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#25 ·
I agree with lives in trees on this one. First off, do what you want and enjoy shooting! Nothing wrong adding grip to your bow

However, I do feel like a lot of guys that shoot a high wrist (I used to be one of them and you can shoot just "fine") notice this and have problems with sweat changing their grip. I too had hockey tape on my old bow. If you use the meat of your thumb, not dead on, but just off to the side a little before it "rolls off" and NOT on the lifeline of your hand, shooting between a low to medium wrist, your not gripping the bow...at all. Its a push and pull force that keeps it where its supposed to be.

One of the biggest reasons I went to an Xpedition was because of how easily repeatable the grip was. No changes needed no tape. If you use tape...so what...thats fine! I just feel like the tape restricts/stops the hand from going where it wants to naturally...with the proper grip


Put your hand out like your holding your bow. Push back on the top of your hand between your thumb and pointer finger. See how easy it is to push back? There is at the least, a good amount of movement there from that V of your hand to your wrist.


Put your hand out like your holding your bow. Push back on the meat of your thumb...say between the bottom of the knuckle and where your wrist meets your hand. Rock solid. A lot less play.

If your knuckles are 45* from grip while allowing your hand to become one with your forearm so to speak, youre doing it right. Your creating a solid "wall" with not much movement. That helps you shoot better after youve taken a lot of shots when things start breaking down...maybe buck fever!? No matter what shoot and have fun so dont get me wrong. But when I learned the proper grip shooting became much more consistent which turned into more fun.
 
#30 ·
The bows grip angle is what decides your wrist position. If you try and alter how that bow wants to be held your going to torque the bow. Left/right misses are the result. Sure you can move your sight of shooting at a single distance. As your shots gets further you will continue to fade out one way or the other. You want a natural relaxed grip with a low bow shoulder. This uses the least amount of muscle to stabilize the bow. Don't try grabbing the bow. Don't try touching two fingers. All this will do is give you a shaky sight picture. If you touch your fingers one at a time to your thumb.....you will gradually see the tension and firmness that builds on the pad of your hand. This hardness cause a shaky inconsistent sight picture. And doesn't allow the bow to rest in the pocket that the grip decides it needs to be in.

Thera no right or wrong. There is only better and more accurate. If grip tape is what you decide on that's fine. Just know what effects it will have on your shooting.
 
#31 ·
mzw said:
You should tell all the Olympians and successful competitive archers that tape there grips that there not holding there bow right.
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I'll let the other 99% of the pros that don't use the tape tell them. I've shot next to the pros all of the country when I was heavily competing. I can assure you most don't stick tape to their bows. I can also assure you that they will shoot the worst bow out there better then 99% of us can shoot he best. It's form and foundation. Everything else follows. But Since you mentioned pros....are he majority of the guys on here pros? Do they have the same accuracy and repeatability and consistency and form as the pros? Letting that grip slide where it is intended to go is what gives you the consistency. And that leads to more accuracy.
 
#32 ·
lives in trees said:
I'll let the other 99% of the pros that don't use the tape tell them. I've shot next to the pros all of the country when I was heavily competing. I can assure you most don't stick tape to their bows. I can also assure you that they will shoot the worst bow out there better then 99% of us can shoot he best. It's form and foundation. Everything else follows. But Since you mentioned pros....are he majority of the guys on here pros? Do they have the same accuracy and repeatability and consistency and form as the pros? Letting that grip slide where it is intended to go is what gives you the consistency. And that leads to more accuracy.
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Right but I'm not sure what the problem is with padding your grip once you've established it.I honestly don't know many people that shoot Hoyt target risers without tape but I'm not a world touring pro[emoji8]
 
#33 · (Edited)
mzw said:
Right but I'm not sure what the problem is with padding your grip once you've established it.I honestly don't know many people that shoot Hoyt target risers without tape but I'm not a world touring pro[emoji8]
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He did state "no right or wrong". I dont see the "problem"

Regarding hoyt...that might be a hoyt thing. Thats the one grip ive heard most complaints about. Some love it some dont. To each is his own. All good


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#34 ·
You can add me to the list of them then. Bc Hoyt is what I shoot. Always have. Always will. Don't need to tape it. You could put baby oil on the riser and that grip will be rock solid when it's held properly. Again I don't care what anyone does. But if one guys reads it and tries it. And has good results (which he will) then the forums accomplished what they were designed for.
 
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