How To DRAW A BOW | Save your shoulders!

hello everyone thanks for coming outside of here today today I would like to talk about a proper way or some proper ways to draw your boat to ensure that you are comfortable you are consistent and you're enjoying the sport as much as possible now we're not going to dive into the stance like how your feet and hips are today I just want to talk about the actual physical action of drawing the boat now I'm going to be demonstrating this today with a handheld style release and hinge style release but the same thing applies whether you're shooting a thumb button or a wrist strap type of release so first things first let's actually get the human anatomy aspect out of the way remembering that we're working with muscle groups here we're not specifically trying to wrench it back with one muscle we're trying to use many to get the bow back efficiently effectively and without paying an injury as possible that of course first means you must be shooting a poundage that is respectable for you and if that means you're starting out at 3040 pounds so be it don't worry about shooting 50 60 70 80 pounds right off the bat build yourself up remember you are exercising and and particularly if you're new to the sport remember these muscles here that are in your back unless you work out a lot even if you do work out a lot are very specific this is a very unique thing that you're doing it might look a lot like an upright row you know when you bend over the table and you're lifting a dumbbell but remember this is an asymmetrical action here you're not activating this on the left side if you're a right-handed Archer the opposite be true for a left-handed Archer you're not activating this left side nearly as much as you're activating the right and of course this is a very unique issue that you're experiencing with your elbow you're not used to drawing a heavyweight across your body using these back muscles so start off with a lower poundage is necessary and then build yourself up from there for example I'm shooting 60 pounds here and I've been shooting for 16 almost 17 years now and 60 pounds at a 30 and a half inch draw is super comfortable for me so I'm gonna start off by getting into my stance here and I'm gonna draw the bow the right way and then I'm gonna draw it the wrong way and you'll be able to easily see the difference all right so let me try to draw it a wrong way which I know is gonna be uncomfortable and very unnatural for me in particular oh yeah that doesn't feel right at all all right so let's talk about the two differences here and why is one is definitely worse off than the other so one of the first mistakes I see with people drawing their bows they think they have to draw the bow to their body which is not a natural thing you're trying to draw past your body which means you want your elbow to be further away from your body up a little bit higher than your shoulder and you want to draw this across your face you don't want to draw it into your body remember if you do this motion even without the bow being drawn you can feel all of the muscles in your shoulder and your back bunch up your arm doesn't have a whole lot of range of motion like this you can kind of get back there but it's not that great you put your elbow up though and you have all this range of motion and that's exactly what you want so if I draw the bow poorly again and I try to draw to my body into my chest it's very strained and also I'm now stuck into my chest and now I have to work my body to get it the rest of the way I don't want my actual body to become a physical roadblock for my draw cycle I want to be drawing past my body secondly when I actually get into my body like that I'm no longer activating my shoulder muscles here in the back when I lose that range of motion my shoulder muscles eventually bind up they can't move any further whereas if I elbow is up and it'll pull through I'm able to continue to use my back muscles which are much stronger than this motion right here just using this muscle here off my shoulder these back muscles are much stronger and I'm able to draw the bow a lot easier so let's draw the bow correctly again so you'll notice my elbow is not going to be clean up here you know you'll see some target guys start way up here and they'll draw their elbow up and there's nothing wrong with that although for a hunting situation you want to try to eliminate as much motion as possible and I like to shoot longer axial to axial bows even when I'm in a saddle or a tree stand and so I like to try to keep the bow as parallel to the ground as possible I'll just keep my elbow up higher to allow that freer range of motion so my hand for my bow hand is about eyeball level my elbows clearly above my head and I can simply draw the bow back straight and execute the shot now executing a shot by drawing a bow poorly or in an inefficient way it actually causes a lot of extra movement let me demonstrate so if I pull into my chest here now the bow is clear down here it's way out of the way now I have to bring it up and then anchor it's not very natural I'd much rather start with my release hand much closer to my face this also allows me to hold in the event because we've all been there for all bow phoners we've all been there where we've drawn back and add ear pegs us we're up in the tree 15 20 feet and the deer sees us moving if I draw back correctly and let's say I'm stuck here and the deer has me pegged I can hold this for a very long time even with a lower let off bow because I have all of my muscles now activated in my shoulder and they can hold this for a very long time if I'm stuck down in with my bow down across my chest like that and I'm pinned that way I'm gonna tire a lot faster I'm gonna have to let down and I'm gonna ultimately probably lose that shot of that animal so let's actually see that in action with the poor draw I come back and I draw into my chest now I'm stuck here and my bow arm is locked which means I can't move it very easily my shoulder is completely locked I'm very uncomfortable right here I can feel all the tension in my shoulder muscle I can feel it all coming down into my lats on the side and it feels like the bones to jump forward on me which I definitely don't want it to do so I've only drawn the bow back maybe half a dozen times in that poor form I can already feel all the tension and all the pain right here in towards my rotator cuff right here in the outside of my arm I definitely don't want that I've been shooting a bow for 16 almost 17 years I never experienced that pain anymore I can shoot hundreds of arrows in a day and never feel that type of fatigue and that type of muscle and tendon strength if I draw up on the upside and you'll see how much easier that is I mean I can pull back 60 pounds so much smoother and so much more efficient but keeping my elbow a little bit higher and able to pull my shoulder back and follow through with the shot so what are some drills you can do if you find yourself experiencing that shoulder pain and it's not from drawing a higher poundage it's not from having a draw link that's too long because again if your drawings too long now you're gonna have to be overextending yourself and in particular if you're drawing into your chest you're never gonna actually get to full draw you're gonna have to lean back and pull it across your chest which is again something you don't want so what are some drills you can do if your bow is set right to the proper draw length and proper poundage but you're still getting that shoulder pain from dropping your elbow some tips and tricks that I've used in the past is by taking a tennis ball and actually literally taping it to my t-shirt in my armpit if I feel myself touching that tennis ball that's duct tape into my armpit I know I'm dropping my arm and it's causing that rub if I keep my elbow up at least above my shoulder height I don't make that contact and I know I'm executing a clean release and a clean draw some other strength boating exercises you can do an upright row bending over the weight bench but have that dumbbell up with your elbow closer to your head than back here you don't want to be doing an upright row back here that's not gonna build that strength have your elbow up it's gonna feel a little bit weird it's gonna not look right I recommend doing it at home because if you do it in the gym you're gonna look a little bit different than everybody else but I'll help build up that shoulder strength back in here behind your shoulder blades relieve a lot of stress off of your arm in particular and a lot off your shoulder and you won't experience that discomfort and that pain so that's all for this video if you have any questions about how to draw a bow how to shoot about how to avoid that pain how to become more consistent and more accurate follow the links in the description below hit me up on Facebook and Instagram you can even hit up my email which is down there as well and of course always leave a comment here on YouTube I'll be able to get outside enjoy the sport of archery archery hunting if you so choose definitely enjoy God's beautiful creation and we'll get to see you next time

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Length: 8min 29sec (509 seconds)

Published: Sat May 30 2020