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Ok heres the situation... my wife got into archery about a year and a half ago and was doing extremely well. All things being equal she should have placed in the top 5 at the Canadian 3-d nationals this year. Then out of the blue she wakes up one morning blind in one eye....her shooting eye. she has recovered enough sight to be functional but not to shoot, and its not going to get any better.Thats where you folks opinions come in. Option #1 is obviously to switch over and shoot left handed, the other option I'm trying to figure out is to have her continue to shoot right handed but use her left eye. Do any of you folks know anyone who does this? and if so pics of how this is done would be a big help. Also would like to hear opinions or suggestions on what the best option here would be.

Thanks,
Chris

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Sorry to hear about her eye! I would suggest just switching over to the left hand shooting I think that would be the easiest way to avoid confusion while shooting. But you could try to have her use her left eye and just adjust the sites. maybe i'm wrong but it's better to try.

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Man , sorry to hear that! I think shooting left handed would be ideal.
You have my curiosity peaked! What happened to her eye? Why cant it be fixed?

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I am left eye dominant and shoot righthanded, but I have never been quite as good as I would have liked as far as tournaments go. If she can shoot lefty, it would be worth a try. But she may do as well staying righty.

I sure am sorry to hear that happened to her.

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What a horrible thing to happen! Sure hope the 'vets' are wrong and she eventually makes a full recovery.

At this point, her best option is to go ahead and switch to lefty. I don't know of any successful tournament shooters that shoot crossdominant.

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Sorry about her loss. Can she close her left eye and see out of her right? I would suggest left handed bow shooting. Keep us posted.

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bowfanatic, she had a sinus infection get out of her sinus cavity and attack her optic nerve. her orignal prognosis was full recovery of her sight but now it appears that the nerve has atrophied....nother specialist appointment in a few days, but I don't know what can be done seeing as the nerve has been damaged that way. Her sight used to be better than 20/20 and still is in her left eye, but it is not her dominant eye, although maybe it is now that her right eye is weak. Can eye dominance switch in a case like this or do you think if she shoots left she will just have to learn to shoot with her non-dominant eye? Thanks for the input!

Chris

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Chris, sorry to hear about her eye.

On a positive note, I have a friend that was injured in a fire and due to the severity of his burns, had to learn to shoot left handed. Now it didn't come over night, but after a few years of rehab and surgeries, he started shooting again, left handed. In two years, he was NFAA National Indoor Champion. So, it can definately be done. It just takes a desire to succeed.

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When shooting left handed I would start with a smaller bow. One like 30-40 lbs. I can easily pull 58 lbs with right but cannot pull it with left. Good luck.