I'd also like to add that I 100% agree that having Heather in these videos to ask questions that you might not think of is absolutely a benefit.

dude you have the most chill wife ive ever seen ... you two truley seem like friends ... a rare thing in alot of marriages

Jake is such an asset to the archery community ^_^

Excellent! This was a MASTER CLASS in beginner step-by-step tuning... Heather's questions and your explanations of how and why changing different characteristics will affect tune were perfect for a new to understand and follow along with. No doubt this will take a lot of the fear, stress and apprehension out of the process for new 's trying to get a handle on tuning. Truly a fantastic and valuable piece of archery content that will help many!

@JakeKaminskiArchery

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, that's the hope to help all the new archers out there. Approaching a daunting task that isn't all that bad.

@blainclatworthy5423

3 жыл бұрын

As a very experienced Archer, I wish this information was available many decades ago. I have had to learn it through trial and error.

@ryanbon

3 жыл бұрын

@@blainclatworthy5423 You and me both! Such great information to get out there into the community... one stop resource.

Another excellent video Jake and Heather! I had watched your previous bare shaft tune vid Jake, but this one makes the process so much clearer to a novice like me. Keep it coming and best of luck Heather at your first competition.

Great tuning session, the best so far. Thank you

ty Jake and Heather for showing it and sharing knowledge!!! learn soo much from a couple weeks watching your channel!!!

Thanks Jake for all of the helpful videos and awesome contents. A really big help for the archery community.

This was so enlightening. Thank you for you contribution to the archery society.

Tuning teaches you a lot about how the whole system works. I actually enjoy it. One thing that I've always wondered about is the initial plunger setting. Medium spring, medium tension. I've had to crank a plunger spring pretty far in as a last resort to get a temporary tune. Thanks for the content!!

This is superb content and so honest! Thank you both for this series!

You guys rock! Thanks for all the incredibly useful information. I’ve been watching you since the beginning of my archery journey last spring starting with recurve and moving onto traditional and longbow. Your barebow anchor video helped the most. I struggled with a higher anchor than the typical under the chin used in Olympic recurve. The idea of anchoring next to my tooth just seemed wrong after studying the KSL shot cycle. I have found behind my jawbone with my thumbs rear knuckle shoved in the pocket under my ear lobe works for me. The sensitive pressure point deters me from collapsing with my thumb knuckle pressed in there. Any forward movement in my anchor hand (collapse) causing a very slight uncomfortable pain sensation, almost like behavioral shock treatment haha! Thanks Jake and Heather you are a wonderful addition to the videos!

What a great video for beginner barebow archers, thank you both

Great stuff, Jake! Can't wait to see how Heather progresses🤙🏻

I have been following you for the last couple of weeks and I have to say are an excellent instructor. Everything to make reference to, just stays in my mind.

Excellent video. You guys are so great. You cover important details that no one wants to do.

What an absolutely fantastic video. I'm just getting started and your channel, and this series in particular, has been incredibly valuable. It's clear that Jake's knowledge runs deep but having Heather on board really brings in the beginners perspective. Her questions are so good and well timed that she's able to bring the most out of Jake. You two are a fantastic team. I haven't looked at the rest of the videos but I'm really hoping there are many more in this format. Thanks you two!

Thanks a lot, Jake. The illustrations how less Pointweight effect the stiffness is very important to shooters. I wish best luck and all in the gold for Heather on her first tournament. Greetings from Germany.

This is super helpful. I especially like that you admit that you don't know stuff, but then show how you go about diagnosing and testing.

My goodness! there are so many things to consider. I understand a lot with your vids. Thanks for all your time and your CLEAR explanations. As to me, I need to keep up practicing and I can se that my technique has greatly improved.

Great video Jake. Great to see Heathers progress and interesting her comments near the end about having a coach always with her. I am in a similar situation having taught my partner to shoot over past 14 months. Although we were unable to shoot due to COVID lockdowns over about 5 months in that time her progress has been fantastic, to the point where she is beating far more experienced women in her age group. A lot of people do not realise how valuable having a regular coach can be. Our experience suggests that having someone regular critiquing form, offering advice etc can make a huge difference to a new archers progress.

She shoots very well for a beginner! Great video.

