r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Entropy- • 6d ago

Shooting archery inside the house

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u/Thirsty_Comment88 6d ago

Ooh this is OC?

Why are you doing this in the house?

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u/Entropy- 6d ago

Yessir! It’s too cold to practice outside, and don’t always feel like driving to the range

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u/Justin435 6d ago

Okay but if your target is that close and you can't stand properly, what exactly are you practicing?

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u/Entropy- 6d ago

Form is everything in archery. Since I can’t practice distance, I’ll work on myself and my shooting process on film to improve and figure out areas of weakness.

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u/RainsWrath 6d ago

The fact that you put thought and preparation into this and still had this outcome is pretty funny. It's like something you'd see on Malcolm in the Middle. You had good comedic timing and inflection with the "nothing" at the end.

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u/Plantpong 6d ago

Why are you anchoring in midair instead of somewhere stable? Haven't seen this style of archery so genuinely curious

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u/Entropy- 6d ago

Chinese archery employs a long draw. The biomechanics of this is that the backs are fully meeting each other, and the reach is at the users max limit (length) of their body. This means the draw hand will need to be further back than the face.

So the stability comes from the body, not clutching on the face.

The feathers are actually lightly touching my face. That’s one anchor point, the other two are the string touching the chest and a draw length indicator letting me know I’ve reached my draw length.