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Are good groupings an indication of good form?

Or is it possible to achieve good groupings with bad form?

I ask because im a novice still waiting to join a club to get any real pointers so im exclusively self taught with YouTube channels and other online resources.

I've been shooting for abit over a month and in my garden, which sadly only gives me about 8ms, 10 if I stand awkwardly near the fence with a bush half in my way and im at this point pretty consistently groupings arrows tight in the yellow.

Im gap shooting for my aiming method rather than pure instinctual.

I FEEL like my form is okay, but its really hard to check your self isn't it? Like in a mirror my alignment is straight, my back muscles feel engaged at full draw, I don't get string slap and obviously my actual groups are fine.

Until I get someone to actually form check me in person, can I assume that my general accuracy is indicative of good form or is still possible my form is appalling despite this?

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