3 Details on Aiming in Archery | How To Aim a Bow the Right Way

[@geek1217]

01:53 Detail 1: aiming 02:21 Detail 2: eye focus 03:39 Detail 3: tension and direction 05:08 When you start aiming 06:56 How the 3 details interact during your shot 07:56 Eye focus - Where should it be and how should it interact with tension

[@InwardsSkyArt]

thanks

[@digitaldogs233]

And having a good bow. One mistake i made when i started is getting a 40lb bow, that led to bursting my right pulling arm because i didn't know how its properly done. But that was the biggest lesson i had, because it really taught me that form is everything. Then i go on amazon to get a better bow, less poundage, a black wolf i believe and it was about 180 odd British pounds. And got sent a yn-m10 which is actually worth 26 British pounds, the company wouldn't respond so i had to ring amazon and wasn't happy, so they refunded me and obviously let me keep this piece of ........... I'm not a rich man, and i truly believe the right bow is also key to how mentally you feel. This thing...idk I'm learning but even i know the limbs arnt right, but what can i do, so been practicing my form as it's a lower poundage and won't do as much damage if I'm doing something wrong. Two months down the line I've got my form, Jake has been a mentor yet he doesn't even know it, I've learned so much threw him. But now I'm left doing everything right yet knowing this bow is holding me back, the frustration is absolutely horrible. I don't work because of really bad mental problems and archery has really helped, while I'm doing it. So i suggest NEVER go on amazon to buy a bow, because its sold from a third party and obviously this one just ripped me off, literally 20£ bow that initially i spent over 150 on. And even that's cheap for what i need, a bow that one day i can compete in, that's my goal, even at 52 i still think i can be a really good bowman. Absolutely sucks that this sport demands spending so much money to get a competitive bow. But one day. Sorry for long rant, but a proper set up bow is just so damn important.

[@joemason6703]

It is simple. Archery is an Eye-hand coordinations skill, not a Hand-eye coordination skill. The eyes focus on the target so the hands and rest on the body can coordinate their actions with a steady-ish lock-on target picture, like a true optical guidance system.

[@kVidStream]

CORRECT!!! Well done Jake!

[@ladislavplatil8735]

Hi, my name is Ladia. I am new to archery, I love it, and I appreciate your thorough and educated as well as practice proven instructional videos. It is clear that not only you know what and how to improve one's archery skills, but also everything that lies behind those skills in terms of equipment body and mind. If I could make a wish, it would be helpful, if you would provide on top of each of your detailed videos Short Version of the video edited let's say to around 3 minutes, that would contain pretty much the instructions only, without the detailed explanation. Since I trust your instructions, and not always have the time, or patients to watch the whole video, short video around three minutes of "show and tell 😊" would be helpful to me, and maybe as well to others. I'm saying this not only as a person who loves to learn new skills, but also as someone with couple decades of experience in video and film production. Thank you very much for sharing your love and passion for archery.

[@lostnomads2285]

So you want JK to spend more of his free time so you can save more of your free time? Would you pay for an edited version?

[@skrekymastero]

Hi, I think i 'm not the first person to ask you this question : How to decide to release when the pin goes with the wind ? Thanks and thank you for you videos !

[@Zara_edits12]

Brilliant explanation mate. Thank you

[@hui-wenchen8399]

❤ Excellent instructions. Thanks for your efforts ❤

[@IdahoEagle77]

Great video. Do you prefer gap shooting or string walking, and why? I am trying to choose one to learn.

[@paulmullins4676]

When trying to burn a hole in the target I mentally visualize the arrow going into and through the spot. That seems to complete my intention better than just hitting it. It pulls the arrow in like a blackhole.

[@tonypace2009]

Same here . From a hunting standpoint I picture through the target it gives a tighter perspective of the arrows exit and helps visualize the vitals of what I am hunting. Also helps with target panic. Also I tend to aim more with my bow hand low toward where base of thumb meets wrist this helps me push toward the target. The arrow alighnment and string blur is what I am working on and release. I am more into just trying to be more accurate for hunting but also gave thought into some 3d archarey.

[@Barx1963]

Thanks Jake. Great explanation. As a recurve archer, I often tell people I am coaching that in many ways we aim with our clicker, in that getting the tension and direction set up correctly which then leads to a clean and directed expansion is far more important than getting the sight pin dead centre.

