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DRAKE Youth - 43 in. - 10-20 lbs
With the DRAKE Youth bow, children and young people can immerse themselves in the world of archery and learn how to handle a bow and arrow in a playful way. The DRAKE Youth is a stable beginner's bow made of plastic and fibreglass, which has a draw weight of approx. 10-20 lbs depending on the draw length. The grip of the bow is designed in such a way that it can be used ambidextrously, i.e. by both right-handed and left-handed archers. The arrow rest is conveniently integrated directly into the grip piece and does not have to be purchased and mounted separately.
The scope of delivery includes the bow, eight fibreglass arrows with sheet metal tips, an arm guard, a side quiver and five target rests. In addition, there is a special finger guard that is already mounted on the string and also functions as a nocking point. Equipped like this, the fun can start right away and your own garden can be made "unsafe".
Characteristics:
- Bow length: 43 inches / approx. 109cm
- Draw weight: 10-20 lbs
- Weight: 412g
- Material (limbs): fibreglass
- Material (grip): plastic
- Suitable for right- and left-handed shooters
- Suitable for recreational use only.
Scope of delivery:
1x bow
8x fibreglass arrow with sheet metal tip (28 inch)
1x arm guard
1x quiver
5x target face
Characteristics
| Hand: | Right HandLeft HandBoth hands |
| Draw Weight: | 01-10 lbs11-20 lbs |
| Bow Length: | 43 Inch |
| Manufacturer's information: | Manufacturer's name: |
Right-handed or left-handed?
Determination of the draw hand
The draw hand is the hand that pulls the string. This means that a right-handed bow is held in the left hand and drawn with the right hand.
Determining your personal draw hand has far less to do with whether you are left-handed or right-handed than you might initially assume. It is much more about determining the dominant eye. The dominant eye is used for aiming. This then automatically results in the draw hand.
The term dominant eye refers to the eye whose visual information is superimposed on everything. If a shooter tried to aim with the other eye, he would have to close the dominant eye.
There are two ways of determining the dominant eye: On the one hand, it is the eye that is generally favoured, for example when looking through the viewfinder of a camera, through the peephole or similar situations. On the other hand, there is a small exercise that can be used to determine the dominant eye beyond doubt:
- The arms are stretched out and a triangle is formed with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands.
- A small target is aimed at through the triangle, for example a socket or a cupboard knob. Focus on this object.
- The hands are now slowly brought towards the face without taking the target object out of focus.
- The triangle of thumb and index fingers will involuntarily tend towards one side of the face and this is where the dominant eye is located.
If the dominance of the eye and hand do not match, the bow should still be selected according to eye dominance. The arms can be easily retrained for the new draw hand, but not the eye.
More information on choosing the right type of bow, the right draw weight and the right arrows can be found here: A brief introduction to archery
