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Off hand eye dominance.

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Pat B:
Let her shoot so its comfortable. She should keep both eyes open, look at the target and draw the bow and release.

ksnow:
That's a tough one.  With both eyes open, when she focuses on the target, she will "see" two arrows.  Her brain will choose the arrow her left eye sees and use that to "aim." That won't be the arrow that is lined up under her right eye.  As a kid I actually tried drawing across my face, to my left eye, which didn't work for me.

If she's never shot before, just get her shooting.  She might figure it out pretty quick herself.  Too much worrying about every little detail can suck the fun out of it.  On the other hand, not addressing it may lead to bad habits.

Kyle

Pat B:
I never see my bow or arrows while drawing. If she is concentrating where the arrow will go she'll never see the arrow.

DC:

--- Quote from: ksnow on October 06, 2017, 01:20:29 pm ---That's a tough one.  With both eyes open, when she focuses on the target, she will "see" two arrows.  Her brain will choose the arrow her left eye sees and use that to "aim."
Kyle

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I'm the same way. The "two" arrows I see are about equal in transparency but I think I'm right eye dominant. I have no proof of this but I think it means that I'm not solidly right dominant. None of the tests for dominance seem to work conclusively. I'm sorta ambidextrous in other stuff too. Any way, when I see the "two" arrows I tell my brain to concentrate on the right one. I still see both, I just use the right one. I mostly shoot instinctively but I do take a quick peek at where the arrow is pointed before I release. 

burchett.donald:
   I have shot instinctively in the past, but now use the gap method...I don't have a lot of time to shoot daily so I have found a method of gap where I can stay at a grapefruit size target from 20 yds, I am a hunter and owe this to the game...Shooting RIGHT handed anchoring under the RIGHT eye, she will see 2 arrows with both eyes open, use the LEFT arrow for gap shooting...Like Pat said, shooting instinctive is not looking at your arrow, anything else is a hybrid form between gap and instinctive... You can become very fast getting a shot off with either technique... Right eye anchoring uses left arrow vision  (SH)
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