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I shoot Mediterranean and when my forefinger touches the corner of my mouth and the shot's away.




I am 'on aim' by about half way through the draw, give or take, and as soon as my forefinger tip contacts the corner of my mouth the arrow is gone. No hold at all.




Some people find closing one eye or the other helps, depending on their dominant eye.




My accuracy doesn't seem affected either way, even if I close both




Seriously though, consistently repeating the same motion is more important than where you anchor. If you can do that you can start guaging where your bowhand should be to allow you to hit the target, and after that your brain cottons onto what is happening and starts helping you build a 'memory reflex'.




One of the best barebow shots I know uses a 'floating' anchor, where his anchor point is an inch or so away from his cheek. It looks all wrong and several county coaches have tried to 'cure' him of the habit. They tend to shut up when they see his groups and scores, but the odd one still insists that if he did it the 'proper' way he'd be better off. The most stubborn even tell him he should refrain from canting the bow and he should really be drawing to the middle of his chin, like all 'proper' archers do




The point is, whatever works for you is right for you. It's no good adopting a certain style if you find it uncomfortable, but if you can be comfortable and repeat the same motion consistently then accuracy should be a matter of minor adjustments.




Most folks try and get too many things right at once and end up disappearing up their own rear.




If a shot goes wrong many archers immediately start adjusting everything: draw length, point of aim, anchor point, length of hold, style of release, blah, blah, blah...,




Whenever things start going awry for me I grab a low draw weight recurve, shut my eyes and shoot blind for 10 or 20 arrows.




Then I gather the arrows and do it again.




Repeat as necessary.




It's amazing how fluid you can become nocking the arrow, drawing and releasing, all without looking. It can be surprising how your groups look too, if you do this around 10 yards from a target.




It helps to have an understanding club, or your own ground to shoot on...