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The 11 basic steps to Archery:
| Eye Dominance | stance | Nocking the Arrow | Drawing Hand and Bow Hand |
| Bow Arm and PreDraw | Drawing the Bow | The Anchor | Holding and Aiming |
| The Release | Follow Through | Relaxing
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5. Bow Arm and PreDraw

Push out with the bow arm to set the hand position into the bow grip,
then raise the bow arm and drawing arm together, up to the position shown in the picture on the left.
Keep the front shoulder in its normal low position.
(The shoulder must not be allowed to rotate up or back as this shortens the draw length.)
Keep the elbow of the drawing arm high, as this will help bring into action the back muscles needed to draw the bow to full draw.

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