALLOWING IT TO POINT AT THE TARGET. WE ELIMINATE OURSELVES FROM THE EQUATION BY RELAXING.
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