These steps are just basic fundementals. Adjust them to your own needs and style. Obviously they cannot apply to all situations. Like shooting from a tree-stand, or if you're using a mechanical release.
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1. Stance - Put the tip of your toes against an imaginary straigth line towards the centre of the target.
- Put your feet on both sides of the line.
- Put your feet about shoulder's width apart.
- Try and relax.
2: Finger Placement
Place your fingers in such a way, that you hold the string with your index finger above the nock and middle and ring finger under the nock- Hook the string between first and second joint. Make sure to maintain a deep hook.
3: Bow Hand Placement
- The pressure of the bow should be distributed along the pressure line.
- Relax your fingers. The back of your hand should make an angle of 45 degrees.
- The tips of thumb and index finger are may touch each other in a relaxed way.
4: Bow Arm - Bring the bow arm to shoulder height
- The elbow of the bow arm is turned away from the string
5: Drawing- Draw the string along the bowarm in a straight horizontal line to the anchor point.
- Draw with your back muscles, moving the shoulder blades towards each other.
- Stand straight up and relaxed
- Keep both shoulders as low as possible.
6: Anchoring
- The string should touch the middle of the chin
- The index finger is placed under the chin
- Keep your theeth together
7: Holding
- Keep the back muscles under tension.
- Bow hand, draw hand and albow should form a straight line.
- Keep both shoulders as low as possible.
8: Aiming
- Aiming is done with the dominant eye. Shut the other eye
- Keep the sight at the target
- Keep the string a little left of the sight
9: Release- Keep pulling the shouder blades towards each other, while relaxing the fingers of the draw hand
- A relaxed bow hand will automatically move backwards
- Relax your bow hand. Let the bow drop.
10: Follow Through
- The draw hand should be relaxed and near or behind your ear.
- Keep aiming untill after the arrow hits the target
