Arrow rotation matters?

J. Bergkvist · Post by **J. Bergkvist** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:01 am

Does rotation left or right matter deppending on what side of the bow we shoot of?
I'm a right hand archer using thumb draw. Close to target, up to 10-12 meters, my arrows tend to strike the target sideways, point right, nock left.
The fun part is that if I shoot from the left side of the bow, the arrow strikes straight. Dosen't matter if I use thumb or fingers to draw. Though fingers are slightly better.
Thoughts? And may it be that the rotation is wrong when shot from right side of the bow?

Misiak · Post by **Misiak** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:03 am

I would say that the arrows hit the target sideway because of bad release, I had this problem for almost 2 years. There are still times when my release is not good enough and my arrows also hit the target sideways and often break on the impact.

Feather orientation (left/right rotation of the arrow after release) - IMHO it does not matter at all as the arrow always leaves the bow with no rotation and it starts to spin after a short distance because of the drag as the arrow flies.

fusizoli · Post by **fusizoli** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:21 am

Agree! :)

J. Bergkvist · Post by **J. Bergkvist** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:37 am

Seems resonable.
I thought of bad release as well but I can't imagine I have a better release in my left hand?

Misiak · Post by **Misiak** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:28 am

It is just a speculation, but maybe when you put an arrow on the other side of the bow something like this happen. You are used to releasing an aroow from the left side, your follow through (if I name it correctly - I mean little movement of the bow arm right after you release the arrow) is ideal and the arrow flies from the bow without touching it. If you change to right of the bow side, this movement should be different and maybe causes the problem with striking the arrow plate and bad arrow flight.

If you release correctly you can use wider range of different spined arrows without problem (stiffer arrows then normal)

Misiak · Post by **Misiak** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:38 am

Misiak wrote:It is just a speculation, but maybe when you put an arrow on the other side of the bow something like this happen. You are used to releasing an arrow from the left side, your follow through (if I name it correctly - I mean little movement of the bow arm right after you release the arrow) is ideal and the arrow flies from the bow without touching it. If you change to right of the bow side, this movement should be different and maybe causes the problem with striking the arrow plate and bad arrow flight.

If you release correctly you can use wider range of different spined arrows without problem (stiffer arrows then normal)

J. Bergkvist · Post by **J. Bergkvist** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:21 pm

It's the opposite acctually (from right side to left) butit dosent matter, I see your point anyway.
Will try some things including this and get back when tested.
Thanks for advise!

J. Bergkvist · Post by **J. Bergkvist** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:54 pm

I think i figured it out.
Seems like it was two things for me. The string hand going out from the body in the release, and the bow hand not twisting the bow att all during/after release.
So, just correcting the string hand was not enough, when I corrected the bow hand as well, everything was fine. Now I even group much better also.
The iunterresting thing would be to see what happens if I stop correcting my string hand now since I began twisting the bow.
Had a long section today so I'm kinda tired, so some arrows didn't go straight even after the corrections. But I guess it's just that, the muscles being tired. Will try again tomorrow.