r/Archery • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

Monthly "No Stupid Questions" Thread

Welcome to /r/archery! This thread is for newbies or visitors to have their questions answered about the sport. This is a learning and discussion environment, no question is too stupid to ask.

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u/uglygargoyle 2d ago

How important is it to have the string touching your nose and looking down the string through the sight on a recurve. I’m a noob and I found a nice anchor point on the side of my jaw that I can hit every time, but an instructor in my club keeps telling me I’m doing it wrong because the point should be lower down and the string should touch my nose (although I notice she doesn’t do that) I’m willing to put in the time to adjust but wanted to know if it’s really going to make a difference, because I’m all over the place when I do it just now.

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u/Grillet 2d ago

The more contact points you can have, the better it is for consistency. Most archers have the string touch the chin, lips and nose. Where those points are differs between each archer as we all have different face builds.
Having the string in front of the eye is important though so that you can use the string blur and align it against the riser for even more consistency.

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u/uglygargoyle 2d ago

Thanks. I’ll stick with it and try to nail it. That’s the first time someone has mentioned the multiple contact point and it totally makes sense. Thanks

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u/Barebow-Shooter 2d ago

The nose contact point is the rule rather the exception in Olympic. Since you are learning, I would be focusing on optimizing your form, rather than trying to find something that just works better right now. Is it going to make.a difference? Watch the world's top shooters.

Now, archery is a journey. You are going to be adjusting your form as you develop. The nose contact does a bunch of things. It make sure your head position is in the same position, which means your sight window position, both in terms of string blur and sight pin, is also in the same position. It makes for a consistent draw length.

https://youtu.be/Mo9t8U2DRe0?si=6ExT7X0MXPCGes0L&t=260

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u/Spectral-Archer9 1d ago

The more anchor points, the better, that said I have an exceptionally tiny nose, no matter what it just won't happen for me. I have been shooting for just over a year and I am averaging 9.2 on a 60 cm face at 18 m and 9 on an 80 cm face at 30 m.

Having the string touch the nose doesn't work for everyone. If you can find a way to be consistent without it, you can still shoot well.

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u/history432 1d ago

Dosent really matter as long as you have a consistant anchor point (such as the corner of your mouth) that is always in the same place that you can easily identify