there you go again so what your trying to tell me is that because i am comfortable and don't have to think about my form when I shoot right handed it is because I have bad form. well like I said I don't care if you have all the papers certificates you could be the top bow shooter in the world and with out seeing me shoot you can't assume I have bad form In fact I have good form always a clean release don't grip the bow i cradle it consistant anchor point never drop my bow arm until my arrow has hit its target. and FYI I wasn't leading anyone in the wrong direction no where in my post did I say ok new archers if you have bad form but you are comfortable then thats fine go ahead shoot good luck. all I said was once again I went back to right handed because it was more comfortable I didn't have to worry about form so much it(consistant anchor point bow grip follow through etc) came more naturally which in return was more comfortable. when I shoot left handed I was always putting to much effort in worring about my anchor point or bow grip etc. so it wasn't comfortable for me so once again I think comfort is a big part of shooting thanks and have a goo day teacher.

I think I'll just let this issue die. It's quite apparent that we have a hard time communicating with each other.

I agree with you on that one, no hard feelings some people just clash and I leave it at that.

This is a sensitive issue because no one likes to be told they are doing something wrong and in many cases the shooter is the only one that knows what is best.


The problem is that when people first get started they get a right handed bow if they are right handed and start to learn what is widely accepted as the improper way to shoot.Most shooting instructors,gun or bow will teach a beginner to shoot with their dominant eye and this is usually easy to do if the person hasn't learned to shoot with their dominant hand,rather than their dominant eye.If they have learned to shoot with their dominant hand they must relearn everything and some people just can't make the change or are not willing to put the time and effort into the change.


My daughter has this issue(as does the majority of female shooters,from what one gun shooting instructor informed me).I have been teaching her to shoot both gun and bow left handed and the gun is extremely naturall but the bow wasn't quite as naturall in the beginning but it has become more naturall for her now.


Lens form statement holds some validity.I have had to shoot left handed bows to tune for other people and undertanding proper form was the only way I was capable of doing it,In one case I actually shot the bow better than the person it belonged to.[]BUT their are even PRO archers that understand good form and shoot with their dominant hand and not their dominant eye.There is a young lady from Dale Indiana that shoots right handed and is left eye dominant and competes on a world level in olympic style recurve.These shooters are some of the best if not the best shooters in the world and must understand the right and wrongs of shooting and she is very succesfull doing it the "wrong way".I shot with a person in an ASA pro am that shoots in the pro division that is actually BLIND in his right eye and shoots right handed.He looks across the string with his left eye and he has been succesfull doing this.I talked to him about it and he said he shoots well left handed but prefers right handed.Who am I to argue.


Comfort is something imo that is important but it must be within a certain set of parameters.