For us there is no disadvantage to the light draw weight bow for training purposes. Whereas the students using the light draw weight bows are able to shoot more comfortably, using better form and do so for a longer time. There are frequently a number of our new archers who are capable of drawing significantly heavier bows, but if they use one during the session they are often surprised to find they have trouble with that last inch or so of draw, or get fatigued before the 2 hour session is over. At our beginning adult sessions, pretty much e veryone is issued a ten pound bow. And students can concentrate on learning form rather than on exercise.Ī ten-pound draw weight bow is easy enough to pull that we don’t have to triage bow distribution during teaching sessions. Instructors can mold students into shape without worrying that the student is struggling with the draw weight.

Light draw weight bows make people’s lives better, both instructors and students.

Students with bows that are too hard to draw and hold are prone to all number of problems, from snap shooting, short-drawing, collapsed release, hollow backs, hunched shoulders to injury. No other single factor causes so many problems. Historical archery manuals from the 1800’s warn of it, as did famed archer Howard Hill. The bows have Polaris compatible limbs which make 8-12 pound limb / riser combinations with 23″ and 25″ all-weather Rolan risers.īeing over-bowed is the number one problem in archery and in archery instruction. The full-size, ten pound draw weight bows we purchase from Quintessential are the kind of teaching tool I think all JOAD and Adult Achievement archery training programs should have in their inventory. Golden Gate JOAD utilizes a number of teaching tools to make learning archery as simple and effective as possible. This left handed bow is typical of the very light draw weight bows used at Golden Gate JOAD for teaching archery. A Golden Gate JOAD light draw weight bow.

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