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All right. As we had discussed before, in another segment, eye dominance plays a big part in archery. One of the reasons that eye dominance does play a big part is because usually it's advisable to shoot a bow with both eyes open, and your dominant eye is the eye that's doing the aiming.
So, if you're right-handed and you're right eye dominant, then we have no problem, because you're only seeing out of your right eye to begin with. If you bring the bow up and you aim it, and you pull back and you anchor, both eyes are open, but she's only seeing the aimer out of her right eye. If I close this eye off, it wouldn't change anything in her picture.
If you are left eye dominant, and you shoot the bow with both eyes open, being a right-handed shooter, if I shut your left eye off, which is the eye that you were looking through to aim, your bow would actually move over this far away from the line of aim. So, shooting a bow with both eyes open is advisable only if you're shooting with your dominant eye.
This video literally teaches nothing about "how" to shoot in any way, much less "with both eyes open." If anything it could be titled "very vague recommendation to shoot with both eyes open."
for a beginner these vids are a great point maybe not to follow to a t but a foundation to start.
It’s a must for everyone!
i have done archery ever sence i was little. i love the sport!
I am an instinctive shooter. Right handed, left eye dominant. I focus distance & close my left eye just before drawing to snapshoot.
thanks for confirming that i should be closing my dominant left eye, i will continue to shoot this way.
Very well done. Thanks for your fine effort.
i understand about eye dominance however i would hasten to add with my particular vision i have to close one eye, as i'm long sighted anything within about a meter and a half is doubled up and closing one eye allows me to be able to only see on sight and riser allowing for an accurate aim. NB//: i only say this as i don't see anyone who has posted about this yet and it could help someone who's struggling.
so how should I shoot if I'm right handed with Left Eye dom.?
John Strelow we have the same problem... I've tried with both eyes open, and my arrows were always a little bit on the left of target. Now I close my left eye. Another solution is shoot as left handed person.
Shoot with your left hand
You should always shoot with the hand that corresponds with your dominant eye. Regardless if you’re left handed or right handed.
you could also just learn to shoot instinctive, meaning that you know your bow, knows how much it drops and leanrs to adjust the direction and angle and just let the arrow loose .. try looking it up :)
So what does it mean if I can change dominant eyes at any time? Like with the dominant eye test I keep getting different results. I just tried aiming with both eyes open and am seeing double images - maybe because both eyes are dominant? The girl is amazingly beautiful by the way...
Shes giving that bow the death grip
I am right handed but left eye dominant. I am having a hard time to aim because the string seems to be so far from the scythe. Having a hard time to align.
Great video I have had a stroke which has effected both eyes. I am a left handed shooter and l was left eye dominant.. Now after the stroke the right eye is more dominant than the left , would the advise work with shooting a Olympic recurve bow, as at full draw the string is in the centre of the nose, and I think the beautiful young Lady ❤❤Is shooting bare bow three fingers under? ANY ADVISE WOULD HELP ME LOADS ,AS AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME I AM THINKING OF CALLING IT A DAYWHICH FOR ME IS SAD ,AS I LOVE ARCHERY?😢😢😢😢
With a traditional bow, instinctive shooting is a better learned skill IMO. It provides that naturally cognitive connection between the target and the eeys that is not possible any other way. Once you have the bow nicely balanced, havethe basics of anchoring, shot release, etc., down, simply concentrate on the target and put the arrow there. Of course, it takes some practice, just like anything else, but it is truly a satisfying way to use a bow.
I can only agree unless you are shooting compound bows.
I use my right eye to see the arrow and my left to feel the target.
omgsh she is so gorgeous!!!
So if I'm right eye dominant and a right hand shooter why is it bad to close my left eye when aiming?
Surely it doesn't have any impact on my aiming?
