teaching a kid to shoot
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Greenhead22
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You guys make several good points. As an optometrist and shooter here is my 2 cents. I'm also cross dominate (RH but LE) and until I went to optometry school I never knew why I couldn't hit anything wingshooting with both eyes open. Obviously by the time I found out my problem the option of shooting bows or guns left handed was not going to happen. I must close my left eye and line my bead or bowsight where it shoud be and let it go. Otherwise I will miss 24 of 25 times and the one I hit would be sheer luck.
The benefit of shooting with both eyes open is that depth perception is preserved this way. You cannot have true depth perception with one eye, you must have both open (binocularity) to achieve depth or 3D vision. Thats why most of your better competition shooters shoot with both eyes open. Again, there are upteen thousands of shooters that are deadly on ducks, doves, quail, ect by closing one eye. But day in and day out, your binocular shooters will prevail. My advice would be that if he has not had much shooting experience, try him shooting with his dominate side. If it is just too awkward for him, don't push it. Let him close an eye and puff a wad of feathers out of the sky!
Finally, as I'm sure ya'll know, shooting through a scope has no bearing on eye dominance. You should close one eye anyway and thus binocularity has minimal effect on this type of shooting.
Dr. B
Montgomery
The benefit of shooting with both eyes open is that depth perception is preserved this way. You cannot have true depth perception with one eye, you must have both open (binocularity) to achieve depth or 3D vision. Thats why most of your better competition shooters shoot with both eyes open. Again, there are upteen thousands of shooters that are deadly on ducks, doves, quail, ect by closing one eye. But day in and day out, your binocular shooters will prevail. My advice would be that if he has not had much shooting experience, try him shooting with his dominate side. If it is just too awkward for him, don't push it. Let him close an eye and puff a wad of feathers out of the sky!
Finally, as I'm sure ya'll know, shooting through a scope has no bearing on eye dominance. You should close one eye anyway and thus binocularity has minimal effect on this type of shooting.
Dr. B
Montgomery
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