RH or LH bow
#4
RE: RH or LH bow
Start him out right and find out wich eye is dominant and that is the bow he should shoot.If he is RIGHT EYE dominant and left handed,he will MOST likely shoot better if he shoots RIGHT HANDED.
This is not hard to check.One way is to walk out about 15-20 feet and tell him to make a circle with his fingers,with arm extended, look through that circle and put your head in the circle.You can see which eye he is using to center your head and that will be the dominant eye.
This may save years of frustration and headache if you start him out this way.If you are lucky,his eye and hand dominance will be the same but that isn' t always the case.
My daughter is right handed and left eye dominant and I started her shooting BEFORE I could check her eye dominance and now am in the process of switching her over.
This is not hard to check.One way is to walk out about 15-20 feet and tell him to make a circle with his fingers,with arm extended, look through that circle and put your head in the circle.You can see which eye he is using to center your head and that will be the dominant eye.
This may save years of frustration and headache if you start him out this way.If you are lucky,his eye and hand dominance will be the same but that isn' t always the case.
My daughter is right handed and left eye dominant and I started her shooting BEFORE I could check her eye dominance and now am in the process of switching her over.
#6
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 3
RE: RH or LH bow
Ya go with eye dominance this was one of my dilemas I am left handed but right eye dominate even if it feels natural to shoot left handed if hes right eye dominate get him used to shooting that way it wont take long for it to start feeling right for him.
#8
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: lakeville mn USA
Posts: 75
RE: RH or LH bow
I am left eye dominant but do everything right handed. I started shooting with a right-handed bow because it was comfortable. It took me several years to change but when I did I wished I wouldn' t have wasted all those years trying to shoot with the non-dominant eye.. If I had to do it all over again I wouldn' t hesitate to start shooting using the dominant eye. It should be easy for a young person to achieve this.
#10
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Logan, UT/ NW Penna
Posts: 668
RE: RH or LH bow
Do you guys shoot with both eyes open? I am also left eye but shoot right handed. I shoot guns and bow with my left eye closed. If I open my left eye, I can' t shoot at all. And I don' t see it being possible for me to shoot left handed.