+Blazing_Fox If u are using a compound with peep sight, no not so much. If u use barebow/longbow/recurve class then it affects, cause focus is on the target and not on the sights. Doesn't affect a lot, and there is a discussion wether to use dominant eye or dominant arm when choosing which side to shoot from. My country goes by dominant eye, but I don't think everybody does. Look at some elite guys shooting in the olympics and u will see everyone shooting both eyes open, that should tell you something...
I'm rh/re and I squint my left eye when aiming and the have both open before releasing. I shoot compound with and without sights.
I am typically right eye dominant but I have a Glaucoma so I have been forced to shoot left-handed. How should I shoot?
What about trying different combinations and see what works.
How would you shoot right handed left eye dominant? I have a friend that can't close his right eye and doesn't want to wear a patch. By the way he shoots compound not recurve. Can you make a video or share a link to help with this kind of situation. Thank you.
Even if you have "Contra Dominant vision" (Shoot right handed but are left eye dominant) it shouldn't be a problem if you can close the left eye and shoot with the right. if this is difficult then you should shoot with some kind of eye patch or other device to obscure the dominant eye. either way you should still shoot with both eyes open to keep a good sense of balance and depth perception. the patch should only do enough to stop you seeing the target and should not stop the vision completely
I am right handed and eye dominant, but get double vision. So being that I wear glasses, I put a slide on lens cover over left lens but keep lefty open thus no eye strain.
There is no such thing is dominant eye in archery - because it goes against the very nature on how our eyes work. We have 2 so that we can calculate depth. Now Depth is rather important in judging Distance. WHICH is what archery is all about judging distances!
And i say this as a fellow archer who might i add ;) am pretty good at my skill.
I train too, recurve olympic style. Target shooters are more dependent on dominant eye that field/3D shooters that need to know distance rather than being 100% accurate 30/30 shots. But eye dominance is a "big thing" in archery, there are tons of articles written by archers about it.
Please help. I am right handed left eyed. I shoot bow as left handed, holding it in my (stronger) right hand and pulling with my left. I use mongolian draw with arrow on the opposite side of the bow, as if I were right handed (which I am, but I shoot leftie). How do I aim correctly?
I've had Lasik Wave surgery, I have 20-40 vision now, I shoot right handed, using both eyes open, really mixes up my vision, I have to shoot left eye closed, the have a very clear eye shot, with string aliment to arrow, so this doesn't work in my case, both eyes open.
I noticed she has some type of arrow rest, above the shelf. Can someone explain the benefit and where I can get one for my bow?
Is it normal for people to aim with their bow already drawn? Save for endurance shots, I was always taught to aim while knocking and drawing the bow, so that it was one fluid motion with the arrow being released at horizontal. We were specifically taught to not attempt to make excessive corrections after the bow was already drawn as this would just over correct and ruin the shot.
From what I have seen and read (as a new archer) from Olympic level archers is to only aim one you have your anchor point. Which seems correct to me, as surely if you aim as you draw nock and draw your aim will be all over the place until you stop moving.
Please, tell me more about the "aimer"
Easy, look through a scope with both eyes open, the eye that comes into focus is your dominate eye. Switch scope to that eye and do it again, you should be able to look right through the scope. Thats your dominate eye because it is doing all the work and comes into focus before the other eye.
And the eye is just behind the string? Or does it look sideways of the string somehow?
I learnt nothing
I do not have a dominant eye so I pretty much have to close one eye. As for the depth perception...I close the eye near the last second before i shoot... or even squint the other eye seems to clear up the picture. My right eye would have been dominant but it does not see far so for years my left has done all the work and steals dominance when it can. Without glasses shooting right I can only shoot instinctive... I should probably get eye surgery if I ever become serious about Archery.
Still doesn't tell me how to shoot the fucking thing.
how would i shoot being right handed but left eye dominant? I have always used my right eye...
