As archers, we hoist the string and bow, to our anchors. At Archery Instinct, we think that a, good Anchor, is the first place to start when teaching a new student. If you hand a bow to someone, who has never shot one before, they will most likely draw it back immediately. There is something about the unseen energy stored in the limbs of our bows, that entices the uninitiated. They've seen it in movies, and heard stories about the power of Archery; they want to feel it for themselves.
The second thing that you will most likely notice, after the new student "hoists" the string back, is that he or she holds the string as far away from the face as possible. In this series of videos, Archery Instinct hopes to help you define what a proper Anchor looks like.
First up in this series is a video by
Wolfie Instinctive Archer. We like his Youtube handle and we like how Wolfie breaks down his shot. He's got tons of videos on his channel and we recommend you watch all of them, but this video of Wolfie explaining a proper Anchor is a good place to start.
The next video in the, "Hoist" Anchor series is from, Grizzly Jim of Merlin Archery, who explains his take on the Anchor, which in his mind is directly related to the release. Grizzly Jim explains, "In this video I give you my take on the subject on the Anchor point and Release and how crucial consistency is in archery and arrow tuning." He gives some truly excellent advice and explains some subtle nuance of our individual Anchor points.
The third and final film in the our Anchor series is also from Grizzly Jim, but this video was one he produced for his own
youtube channel called Archery Adventures. Now he is producing content with Merlin Archery, but we like his older stuff so we threw it in there. Some, or most of what he says, might be redundant, but the Anchor is one of the most important aspects to master your shot. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Blog post written by Edward Seaton
