Here is a puicture to depict the basics of good form. These are not hard and fast rules as everyone is slightly different, but this will get you some basics for strong steady form.



Important points
  1. Body is straight up and down...no leaning
  2. head is centered between the shoulders, with the eye basically above the belt buckle (vertical red line)
  3. End of String/arrow nock is below the eye...this means the draw length is correct
  4. Draw elbow is above the nock and should generally create a line from the point of the elbow through the nock to the throat of the grip (diagonal red line)
  5. Draw arm is parrallel to the arrow (dotted yellow line)
  6. Front shoulder is slightly lower than the rear shoulder and the front shoulder is the same height as the arrow shelf or bow hand ( blue line)
Chris