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Log it: String & Pipe BowFEELNO EQUIPMENT
Stance & T-Form
Build the base first: your feet, your posture, and the finish shape you hold after every shot.
THE MOVE
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, side-on to your target line.
- 1Set your feet and balance.Even weight, left and right. Knees soft, not locked.
- 2Stand archery proud.Tall spine, shoulders rolled down, chin level.
- 3Raise your T and hold.Bow arm to the target, draw elbow back. Then repeat with your eyes closed.
10sEYES OPEN
10sEYES CLOSED
×3ROUNDS
2 minTOTAL
WHAT YOU FEEL
BOW SIDEDRAW SIDE
WEIGHT, FROM ABOVE
Even left and right. Most on the balls and middle of your feet.
- Feel it most
- Feel it too
- Keep it quiet
Right-handed archer, seen from behind. Left-handed? Sides swap.
Anatomy art: “Muscles front and back” by OpenStax, Tomáš Kebert and umimeto.org, CC BY-SA 4.0. Recolored and cropped by Bat City Archery.
Feel it here
- 1Weight even on both feetBalls and middle of the feet
- 2Shoulders rolled downLower trap · both sides
- 3Bow arm holds the TDeltoid, triceps · bow side
Keep it quiet
- ANeck and tops of the shouldersUpper trap · both sides
- BHips, thighs and calvesStand tall without clenching.
ON THE SHOOTING LINE, THINK
“Take care of your own house first.”