Stringwalking has become a fundamental skill for the fast-growing and highly competitive barebow class. Top performers from across all barebow competition formats choose to master stringwalking for its practicality, which, above all, affords a repeatable aiming picture. The key beneficiaries of this are Field and 3D athletes, whose fieldcraft is tested at a range of marked and unmarked distances – here gap-shooting alone will not work! Stringwalking helps achieve greater target accuracy; however, the journey to that point of mastery requires an archer to be patient, and, most important, methodical.
This piece will present a two-step process, derived from personal and professional experience, but is by no means the only way of approaching the subject. However, I feel that a developing barebow beginner, or a coach, stand to benefit most…