My first bow was a recurve, back when I was just a little feller. I think I could shoot that 35 pounder better then than I can with my compound bow now. But I did practice a lot more then too. When my son was here over the 4th, he brought a small compound build just for the kids. At the end of the week, the 4 and 5 year olds were shooting it better than me as well.Not a bow guy myself but I know some of course so mine was jsut a guess and yea I have heard of recurve but not sure what it is