often seen the bow fall from an archer's hand to the ground,even with experienced archers. But, to the person who canperfect this timing, the bow will slip through the hand onlyone or two inches before the fingers are closed. I have alsoseen leather straps attached to the handle and fastened to thewrist or finger which enabled the archer to shoot a loose gripwithout having the bow drop from his hand.
The right elbow is now brought upward so that the upperarm is at right angles to the body. Here we will have to saysomething about the first real difficulty that the novice willexperience.
Perhaps no archer ever drew his first arrow without havingthe front end of it fall off the bow to the left. Try as he may,this will happen time after time. Many overcome this prob-lem in time without ever learning why or knowing exactlyhow it happened.