[@Wo1fLarsen]

Excellent content.

[@kelleyknaus1005]

Great explanation! Thx you!

[@bobhart900]

Wonderful advice

[@TheDatadump]

Great product

[@theartisanrogue]

Dude, this was super helpful! Thank you!

[@steveruis1055]

Actually, I think that aiming starts even sooner. Aiming starts with taking a stance. The great Olympic archers of the 1980's used their stances to fine tune their aim at 90 meters. By adjusting the stance slightly (marked with foot pegs), they could fine tune their aim. (I think by changing their "openness" of their stance, they are affecting their draw length and the timing at which their clicker clicks. Whatever the reason, they were doing that. My point is that stance affects the ability to aim. So, stance, establishing line of sight, pre-aim, aiming, holding eye line through release and followthrough. Aiming is happening throughout a shot. In addition, if you are unaware, before you raise your bow (after establishing your eye-POA line) there is a point you raise your bow to. That position, learned either subconsciously or deliberately (I teach it), is the position in which, after you end up drawing and anchoring, etc. your aperture is very, very close to where you want it to be. You do not want to have to make large movements at full draw as they take too much time (and a re a source of variation). The error is starting to aim and trying to preserve that position as you draw. So, taking an aim (usually called a pre-aim) is helpful before your draw, if it results in the state after you draw and anchor, etc. you are very close to having your aperture on your POA.

[@mohammadhoseinzade4307]

Last night I hit ten but sight wasn't on center and I was thinking about it alot. I understand it now, thanks for your useful videos.

[@digitaldogs233]

It's been a good 3 months now since i stated archery. And for me it's a very mental thing. I have to watch the target before i rise my bow, also i do what gun shooters do, I start from the bottom of where i want to go, rise up until there's something saying let go.. its very odd because its almost like willing the arrow to do what i want it to. It's also abit odd that even with guitar I've had 0 lessons know nothing about music theory, yet can play the guitar, i learned a track call THE STREETS OF LONDON by just knowing what chord logically goes next. Idk maybe I'm just odd lol.. But again you've been my teacher so alot is actually what you've said, especially the mental side of archery, i seem to understand that more than anything else.

[@kwstasxondros6810]

THANKS JAKE!!!!!!!!

[@jcgardner5852]

To me beginng of aiming is when I look at target and set feet to address it. The process at/after draw is fime tuning aim.

[@nurbaiti_hikaru]

Thank you for this video. It's really helpful.

[@nageshkola2327]

thank you sir

[@pipergy]

How does this work with kids that shoot the Genesis bow for NASP? That is basically a bare bow. I've got kids that look at the bottom or top left or right of the target in order to shoot center. They are aiming at the corners. I would love to talk more with you about this.

[@liam3664]

Jake Kaminski, everytime I think of Ted Kaczynski.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Must not know many polish people haha.

[@garymickus6412]

Jake, are you saying to make the target clear and the sight pin fuzzy? If so, any exercises you recommend to accomplish this goal?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Yes, and it’s simple. Just focus on the target, not the pin. You cannot focus on two things at once, choose to have your eyes focus on the target and just let the pin be a reference. Not the focal point.

[@garymickus6412]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery “easier said than done”. I’ve tried to focus on the target and blur the pin but have not been successful. I do the opposite. Make clear the pin and blur the target.

[@Dj_AI2006]

My bow is discovery junior and doesn’t have any sights. Is there any way to do a homemade sight for it or something?

[@johndouse6623]

hi JAKE, I am struggling with the aiming of my Olympic recurve bow in so much as my sight pin is at it's extreme left and yet I am still hitting left on the target. there is something wrong with my form! what might it be. I love your videos here in UK.

[@sillybilly7467]

you string window is probably wrong. You align the string too much toward the riser.

[@ethartaher700]

thank you , but I have a question ; if i make a focus at the target and blur the sight pin, so what is the benefits of the sight ?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

As a reference

[@ethartaher700]

could you explain this point in another video ? , and a video about the reasons of going the arrows to left side not into the middle ,please ? @@JakeKaminskiArchery

[@kenn1320]

Jake I believe and teach your old method. One of the biggest contributions to TP is prioritizing aim, before aiming should occur. Yes I look at the target before I draw, but then separate the visual to a blank stare down range until I'm anchored. Job #1 is anchor. Aiming early without a clicker or release is fast lane to TP.

