Eye dominance problem

[Stevec]

Just wondering if anyone has come across this problem before that i seem to have.

 

I'm right eye dominant and shoot on my right and for the majority of the time i shoot ok with both eyes open. I've got a problem with some crossers though... (ive only shot 2, 75 bird sporting shoots, im a noob but im pretty sure its just the crossers) my left eye tries to take over or takes over sometimes, feels like i go cross eye'd a bit if you know what i mean, i always miss when it happens its very annoying!. It seemed to happen more after half way through when my eye's were feeling tired.

 

I'm not shooting with my head to low so i obscure my right eye's vision, my friend who is a basc coach said my eye is a little to high if anything. I was just wondering if anyone has had this problem before and how they overcame it :thumbs: i don't want to shut my left eye i dont like it.

 

Thanks

 

Steve

Edited May 6, 2008 by Stevec

[beretta]

you have pm :thumbs:

[taz24]

I'm not shooting with my head to low so i obscure my right eye's vision, my friend who is a basc coach said my eye is a little to high if anything. I was just wondering if anyone has had this problem before and how they overcame it :thumbs: i don't want to shut my left eye i dont like it.

 

Thanks

 

Steve

 

 

Its more common than most people think.

There are ways round it.

 

Darkend lens in the glasses lens of the other eye.

A new sort of sight on the barrel that can only be seen from the correct eye.

I've seen some put the thumb up to cover eye.

 

Pilots have a test for this and they can train their eyes to be dominent

in the way they want.

 

Cheers taz.

[bigt1754]

I squint :thumbs:

 

Some times my right eye tries to take over[left handed shooter]

 

I was shooting both eyes open and not hitting much.

 

On the last 100 bird layout I shot the last three stands squinting and missed 3 from the 26.

 

It workd for me, so I'm sticking with it

[Kermit the frog]

Eye dominance is not question of which eye works best, but the one with the shortest nerve length hence the message gets to the brain first.

 

The trick if there is one is to make sure your master eye sees the target first, if the wrong eye sees it first it sometimes won't let go!

 

Had a problem with a 'good' shooter who kept shooting 3 feet in front of low one at skeet. his left eye saw it first and he missed every time, closed his left eye till bird was out of trap house and he couldn't miss it.

 

Try a piece of selotape on wrong the lens of your glasses, or a smear of vasoline, on the bit that you look through gun mounted, anything to hinder centre vision and leave peripheral.

 

Shooting one eyed isn't as big a disadvantage as you think.

 

There are some notable one eyed shooters, Alan Warren for example, you wouldn't give him a start at any discipline.

 

hope this helps

 

kermit the frog

[Stevec]

Thanks alot guys for the ideas i've got alot i can try out now. Need to get down and practice and see what works for me.

 

Whats the name of the sight that only the correct eye can see?

 

Cheers

[bigt1754]

isn this the one ??

 

http://www.easyhit.co.uk/index.html

 

:thumbs:

[beretta]

dont waste your money on gimmick sights. :thumbs: if you use them, your not looking at the clay.

[throdgrain]

I wouldnt right off the easyhit sight personally. I have a similar problem, and have found the easyhit sight to be the best answer. Sure maybe you look at it for the first few goes,but then it becomes natural and its no problem. I remember when I went from my Winchester O/U to my Benelli, first time I used the semi-auto all I could look at was the bolt lever flying back. After a few goes I didnt see it. Now years later I cant see it even if I look for it!

 

In short Ive found the easyhit sight to be a huge help for me, and it increased my scores by 25% when I first started using it, and those scores continue to improve.

[Jus]

I have exactly this problem, for rifle target shooting I use glasses with a translucent blinder and for clay shooting I use the plastic beretta glasses with a small piece of opaque tape across the problem eye.... seems to stop it drifting. Only use a small bit of tape though.

[clayman]

Look up Andy Kirkland - he coaches at Doverage and Garlands. Number in the CPSA coach listings.

 

Senior Coach and a CPSA tutor, he will sort you out.

[MC]

I have exactly this problem, for rifle target shooting I use glasses with a translucent blinder and for clay shooting I use the plastic beretta glasses with a small piece of opaque tape across the problem eye.... seems to stop it drifting. Only use a small bit of tape though.

 

 

The blinder is used in target rifle shooting so you can keep both eyes open while looking through the sights. Your eyes only work correctly as a pair. If you shut one eye when looking through the sights you create muscle tension and you also get a false sight picture in the other eye.

 

It has nothing to do with eye dominance.