archery mistakes

Forward foot stepped back (open)

Forward foot stepped back (open)

Left

Forward foot stepped forward (close)

Right

Elbow or wrist hyperextended (bow braced against heel of hand)

Left

Elbow bent too much or wrist flexed

Right (low)

Gripping handle too tightly

Left (low)

Arrow more than 90 degrees between the arrow and the string

Low

Arrow less than 90 degrees between the arrow and the string

High

Pinching the arrow so that it falls off the arrow shelf

Left/Low

Bracing body against tension of the draw, hunching the left shoulder, bracing left hip

Left/Low

Pulling with the arm muscles only

Left/Low

Reaching with the chin, drawing under the nose, anchoring on the cheek

Low

Anchoring beside the ear, hooking the thumb at the angle of the jaw

Left/overdraw

Failure to concentrate

erratic

Failure to hold long enough or to hold steady

erratic

Closing right eye

erratic

Jerking bent fingers off the string

erratic

Creeping

low

Peeking

high

Collapsing or dropping the bow arm

low

Jerking the bow

erratic