[@jshankar1000]

Love it. Thanks. But I can't believe you took all my trouble and put it down to "get comfortable with that!" And nothing more... 😜

[@dustydustydusty]

Your videos are definitely helping very much. The arrow strikes are a bummer but a couple more targets will fix that. I've had worse problems. Like being an instinctive aim guy. Luckily that's 20 years ago. However those bad habits are still there after not shooting for all that time. This whole aiming and form thing is completely new. Okay. Form then wait for it. Casually aim, but with laser beam focus. Question. When I used to shoot I had developed calluses. Likely definitely will again. Let them build up or no?

[@cavetroll]

Love the Cyclops mental image here. I would like to ask an injury related question at some point if I may? I need to rewatch that video with Heather but yup...

[@Matt__just_a_guy]

First!! :) thanks for the video Jake. Timely for me.. I'm a beginner, and shooting barebow. I seem to find I get much better results if I don't concentrate on the arrow point as a reference.. it almost doesn't seem to matter providing I'm drilling focus on the target point.. is this what you're describing?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Yes, the point and the aiming reference is no where near as important as the pressure and the eyes.

[@Matt__just_a_guy]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery its really remarkable at how much difference it makes. I see now where 'instinctive' archery skills come from.

[@Hybridesque]

Thanks for writing this comment, helps me make sense of things for the Barebow perspective.

[@leonorgodinho7992]

Hi jake your video was really helpful, but my students say when they aim in the centre their arrow goes to the left or sometimes they say they have to aim right outside target to go the arrow in centre please advice thank you

[@mikhailfong6234]

Thanks Jake. I have trouble with the sight of the string relative to the bow in recurve and barebow. Should the string align with arrow? Or can it be aligned with the inner of the window of the bow? I am right handed. Anyone has a clue?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

String Alignment Basics for Recurve & Barebow Archery | The BEST place to put your string alignment kzbin.info/www/bejne/epTbZYKYeqh9nck watch this.

[@mikhailfong6234]

​​@@JakeKaminskiArcherygotcha. Thanks a zillion, Jake. I am so ever grateful. And I'm still nursing and rehab my right frozen shoulder.

[@2112theoden]

Is there anything that would be done different if the shooter has vision in one eye only?

[@beharjean-claude2276]

Do you aim with your bow shoulder or with the bow hand ?

[@11bangbang84]

Rifle / pistol eye focus on front sight. Can anyone explain why you would not focus on front bow sight (if you have one of course)

[@ahmedabdeen239]

i have a problem, when i do the full draw cycle i always end up under the yellow and for some reason i get stuck and its very hard to move the sight pin up, is this wrong form, wrong aim or target panic?

[@amuldaschetty8576]

I would like to ask a advice..I am 13 years old doing archery with wooden bow so for longer distances like 30/20 m I struggle with both aiming cause my arrows do not have grouping and my arrows are constantly going to the right top when I aim at 9 o clock black left side and if I aim at the center my arrows are going to 12 o'clock black.. I want to find my aiming and I want to know how can I find my right aiming so I can shoot properly?

[@vilidious]

Do you also aim with your whole body? F.ex. feet, hips, torso and head in addition to eyes being in alignment/line towards the target? So like the feeling of having your whole body and focus "set up" to aim at the center of the target such that you can draw a straight line through you to the target? I'm simply curious as naively I'd assume everything an archer does from the stance to everything is there only to hit the center of the target, and should support it... not just arms/head/eyes.

[@pocahontaspowhatan4277]

Maybe aiming the hip first, so the stand is firm and set before draw?

[@billbarry2984]

Why didn't you mention the bow string location as in relation to the riser??

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

I have a video for that, String Alignment Basics for Recurve & Barebow Archery | The BEST place to put your string alignment kzbin.info/www/bejne/epTbZYKYeqh9nck

[@RainbowArcher252]

How do you join the Discord chat?

