10M air pistol - straight arm technique.

[thirdwheel]

Ok try this.
Get some pals both male and female to stand up straight with their hands by their sides with their palms facing to the rear, rotate arms until palms are facing forwards and look at the straightness of the arms.

Most males arms will remain straight, most female arms will angle outwards from the elbow like the competitor you posted. A specialist othopedic bone pal of mine recons it's natures way of clearing female hips while carrying something.

George

[Paul SE]

Some interesting comments there, thanks for the input

Donald, I'll give your advice a try and see what happens

I guess a few wayward flyers will be happening until familiarity is achieved

[Rickenbacker]

The girl obviously has a funny elbow.

My Mrs has a similarly funny finger, though why she's never been tested for being a witch is anybody's guess.

The pistol shooter girl also looks to be exerting downward thumb pressure. That's a technical 'No No', but maybe she has a funny thumb as well.

HTH

[hwtyger]

She doesnt do anything different from the others; she stretches her arm until it wont go any further, but she is hypermobile and her joints can go further than normal.
My posture probably looks similar.
Elbows arent an issue in pistol shooting. You stretch yr arm out naturally.
Problem point is locking the wrist

[Telephonepete]

its all a bit beyond me i keep getting distracted by the closest young lady. pete

[Paul SE]

its all a bit beyond me i keep getting distracted by the closest young lady. pete

You wouldn't get distracted in our 10M range as I'm usually the only person in there

[vbull]

While working away at sea many years ago I had a chance to shoot air pistol with an engineer who was a Chinese Olympian. He shot with his elbow bent, really bent way off locked. Now all these years later and both my elbows full of arthritis I can no longer lock my elbow so shoot pistol both air and B/P with my elbow very bent like the Chinese guy and now realise how comfortable this is, even with my problems, and that even when I was fit how much of a strain it was locking the elbow out as I was taught.