Not only that, but shooting a recurve is predominantly instinctive versus compounds with tech sights and such. I can't shoot instinctively with one eye, doesn't work lol
I've just completed a level 1 coaching course and awaiting final assessment and hear totally what you're saying. There is too much wrong with her technique to list and also with what He is coaching. He's Idea of a good form is elbow too high, shoulders hunched and a dead release as she goes from a pulling action to a holding action instead of a continuous pull and release. Not good!
my right eye (dominant) has horrendous vision so i hope this will help me.
Can I use both eyes even if i am right handed but left eye dominant?
well if you're shooting a right handed bow and your left eye is dominant, you can't keep both eyes open. You should ether close your right eye or get a left handed bow
I'm a lefty but right eye dominent.... Should I try to shoot righty?
Elbows bent, gripping bow too tightly and torquing it, pulling with arm not with back, not even anchoring string, terrible form 2/10 would not bang
Um there is to. You just happen to be using the strong side of your body that happens to be your dominate eye on that side. You can train yourself to be that way. It took me a long time to do this with shooting. I never understood it until I started shooting skeet. Both eyes on target, as soon as gun cross's it's path pull trigger. Thats with both eyes open.
easy, i commented and people thumbs it up. its simple youtube science.
i shoot a recurve bow and i dont close my eyes.
I’m left handed and both eyes are dominant. I shoot rifle left handed, left eye; shoot pistol right handed, right eye.
Ah, too late for me. I've already been shooting left-handed. Honestly, I don't know which eye I'm dominant with. But I know that I can see better with my right then with left.
Some time after I posted that comment I got glasses. Now I see the same through both. So, kinda confused on what my dominant eye is.
same with me, no biggie just draw with your right hand and hold the bow with the left as a right handed shooter would. you just need to get used to it
try Quicks or Merlin archery :)
I think she literally was aiming with the left cause when you closed it she moved the bow to her right
He called it "the aimer"! ROFL
Saying that if you are left eye dominant that you need to switch to left handed shooting is not true. It might be better, which is arguable, but you don't need to. I learned to adjust by shooting three under. I can get my left eye right down that shaft, and I nail cotton balls with my recurves and longbows. Do what's comfortable for you. There is no "right" way.
Actually, I think there is a right way. You can retrain muscles but not eye dominance. Look it up if you are intrested, but I think it is pretty important you don't let your arms decide which way to shoot. Who knows, if you start training with that dominant eye you might be hitting peas next year :D
You don't have to switch to left handed shooting in this case. You can just start closing your left eye when shooting, so you aim with your right eye. In my opinion this is the easier solution.
fakewalka I would really discourage any archer from closing an eye while aming, it will really mess up your aiming in the long run. I used to do it my first year, was hell training it away later on.. Read up about it if you are interested in getting better and competing. I hope you don't let comments on youtube decide how you will shoot :D
pelleban I try to shoot with both eyes open, but I don't really feel comfortable. I see blurry, so I close my left eye, but not completely, this helps me to focus my vision. I do compete, although I practice archery for less than two years now. I still suck but I am gaining experience and am having lots of fun. There's a tournament next weekend actually, wish me luck :)
Opposite here!
im a lefty with a dominate right eye :D
God bless heal and save you
Got Katniss Everdeen up in this place!!!
...Most people who do competitions with traditional bows do not use there dominate eye; they use whats called "instinctual aim" because it uses hand-eye coordination instead of actual dominate eye aiming, thus it is more accurate when you don't know the distance of the target (which you don't in traditional competitions). this guy has no idea about proper form and technique for traditional bows.
yeah, but they are not showing traditional archery, this is barebow recurve (at least in sweden it's called that) archery. ;) And I am pretty sure he does have some great ideas about it cause they are very similar, but he isn't showing trad archery here. And instinctual aim is about using dominant eye actually, it just means you look at target, hold fingers above and under nock and don't aim with arrow tip unlike a barebow recurve shown in this clip.
Holy he's the manager of the place I shoot
Elbows bent, gripping bow too tight and torquing, not even anchoring the string, terrible
i know she is but in all the vids tshe dosent say one word not even a sigh or anything
whos the girl its for science
Thats why they make left hand bows.
