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Choosing the right bow for you

The Rolan bow is a leisure bow for learning to shoot with total safety

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Memo
choose the right bow for your height and archery experience.

Equipment

Equipment

Assembly Screw in the limbs in the handle's pocket. Make sure each limb is correctly located, the lower limb is marked with all information about length and weight. Glue on the arrow rest as shown on the picture, you are now ready to string your bow (1-2-3). For your safety, we recommend to use the bow stringer for this operation Place the biggest loop of the string in the inner side of the upper limb and give about 10 twists to your string. Place the smaller loop in the lower tip (4-5). Place cup over bottom of limb tip and rubber face on the upper limb (6-7). Pull on bow handle and slide strong loop into limb notches (8-9). Be sure string is secure before shooting with the bow (10). Install the nock set as shown on picture 11 and 12.
	Shooting advice
Your Rolan bow has options for equipping it with a sight, stabilizer and all the accessories you need to perfect your archery skills. First get to know the pleasures of bow shooting without using a sight, applying the following recommendations:
Tab and armguard must be worn as shown on picture 13. Laid the arrow on the rest and take care to correctly locate the vanes. For proper arrow flight, the cock vane (single color) should be located on the left side for a right hand shooter. The shooter stands perpendicular to the target (14). Place the 3 fingers below the nock and aim the target with the arrow's point. A right hand archer must aim the target with the right eye (15). Stay stable and find a correct body balance during and after the release (16). "String Jumping" To change the arrow trajectory, you can move the fingers location on the string and on your face. Enjoy with this shooting method which will give you the key to progress easily !
Glossary
Stringing the bow: action consisting in attaching the bowstring to the bow to create tension. Drawing: action consisting in pulling the bowstring and arrow toward the face to take aim. Draw length: when drawn to the anchor point, the distance between the fingers on the bowstring and the front of the bow handle. Releasing: action consisting in letting go of the bowstring to shoot the arrow. The bow arm is the arm which holds the bow. The draw hand is the hand which pulls on the bowstring. The bow hand is the hand which holds the bow. The anchor point is an aiming mark toward which the archer draws the bowstring and the arrow before releasing.
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