I found an excellent article on the subject. Both Chris and I are cross-dominant. I'm left hand/right eye, and he is right eye/left hand. This isn't a problem at all for handgun. For rifles, it works well enough to just close the dominant eye since it's a still target. But with shotguns and moving targets, closing the eye reduces peripheral vision and depth perception, resulting in endless frustration. I've been dealing passably well with skeet, but Chris is having significant trouble in that area.
Most people suggest just switching hands. This never seemed right to me, and the author in the article agreed. It just feels wrong, and it's not worth rebuilding new muscle memory. Tape seems like a perfect solution and I've thrown a roll into the range bag so that we can try it next time we make it out to the skeet range. Hopefully the tape will work its magic for us!
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I'm right handed, but still after 33 years have not learned how to close the left eye while keeping the right open. So I shoot handguns and rifles left handed.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have to rebuild muscle memory to do this, because I started with guns around 8 years old. So it just feels natural for me to shoot with the left hand, even though I do most things with the right.
Yeah, if you start early I'm sure switching is easier! I golf right handed, because that's how I learned as a child.
ReplyDeleteI too been suffering from cross dominance. Right handed and left eye dominant. There is a recently released product out there that works better for me than the tape because the dominant eye is not blocked off completely. It's called XD Solution and you can find more info here: http://xdsolution.com.
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