Crawl

The crawl refers to the position of the drawing hand on the string below the nock in barebow archery. Instead of always hooking the string at the same point – for example directly under the arrow – the archer moves the fingers farther down the string depending on the distance. This is why it is called a “crawl.”

Purpose:

• To adjust the point of impact for different distances
• To use the stringwalking technique

The farther the fingers are placed below the nock, the more the arrow’s flight path changes.

In short: The crawl is the variable finger position on the string used in barebow archery to hit different distances without a sight.