[@1717ares]

In my opinion, another part of aiming is the positioning of the string shadow (at least for recurve archery). I expect that we all would agree that when shooting a rifle, we would say, that positioning the bead inside the notch is part of the aiming process; if the string shadow represents the notch, the positioning of the string shadow should be regarded as part of the aiming process.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Absolutely. That is called string alignment. I have a video for that too! String Alignment Basics for Recurve & Barebow Archery | The BEST place to put your string alignment kzbin.info/www/bejne/epTbZYKYeqh9nck

[@danielcooper1124]

If you're not using a consistent string picture, it's pretty much pointless having an adjustable sight.

[@ruudratajczak2240]

He friend, i think your''e in the wrong video🤣😂🤓

[@graphguy]

My biggest problem at tradarchery is .........aiming! I can shoot 12 arrows at 25 yards that are all touching each other in a group. Then go pull my arrows and come back and none of them group closer than 6 inches! I totally can't figure out what is so inconsistent in my aiming. Drives me nuts. Doesn't matter if I gap shoot or I do instinctive. Doesn't matter if I am using a 55# or a 40# bow or a light arrow or a heavy one. But I do know that when I shoot a 10, the minute the world is left behind and all I see is the arrow flight at the tiny spot I am focused I know for a fact it will go there. The problem is being able to reproduce that on demand - I CAN'T!

[@kevinmithnick9993]

Aiming starts when I wake up in the morning

[@edwardrichard2561]

I hear you should focus on your target from a lot of different archers. But when shooting with the firearms you focus on the sights for a accurate shot. I’m not sure why there is a difference I believe archery may be wrong.

[@garymathison8361]

Man has used the bow and arrow without sights for thousands of years. Does this tell you something?

[@edwardrichard2561]

@@garymathison8361 they missed alot

[@sandhip2847]

How to get ready mentally when we are moving to 70 metres after quite a long time

[@sunrainism]

I knew Dr Strange was onto something.

[@kevinroberts9580]

And don't do what we call drive by shooting, that's when it's floating all over the place and when it gets close to being where you want it...allof a sudden you punch or pluck it and usually you'll keep right on floating past where you wanted it to go....

[@Voxguitarsrock]

Aim small miss small.

[@philipsturtivant9385]

This video made me stop and reflect, I was (once) a pretty good shot with a 9mm Browning Hi-Power automatic pistol. Took me 10 years getting there. Looking back, learning to shoot a pistol accurately was kinda like learning to shoot accurately with a bow (except with a pistol you have to get "Set" right - your grip, right at the holster - but after that you pretty much skip every other step in the KSL cycle up to "Aim") Practice means that you must begin by consciously focussing on "aim" (and every other other part of the shot cycle) emphasising each in their turn, to get to a point where - through practicing the elements of the shot cycle separately, and then in sequence - you reach a point where they all come together, and no conscious effort it needed ('dammit - if you had to concentrate on every last micro-movement involved in just standing up, you'd never be able to make it out of bed!) Give it time and practice, and learn how to focus like Jake says - while doing all the other things without conscious thought. Baseball pitchers and Quarterbacks don't have sights: they just 'know' where the ball is going. Because they practice

[@aeonarchery4539]

To sub ko scheme Bata da . 😂

[@braydonjohnklink-mx6yx]

This personally did not help me just like the 7 other videos I watched

[@guilhermevieira4353]

Felt as if you were describing intuitive shooting. The only proper way to shoot a bow with no sight or no crawl. Gap shooters are no fun, they don't understand, they don't look at the target. We don't take them seriously

[@garymickus6412]

Mr. Vieira Yes I agree! Whatever our style (barebow, compound, gap, Olympic recurve), one needs to focus with extreme attention at a specific point on the target.

[@bfia93]

I was hoping for a visual.. not you talking for an hour

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Watch this first: How to Aim Your Bow | Archery Sight Picture | Archery Basics Explained kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3WoioqiecqBpa8 And then have your watch checked.

[@bfia93]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery thanks

[@jonmorgan-parker4209]

Hi Jake, great videos 🙏 thank you for your guidance 🙏 I don’t have any problems aiming etc… I just have a few Wobble/ wavering precisely on the target? How do you steady your aim? Or is this normal for a novice and it just gets better with practice?? Sent with respect 🫡