The slow process of turning the shafts and the explanation in how it works is good Because it shows attention to detail

Super fully detailed, you even mentioned the fine details that people might oversee like if you want to super tune your weight is the measure the points on a scale. When I started bareshaft tuning it was all trial and error

Jake that's another GREAT video! It's so nice to see it through a beginners eyes! As a newbie myself, it has been frustrating seeing tuning videos using expert or accomplished archers. They make it look so easy that you come away thinking all you have to do is go out there and tune and you'll be shooting nearly as good as them. This video helps understand the expectations a beginner should have with bst - and Heather was better than most beginners I know. Again, thanks!

I watch this video and now all my problems just feel like tune issues. Great video. Great lessons. Always learning to make sure I’m better than I was before.

This was a great video and an example of how things can be out of tune and you don't see it right away. I don't shoot Bare bow. But I shoot trad with heavy arrows and a high FOC with a fixed crawl. And tune is so important.

Good combination of Heathers beginner questions and Jakes pro answers. Helps me a lot

Absolutely loving these videos.

Great video for new barebow shooters, thank you very much

Hi Jake, This video is very old - just over a year now, but I wanted to thank you for making this series. Although I am currently working on a trad setup, a lot of the information (specifically this video) has really helped to fine tune my equipment. I am working toward getting a barebow setup in the near future and will be able to apply even more of your videos there as well. Once again, just wanted to say thank you for your help and information provided. - Mike

Hello Jake, I am a year late as I shot my first bare shafts today (noob western style archer here), and I have to say this series is amazing. The synergy between you two is what makes it so much worth it: you are incredibly taught and a great expert at what you do, while Heather is a genuine newbie with so many honest questions to ask, giving you the counterpart of the true beginner, and forcing you to explain everything you know from the very foundations up. Amazing. Also, it warms the heart to see how fondly you two look at each other, you look like a really lovely couple :)

I've had luck using boiling water when I used Bohning Cool Blue. Never tried it with that kind of hot melt. Thanks for showing it works.

A great video, just what I was looking for, IMHO Heather is a really good shot! I look forward to hearing how she scored in her tournament.

Really enjoyed the video. Hugely educational. Thank you.

Hi Jake 👋 I’m a novice wheelchair archer. I watch all your videos and you have taught me so much! Thank you for your help and knowledge sir, respect 🫡

This video is a good watch Thank you both🙏

Love the new archer series

Excellent series, thanks a lot for this. I will try to tune my arrows this way now.

Great video again - when Heather stated that shooting the bare shafts was pretty nerve racking for her, I think it showed that having (or not having) confidence in the shot leads to good (or bad) results. No one wants to miss the bale., lose an arrow etc... and the added pressure of being on camera while shooting compounds the issue. It should help her confidence in the long run though and make it a little easier when standing on a shooting line. She shoots the fletched shafts really well, I think that no more changes and get some time behind the bow is the right prescription for now and good luck to both of you at your tournament!

Great video! It’s a process, and every little step take you closer to being a better archer, with a better tuned bow. Would love to see a follow up, a bit further down the road on Heather’s journey. Maybe with some stiffer arrows. Top stuff!

@PlainStraightShooter

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I want to see follow ups on both of you guys. Your giving out great lessons and pointers. I be glad to get back out and shoot.

this was exactly my experience without having the expert to explain to me with certainty what actualy happens, it was like a bad nightmare. but now we know better dont we... Its amazing that you also show where to say stop, based on time constrain given she has a competition, the ability of the archer which is super anyway and that it risks changing too much given they allready fly much much better! - you can teach common sense!

Jake this is brilliant am itching to start this tune.

I only have 3 things to say. 1. I am Heather's BIGGEST FAN! 2. This video is so full of win and barebow goodness. I can't even.... Just please keep doing them. 3. Good luck to both of you at your comp in a couple weeks!

Excellent video you are contributing a lot to the body of archery knowledge avsilable and in a useful way.

so good to watch and follow through. Heather is great btw!

I am really glad to see you are doing these beginning videos. Where I live there are very few people to help beginners with barebow. I have had to learn totally on my own how to tune. I never made much headway until I found you on KZread and bought your book on tuning which was my saving grace. My scores have improved a lot. Still have a ways to go but I am now waiting for this pandemic to get under control so I can start competing in barebow. I have hunted with recurves and longbows since 1978. Barebow is different from hunting bows.

Thank you very much Heather and Jake

I am definitely learning, great video.

