Why You Should Add a Bow Wrist Sling to Your Bow
Whether you are a compound bow or traditional recurve bow shooter, making good, consistent shots requires that many factors be correctly. One of those key factors is how you grip your bow. Most bows require a very loose grip to shoot correctly.
Although some long bows and self bows need to be held tightly to shoot correctly, most bows don't. If you grip a bow too tightly, it will put torque on the riser, and as you release the arrow, that torque will cause movement and throw your shot off.
Although you started with a loose grip, just before released the arrow, your bow hand started to clinch down in anticipation. Now, you obviously want to keep hold of the bow so it doesn't go flying out of your hands. Here's where the bow wrist sling comes in.
A bow wrist sling wraps over the back of your bow hand and allows you to shoot, literally without gripping the bow at all. When you shoot, the bow leaps forward, but the sling keeps it contained in your hand. This allows you to completely relax your grip and not even worry about catching the bow. Most bow wrist slings attach behind a stabilizer.
You won't see a top Olympic shooter that doesn't use one. For better accuracy and consistency, we would encourage you to use a bow wrist sling!
