We were talking about release and anchor points etc and Perry made the observation about my anchor which is not the anchor I started archery with but I think happened sometime that I came back to archery after a bit of a layoff and has stuck. I only really noticed I was doing it it in the last 5-6 years or so as I have been looking more closely at form and technique in general and mine in particular. And more so again since starting FITA/Target shooting. (technique highlighted below)
Any save typing here is what I said in the Leatherwall as part of another conversation.
Has anyone else made a form change lately that they are keen on pursuing or one they have initiated and would not go backTradbh, that is interesting what you say about head alignment and something I have rediscovered last night in fact. For the last 20 years or so I have shot with the thumb of my drawing hand pointed up alongside my head in front of my ear.
I alway felt comfortable doing this and thought it gave good alignment as well as another contact reference point but last night I decided to change (for more than a one shot test before giving up).
As I am trying to relearn Gapping I am trying some different things...so now with the thumb tucked under like normal people it was a little unusual but not uncomfortable. Most interesting was it gave me a new and scarily better alignment as I felt my eye closer and more over the arrow.
I say scary but excited would be more accurate because while my scores did not improve that evening they did not drop away either and even this morning I feel like my shooting is about to make one of those quantum leaps we so look forward to...very exciting.
Cheers