The Bow Shoulder for Beginners - Archery Technique 101

Learn key bow shoulder mistakes and how to fix them.

The bow shoulder is very often a common issue for beginners, with good reason. There are a few crucial mistakes that can lead to the bow shoulder becoming high, and long-term this can lead to injury.

In this video I explain why beginner's tend to struggle with this part of the technique and show you what the solution is.

Enjoy, and thanks for watching!

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00:00 - Intro
01:50 - MISTAKE 1 - Wrong feeling
05:20 - Mistake 2 - Head position/posture
08:29 - Mistake 3 - Body/chest position

10:52 - SOLUTIONS - Head/posture
12:00 - SOLUTIONS - Set position
13:15 - SOLUTIONS - Body position/alignment

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[Electricianarchery]

I love how you explained keeping the scapula down with your back. Instantly went and drew my bow after watching this and 0 strain…. Before I could do maybe 7 arrows before my deltoid would start hurting. Your a godsend

[JunTheGroomer]

I really like how you present the information so clearly, and you demonstrate it for those who learn better when we can see it instead of just explaining or showing pictures. I'm really enjoying your videos!!!

[stevehuff]

Struggled with this for along time & could never get any real advice on "how" to keep the shoulder down, this is spot on thanks

[marexarchery]

I have watched this video 4* times already and keep coming back to make sure my posture is good.
Loving the videos!

[robertyoung]

Spot on, priceless lesson. Thank you.

[BeYou]

Self taught here, needed this video, before I hurt my shoulder! Such a clear explanation, thank you! Can't wait to correct this set posture in my chest, head and mostly my dang shoulders.

[Snyderman]

This video addressed my biggest problem and ways to resolve it! Thank you for making this video!

[kook]

Just what i needed. I would call myself an intermediate archer, but the bow shoulder was always very confusing for me. I always rolled my shoulder to get into "better allignement" and keeping it neutral always felt like i was getting out of good allignement. I would agree that this is the most common problem for most archers. I basically copied what i saw from other archers and a high bow shoulder with very tense neck muscles seems to be the norm for recreational great you explain everything so detailed, you finally solved some questions i always had. Thanks a lot for this awesome channel. Keep up the great work.

[Flux_Flow]

Very good presenter. Lots of experience and knowledge and that is what I am looking for. Thank You !

[johnreed]

Getting back into archery after 20years and I’ve been making ALL these mistakes! Great vid! What you think your doing and what your actually doing are 2 very different things😢

[MichaelaHarter]

This is a big issue for me coming from a deskjob, thank you for specifically covering this topic!

[sonynguyen]

I love that you show everything practically instead of just plain talking. Great video as always.

[glenncharles]

Fantastic video. As a new bow shooter, this has been a huge issue for me. This makes so much sense. Thank you!

[KK-kghv]

I have been shooting over two years, this front shoulder alignment actually make a lot of sense now, especially the scapular part is very helpful. thank you

[drnpflamm]

Once again, an excellent video. The information presented is broken down into clear steps with precise explanation.
Again and again I am reminded that the most fundamental components of each shot are key to obtaining reproducibility and perfection.
The most important part of each failed shot is the one small step not performed.

[skysurferboy]

For me its been one of your best videos so far. Really explains how to start off right. My bow shoulder started to creep up and out of position due to a neck injury. Any neck movement caused the traps to get tight and pull the shoulder up. Still working through that issue with physio. But some good tips there

[egghole]

I will be sure to try these. Yesterday's practice really fucked up the shoulder and radius of my bow arm. Not sure if these will fix it, but I will try.

[johnjhunter]

Superb Advice Ashe, was wondering why my bow shoulder gets mildly uncomfortable after shooting a few dozen arrows. Backyard archer at the moment, 10- 18 meters with just under 25lb recuve, barebow/ instinctive shooter for the time being, cheers.

[superfan]

I need to try these techniques because I feel like something isn't quite right with how my shoulder is set when I come to full draw. I try to make sure my is low, but if I can use these tips it should make sure I'm set properly. Thanks for the helpful videos.