DoubleA Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Went and got a physical and come to find out my right eye is trash compared to my left eye. Im a righty and shoot with tape over my left eye because it is the dominant one, but I did not realize until now how much clearer everything is out of my left eye vs my right. Not only that but I can focus way faster. This leads me to believe that if I can train to shoot with my left eye I could quite possibly shoot faster and with more accuracy. Now, do I learn to draw to my left eye and fight my every instinct for who knows how long, or keep trucking along like I have been. I'm so close to M I can taste it, but I can see this switch holding me back for some period of time if I commit to the change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.E. Kelley Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Tape the right eye and press on, no need to "draw-to" one eye or the other. Just a slight twist of the head and you are good to go. I am a lefty who use his right eye. Now go get that M card! Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepickles Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 In my opinion, the M doesn't matter as much as the long term gains. Move the tape over to the right side and use the winter to adapt. DVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actionshooter Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Exactly what MR Kelley said. I went through this years ago for the exact same reason. It took me about a month to get back to the same level I was at when I made the change. Now throw a rifle and shotgun in and this gets really screwy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm doing the same thing right now. Left handed, right eye dominant. I shoot such better groups, faster target acquisition, better sight picture with my left eye. Even though my right eye is dominant, I'm taping my right eye and I'm teaching my left eye to control my sights. So far its working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleA Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 Exactly what MR Kelley said. I went through this years ago for the exact same reason. It took me about a month to get back to the same level I was at when I made the change. Now throw a rifle and shotgun in and this gets really screwy!! Oh man, I didn't even think about the effect it would have on my rifle and shotgun shooting. I could see it being a little hard to shoot those with my right eye taped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Are you just practicing with the tape on, or actually leaving it for the match? Also curious how you actually go about "taping up" one eye. I'm RT handed and LT eye dominant and still trying to overcome this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds131s Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I am left handed and right eye dominant. Used to shoot left handed and never did really well switched to shooting right handed since that was my dominant eye and have never shot better. Took a little while to get used to using my right hand but it's second nature now and when I need to shot left handed in a match I have an advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleA Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Are you just practicing with the tape on, or actually leaving it for the match? Also curious how you actually go about "taping up" one eye. I'm RT handed and LT eye dominant and still trying to overcome this. When I say taped up I just mean that I have a piece of frosted tape on the inside of me safety glasses. In a match I use a little chapstick so I can control the transparency and location a little better. As far as switching goes. I still have not fully decided. Im sure I'm going experiment with it a bit, but I think I'm going to see it through to master as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtorre Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) I put transparent tape on my left eye... just enough to make a blur and make my brain use the right side Edited November 15, 2011 by zorro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbaccolyte Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 +1 for mids131s Years ago I was working law enforcement and could carry anything, so carried a 1911. Practiced regularly and was getting pretty good (although not compared to the guys who are seriously into competition). The bosses then ruled no 1911s, so I went to the issue wheelgun and started carrying and shooting left-handed and left-eyed (I'm right & right). I know now it was immature, but I was p*ssed at the time. I cut my practice sessions back to about once every 3 or 4 weeks and little or no dryfiring. I started by closing my right eye during the draw & while shooting, but after I got used to it (2-3 months) I started trying to open my right eye a little at a time but use the left. And eventually could keep both eyes open but use the left eye. My qualification scores dropped a bunch at first (from 298 out of 300, down to about 260). The scores crept back up over time and after about six months were back close to possible on that course. I'm certain that you could do the switch faster than that by practicing the draw & dryfiring and shooting more often. The wierd thing is that when the training was finished, I could feel my brain switch over to left eye dominant during a left handed draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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