If you don't want to break your phone with this drill, just hold your finger tab, squeeze the spacer as normal, but take off the strap.

Been practising this with the rubber band. Went to the range today, and really felt the difference. One of the experienced chaps even noticed my release was improving. So thanks, NUSensei. I’ll keep working on it.

This is so new to me, I have never seen such a solution for a clean release! I think I'm living on another planet! Unbelievable and many thanks! All the best and best wishes from Austria! Martin

I really enjoy your videos. It's watching you that got me involved in archery, and using target recurve bows. I find it relaxing, and though I have much to learn, I enjoy what I'm doing. Thanks for that!

Hi Nu, I wanted to thank you for your really helpful videos. You brought me into archery this year and you helped me a lot with your explinations!! I'm really enjoing your videos. Thank you and keep up the excellent work! I wish you all a happy 2020!

Great video man newer to trad archery been shooting a compound for a long time have found many of your videos helpful for me on both the compound and recurve side this form of release is a gamechanger for me thank you

Super helpful. Most complete instruction I have heard or read. Thank you.

Excelent video, one of my biggest issues is the "no constant" release, this helps a lot, thanks for Argentina NuSensei!

Nailed it beautifully Nu. Much appreciated.

Got my first recurve bow 11 days ago. Im able to hit a circle on a hay stack from 50 feet almost every single time. Many thanks to you sir and this channel

Thanks Nu! I've watched your channel a few times and this is by far the most helpful Video for me so far. I've Made an elastic Band and after using it then going back to the range my shots are better every time.! Still need a little more improvement but things have gone so much better now, I will keep practising.

Best archery channel, period!

Thank you NUSensei! I just got my Galaxy Sage a couple of days ago so this vid couldn't have come at a better time. 🙏

Really helpful video, thanks. Thinking too much is my problem with the release. Letting things happen instead of overthinking is more difficult than it seems and thats also a good life lesson. :)

Thank you as a new archer at 49 this was really helpful wish I started the sport years ago

Wow thanks for this simple and so effective trick. I will immediately try it! Keep doing your thing, it’s great work!

Cheers new sensei, i remember focusing on back tension to aid release when learning compound. Even though the release aid is in use the same concept applies.

I'm not an olympic shooter, but I really like that phone explanation. Things like that really do a lot for people. One small thing can make all the difference. For me, shooting "horsebows" it was keeping the bow arm straight that really made a breakthrough. Have a happy new year

Being mindful of ones expansion is the best tip from this video.

This is the best explanation of a clean release. I’ve been focusing so hard on my release because I can see how it’s effecting my shots and this made it so clear!

One of the best videos on release techniques thanks.

I have been doing archery for 3 years now, and been consistent for a year now in archery trainings. Anchor and release have always been a problem for me (perfect example like here 4:02 ; 7:40). Recently I changed most of my technique - starting with posture, set-up, etc, and one of the problems was muscles being all tense and not relaxed starting with a grip and wrist rotated wrong and not straight, which later was a simple chain reaction to everything else. Now I try to make my shot more relaxed, by using back muscles, without trying to involve my draw arm, so it's relaxed through the shot. Thanks to this video I saw all my mistakes I did before. Keep it up NUSensei, see you next time! 💪🏼

DAMN - I never thought of it that way. EXCELLENT tutorial. I'm going to start putting this into practice this week!

I was looking for a release string video on how to do it and now i know you did not have one :D Thanks for the instructions, always very helpful.

I'm new to archery and have relyed on KZfaq tutorials expressing each link involved with the of necessity form. Release is one of them, with a suggested of a second anchor point after "dropping the bucket" with your fingers visiting your ear. I can't argue that may be a good thing to do, but I could never figure out how to get there.Your video actually showed the resonsibility of fingers with the import of a clean release.

Thx very helpful. An old timer coach had mentioned to me that he twist his release hand in a bit like the 3rd finger to get the string aligned in the pocket of the tab or crooks of the knuckle. He shoots three under. This is also to incress the pressure ratio on the 3rd finger maybe for heavier bows.

