Marty,

The picture of a local archer shot from point of view of the arrow
point looking towards the archer was not meant to be instructional; it
was just a difficult photograph that I made.

To answer your question about string alignment and why one would not
want to position the string directly in front of the aperture, the
answer is simple, however, I can understand how one would think that
it would be the likely position (hence peep sights).

Keep in mind the bow is not a rifle, that is to say that the arrow is
not aligned perfectly down the centerline of the bow, and the flight
of the arrow is not similar to that of a bullet. Arrows bend and flex
their way to the target along a nodal plane.

If you try to align the string (rear sight), with the aperture, the
string blur will obstruct your view of the aim point and in some cases
may interfere with your view of the aperture all together.

The point behind string alignment is to assist in the control of
horizontal grouping. The importance of consistent string alignment is
more evident the farther an archer is from his or her target.
Developing consistent string alignment is more important in my view
than what one chooses to align to, (outside of the aperture, the
inside of the sight window, etc).

Hope this helps.

-Dan Perez
Archery Coach


--- In AskArcheryCoach@yahoogroups.com, "Marty" <mfdewan@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Archery Coach,
>
> Long time - no postings.
>
> I am a recreational recurve shooter and I do not understand the info
> I recently re-read in R MCKinney's book on where the string blur
> might be best located.
>
> Several positions are shown. My question is - why would you not line
> the string up on the sight pin/circle?
>
> The picture on this website of local shooters shows the sight and
> string lined up with the shooter's eye. In McKinney's book, he also
> has a picture with the string, sight and eye lined up.
>
> But the book shows string blur lines:
> just to the right of the sight pin
> along the inside of the bow edge
> along the middle of the bow and
> along the outside edge of the bow.
>
> I am thinking maybe in aiming position zero, you can line up on the
> sight pin but as your fine tune your aim and move the sight pin, you
> want to keep the blur in a constant place?
>
> But where shoud a good starting position for the string blur be?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Marty DeWan
> Torrance, CA (shooting @ Long Beach El Dorado Park)
>