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One feather should be placed at right angles to
notch. This is known as
cock feather and should always point away from
bow when
arrow is shot.
Archery -
The archery rules for
five essential points are these:
1. Standing:
In taking position to draw
bow,
heels must be seven to eight inches apart, feet firm on
ground, yet easy and springy, not rigid.
2. Nocking:
This is manipulating
bow string. Hold
string with two fingers and
arrow between
first and second fingers. Grip firmly, but not so as to give awkwardness to any finger.
3. Drawing:
In drawing stand with
left shoulder toward
target, turning
head only from
neck and looking over
left shoulder.
Then raise
bow with
left hand, keeping
upper end inclined one or two degrees from
body. With
right hand draw
arrow to chin-level and below
ear.
4. Holding:
Steady
aim a moment and keep
point of aim directly in view, looking along
whole length of
arrow.
5. Loosing:
In letting
arrow go, do not jerk, but loose smoothly, and be certain your bow arm does not move when loosing. To get a clean, sharp loose is more than half way to hitting
target.
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