https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/technique/elite-archers-move-more-after-release Changes to this claim in Matteo Campagna's evidence registry: its status, its year-by-year history, revisions of the page. en-gb https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/technique/elite-archers-move-more-after-releaseBetween elite and intermediate archers the movement of the body after the release has been compared three times, and the results do not agree. In 2026, in 8 French elite and 7 intermediate archers at 70 m, in the half second after the release the elite archers had a larger centre-of-pressure area, larger amplitudes and higher velocities, the opposite of what they did while aiming; in 2023, in 6 elite and 7 sub-elite archers at the same distance, the sideways shift after the release, between 15 and 20 mm on every shot, did not differ between groups, and only the moment the adjustment began changed, before the release more often in the elite archers (77% against 59% of arrows). A third comparison, from 2019 on 27 recurve archers at 18 m, measures ground reaction forces rather than displacements and finds the elite archers lower in every phase, but with no significant differences: it is weak, indirect evidence against. Within a single level, by contrast, more movement after the release goes with worse arrows: among 39 elite archers at World Cup events the shots with the fastest sway after the release scored less, and among the 8 French elite archers the worse arrows had more forward and backward movement. With one comparison between levels in favour and two against, all of them small and with different measures, the claim is contested.claim:elite-oscillano-piu-dopo-rilascio:revision:2026-04-14:3Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/technique/elite-archers-move-more-after-releaseclaim:elite-oscillano-piu-dopo-rilascio:new_claim:2026-04-03:contestatoFri, 03 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT