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Sat, 30 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT

The three studies linking the phase after release to the score do not agree, partly because they measure different things. In 2007 a single archer, ranked second in the world, was filmed over 60 arrows at 70 m: the speed of the horizontal shoulder rotation after release is linked to the score with a positive sign in one table and a negative one in the equation in the abstract, and by score category the means do not rise in order, so the registry keeps it as context. In 2008, in eight Korean university archers, on the better shots the drawing-side shoulder rotates more slowly, about 120 degrees per second on the 9s and 10s against 158 on the 7s, and on the worse ones its velocity shows a peak that the better ones lack, although the regression is significant only at a loose threshold (p < 0.10). In 2023, in sixteen young Malaysian recurve archers at 70 m, the phase from release to the end of the follow-through lasted 2.40 seconds in the eight best against 2.72 in the eight weakest, and over 576 arrows a shorter phase went with slightly higher scores, with a very weak correlation (r = -0.111). One study measures shoulder speed, the other the duration of a phase, and a shorter final phase can mean a cleaner follow-through just as well as a bow arm that drops earlier. The studies are small and cross-sectional, one against and one in favour: today nobody can say that speeding up the follow-through brings points.

"A quicker release and follow-through go with higher scores" added to the registry as Contested

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT

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"A quicker release and follow-through go with higher scores" added to the registry as Contested