I learned a lot, Thank you Both for your passion to demonstrate us !! ….we have snow here in Germany, cant wait to go out and shoot again o;)

Love this format. Also great questions :-)

This is a really good tuning video.

A great lesson in bare shaft tuning

Excellent video mate!

Hey Heather you blushed quit a bit after that first arrow - cute, and nice technique.

The most enjoyment I got was teaching my three girls how to shoot a compound bow for three D . I knew I had trained them well when they always place in the top three . As they got older they lost interest but we all had a good time . This is a great family sport !

Enjoying the bearbow part of this channel. With Australia traditional archery, we are not allowed to string walk. It all instinctive shooting. If you or one of your followers can give some tips ,that would be great,. Been very interesting and informative so far with bow and arrows setups, and keep the good work going,. Cheers

Hello Jake! thank you so much for the videos and i have learned a lot. In depth and straight to the point. If i may give just a technical suggestion, if you could increase the volume of the talking parts in the editing so we don't have to increase our device' volume too much so when the ads come in, their volume won't blow us over. Cheers from the philippines :)

My understanding of bow/arrow tuning went up about 1,000% by watching your video. Also, the way you communicate with each other; so much honesty, so much patience and humility. It's just wonderful to watch. You could branch out into teaching how to communicate with your spouse. Keep up the great work and thank you so much!

@JakeKaminskiArchery

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being a channel member!

Right on time for my next project

This is an excellent video material to learn about barebow tuning. Heather's questions helped a lot in clearing up some of the things I wanted to ask. This is what I've been searching for, as it shows the specifics, i.e., in numbers the effects on of: (a) Reducing the weight of the arrow point in increments of 10gns (b) Reducing the length of the shaft in increments of 1" will have an equivalent effect of 1 spine change stiffer. (c) Reducing the draw weight by 0.5 turn Only after going through all the above will, I start making adjustments with my plunger. How I wish this video was created much earlier. It could have saved me money buying so many arrows of different spines. Thank you so much to the Kaminski couple for producing this video. I look forward to more videos where Heather is around to ask questions. Barebow is getting so popular that there are a lot newbies out there who would ask similar questions as what she raised. In the next video, please do ask tons of questions to Jake. :) :) :)

hi buddy bless your wife shes very nervous but actually a good archer i think her groupings are really good, mike in the uk.

Very well explained. 😊

Good Shooting Heather Thanks for the great info Folks

Great video guys

Thanks for this, i learned a lot.

Love your videos jake I’m a fairly new archer

this video was very helpful thanks

I love this beginner stuff

Jake. First your presentations have dramatically improved. Second I’ve seen many explanations on this subject by excellent people. Yours is the best

First shot....nailed it! :D

Thanks Jake for helping me out in the great world of archery. I’ve got a lot to learn but with these video’s my shooting will surely improve.

great video guys ty

This video reminds me of a Hoyt Target Compound I was shooting back in the 90's. It had a serious vibration problem and I discovered the Limb bolts had backed out on their own, so it was way out of tune. But I was still hitting the 122cm Target at 90M. Although the groups were terrible.

Really helpful keep going Thx

Hi Jake. We look forward to see Heather glue the feathers...

This is a great video

Great video I do find if your not careful with barebow, when you shorten your arrows when you do field on close targets it can get hard to see down the arrow but long shots work well.

Thank you. This is honestly the first video on bare shaft tuning that makes sense to me. Is the process any different for compound bow?

One thing I learnt from trying to tune break off points is that as the point gets shorter it increases the arrow length so you do not get that much of a change in dynamic spine because the longer arrow slightly decreases the spine offsetting the increase from the reduction in point weight.

@thecarrot4412

Жыл бұрын

I was about to say the same. Narrow diameter arrows have the point length longer per grain than a wider arrow. So slimmer arrows in my experience do not benefit as much from breaking weight off and in extreme examples could even worsen a weak arrow. Great thing is though, you can take advantage of this if you can get the right components. I set my black eagle x-impacts up with a custom 195 grain tungsten point with only 1 inch internal length. Let me have the widest possible range to cut them back for tune, put them in a weight range I liked, and gives me massive FOC for the wind.