Thanks for pointing out about using the first joint in your fingers rather than using the finger pads itself. My coach was trying to get me to shoot from the finger pads which I found rather difficult and felt that the string would slip off at any moment when I come to full draw (I usually shoot from the first finger joint anyway) Needless to say that the back tension is a working progress at the moment

Great videos. I am not even beginner archer (as that require to actually go and shoot) but your videos are so well made and explanatory, that I will probably start soon (obviously doing all the mistakes you mentioned in this and all previous and fallowing videos lol) Thanks for the vids anyway!

Thank you for your videos. So informed and balanced. Much respect.

Richtig gut erklärt! Danke, danach habe ich lange schon gesucht.

Awesome comment. I'm really practicing my release by letting it go, just like when i'm serving in tennis. Your explanation is superb and up to the point. THANKS for evrything. (M.G., Qc., Canada)

best vid i have come across for this exact problem I'm having. Thank you very much.

Thanks for the video, this is helping me a lot. I'm working on it for a long time, but I think I did it wrong for too long - so it ain't so easy, but I hope until the end of 2020 I can manage to have a "clean" and constant release 🏹

Another great informational video going to practice that I've always tried to not release the string I let the string release itself Happy New Year

Great video. Very clear explanation that I really needed. Thanks.

This came at just the right time. A clean release is my New Year Resolution. Hope you have a great 2020.

Extremely underrated video. You explain it so well

The most crucial step in archery; the release. Even after years of practice, we sometimes do it all wrong. At least, personally it still happens to me. I admit that the phone thing (or a similar wooden object for example) is a good idea. Happy new year to all !

I am so glad I came across this video, because a consistent and clean release is one of the things that has been difficult for me to implement. A nit-pick @8:28 I don't think it's contradictory to focus on relaxation of your hand. It's a mental effort to release tension with a part of your body.

One of yours best lessons...

Your tips helped. My grouping got tighter and the arrows now have a deeper penetration. Even my bow sounds different now. The release is everything!

Great tips & video spot on. Only thing I would add is comment on maintaining back tension with good alignment insures that the draw hand/arm must go straight back based on Newtonian mechanics I.e. for every force there is an equal & opposite force(the back tension force in line). Great video

Thanks NUSensei, I will practice this method.

Just tried this release technique with my bow and my shot grouping halved in distance instantly. Awesome video =D

Very useful explanation, thank you!

Superb. The hardest part of archery.

This is something I'm really struggling with. Thanks for your explanation.

Almost always THE biggest challenge for me is a clean release! Thanks for this video. Questions: should back shoulder muscle expansion curve the hook around and behind one’s face anchor point? Does such expansion vary the draw length? How does one avoid the natural left drift of the bow arm with balanced expansion (push-pull of bow and string)? Thanks for your great work. Mike, Ahuimanu, Hawaii.

thank you sir! despite the many years this video is still stonks for future references! thank you for everything and new video when?

Happy New Year NuSensei

Thanks! This is the thing I've been looking for 👍🏻

I did this drill about a month ago with my coach! While we didn't use a phone, we used my finger tab without the finger strap. That way, it forces you to squeeze the spacer and have a proper release. The tab will still fall if you force the release. Doesn't risk the phone but is just as frustrating when the finger tab falls out of your fingers! XD

Thank you! Thank you! I've been trying to figure out why my arrows have been fishtailing!

Excellent explanation. Very interesting, how advanced archery is concerning bio-mechanical principles.

Thanks! Exactly what I needed at the moment!

Excellent video, David and Happy New Year !

Nice idea! I will try this together with some club members who are doing some weierd hand moves after the release. It looks perfect, but just to be sure :) Thanks for the tip!

Thanks, I'll try this out!

Fantastic and super useful. Thanks

Ok me tip I discovered for getting a good hand, wrist, and elbow alignment is to use a training bungie or the assembled bow and go through the process while looking at a mirror. Some people learn better if they see their form problems with their own eyes. This applies to many skills and sports where having good form is necessary.

I had a total wrist fusion done on my right wrist and also have a metal plate about 15.3 cm long screwed to the bone so my wrist is permanently straight when I release my arrows 😉😁🏹🏹

Best video of the year for me :-))

Thanks a lot for this video. This and finding a consistent anchor point when doing string walking is the things that in my feeling cause the most of my inconsistencies. Have a great new year

Thanks for the video and explanations, excellent.

This is a very good tutorial, thanks for sharing

Excellent video!!

Very good advice!

