3 Must-Know Tips for a Consistent Hook and Better Accuracy

Are you struggling with inconsistent shots? The secret could be in your hook—how you hold the string with your three fingers. In this video, I’ll break down three crucial tips for improving your consistency, including finger placement, spacing, and pressure on the string. These small adjustments can have a big impact on your accuracy, whether you’re a beginner or experienced archer. If you’ve ever wondered how to hold the string more consistently or fix common mistakes with your hook, this video is for you.

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Chapters
00:00-00:36 Intro
00:36-4:06 Tip 1
4:06-7:58 Tip 2
7:58-11:02 Tip 3
11:02-12:07 Summary

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[joshj]

Watching your arm shake was very encouraging.

[vanemmerik]

Jake, you shoot better than me at 70M intentionally stuffing up a shot than I do at 40M on a good day. Thanks for the great advice!

[bradlauber]

Finger pressure on string and grip finger pressure on the bow is essential to be consistent. If I don't do these things my arrows are all over the target

[kiktkikt]

Shot 85 arrows and it was so cool to see improvements after 15 shots at 20 yards. Then saw returning of bad habits and using all I could to focus on the shot sequence and the grouping was much improved for me. I shot without worrying of the center target. Just focusing on basics . The grip of my tab was more consistent and I came home relaxed and smiling.thank you. I had a definite ah ha moment. 😊

[kiktkikt]

Going to the range now. Great to know you are providing this content. I’m glad to know that my experiences so far with sport are the same for other people thank you again

[chrisbowman]

Thanks for the great advice! In my opinion a good fitting finger tab makes all the difference when I comes to accuracy. I was never happy with the finger spacers on my tab, so I made myself a custom one out of bronze. A lot of filing with a lot of shooting in-between. Next step is to make an imprint from my fingers with expoxy putty and then cast the spacer in metal.

[lordcarnorjax]

Great video. I already do those things, prefer to have tab touching the bottom of the arrow nock and there's a nice little indent in my tab now, if I touched the top it was way easier to get finger contact with the nock. My problem is I do all that, really paying attention to squeezing the fingers around the spacer then quite often have a have nervous twitch during setup where I flex my string fingers and undo all the pre hook work. FML. Any tips for that?

[svolchenko]

I think need to add one more rule - keep the same pressure on startup and full draw position. Very hard to "lock" finger position on the string during drawing and anchoring.

[yannizafrulla]

Thanks Jake. Is it okay for finger tab's leather to firmly contact top and bottom arrow at full draw?

[nickivanov]

Hello, I am new to archery an I shoot with a glove three under. Does a finger spacer and a tab give better accuracy?

[charliestribling]

Just last week I noticed one of our archers having spacing between her middle and ring finger. I've never noticed if I grip the string differently but I will definitely pay attention from here on out. Thanks again for another great video

[texdoms]

I saw Lim at the Olympics shooting with 2 fingers, it seems. Her ring finger seems to barely helping.

[zdzisiutaranaga]

Why dont You start again in olympic recurve?

[krystek]

Can you change the automatic generation to Polish in the settings?

[anthonymalone]

I am a beginner. My index finger always feels a pinch.

[gz]

Very helpful! Just got back from the range and this helped a lot! The tab placing on the string helped me the most

[maxschell]

Thanks. Great video (s). It is amazing how just minor variations in finger placement and pressure etc. can affect arrow grouping. I dream of being able to shoot great groups at 70 meters like yourself. FYI I am 50+ . Wish I could shot great groups CONSISTENTLY at 60 meters! LOL!

[andreask.]

My index finger is really short. My index fingers first joint is only slightly above the second joint of my middle finger. Is it okay for me to put most weight on my middle finger and the least weight on my index finger? I was not able to find a better solution.

[dermaulwurf]

Every tip was helpfull! And the one with the fingerposition to the nock helped best!

BTW, the sound of the first shott in the video was so lovely! What kind of string with how much strands and pounds on your finger do you have?

Thanks for all of your work!

[markkuliini]

Thank you so much, very helpful video! Never thought about the first tip.