Practice does make perfect, so enjoy shooting your bow and grind to excellence! Fortunately there are a lot of ambidextrous products on the market, most arm guards , gloves and releases are ambidextrous. In the end being a lefty will not hurt you at all - just make sure you practice enough click here to learn where.
The dynamic and seamless connection of your personal quirks and gear is one great part on what makes archery such an exciting sport. Knowing your own dominance both eyes and hands will make you more conscious on getting the right shooting stance. Realizing what makes a compound bow either a left or right hand orientation will make you select a gear that will work best for you. Combining both revelations will make you a better archer!
Have fun and stay safe when letting those arrows fly! How to tell if a compound bow is left or right handed? The Background on How to Tell if a Compound Bow is Left or Right Handed Generally, archers follow the rule that their gear is dependent on their dominant the shooting hand.
But a rule of thumb you need to realize about compound bows is that: Rather than the shooting hand, compound bows rely more on your dominant eye. So if you are right eye dominant get a right-handed bow, and if left-eye dominant get a left-handed bow.
This may sound convoluted at first, but you hold a right handed bow in your left hand and hold the string with your right hand. On the other hand you hold a left handed bow in your right hand, and hold the string and shoot with your left hand. In other words if you are right-eye dominant, you'll need a right-handed bow.
You'll hold this bow in your left hand and hold the string and shoot with your right hand. If you are left eye dominant the sides get swapped.
When using right handed bows, the bow will be a bit to the right of your body, and the sight and the arrow holder need to extend to the left, so you can actually use these devices.
That's why opposites matter when it comes to bow handedness. Left or Right? Let us find out more below. Know Your Dominant Eye The dominant eye is usually the non-lazy one. Testing Your Eye Here are some tests that will determine your dominant eye.
At around repetitions the archer begins to feel comfortable and more confident. Keep in mind that this is just a very rough guideline of what you can expect if you want to retrain your motor skill as it relates to your non-dominant hand. Archers that I have worked with have also reported that they feel bilaterally balanced and perfectly comfortable performing complex tasks with either their right or left hand.
Equally, I have worked with cross dominant archers who have re-trained themselves to strengthen the formally non-dominant eye so they may shoot with the dominant hand. The key to success in the latter example is to continue to shoot with both eyes open but to "focus out" the opposite eye. Shooting with one eye closed is possible but the archer is less stable and less inclined to receiving peripheral input that helps maintain balance. You can train your formerly non-dominant eye to receive information and focus on your target IF you can train your other eye to remain open so it continues to receive light and peripheral input.
My observation is that the older the student is, the harder it is to convince them that they can switch eye or hand dominance. In many cases it is simply an unwillingness to try. So, the bottom line is this; if you are set in your ways and not willing to retrain your motor skills to correct for cross dominance then you will have to continue shooting with your dominant hand and settle for one of two shooting methods Almost all recreational archers that I have worked with choose not to re-train motor skills to become bilaterally balanced.
It really boils down to your ability to commit and remain patient throughout the re-learning cycle and dedicate time to properly perform enough repetitions to have an effect on muscle memory.
I have never met anyone who chose not to continue with archery or a chosen shooting sport based on the fact that they are a cross dominant shooter. There are countless recreational and professionals in shooting sports who are cross dominant and they are among the top competitors. If you are willing to re-train either your ocular dominance or your motor skill then all you need is a little determination and some patience and you will be one step closer to a competitive edge over many shooters.
If you feel that the effort is too great and you are satisfied with learning to compensate for the parallax effect then call it good and move on by selecting a bow for your power hand. If the next summer Olympics is not in the cards for you or you do not have a personal trainer to help you through the transition then do not obsess over eye dominance.
The point is, archery is a sport that is supposed to be fun , so do what is most comfortable for you and leave the ocular dominance debate behind. If you are a competitive archer and you are looking for a personal instructor, coach or trainer you can contact me directly. Do you have a question about determining whether or not to shoot with your right or left hand? Do you have an experience to share? Was this page helpful? We appreciate your feedback so we can improve this page. Here is the place to do it Close Help.
Entering your question, experience or feedback is easy to do. Just type! Your question, experience or feedback will appear on a Web page exactly the way you enter it here. Determining what is right for the individual greatly depends on the skill level and what that person hopes to achieve as an archer. Making sure the correct draw weight is selected is a critical choice for any new archer.
The learning experience can be greatly hindered if a new archer struggles to draw their bow, sacrificing the ability to focus on form and consistency.
Typically, we would recommend sticking to the lower draw weights until you are comfortable shooting your new bow. Just always keep in mind that starting off over bowed is a sure way to sabotage progression.
Dan — That is a left handed bow being held in the off hand. If the Arrow Rest is on his thumb side, it is on the right side of the bow meaning the bow is a leftie. There is actually discussion that ancient shooters would hold the bow in their left and load the arrow on the right. Leading to being able to load faster and lead to more mobile shooting. I am right hand dominant and right eye dominant but feel my left hand is better to hold the bow and draw with the right.
Would I sight and draw on the same side of the bow? That is how a right-eye dominant person should shoot. What I mean is that I do most things with my right hand. However, I eat left handed, hold a cricket bat left handed and hold a bow in my right hand with the string in my left hand. How I know this is I bought a beginner 20lbs ambidextrous recurve bow and started shooting right handed. I am now at least three times more accurate with this set up than when I use the normal right or left handed set up.
Pls Pls Pls help. Left eye dominant? Left-handed bow held with right hand. Right eye dominant? Right-handed bow held with left hand.
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