Hi Nu, I wanted to thank you for your helpful video... grazie..e buon anno

I'm having a problem now with clean release, many years after I started doing archery. That reason is: finger savers. I started getting neurological damage where my fingertips remained numb for 24-48 hours after an archery session, even when I was using finger protecting glove (I shoot a 48 lb recurve bow). So I put finger savers on the string in addition to glove, and my releases were OK, but were pretty sloppy as sometimes finger savers would catch onto the glove a bit. So I took the glove off and this is where the issue started. I ended up plucking the string, because it subjectively felt like the string will roll away from me unless I grip it very tight. The only way I was able to avoid this is using only 2 fingers to draw and release, which still puts a considerable amount of pressure on my fingers, a bit more than I'm comfortable with. My dilemma now is to learn to release cleanly with 3 finger draw and with finger savers. I don't think I'll risk my phone though. Will probably try a less expensive object, just in case. Personally, I had immense success with caliper releases, even though they're meant for compound bows and I wonder if I should just stick to that method.

Hi David, I always enjoy your videos! I have been around bows for about 50 years, but I always find I learn something new watching both you and Jake Kaminski so thank you! pS , don't forget to get into the psychological, aspect and the importance of self confidence! 😊😊😊👍

Great video again, thank you!

Happy new year!!

Hi Nu ! Best video I seen on the release to date . Very clear and useful . I would be interested in a video on forearm alignment at anchor and how high or level the elbow should be. PS your video on toilet paper hoarding was very funny but also revealing on human nature. Situation is exactly the same in Canada except for the snow. Cheers , keep up the videos.

Very helpful, thank you.

Very interesting. Sounds really easy and from your video looks really easy.....I haven't shoot yet......I'll come back to you!

I love this video. thanks for the help.

great video. thank you very much

do you squeeze the spacers during the release and follow trough but if your not gonna relax the fingers the string wont move .

Thanks for the videos 😊

Thanks for sharing this. 👌

Thank you for this video!

what about the crowbar effect ? target lower than the force line and string pinch angel provide directional force .and how do you get around newtons 1st law , if the string travels at transverse angel to the bow the fingers will be pushed in the opposite direction during the angular motion , then the 3rd law ,your hands ,wrist or fingers should move at same speed as the string

This is good stuff! Thank you.

Interesting drill, I use a spacer on my tab shooting split finger, and will give this a try (with something other my phone).

I'm new to it so any info is good as long as the info is good. Funny how your videos are years old and still teaching new bee's

Thank you. I feel like this video was inspired by my form check lol.

English Warbow Archers an Tex Grebner use a Laptop instead of a Smartphone! Great study, unreal thanks Nui.

Interesting vid. Are you relaxing your fingers more than opening them?

Hey NuSensei :) Thank you for this advice! I normally shoot my recurve mostly traditional so just with arrow-rest and nothing else. I also use a glove instead of a tab, but this was one of the first things my trainer told me after the 3rd or 4th session. This also helped me to reduce the problem of the arrow falling from the rest every 2nd or 3rd time because my grip on the string was quite to far at the fingertips. After moving my fingers so the string could lay more clean on my fingers, my release was much better and I didn't drop my arrow that often ^^

Wow! Thank you!

You can do a clean release if you don't wrap your entire finger around the string. Pull the string just with the tip of your fingers. Pulling the string with the inner part of your knuckles that's just wasting time and effort for nothing. It just gets in the way. If you use the tip of your fingers it's just as secure as using half your fingers. Your releasw will be cleaner and easier too

I got a lot out out of this and your vid on anchor points, I have a hard time feeling the string with the tab I'm using... could I fold back or move a layer or two out of the way until I feel the string in the first joint of my fingers? Should I skip the tab for a bit and gradually work my way to full draw?

Brilliant!

My release is inconsistent. I shall try this method thanks.

Happy new Year to down under

Expand and it happens! Thank you!

I just got myself a Manchu bow for Xmas and am now trying to figure out how those Manchu guys managed to draw their bows back 35 inches and still get a consistent clean release.

Interesting process, 'control without control'. That phone drill is good. Just make sure it's someone elses phone!!!

I don't even know what I'm doing 🤔 just been releasing 😕 Im going to try this 😁

I’ll give it a go I suppose. Thanks