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minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down5·7 months agoMore likely they didn’t shoot in volleys at all. When you can only hold the bow for a second or two even with lifelong training you can’t really have volleys.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoLongbow maybe not but shortbow, recurve, etc can be held for a while if you’re willing to sacrifice accuracy. How far apart does a group shot of arrows have to be before it’s considered separate shots v a volley?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoYeah, that’s a point I tried to make, sorry for not being precise enough.
minus-squareNegativeNull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoHere’s a great video of a well-trained longbowman shooting 160 and 210lb longbows (jump to 8 minutes). There is zero chance he’s “holding” the draw. https://youtu.be/MjY2QrU4sm4
More likely they didn’t shoot in volleys at all. When you can only hold the bow for a second or two even with lifelong training you can’t really have volleys.
Longbow maybe not but shortbow, recurve, etc can be held for a while if you’re willing to sacrifice accuracy.
How far apart does a group shot of arrows have to be before it’s considered separate shots v a volley?
Yeah, that’s a point I tried to make, sorry for not being precise enough.
Here’s a great video of a well-trained longbowman shooting 160 and 210lb longbows (jump to 8 minutes). There is zero chance he’s “holding” the draw.
https://youtu.be/MjY2QrU4sm4