Q Why, when at least three of the world’s leading compounders are punchers, is this style of execution deemed by nearly all experts as an unacceptable method?
A The question suggests that several elite archers successful on the circuit at the moment–I can think of Kyle Douglas, James Lutz and Tim Gillingham among others–are punchers. However, there is a need to understand that an archer who commands the shot is not necessarily a real puncher.
There can be, and probably is, a marked difference between a command shooter and a puncher, and it stems from the level of control being utilised. A quality command shooter is deliberately pressing the post to execute the shot, but the trigger for doing so is attaining a controlled arm, a satisfactory sight picture and only then executing the shot. A puncher lacks this composure.
A true puncher is shooting with an altogether different mindset, where the
