Make Archery Easier! Get Into Alignment As Soon As Possible!

[@rhysthomas623]

I'm home I'll and I've been searching for videos like this all day 😂 Then you upload this 👍 Great timing!

[@glengentle7033]

I was hooking left really bad to the point i thought it was my bow.. checked my alignment centre shot is now on point an I was arking my string my to my face to

[@tgallife]

Thank you for making this video. It is the first time I hear a clear and sensible explanation as to why you want to draw the string with your elbow "behind" the arrow.

[@snidedog2004]

Awesome advice Jake! Per usual!

[@NullNullZero02]

Literally the best archery instructor in the whole internet

[@jamesGT78]

He's great but Jarryd from Rogue Archery is equally as good in my opinion. I've learnt so much from both over the past year.

[@weshedges5306]

Just spent the day with my coach, where she introduced this exact lesson. Made a big difference in my shot cycle, comfortable, and better alignment with less effort. Thank you Jake the video was right on.

[@lubossoltes321]

You are using words a bit differently than most people understand them. Drawing the bow means exerting force on the string, basically anything further than brace height. Your set-up position means already drawing the bow back some. Yet you say drawing the bow back comes afterwards. That's incorrect from normal understanding. You "fully" draw the bow from set-up to anchor, but you draw the bow already between set and set-up. I understand the mechanics and all, that's fine (I do struggle to implement them properly but that's another matter :-)), however your description can be confusing for me. Maybe not being a native English speaker contributes to the confusion, but I have to pay attention to what you do and not what you say in these situations.

[@matthewdodd7038]

I'm new to archery, I'm curious what type of bow that is? It doesn't look like a recurve, is that a long bow?

[@hoangphan3701]

Hi Jack, Are you using an open stance in this video? Would the above technique applicable for close stance (the one with both feet at shoulder length and body not open to the targer)

[@byronm7234]

I really enjoy how you break things down and clearly illustrate the steps. Any chance you could make a video like this for drawing a compound bow with a wrist strap release? Or invite a special guest to do so?

[@julianandyvonne]

You've given me more to work on Jake 👍

[@Ty_Lu]

Hi Jake. I have been shooting barebow for less than a year. I found your channel and your content always inspires me. I have learned a lot from your barebow form series and ofc this alignment video too. Even tho I am pretty new to the barebow community in Vietnam but I was able to score 3 silver medals in a recent competition. Your videos are the exact reasons why I did so well in tho competitions. I can't thank you enough for that. I hope to see you irl someday :p

[@sirfinthetube]

Hello Jake, thank you for sharing your expertise with the masses. Ben Franklin would be proud of you.

[@vlogs-w4r]

Why can't I pull to my nose? Pls help

[@xred90sqa]

Thank you Jake for excellent instruction. Such alignment is an anatomy of the archery. Now i have to think how to arrange my camera :)

[@twix6113]

without your cap , it would be more visible for the bird view any way thanks

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

I saw the problem in editing… too late to take it off haha

[@ylvie8978]

A former coach in our club insisted on teaching new archers to pull the arrow with a heavily bent wrist, so that the draw line runs parallel to the arrow flight and the nock should never leave that line while drawing the string back. Who shoots like that? 🤌 Gosh, how that guy annoyed me 😂... Thanks for the video.

[@guillermokavana1847]

Thank you, Jake! You videos, advice and reading materials in becoming an archer are priceless. thank you!

[@jcwoodworx-corneeldutoit3419]

Thanks Jake, very interesting video. I jave just started a few weeks back and still learning a lot. I am using a Genesis compound bow with my son. You mentioned that this method is not for a compound bow - can you please explain why not? Or maybe point me to a good video on how to get into good alignment with a compound bow? I really struggle to get the elbow behind the line - maybe the bow is too small for me?

[@nickpearce4966]

I shoot an English Longbow here in the UK. I have adapted your NTS shooting cycle to the ELB and have seen massive improvement. The angular/ rotational draw has been a real game changer for me. Would love to see you shoot an ELB?

[@rick1774]

I see you and many other archers lift the bow hand and draw hand to a little above the target line, then settle back to the target line with very little drawback. Then the loading phase begins in earnest. Is there some advantage to this approach over lifting and loading at the same time? When I do the lift without much draw, it seems to load my shoulder more than I like. Keep up the good info. It is making all aspects of my archery far better than it would be otherwise, including motivation.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Imho isolating the drawing after the lift allows me to use the same muscles/movements I execute or expand with so it makes the shot much more fluid and more natural feeling.

[@rick1774]

Thanks for that Jake. I figured there must be a reason, but I didn't know what it was.@@JakeKaminskiArchery

[@TW-AZ]

My coach was working on this with me a few months ago and I didnt really understand the why completely. Thanks for the video.

[@dsdssdsd283]

Does the left side ridge of the grip feel awkward when turnnig the bow before the draw? wouldnt that mean we are turning the bow (as we draw) in our bow hand palm hinged around the grip ridge? Or should I turn the bow hand wrist slightly (I think you were doing that in the video) to reduce bow grip rotation?

[@FredHWalker]

Thanks Jake liking your info all great stuff. Fred Walker Ontario Canada. Kawartha Traditional Archery Center.

[@janickgonzalez8900]

hey jake i was wondering how do you help a fellow archer (who in this case is my sister) stop raising their bow arm at release…cause when she releases, she slightly jerks her bow arm up as if she is pivoting through her wrist to make the hand drop, or trying to save the shot by pulling it up…and she also struggles with cutting it loose when the clicker goes off.

[@michaelglembourtt1394]

Seems simple and obvious but this is really good coaching advice.

[@chaitanyakakara1438]

Sir can you male video on Indian round bow archery

[@Sangey_archery]

Please help us with anchor 🙏

[@lily3143]

Just a little random question. Is it legal in your country to shoot with slingshots? And also is it legal to shoot with slingshots with extra arm attachment to have more power on the slingshot?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Yes and yes

[@francoisdallaire4835]

Thanks!

[@byronm7234]

Great explanation!

[@clarkansas6590]

Good information

[@flyfin108]

thank you

[@skydany]

Thank you Jake

[@markjenkins6744]

Hello Jake I wish you could remake this video for a left handed archer. I get confused trying to follow your advice being left handed, Most archers, yourself included, are right handed but there are a fair few who are not and love to follow you. Maybe some videos with us lefties in mind would be nice.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

So a couple of issues here: 1. I’m not coordinated enough left handed to display it with as much correct and effective movements 2. Just like most archers are right handed, so are most coaches and unfortunately you’ll have that challenge to over-come. I could mirror the video for you and see if that works, but I’ve deleted the source video so all the words will be backwards as well that’s shown on screen.

[@markjenkins6744]

Thank for replying Jake I understand.

[@knolltop314]

thank you!

[@conservative-ku3lz]

Thank you Jake, I really appreciate these tips. I just wish I had a big yard to practice daily. All I have here, is a friend who owns a farm lot, but takes precious time and fuel getting there. I really want to improve my release.

[@markdavidson7510]

saw a video...and used it......shoot a lot inside of my house...both at the 5 foot lengh away and 10 yard away which is the length of my hall

[@elobiretv]

I shoot in my garden at about 3 meters, you don't need 20m to practice your release and I think it's actually better to practice close where you aren't thinking about aiming and wasting half your time walking to get arrows. Either that or get/ make a formaster.