String Alignment Basics for Recurve & Barebow Archery | The BEST place to put your string alignment

String alignment is extremely important to both recurve and barebow archery. I give my thoughts on the best place to put your string blur for both recurve archers and barebow archers.
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[@Caneniah]

You're channel is the first I've found that's helped me improve my shooting, I think because you cover the small details many others don't. You explain the science of the shot, I appreciate that.

[@carstenskaarup8121]

Tried this yesterday, and for the first time in my two years with archery, it felt more like real aiming, than instinctive string walking. After a few shots, it felt natural 🤩 once again, thank you for your videos 🤘🏼

[@kepaloha]

That was probably the best explanation of string alignment I've ever heard, I'm a trad shooter myself. Thank you

[@woodymeow2330]

Exactly what I am looking for!

[@kentonbrede]

Thanks so much for this video. I was shooting with the string too far to the left. I’m a lefty, and the arrows were landing far right. Now, instead of holding at the left edge of the 40 cm target to hit center, I can hold at target center. :)

[@irishpotatogamer1850]

Thanks for actually making this request jake! Much appreciated!

[@Ninjamstrboy]

This is SOOOOO informative. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!

[@matthewbook6670]

Wow, this was so helpful, and the explanation was so clear. Thank you very much, Jake!

[@elmoreglidingclub3030]

More inspiration!! Thank you for these. Definitely helping!

[@dbdbsam]

extremely useful tip for beginners, thanks Jake

[@craigmallinson5584]

Thanks Jake that has just solved a problem I was having with my aiming.

[@Wargoat6]

So needed this vid. Awesome!

[@beaurasmussen5675]

Thank you Jake, this something that I keep forgetting to pay attention to

[@dominic6634]

the follow through tips are great. just made a 70 yrd shot with my flat bow on a 3D target. even hit it. one of the guys there had a range finder.

[@jeongheejin15]

I'm really enjoying your video. I want to practice archery with you someday. Thank you for today's video.

[@vesasavolainen5605]

Thank you Jake! This video strengthen my mind, because I'm using same method's.!

[@michaellewis7758]

Just wanted to say thanks, new to the sport and was having some coaching. This video really helped an awful lot and sorted out a problem I was having, thanks so much for posting.

[@baznhel]

Great video, Really succinct and clear . Thanks for the tips !

[@consume_vegetables]

thanks. just got back into barebow and this saves me time on figuring out alignment.

[@michaelgrubb6899]

I have never thought about that before. thank you!

[@adamkilroe9840]

Realising that I have been taught a lot of outdated or plain incorrect stuff over the years. Following your advice has massively improved my shooting. I used to shoot well in spite of these habits rather than because of them. Thank you Jake. Take care.

[@WilbertIsRandom]

Thank you! I've been struggling with this and I think this will help me.

[@bluechiparcherychippycarpe2780]

Excellent, excellent, excellent ☺️

[@bartoszbachor8332]

I couldn't find better explenation about stringi aligment. Tomorrow i am gonna put it in a practice 🙂 big thanks for this video.

[@Traditionalarchery007]

Thank you Jake as always

[@huyvlam]

Your analogy of back sight constantly moving cause the front sight to change arrow path and trajectory is dead on. Thanks for a superb explanation.

[@Tekknight7]

This video really helped a lot, shooting barebow in Japan, so basically using this channel to pick up things to look out for, and my sight picture was way off, this helped to get better groupings. Thank you!

[@user-bp1yl8np8q]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@ErikNovikoff]

One thing with barebow, I use the light curvature of the string to verify the exact center of the string when setting up my string alignment. If you stare at the target and slowly move the string to the center of your eye, you will see the target jump from the left side of the string to the right side of the string (for right handed shooter) as the light warps around the string. This takes out the string blur part of the shot which can change based on lighting conditions.

[@Traditionalarchery007]

Thank you. I will try this method

[@skydany]

Thank you Jake 🤘

[@athee7849]

Thank you so much 👍

[@guilhermevieira4353]

In barebow, as you crawl the string, your aperture will vary. So will the arrow stiffness, which means impacts left and right for distances other than the one your bow was tunned. From what I understand, bb shooters will have different stringblur pictures for different distances. Either that or adjust the plunger

[@Katzekaze]

or do a "walkback tuning", and aim the same as always, keep the plunger tension the same

[@ando440]

Another great video, to follow-up when shooting recurve, how do you decide how far out to have the sight bar?

[@christianlohmann8577]

My string is so far on the left of the pin as a RH shooter I feel bad. Right eye dominant. But it sure explain why my horizontal grouping still lack consistency. Will try in my next session to move it towards the riser. I think it comes down to not have a solid consistent anchor which gives with “tension & direction” the wrong direction.

