Archery Basics Explained | Bow Grip

How hard should you grip your bow? How do you hold a bow? What is the best bow grip position? Should you hold on to your bow? I show you how to place your hand into your bow grip like the pros do and explain why you NEED to stop death gripping your bow!

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Chapters:
00:00-00:32 Intro
00:32-1:50 Best Bow Grip Position
1:50-2:34 Don't Death Grip your Bow
2:34-3:26 Bow Grip Lifeline
3:26-4:39 Problems With Gripping Your Bow

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[glennweidman]

This has helped me tremendously! Learning how to hold my bow properly was a real game changer. My accuracy and consistency improved dramatically by changing my grip.

[aranha]

That is the best grip explanation I have found you tube. Thanks for that

[billcharlene]

I remember you doing a previous video on grip and grip forming, decided to give it a shot. Took me a few days to get it dialed in... probably had one of the biggest impacts on my progression.
I actually formed my grip so my middle finger has a contoured groove at the side of the bow grip. Bow is a Satori with wood grip, I ended up passing on the advice to another Satori owner, he had great results as well.

[desmo]

Love all these "Basics" videos Jake
Slowly putting it all together.
Thanks Mate
Cheers from Oz
Neil

[manuelnunes]

I'd love you to explain draw weight. What draw weight should you start on and how would you know as a beginner. And then when do you know you are ready to go up in draw weight and by how much?

[apunk]

I used a finger sling to give me the confidence to relax my grip on the bow when I first started, great tutorial keep them coming

[stevejames]

Another great video. Thanks Jake . All the best from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[ThirdLawPair]

My request for a video: which essential skills should a new archer master before exploring their own personal style?

[steveoutdoors]

Another excellent video Jake! Thanks so much.

[Backyard.Archery]

Hmm… looking forward to seeing how this change impacts my shooting… thanks again!

[brianharris]

The arrow across the palm is very helpful!

[floppytnarwal]

Strangely, I've just started archery and focusing on barebow, I use a finger sling and push into the grip without curling any fingers around the handle. Just find it comfortable.

[ismaeldesouzagoncalves]

I really like your video! I never had a bow in my life, but I would like to initiate that! I would like to see videos about wich bow can I get start! Kinds of arrow for a beginner. Thanks!

[bowman]

Great explanation, keep up the good work, you can't beat the basics for good archery form and technique.

[johncooper]

Jake ..loving your series of videos on Trad Archery Basics thank you for all the time and effort you put into producing these videos to help us .
As a novice Instinctive Field and 3D barebow Archer I have found it a very steep learning curve this past year . I have bought several bows and built 6+ sets of wooden arrows in my search for a good setup and am still struggling to tune my arrows to my current Bow which is a 35# Ragim Wolf flatbow.

Would it be possible to do a video on wooden shaft selection, building and testing of a set of wooden arrows suitable for a traditional bow like yours of say 35-40# shooting field /3D ? I'm sure that it would be a very welcome addition to your series especially by those starting out like me in Traditional Archery . There is so much conflicting information out there in books and on the internet, its hard to find a clear comprehensive tutorial anywhere.

[stephanelevy]

Thank you very much, I experimented elbow issues probably because I was gripping the bow after the release.
Could be an idea to address the common health issues an archer can have, what are the possible causes and possible solutions.

Thanks again for your great explanations.

[dohalysh]

What is your opinion about gripping traditional bows that have more of a straight, "Howard hill" style grip or even primitive self bows with a mostly round and straight profile(think a thick broom stick)?

[jefflink]

Thanks, working on my grip and follow thru/finish. Recently purchased a Hoyt Arcos, factory grip ( I think it’s the high) is a love hate thing going on for me. I really really like the factory grip on my Excel riser. I have to try and find a aftermarket grip that mimics the excel.

[SB-dfvy]

Thanks Jake! any plans to hold another live stream for Q&A any time soon?

[billj]

My recurve with a reasonable amount of stabilizers and weights didn't have much recoil so it was easy for me to keep from dropping it. But occasionally a string would break and this greatly increases the recoil and the tendency for the bow to come out of your hand. Originally I used a bow sling but gradually stopped using it.
You didn't cover high grip and low grip, is that not a thing anymore? That used to be a choice that the archer made for their style.