when I started archery 5 years ago, I shot right handed because I was asked at the time of purchasing a compound bow by the staff what was my dominant hand or which side I swung a bat or hockey stick…it worked fine and I was initially comfortable because my body was right side dominant and you have sights on the bow…then years later I tried a Traditional recurve and instinctive shooting and got hooked!! I love the challenge pure nature of it! although, it was initially frustrating because my arrows would always tend to be left of my target…at this time I did the numerous eye dominance tests, crap I’m left eye dominant!!
it was suggested to me to try: keep left eye closed, cover with a patch, half squint , re-train to right eye dominant(is that even possible?)…after reading TJ Conrads book, specifically the part about eye dominance…I followed his advice and bought a left hand recurve (Bear Grizzly 🙂 and began the process of re-training to shoot left hand…I’ll sum it up by saying thank you TJ!!,
after taking 2 steps backwards I’ve gone 5 steps forward and improving daily…repetition will train the body and physical aspect…
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