Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
04-07-2009, 05:02 PM
#11
Fork Horn
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RE: Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
I switched to lefty and am very glad I did. Had to re-learn with better form and shoot much better now. Only took a couple hundred arrows to start feeling comfortable.
I still shoot guns and play sports right handed and I wouldn't worry about switching everything.
I still shoot guns and play sports right handed and I wouldn't worry about switching everything.
04-07-2009, 05:22 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hughesville, PA
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RE: Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
ORIGINAL: stealthycat II
JMO if you want to switch to left handed shooting, switch everything you do to left handed - and that means EVERYTHING from shooting guns that way to throwing a ball to pouring a cup of coffee .... see, its my opinion that your MIND has compensates, adjusted and coordinated the way you do everything left eye dominant and right handed ......... why change only one thing you do to the other way?
Some people swear by it ....... me? I shoot traditional but whenI did shoot compounds i was strong left eye dominant, shot right handed, peep, both eyesopened.
Closing an eye and you lose depth perception, clarity and field of view.
JMO if you want to switch to left handed shooting, switch everything you do to left handed - and that means EVERYTHING from shooting guns that way to throwing a ball to pouring a cup of coffee .... see, its my opinion that your MIND has compensates, adjusted and coordinated the way you do everything left eye dominant and right handed ......... why change only one thing you do to the other way?
Some people swear by it ....... me? I shoot traditional but whenI did shoot compounds i was strong left eye dominant, shot right handed, peep, both eyesopened.
Closing an eye and you lose depth perception, clarity and field of view.
I switched to lefty and am very glad I did. Had to re-learn with better form and shoot much better now. Only took a couple hundred arrows to start feeling comfortable.
I still shoot guns and play sports right handed and I wouldn't worry about switching everything.
I still shoot guns and play sports right handed and I wouldn't worry about switching everything.
04-08-2009, 03:54 AM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Carbon County Pa.
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RE: Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
I am right handed and my right eye is about 20-80 non correctable. I shoot a left bow with good accuarcy, but I have been shooting guns and bows left for almost 40 years. If I have to, I can get a arrow in the killzone right handed out to about 25 yards. I just don't want to try it on a live animal.
04-08-2009, 08:58 AM
#15
Join Date: Mar 2009
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RE: Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
my son wants a bow a compound bow he writes with his left hand, but he throws a ball with his right hand. it is hard for me to find out if he left eye dominant or right eye dominant. he is only 7 years old.
04-10-2009, 03:37 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Camden,MO
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RE: Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
ORIGINAL: malieto
my son wants a bow a compound bow he writes with his left hand, but he throws a ball with his right hand. it is hard for me to find out if he left eye dominant or right eye dominant. he is only 7 years old.
my son wants a bow a compound bow he writes with his left hand, but he throws a ball with his right hand. it is hard for me to find out if he left eye dominant or right eye dominant. he is only 7 years old.
04-10-2009, 06:51 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hughesville, PA
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RE: Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
ORIGINAL: stealthycat II
no, I'm not, and I'll tell you something - I think being cross dominant made me a BETTER compounder becauseI had to focus more on what I was doing
You are the first.
04-12-2009, 04:09 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,558
RE: Left eye dominant shooting a right handed bow
ORIGINAL: stealthycat II
JMO if you want to switch to left handed shooting, switch everything you do to left handed - and that means EVERYTHING from shooting guns that way to throwing a ball to pouring a cup of coffee .... see, its my opinion that your MIND has compensates, adjusted and coordinated the way you do everything left eye dominant and right handed ......... why change only one thing you do to the other way?
JMO if you want to switch to left handed shooting, switch everything you do to left handed - and that means EVERYTHING from shooting guns that way to throwing a ball to pouring a cup of coffee .... see, its my opinion that your MIND has compensates, adjusted and coordinated the way you do everything left eye dominant and right handed ......... why change only one thing you do to the other way?
If I was you I would make the switch to left handed shooting. If you truely are left eye dominant you will be suprised how quick it will become natural to shoot left handed. Your body and brain will adjust rather quick.