string slap

[bushboy]

Is a little string slap normal,close to the wrist?dose it slow the arrow or is it the string going past straight on the release?thx's rob!

[DC]

I was just reading about this last night in "Shooting the Stickbow". If it's low on your wrist, right on the joint he say's it's probably the brace height is to low. Apparently common on longbows. I think when he says longbows he's referring to anything that isn't a modern recurve.

[bubby]

are you using b-50, fast flight will eliminate wrist slap 95% of the time

[bushboy]

I use ff,guess maybe a brace height thing?

[GB]

Some times just raising the BH 1/4" or 1/2" gets rid of it.

[DC]

What is your brace height? I found that if I bend my wrist away from the string a bit it helps. I get slapped once in a while but usually towards the end of a shooting session when I'm getting a little tired and my concentration starts to go away.

[bushboy]

About 5-1/4" on average.

[DC]

Now you're got something to try, good luck

[George Tsoukalas]

Is that 5.25 measured to the belly? Seems low.
I go 7-7.5 from string to back of bow.
Start at fletch clearing distance.
Jawge

[bubby]

Cock your wrist a bit and bend your elbow slightly thin will move the string away if brace height doesn't take care of it

[mikekeswick]

Yes bend your wrist and elbow of the bow arm, don't stand too upright and maybe raise your brace by a 1/4 inch. I don't think there is any need to brace higher than 6 inch (from the belly).

[bradsmith2010]

I shoot my brace as low as I can and get good arrow flight,,when shooting through the chrono,, the lower brace will shoot really well,(even with wrist slap), but there is a sweet spot on every bow that takes a little shooting to determine ,,, I shoot b 50,, I am an old guy,,

[Pappy]

I set most at about 5 1/2 to 6 inches from the belly, sometime as Mike said bend the wrist helps but also look and see if the string is tracking down the center, You usually can tell this when you hold the bow like you are going to shoot it or with a really low brace, hard to tell just looking down the bow, you can make it look like it tracks anywhere you want looking down it. You can get by if it tracks slightly toward the arrow pass side but if it favors it much it can slap your wrist also.
   Pappy

[OTDEAN]

Just increase your brace height to fistmele.  IF the brace height is high enough when the string returns it wont go anywhere near your bow arm.  Having a high brace does put your limbs under more stress but I prefer it. 

[Eric Krewson]

Some of us have an arm configuration that catches the string, I am one of those folk. I can't shoot B-50 without a lot of string slap, DF-97 helps a lot as does a slightly higher brace height.