BOW DRILLS: THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
Bow drills, bow holds, reversals: whatever you call them, this is one of the best ways to improve your strength without having to spend hours at the range every day. Many archers know this, yet anecdotal evidence suggests that very few archers do so. By some professional estimates, more than 90% of the archery population is not actually fit to shoot their bow, resulting in a lower standard of performance than they would otherwise be capable of. More pertinently, just shooting a lower poundage does not get around the underlying flaw.
Being able to fully control your body while handling your bow, for a large number of shots and over an extended period of time, is a prerequisite for good performance in recurve archery. Some top compounders use an old recurve bow for reversals training, too. A
