Talk:Thumb Ring/@comment-41.13.0.5-20160928170410/@comment-216.30.186.146-20160929192145

All foot archers are trained to arrow volley, because beyond a very limited range, arrows must be fired at an arc to reach the distance, and only the best of archers can hit accurately with these slow, arcing shots.

Historically, no western nation's archers (who all used the three-finger 'Mediterranean draw') used the thumb ring. The thumb ring is exclusively used by archers (mostly central/east asia) who used the 'thumb draw'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_draw