How to improve in archery - Analyzing my own shot

I've shot archery all my life but I've never really sat down and analyzed my shot today we're going to video my shot my form we're going to analyze it personally Kramer is going to analyze it and I'm also curious what you guys think what are some things I could do better and I'm going to see if these improvements can make my shot better first I'm going to take a handful of shots just my normal form as natural as I can we're going to get video shots from each angle so that we can see all sides of my form and see what I can do better I'd say 3/4 of them felt good there's some that I felt like I didn't get full draw or something like that one that I hit my wrist on I don't know what I did different there see yeah my hands open I could just rest those fingers on yeah I feel like I'm not at full draw not quite and I think that's the one where I slep my wrist I mean even when you're like when you g you turn your wrist you know your form comes in a little bit what you see right there this needs to be over here cuz ideally want it like the tip of your elbow right here be completely in line with the Riser going all the way down down yeah down the arm yeah I want that elbow at least in line with the arrow yeah there is two main things that we saw in the video that I want to see if I can fix number one being I'm shooting with the Open Hand which is not bad for the shot itself but as soon as I release the Arrow I have to grab the bow so I'm going to try and just relax these fingers like this so I'm still not gripping the bow tight but I don't have to move my hand uh and add that extra motion every time I shoot the second thing was um back tension basically so my elbow is anchoring around yeah that's normal yep keep going yeah which feels funny but I'm going to have to practice that to get that back behind me those two things I think is going to make a big difference in my shot and this will also help me this back attention here will also help me make sure I get to full draw every time cuz it's going to be a hard stop adjusting my grip Just a Touch relaxing these fingers not going to drop the Bow by just relaxing these here that looks so much better does it feels weird oh it looks so much better yeah you look more um stable I think yeah that feels good nice at first it felt like like it's just less grip than this and that's what I was doing after the shot so I kind of feel like got less stability but during the shot I've got more stability and I can grab it like this when I need to walk around but it's a it's an interesting feeling for the first couple but then after by like five or six it's like okay do the have you ever seen the drill against the wall uh where you shoot like this yeah yeah so you shoot right up against the wall or something and then cuz when you shoot your elbow doesn't go that way it's suppos to go that way yeah should go this way and so you'll know immediately by a little elbow bomb but you can also just like you could do that on this right here so you'll feel it but it's not going to hurt you how'd that feel um felt weird it looked pretty good did it pretty good there I'm curious with that alignment from behind where it looks like everything's in a line if um you can see if my elbow still goes back when I release the arrow or not okay or if that alignment fixes it and not a bad group this is the one you told me I didn't get to full draw on it's definitely going backwards so actually push on it like feel the difference in muscles that's being used now push on this see how you're extending your shoulder back like using your lat more and here you're like pulling into your back strap more kind of okay I'll hold my hand here and you push my hand out of the way yeah that look like there's definitely another half inch that I'm getting out of the draw there when I think about getting all the way back yeah so everyone's skeletal structure is going to be a little bit different and so I don't think it's awful if your elbow goes back slightly but I think if you're going back super far it can be a sign that you're not engaging your back muscles and so you're using maybe more of your bicep and your shoulder to hold it which is smaller muscles is going to be harder to be stable yeah may not be engaging the back muscles or may not be at full draw yeah because then I've got room to go back yep you kind of pull behind it and then kind of settle in oh you know what I'm saying yeah I have seen people do that I don't what is that I don't know but yeah they'll go tell us they'll go past and then kind of set in yeah and then set into that structure I found I found that useful to try to get to full draw more but I don't know if that was enough practice to implement all of it but hitting your most popular spot though yeah it's true I should aim at the center I think your aiming point is just off this is a new bow to you today so yeah okay it was about five or six of the s look good on alignment mostly low but as far as left to right better than I was doing sometimes you can see what you can't feel and so it can be super useful to film yourself I didn't really realize that I was catching the bow every time and that I was so far from getting all the way into alignment with full draw but just with a couple of videos I was able to see those and now I can work on it check it again and work on it so that can be a super useful tool if you're wanting to work on your shot with iPhones it's super easy to set up slow-mo so that you you can just take a video you can have someone do it or set it up somewhere take a couple videos and then just analyze your shot test out something I think one key with this is to not focus on where you're hitting on the target when you're working on adjusting a habit yeah I think that's a really important thing because if you're focusing on where you're hitting then you're going to think you're failing when in reality you're really training a new muscle and then once you get that muscle train go back to aiming go back to focusing where you're hitting on the target scooting really close to the Target can be really helpful for that and yeah sometimes take a couple steps back to go forward or take a couple steps closer to the Target so you can go backward stay shatterproof keep getting better we'll see you on the next video