Tips for hooking a recurve bow

The bowstring action of modern archery is completed by the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger (Mediterranean style), and the thumb and little finger do not participate in the bowstring. To prevent interference, the thumb should be naturally bent and pointed to the palm, and the little finger should be naturally bent or stretched naturally against the ring finger. The wrist and the first finger joint should be relaxed and connected to the back of the hand in a straight line.

When bowstringing, the bowstring is located near the joint of the last phalanx of the three fingers, and the arrow is between the index finger and the middle finger. The load of pulling the string should be evenly distributed on the three fingers.

The finger that hooks the string forms a special hook to hook the string. The task of the hand that hooks the string is to hook the string. In addition to hooking the bowstring firmly, it does not participate in other work. Therefore, other parts of the hand must be in a state of maximum relaxation, otherwise any excess tension in the hand that hooks the string will bring many adverse effects to the entire archery action.