reducing wrist slap

[Jodocus]

Not using a protector should be a fast way to reduce wristslapping. Worked great for me   

[AngelDeVille]

Not using a protector should be a fast way to reduce wristslapping. Worked great for me   

I did the same thing, I don't use one anymore.

[Fred Arnold]

I usually only get string slap from a string follow bow. It no longer happens when shooting recurve's and hybrid's. Some of my selfbows have given me a problem but usually cured by raising the brace height as stated previously.
I wear a guard during hunting season just to hold loose fitting sleeves from getting in the way.

[George Tsoukalas]

No, it is the nature of the selfbow. They are braced lower than even their fg cousins... longbows. Make yourself an arm guard. It is not hard. I make mine. I set my brace height, measure from string to back of bow, at the lowest point at which good flight is achieved which is typically at 7.25 to 7.5 inches. Check my site for tuning info. Changing form as described above may help. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/selfbowcare.html

[Mark Smeltzer]

If you rotate the bow in your hand untill the back of the handle is in the knuckle of your thumb not the web you will very rarely hit your wrist.
I don"t agree with " raise the brace ht. until it stops hitting your wrist" Also your wrist position has allot to do with it, as already said above.

Mark

[bushboy]

maybe check to make sure the string is tracking true down the center of the handle as my first couple of bows were not and made for some nasty welts!maybe you already have?just saying. regards!

[bhenders]

Want to eliminate wrist slap entirely?

Change to a thumb grip and release - problem solved!

[jimmy]

I recently stopped using an arm guard.  I brace at 5 1/2" on average.  I guess it's the way I hold the bow, wrist slightly bent, elbow slightly bent.  It shortened my draw length by about one inch and I don't get wrist slap at all.  If anything, the string sometimes just barely grazes my wrist, so slight that I don't really notice.  Anyway, I did away with it, so it is possible.  You just have to bend a little here and there.

[danny f]

thanks everyone.

[adb]

You can shoot a longbow without a bracer, but you'll probably only do it once. Some string contact with the inside of your bow arm/wrist is normal. Excessive string contact is not, and is usually a result of low brace height or stretchy strings. Wrist slap is caused by excess string vibration. Plucking the string, aka a bad realease, is a common problem as well.
Shooting modern recurves or longbows that are centershot is a different story, and if done correctly, should result in little or no string slap.

[George Tsoukalas]

Be careful bending your wrist too much. Bend your elbow. Writs were not made to take that kind of strain unless straight. JMO. Jawge