[@ekojadi123]

Thank you ... Now I know.

[@spelling_ax]

Your arrow length may change depending on what type of event you are shooting, so maybe string blur on the riser is better for barebow.

[@irishpotatogamer1850]

What? I dont follow, surely your draw length doesn't change event to event?

[@spelling_ax]

@@irishpotatogamer1850 @ 4:35 Jake says he would rather align his string blur with something that "never moves." I was just pointing out that your arrow tip might move if you use different length arrows for indoor, 3D, field, etc.

[@irishpotatogamer1850]

@@spelling_ax I don't shoot barebow, but surely it won't move laterally, if your anchor is consistent?

[@spelling_ax]

@@irishpotatogamer1850 It only move a trivial amount, but if Jake's serious about it *never* moving...

[@48JF]

Hi, I am recurve-shooter, right handed🤚 shooting now for 9 years. P-Record 563/600 indoor. I figured out, after 2 years at beginning, that for me specific, I am more precise when the string is on the left side of the pin📍between the pin and the inner circle after sight. String on nose tip 👃 and chin slightly right. Explanation: My Focus is confused when the string is on the right side, because I don’t recognise the string when it’s closer to the riser.😅 …it disappears. I figured out that this depends on the turn of head position. When the nose blocks the right dominant eye 👁️ by focusing target (wrong head turn), the left eye becomes dominant on target while right still focus string. So it helps me controlling head position turn, when I set string slightly on left side of pin 📍 , focus with both eye 👁️ but to keep right eye dominant. Kind of closed “view system” feeling. I right all sight settings depends on sun in my app 📃 ☀️⛅️☁️➡️⬅️⬆️⬇️

[@kesultananbumi2851]

Hi jake, your barebow series is amazing.. regarding the string allingmnet, what should i see fisrt, should i see the target fisrt than the string or i see string fisrt than the target.

[@Traditionalarchery007]

Jake please make a video for barebow at 60 m.

[@nobbythesheep]

Did you find putting the blur on the side of the riser was still ok for field rounds where you are changing distances?

[@malcolmalexander4027]

Hi Jake, if you line the string up with the centre of the bow when setting it up, but then you line up the string with the riser when aiming does that not then make the bow throw the arrows to the left? My partner's arrows are now landing more and more left the further back she goes. Does she have to move her centre shot or button tension to straighten them up again?

[@XerxesRealtor]

Hi Jake, Thank you for all the information you share. I bought a second-hand recurve bow mid-October, and now I have a group following your videos. However, I like to tilt the biw so I be able to shoot from a horse or while I am behind the ground behind seated or kneeling. It is bare bow shooting of shelves, nothings on it. OLD Hoyt Game Master 2. I am lefty. Tilting to leave my group moves to left. Do I need new anchor point, or I tried different alignments on the bow and weekend the arrow spine by adding heavier pointers? Any advice? If I hold bow straight everything works. Thanks again.

[@johnmerritt5462]

Ill try that it’s slightly different than what I’m doing I’ll try and see

[@devanjackson509]

Hi there. I shoot right handed and I noticed it when I tried to line the string up to the left side of the riser my arrows tended to land left. I wound up with a site picture in which I had to look at the arrow tip through the blur of the string. In other words the string blur directly overlapped the arrow shaft and tip. At this point I was able to get the arrow to land where desired. Does this suggest a setup problem? My bow is a Samick Sage take down 35# without sights.

[@mammydammy]

Hey Devan, do you like your Sage and the 35# limbs? Are you glad you bought it?

[@devanjackson509]

@@mammydammy It’s a fine bow for what it’s for. I think an ILF setup would be better long-term but it’s great for occasional practice.

[@akeelis1984]

Thanks for this. One question though, how do you move the alignment? By tilting your head?

[@BlasterKotakatik]

Head tilt and head rotation more or less towards the target

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Tilting your head left and right is the easiest way to achieve it.

[@WestCoastChainmail]

Thanks for this. I find that I am looking through my bow, which always made sense to me as a right-eye dominant shooter putting the string down the middle of my face (nose, lips, chin). What is the proper movement to change my string alignment? Does this mean I am turning my head too far towards the target?

[@WestCoastChainmail]

I can change my anchor, but...even so, it would seem that this points to some larger problem with my form, either my bow hand/arm are not swung out wide enough or my head angle needs to change to get my eye outside the string. In any case, a lot to think about...

[@WestCoastChainmail]

Got some practice in today. Made an adjustment to my bow arm and it made the difference. And, yeah, moved to an off center anchor as well. Thanks!

