3 Archery Stabilizer Principals to Hold Steadier

I give you 3 tips on how to tune your stabilizer to help you hold steadier, making you a more accurate archer! The stabilizers not only are tuning the bow reaction after the shot or reducing vibration, you can tune stabilizers to help your aiming pattern! These basic stabilizer principals apply to recurve and compound archery.

Chapters:
00:00-1:39 Intro
1:39-5:28 Front/Rear Balance
5:28-6:45 Left/Right Balance
6:45-10:03 Overall Weight
10:03-12:28 Bonus Tips

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[JackyTran]

Years ago when I first started, I was shooting beside Crispin and when I asked him what the purpose of the stabilizers along with what you’ve listed he also said that it slows things down which was the first thing I noticed when I added them to my setup.

[johnfcockrell]

I’m in the market for a V-bar setup so this is helpful and timely. Thanks!

[gillesmurguet]

To balance the bow with stabilization it is a simple matter of calculating moments: the mass x the lever arm of the pole - the masses of the V-bar x by their length = 0. The lever arms are calculated in function of the chosen point of gravity and not of their actual length. In general, we put a little more weight on the left V-bar for a right-hander to compensate for the weight of the viewfinder and the shepherd-button. For vibration it is necessary to know the frequency of its arc by studying the empty sound and compensate accordingly according to the stabilization materials. The entire stabilization must compensate for the frequency of the arc, because the stabilization itself has a natural frequency and it is this which will vibrate with the arc or against the arc (in phase or counter-phase).
Of course the angles of the V-bars and their location are taken into account in the resolution...

This is why, for a non-physicist, this adjustment is empirical...

[cameronsenay]

Awesome video Jake! Perfect timing for me, as I have come to realize I have a really bad left bow cant that gets worse the longer the shot goes. Gonna have to play around with things and figure out how to keep my bow more vertical. Would love to see a video specifically about bow cant!

[RainbowArcher]

Hi Jake, could you please make your tuning series book available for kindle? That way I can always access it on my phone.

[rickmansberger]

Hi Jake, I would like to see your take on weight positions in barebow. There are many options with the new rules. It is very confusing on where to put theceright and how much weight to use where

Rick Mansberger
Redmond Sports Group

[carstenenevoldsen]

Hi Jake,
You say that V-bars are used to prevent canting. Can't we also prevent canting if we move down the center of gravity by simply adding weight at the lower end of the riser? I have seen that Liza Unruh (elite archer from Germany) has moved the V-bar to the lower end.

[cavetroll]

One question I do have is what stabilizers you use mate. The choices on the market are insane

[garethstanden]

thanks Jake. I've just bought my 1st adjustable v-bar and extender. Whilst i fully understand the relationship between forward and backward weighting and how to adjust, what I'm looking for is to find what is a good starting point for actual balance setup when gripping the riser? Horizontal? Heavy forward, slight forward etc?

[justinvzu]

I mainly shoot compound, and I've definitely shot with way too much weight on the back. I currently have a pretty stable setup, but I do want to do some fine tuning. Although something I personally do is shoot a V-Bar on my compound, so I have much more control over my left/right balance.

[wandive]

Great Video Jake!, May i ask you when will you make a video reviewing Hoyt XD riser? Thank you!

[jake]

Hello Jake, have you ever had an instance where your bareshafts were kicking a little bit but still grouped with your fletched shafts at longer ranges. Let’s say 40yds? Love the content! Thanks!

[joh]

2:48 - this point is my biggest problem but i can't remove more weight from the front so i chose the way to change the length from 30" to 26" of the rod.

[rolandwillems]

Hi Jake, im shooting an old Hoyt pro medalist 29 pounds. I think my bow is balanced ok. But the thing i want to ask is :" how the string is lined up for you on the riser when you'ved ankered? Wich is the best way? What are your thoughts before you are releasing? Do you keep your breath? And how many seconds before you release the string?

[Norse-Norse]

Hi Jake,

Do you have any suggestion on what scopes to buy / modification to a recurve sight pin (8/32 Thread) so that magnification can be used on a recurved sight to be used for SPT purposes.

Cheers

[Paul_Beach]

Hi Jake, when pulling through the clicker, do you do it by (a) pushing the bow hand forward, (b) pulling the string hand back, (c) pulling the shoulder blades together, or a combination of these? I would have thought that at the transfer stage your shoulders are pulled back to their maximum and there is no more draw length to be made from them.

[tccyybo]

Hello Jake, thank you very much for the resources. I would love to know if your usual setup is a 30" long rod, 15" short rods and 3" ext, just for reference. Thanks!

[amrazing]

Hi Jake, I know you probably don't have much experience with this, but could you do a video about shooting recurve for those with refractive disorders (needing eyeglasses)?

[billycharters]

Hi Jake what is your opinion on long side rods or short ones on a 38lb otf recurve.

[xthrjiu]

Hi Jake...are you bring effected by the recent bad weather? We hope you are both OK.