I struggled a lot with string slap back when I was a beginner, I hope that someone could've taught me this back in the day. Glad to have gained a better understanding of this issue. Always a pleasure to learn from your videos Nusensei.

Damn, this is the best advice I've had so far. I tried turning my wrist in the air without a bow and could immediately see a massive difference!

As an instructor also for very long time I find it refreshing and helpful to always keep learning, especially from this great coach Nusensei. We can also learn from new archers as we help them with avoiding string slap because everyone is unique and different in build.  To go without an armguard is with some degree of risk, in that certain things can happen unexpectedly.  New archers can quickly forget and then as they draw the bow, suddenly turn their bow arm elbow inward, to get string slap.  We had a young woman to forget this while wearing an armguard and it hit the soft inside of the arm flesh above the armguard. She passed out on the spot from the pain and after she recovered told everyone that archery is not for her.  She needed a much longer armguard as a beginner. String slap can happen to ANYONE regardless of how much or little their experience levels. For example if a bow’s varnished grip is glossy slick and it’s a hot day, the perspiration can make the bow suddenly torque and slip in the hand. This happened to me with a just-purchased Ben Pearson Rogue recurve bow, in which the bowstring slammed into my forearm to drag up a ball of flesh underneath the skin the size of a golf ball, which turned black and blue immediately.  After icing it down the rest of the afternoon, fortunately the balled up flesh settled back down.  That was to happen to this guy (me) who had been shooting traditional archery for 30+ years and seldom suffer string slap.
The grip on that particular model didn’t fit me well in the first place, but it was a pretty bow so that’s why I bought it.

I easily learned to turn the arm correctly but no one ever discussed my hand position except to suggest I should not “hold” the bow but rather “rest” it and allow the natural balance of the bow to reside in the space between my thumb and index fingers. I use a longbow, which are large, and am a woman so it’s quite amazing how a bigger bow can still sit easily in that space. Thanks for this reframing of an important beginner skill!

I cannot thank you enough for this video. String slap was deterring me to go out and practiced

Many thanks for this, as  a newly qualified instructor I found it really tricky trying to explain to young cubs and scouts how to avoid 'twanging' their arm, its the one thing to really put a young person off from trying again.

Hi NUSensei, I found your channel around an year ago when I was thinking of joining archery, when I was looking for an archery school where I live here in Vancouver. I found Lykopis, and I saw you had a video with Patricia. So I decided to join to actually try archery for the first time there, now I've been there for 7 months and I'm even an instructor in training! She uses a couple of your videos in instructor class, so that's very fun as well!
Lots of love from Lykopis <3

A Huge thank you from a yellow and blue armed beginner. Straightforward explanation, great demonstration. Problem solved 🙂

You haven’t lost your enthusiasm for coaching, keep it up !

"Elbow surgery" had me laughing. I love the British sense of humor. Thank you for this information. I will put it to use right now.

This video is amazingly helpful! Thank you! I currently have a huge black bruise on my elbow. As soon as you explained the grip issue it made so much sense! 🙏🏻

As a beginner with really flexible elbows that really protrude out, I really appreciate the video 😘✌

I’m new to archery and this video saved me and my forearm. Thank you for making this! On to your other videos now 😊

Thank you so much for this video!

Worked instantly. All the unnecessary string slaps I’ve taken lol

I took an archery class last week and left with MASSIVE bruises by my elbow and forearm. Within an hour I couldn't even straighten out my arm without feeling some pain there.

That was with both a longer arm guard and arm rotation (I personally did not have issues rotating my arm but the other girl with the same problem did. But then, I've always had weird joints). I'm going for another class tomorrow and I'll check my grip 👍

Any advice for traditional bows like an english longbow?  The v-grip works great with modern recurves, but haven't found a great grip for slap with my ELB.  (That and the brace height on ELBs are so darn low...)

I'm a beginning archer and wanted to say thanks for the advice.  Also subscribed to your channel.

Slapped quite a bit with my recurve and once with the compound. The compound one was the bluest one I ever had. More poundage, more blue. The grip on the compound is different and after some adjustment I never slapped on that anymore. On my recurve it happed still from time to time slightly. But improved. Also because I changed the handle with a different physical shape make it easier for me to grip on the right side of life line.

I had the most trouble with string slap with my first bow, a cheap fiberglass beginner's bow with an ambidextrous grip. I held it with my entire fist and I had to use an arm guard to protect my forearm.

I upgraded to a wood recurve bow with a much higher draw weight, and even though I bought a leather arm guard to go with it I found I didn't need it. I'd discovered that I didn't need to hold the bow with my entore hand since the draw weight isn't supported by my fingers, it's supported by the bones of my hand and forearm. I was able to use a looser 2-finger grip and still shoot, without needing the arm guard.