[@juanaq]

thanks for the video, a lot of good tips. i'm shooting barebow after a couple of years of recurve, and i still don't understand how can you align the string with the arrow while anchoring in the side of your face, and not under the jaw. i've seen some barebow shooters tilting their faces over their knuckles, but also a lot that don't, and my instructor and every instructor in the web say that you shouldn't do it. any tip?

[@CristiNeagu]

Try string walking instead of face walking. That will allow you to anchor under the jaw.

[@juanaq]

@@CristiNeagu thanks for the tip, but actually i am string walking, and the anchoring to the side of my face is always fixed in the same position, as i've seen all barebow shooters do. obviously i'm doing something wrong but i can't find what. i'm getting some good shots (for my level), but by the string position i have to aim completely out of the yellow circle, far to the left. feels weird.

[@guilhermevieira4353]

My stringblur is left to the arrow. Riser is right to the arrow. Many archers that shoot consistently, don't even know where their stringblur is

[@johnvittone4849]

Has anyone tried wrapping a few turns of a bright color serving sting at eye level to make string blur more visible?

[@billhastings8634]

I'm a RH Barebow shooter. I anchor with the tip of my index finger at the corner of my mouth, and my thumb under my cheekbone. When I'm at anchor, the string is so far to the right, it's almost completely out of my sight picture. I don't understand having the string in line with the riser and my right eye. Should I be tilting my head to try and bring it in line?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Yes you should, only way to get really consistent left to right groups

[@davidallsopp9994]

Similar issue here - I shoot trad field archery (UK NFAS Trad BowHunter class, gap-shooting, stringwalking not allowed), and anchor middle finger to corner of mouth to keep my gaps reasonable. Even tilting my head as far as I can, I can't get the string blur anywhere near the riser (and the string rubs on my glasses when I try!). It remains pretty far off to the right, almost in peripheral vision.@@JakeKaminskiArchery

[@rayking3466]

Is string walking legal in USAArchery events?

[@sebastiandolke7077]

I'm a left handed barebow shooter and I look through the bow, meaning the string is on the right side of my arrow point. If I look pass the bow (string is on the left side of the arrow point) as you suggest then I'm not able to hit the centre of the target but my arrows hit slightly right. I already played around with my button position (centre shoot) and button tension a lot but I can not figure it out. When I look pass the bow while aiming I always hit right. Which part of the bow setup do I have to change to get that right?

[@archeryandstuffwithstevela3423]

Same for me, but right handed. Only when I started shooting through the bow, did my arrows stop hitting left.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

How is the tune of your bow? Ive not had an issue or heard of an issue looking past the bow as I suggest. I suggest it may be your center shot setting potentially. I am using parallel shafts and have the center shot dead down the center.

[@sebastiandolke7077]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery One more time I reviewed my complete bow settup and my center shot in particular. I went to the shooting range an shot my button from far out to as far in as possible before my vanes got contact with my riser. I could minimize my problem by putting the button as far in as possible but I still hit right when aiming "the right" way. Is there anything else that I could try out to get rid of that issue?

[@stephenericwalsh]

I am a lefty also. My string blur is on the left roughly just past the riser. I was consistently hitting to the right so would try to get the string blur more cantered . But by doing so it threw my head and form out of alignment. I dropped down to a softer spring in my plunger and it took care of the problem.

[@damon8688]

I don't know what happend, but everytime I shoot the string is on the left of the sight pin.

[@matthewrausch5433]

Your string alignment for barebow shooters might work for target archers, but if you shoot broad heads along with field points your string alignment would change.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Good point there!

[@Matty_the_Tall]

I'm still so confused by the physics of string-alignment. Can someone please explain to me what prevents the arrow landing left, if you don't have the string exactly behind the arrow, but slightly to the right of it? Is it related to centre shot? if so how? does centre shot and string alignment picture need to match?

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Plunger tension, archers paradox, arrow shape, center shot, limb alignment and parallax to name a few.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

The difference in a string alignment dead center to off center is less then 1” impact at 30m in my experience. It appears far off, but the real world results due to the affects of parallax it’s only 1” at most at 30m

[@Matty_the_Tall]

@@JakeKaminskiArchery its facinating (and head exploding) how all these factors work together :) ty Jake

[@stephenericwalsh]

Great question and answer.

[@expukpuk]

You all talk to much. Try teaching more by talking less.

[@JakeKaminskiArchery]

Try a new video, or try learning more by listening more. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@stephenericwalsh]

Jake is doing this for free. He knows a lot. We should be thankful he is taking the time to do this.