Eye dominance

[superkodiak]

Guys, I had a question for you about eye dominance.  I have always shot right handed with right eye dominance. I could shoot with both eyes open.  More and more, I am having to shoot with my left eye shut in order to stay on target.  Is this a dominance issue?  If I keep both eyes open I am way off target.  This is a new problem for me.  Thoughts?

[superkodiak]

Any guys out there go through this, and is it correctable?

[McDave]

Are you sure you're focusing on the target, and not the tip of the arrow?  It's easy to let your focus shift, and not so easy to be aware of what you are actually focusing on, unless you pay attention to it.

Another possibility is that your eye dominance has shifted, which evidently happens, although not to me (yet).

[mangonboat]

I was LED and shot left handed for 50 years, last fall I was shooting consistently right and checked my eye dominance and discovered I have become strongly RED. Just look at something out beyond 30 feet, hold both arms out straight and make a "C" with each hand then bring them together centered on what you're looking at, then close one eye, then switch..that will tell you which eye is dominant. I spent 6 mos learning to shoot RH with good form and consistency, working my way up from 35# bow, and now I alternate RH and LH and shoot both ways, but RH is slightly more accurate, especially on the first shot

[Lewis Brookshire III]

I am right handed and left eye dominate. I have always shot with my left eye closed and do just fine. I have tried switching to left handed bows a few times but it just didnt feel right.

[Hot Hap]

Cataract?

When I play the okay sign game, if I make the sign in front of me, I see two finger circles and the object is in the middle.  When I do it with my right hand on my right, my left eye sees through it and when I do it with my left hand, on my left side, my right eye sees through it.  When I did it at the good looking gal across the street with my left hand, all I saw was her middle finger, but it was with my right eye.

[Lowrider]

Seriously I have the same problem. I am right handed and right eye dominat but always hit about 4 inches to the right of the spot. It does not matter which bow I shoot, it is always the same. I have padded the shelf out and that does not help. I have finally come to the conclusion that I am not pushing with my bow arm and expanding the draw as I should. It is like the bow is folding me up. It is also not a matter of poundage as it happens with light weight bows also. What is helping me is visualizing Terry's form clock in my mind and making sure my draw eelbow is touching the 6 on the clock and my bow hand is pushing into the 12. When I get it right I can hit a gallon milk jug top hanging from a string out to 20 yards. Problem is I am still really having to work at it to make myself do it. In my case it is all in the alignment.