I love that he's one of the only movie archers who's form is actually plausibly correct (even though he's not wearing a finger tab and glove meaning this dude must have wicked calluses and probably frequent bruises but I can overlook that considering he's not human) .
Well, remember that he is an elf.
Remember Avatar? Drawing a bow backwards like that is also technically correct. How to attain any sort of accuracy, I don't know. I've never tried that way.
No, avatar was wrong, too. With the draw weight on a bow like that (capable of killing a large animal) the force of the bow would crush your arm backwards and seriously injure elbow (because you normally need to slightly bend the arm you hold the bow with so as not to hit it with the arrow and mess up it's trajectory or bend your arm backwards)
To be fair Katniss in the hunger games could have been a "gap shooter" with the form she used but it still bothered me because gap shooting requires you to be able to do a crazy amount of accurate estimation of distance (which is even more impossible with one eye closed and I don't have room to explain how 3D vision works but you need two eyes) and estimating the appropriate visible "gap" between the target and the arrow tip which would be nearly impossible with the speed with which she aimed and it would still be vastly inaccurate compared to the simple alternative of adjusting her incorrect anchor point.
Well, in regards to Katniss being a gap shooter, I could believe that if she had been older, as some people can do it at a similar speed after having been shooting like that for a few decades. The eye thing bugs me a lot too, though. Nearly every type of shooting (bows, guns, whatever) requires two eyes or else your accuracy goes to shit.
To be fair there are a couple of things that I have noticed that are wrong. The index fletching is pointed in the wrong direction and he isn't picking an anchor point to draw back to, this would greatly decrease his accuracy.
@ soulless
EDIT: I misread your reply to me. No it wouldn't. How do you think people shot back in 'the day' with 80-180 lbs bows? Admittedly, they couldn't achieve the Olympian accuracy we know of now, but they still had to have form. The stronger a bow is, the more you have to have your bow arm (the arm holding the bow) straight because the weight will eventually collapse your arm if the elbow is bent. If your arm is straight, it locks your bones so your skeleton takes most of the stress instead of your far weaker triceps.
Also regarding the part about hitting your elbow, here's an exercise for you. Put your hand against a wall (like you're going to high-five it) and step back until your arm is straight but still applies a bit of pressure on the wall, Now twist your arm, watch that knob in your elbow become flush with where the string would pass! I used to have a problem striking my arm when I first started and when my coach told me this, my world was changed.
But even if you straighten your arm for that kind of weight you never hyperextended it like they did in avatar when they fired over the back of their arm
I haven't seen that movie for a good two years, so forgive me for not remembering. If it's what I think you're talking about though, you're right. Please for the love of all that you hold dear, don't hyperextend anything when doing any sport. It will hurt like Satan's nostril-hairs.
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Do you archer?
Are you United States? Are you under 21? If so, do you shoot with a JOAD club? Can I meet you someday during nationals? Have I met you during nationals?
Whee! I've met a fellow archer!
Remember Avatar? Drawing a bow backwards like that is also technically correct. How to attain any sort of accuracy, I don't know. I've never tried that way.
EDIT: I misread your reply to me. No it wouldn't. How do you think people shot back in 'the day' with 80-180 lbs bows? Admittedly, they couldn't achieve the Olympian accuracy we know of now, but they still had to have form. The stronger a bow is, the more you have to have your bow arm (the arm holding the bow) straight because the weight will eventually collapse your arm if the elbow is bent. If your arm is straight, it locks your bones so your skeleton takes most of the stress instead of your far weaker triceps.
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Do you archer?
And Si, mi archer mucho
Whee! I've met a fellow archer!