❤ loving this playlist, very geared to the beginner archer like myself. I brought a intermediate recurve set and I'm finding my arrow really fishtails when leaving the bow. 😢

Really GREAT video describing all the thoughts during tuning, and even the curve balls. But Jake man, just buy her the next stiffer spine! She's got the technique to justify it and you chose cheaper shafts for a reason!

Thanks. We'll explained. 👌

I shoot an ILF traditional bow and screw-in points on my arrows. It made bare shaft tuning a breeze by playing with draw weight for major adjustments and switching points to fine tune it. I don't have to resort to cutting arrows.

Good video. Very descriptive. And man she is cute!

Great Barebow tuning content! I'd really like to see more of your Q&A type of videos as it tends to reveal much more of your tacit knowledge! One question though: Beside point weight, arrow length and bow weight, wouldn't be adjusting center shot (at least to a certain degree) another option for compensating a too weak / stiff arrow (turning center shot more inwards for a too stiff arrow and more outwards for too weak arrows)?

@JakeKaminskiArchery

3 жыл бұрын

Not center shot, but plunger tension. Although that is a last resort, especially with barebow.

Dude, seriously... You need to start doing collabs with as many channels as possible - coz it's criminal that you only 22k subs.

@JakeKaminskiArchery

3 жыл бұрын

Natural growth, about 1k per month here. Not too bad. I did a live with NuSensei and surprisingly not a huge up-tick in subs.

Jake as an old school barebow shooter i would have moved my center shot slightly to the left and lightened the tension first before changing the arrow length and always remember to move your knocking point to the correct position first because when you move it up it will also shoot to the right !

@gblan

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that. I would think in barebow you'd generally want the longest arrow possible. I would've gone to the plunger before cutting arrows.

Thank you Jake! This was very informative on how to stiffen an arrow. How would you weaken an arrow? For a beginner, you can't really go up in limb weight and you can't add length to the arrow shaft.

The Best……..thank you

Thanks!

@JakeKaminskiArchery

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the super thanks!

She’s good!

Hello and once a again thanks for your videos. I thought it would be a very interesting video a while ago and seeing the slow-motion of the arrow just reminded it to me. I'd like to have advices on good video setup. I too often have to train myself alone due to my timetables though I'm in a club so it could help to setup something. I'm a bit affraid of the budget, I have no clue where to place de camera/phone, nor how, ... I heard about instant replay app but on what screen, aso... I think there are so many things to explain you could even make a series out of it and why not call for sponsorship to compare products aso. Thanks !

I really love this series. Entertaining and educating. Keep it up! But just out of curiosity i would have liked to see you shoot her bow and arrows :)

Dude she is a natural.

I find that being setup slightly weak (about 3-4" at 18m) gives me the best grouping. I'm not sure if this has to do with FOC the weight of fletching, or because of where I put my string blur, but a perfect tune tends to give me worse left/right grouping.

Jake you sold out to Florida don’t you miss all that Buffalo Lake Effect! We set records this year it’s been horrible! Thanks for all your teaching.

Break off points are insteresting as they make the shaft "longer" when one breaks off weight segments. That is, as one breaks off these segments more of the shaft is allowed to flex, offsetting the effect of the ligther point to some extent, depending on the relative length of the arrow (a shorter arrow should be more affected than a longer one).

@adrianyee2634

3 жыл бұрын

Especially with nano or 3.2 ID arrows as the point stem and each breakoff section is long compared to larger diameter shafts. I recently attempted to tune my barebow and abandoned point adjustment as it seemed to have a reverse effect

@henrik_worst_of_sinners

3 жыл бұрын

@@adrianyee2634 Good observation, yes those segments are really long on the super thin arrows. I guess the breakoff points are best to be used from a FOC perspective and then one has to consider spine from that. However in my case I have some different points which portrude different amounts infront of the shaft e.g., the Skylon/Avalon points for their 700/600 spine 4.2mm arrows which have two different sets of break off points i.e., 100/120 grain, which the latter portrude more in front of the shaft than the former. This however effects the total length of the arrow so one has to take that into account. Bottom line is that points are for FOC and such. However I use points to modify effective spine with trad arrows (6.2mm screw in points) often as it is very convinient and I just adapt to whatever it does to FOC and trajectory.

I just watched several of your videos, I shot archery years ago but a elbow injury made me stop, I want to get back into archery and I like to get into bare bow, what equipment should I buy to start , I do not mind spending more to get better equipment.

Jake, What are your thoughts on strong silencers.