Here are our top tips for budding archers. Go with the flow when it comes to which hand you hold the bow with and which hand you use for pulling back the arrow. Use whichever feels more comfortable, then stand at 90 degrees to the target. Nock the arrow (i.e. when you clip the arrow onto the bow), then close your eye (the left one if you are using your right hand to release the arrow and vice versa), pull back past your cheek, keeping your elbow nice and high, then release!.