DL too long?
01-30-2008, 02:48 AM
#1
Dominant Buck
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DL too long?
Seems that almost everyone who posts photos of their "form" (archery-wise) ......gets told their DL is too long.
Why is this? Are the US archery shops just this bad at determining DL? Is it that archers lie about this like men lie about their height?
Why is everyone overdrawn?
Why is this? Are the US archery shops just this bad at determining DL? Is it that archers lie about this like men lie about their height?
Why is everyone overdrawn?
01-30-2008, 07:24 AM
#3
Join Date: Jan 2004
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RE: DL too long?
everyone wants to shoot faster, faster faster than everyone else. Most can get away with drawing an extra 1 to 1.5" long and picking up 10-15 FPS in the process. Also 29" bows are the most popular and I think sometimes proshops incorrectly push these on the customer whether they fit or not. It's a shame but that seems to be the case alot of the time.
01-30-2008, 07:27 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
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RE: DL too long?
They get told this because most everyone that is an "internet" coach is under the impression that if the string is behind the eye, they are long. It's the cool thing to say when someone asks "whats my form look like". [8D]
What really matters is the geometry of that persons form. Where is the back elbow both vertically/horizontally in comparison to the nock? Where is the front shoulder? Is there a solid foundation? Is the head leaned forward or back, preventing one from using back muscles to hold their form?
What really matters is the geometry of that persons form. Where is the back elbow both vertically/horizontally in comparison to the nock? Where is the front shoulder? Is there a solid foundation? Is the head leaned forward or back, preventing one from using back muscles to hold their form?
01-30-2008, 04:16 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
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RE: DL too long?
ORIGINAL: Rick James
They get told this because most everyone that is an "internet" coach is under the impression that if the string is behind the eye, they are long. It's the cool thing to say when someone asks "whats my form look like". [8D]
What really matters is the geometry of that persons form. Where is the back elbow both vertically/horizontally in comparison to the nock? Where is the front shoulder? Is there a solid foundation? Is the head leaned forward or back, preventing one from using back muscles to hold their form?
They get told this because most everyone that is an "internet" coach is under the impression that if the string is behind the eye, they are long. It's the cool thing to say when someone asks "whats my form look like". [8D]
What really matters is the geometry of that persons form. Where is the back elbow both vertically/horizontally in comparison to the nock? Where is the front shoulder? Is there a solid foundation? Is the head leaned forward or back, preventing one from using back muscles to hold their form?
01-30-2008, 07:18 PM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Albion Illinois
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RE: DL too long?
I think that some dealers will lie to sell a bow. My first bow I bought used from a dealer. He measured and told me my draw was 32", and being 6'4 I believed it. Well, it just so happened he had one heck of a deal for me on a used bow that was set up for 32". Well, shortly after my left arm got cut off by string slap I took it into my current bow shop, and they determined I had as 29.5". Boy what a deal I was made on that bow. Needless to say, the shop that sold it to me closed down. I guess he couldn't find enough guys with a draw as long as mine.
01-30-2008, 08:17 PM
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RE: DL too long?
Mine isn't... But I set my bow up myself when I bought it.
Lots of shops go by what their customer tells them that they're draw length is rather than actually measuring it themselves. I see a lot of it here in Spokane. I measured every customer regardless of what they came in telling me it was. 75% of them were wrong.
Lots of shops go by what their customer tells them that they're draw length is rather than actually measuring it themselves. I see a lot of it here in Spokane. I measured every customer regardless of what they came in telling me it was. 75% of them were wrong.
01-30-2008, 08:21 PM
#10
Giant Nontypical
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RE: DL too long?
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
Mine isn't... But I set my bow up myself when I bought it.
Lots of shops go by what their customer tells them that they're draw length is rather than actually measuring it themselves. I see a lot of it here in Spokane. I measured every customer regardless of what they came in telling me it was. 75% of them were wrong.
Mine isn't... But I set my bow up myself when I bought it.
Lots of shops go by what their customer tells them that they're draw length is rather than actually measuring it themselves. I see a lot of it here in Spokane. I measured every customer regardless of what they came in telling me it was. 75% of them were wrong.
How did you measure them?