Hubba hubba!
It's a bit embarassing how he says that closing her left eye won't change a thing, and yet she immediately moves the bow aside to see the camera...
if you shoot better with one eye open, why do it any differently?
It is not obligatory to shoot with both eyes open. I, myself, close my left eye when I shoot, I just feel more comfortable that way and I can aim better. But shooting with both eyes open when you are cross-dominant is basically pain in the ass, especially if you want to achieve good results.
looking through comments , hoping that someone would say '' I used to .... until i took an arrow to the knee ''
Bro who can't??
PS,Im not trying to make anyone feel bad or sad nor im nit trying to hurt your feelings
"shooting with both eyes opened is ok if you use you dominant eye" isn't that pretty obvious??? what you wanna to know is if it's better to switch the bow to the side your d.eye is :/
Eye dominance decides your stance, left eye dominance means you should hold your bow with your right arm, and vice versa. If you wanna start training that is, if you try a bow once, you are better off drawing with your dominant arm/hand since you won't hit were u want anyway, but you will get the shot off easier ;)
people need to get over the damn movie it sucked
it was 80% advertising 10% high budget and fancy props and 10% ignorance of the books
like really the books are better than hollywood's crap
I came here to learn, I appreciate her looks but the guy speaking is what I wanted from the vid, maybe your not focussed on the archery so much?
Am I the only one not thinking of the hunger games and noticin how bad her form was? And how as an instructor, tony soprano jr didn't correct her at all, therefore losing all credibility as an authority on the sport? And I'm just a noob. Brings great shame to teachers around the world : (
He kinda looks like a taller and less bald Danny DeVito.
And what eyes she has.
This doesn’t make any sense. Both eyes are open but your only using one of them. Yeah ok
Eye dominance should be neglected, just shoot right handed, if your right handed and vice versa. I'm left eye dominant, an shoot with both eyes open, but I shoot right handed. No problems
Please don't misinform people. This was true but isn't anymore. It might work for you, but for anyone getting serious about archery eye dominance plays a big part. In short, you can retrain an arm, but not an eye. It's ok for a beginner trying for the first(and only) time to use dominant arm and "undominant" eye but it will give you problems later on. If you are going to start getting serious and competing, try talking to an archery trainer to help you switch stance. It's easier than you think, but hell in the beginning ;)
pelleban How come this "was true but isn't anymore" did people evolve over the last decade? Please tell me why eye dominance is important. The only thing you have to do is ball park your pin somewhere in the middle, your non dominant eye should be able to do that, otherwise visit an eye doctor.
Coach Kim Hyung Tak says the same thing, i.e. ignore eye dominance.
foxbow90 I actually read up on it and you are kind of right. I assumed it was common practice nowadays to let eye dominance dictate your bowarm to be left or right, but there is still a debate going on which I thought was over. What I meant was a while ago there was no debate, now there is. Didn't read about anyone using their non dominant eye for aiming though, however there are people adjusting thier sighting. If you truly are interested and competetive read up about it, interesting stuff. If you are new to the game here's a site explaining what I mean in short www.learn-archery.com/right-or-left-hand.html
I'M KATNISS!!!
I'm left-handed, but my dominant eye is my right. Crap.
"Shooting a bow with both eyes open is advicable only if you shoot with your dominant eye" Say what? If you are left eye dominant, you should change hands and use right arm as bow arm. You can retrain muscles, but not eye dominance. And you will fail if you shoot righthanded but aim with left eye and vice versa. In short; worst advice ever :D
Look how many times the girl blinks man it is so frisking annoying
can't unsee
Fouad Women blink far more than men.
please check your grammar and spelling.
lucky duck
0:13 don't shoot lol
i'm just laughing at the technique...
I thought everyone did this, it's not that hard, just shoot with both eyes open ffs
I am typically right eye dominant but I have a Glaucoma so I have been forced to shoot left-handed. How should I shoot?