Just found your channel a few weeks ago. I just recently found interest in building my own bows. I have always been a wood worker and I have always been a hunter but I just never even thought to build my own bow. I find it very peaceful and relaxing and good for my soul. As I watch your videos and learn from you and learn more of the type of person you are I must say I have a lot of respect for you for being a good man and staying true to Yourself. Money ruins people that chase it
15:10 Loving this video! I am totally right handed but totally left eye dom. I bought a left handed bow and had been second guessing myself if I should change to a right handed bow and just force myself to learn over come my left dom, but this video has shown me the error in that thinking... now I just need to practice with what I have!
I shot right handed till my 50’s when my eye dominance changed to my left eye. I got a left handed bow and switched. Now at 75 I can shoot with either hand.
Nice video man, im a 16 year old watching your videos for over two years. Thanks to you I have made countless bows and am now in an archery club. I met such nice people. Keep up the good work. You really inspired me.
I too am left eye dominant but right handed. I'm fairly descent with a bow shooting right handed, but rifles and shotguns I swap to my left shoulder to take advantage of my dominant eye. It's been years since I did that with archery. After seeing this, I may try it again.
So, I'm an Asiatic archer, and for Chinese (Gao Ying) style I shoot right handed (my dominant hand), but for Mamluk/Turkish Ive started shooting left-handed. This has two benefits. First, I get t train both sides, and work the muscles equally. But the second benefit? Neither interferes with the other! If you're trying to focus on one style and then introduce another, your muscle memory gets in the way - unless you're shooting on the the other side! I started with Chinese and then tried adding Mamluk, and muscle memory and habit got in the way. But by shooting Mamluk on the left, that problem just vanished. Sure, my left-hand side still sucks, and even knocking an arrow feels weird/clumsy, but it's getting better, and most importantly doesn't confuse me when I try to switch styles.
Kramer, you’re a good man raised by good parents. I rarely comment but your calm, truthful delivery is always appreciated and I wanted to say so. Keep up the good work, and stay true to your convictions.
Its so refreshing to see you who upholds their moral integrity to the highest regard. SO many content creators on YT would take a quick buck and throw away their morality. Please never change that about you. Mad respect to you, sir.
This video really hit home with me. I am a right handed, right eye dominate person. In 2013 I sustained a left shoulder injury that made it nearly impossible for me to hold a bow of any draw weight out in order to shoot. The doctors said there was too much rotator cuff injury to allow me to have any strength in the forward and upward motions. Depression set in because traditional archery was a large part of my life. After a year I decided to try shooting left handed and it has worked out. It took a lot of practice shooting, but since switching in early 2015 it has become almost as easy as when I shot right handed. I am 72 years old and shoot at least 5 days a week and still love it. I can shoot very light weight bows right handed and do, but I have become better left handed than right handed. You being more left eye dominate will have no problem switching. I have noticed that if i miss a target shooting left handed, 90% of the time I miss to the right because my right eye takes over. I can see that in your shooting too.
Love your thinking outside of the box content and your enthusiasm! Im a righty, but experience a similar left eye taking over phenomenon and hitting left. Recently started squinting the left eye and my groups are shifting right and tightening up. Keep up the good work Kramer!
I'm left eye and right handed. I have chosen to use my right hand for archery and rifles for a few decades and always wondered if I'm leaving a lot on the table not using my dominant eye. Lately injuries and pain on my right side have me thinking now is the time to start practicing on my left. My kids also have this curse of cross eye dominance. I look forward to your next video.
I dont think you'd regret switching, shooting to your dominant eye is so nice. I had the same issue, right handed/left eyed, and switched to left hand for archery a few years ago, and it has made it so much more enjoyable.
I've always shot right-handed, and I'm right-eye dominant. When I bought my daughter her first bow, my friend in the shop tested if she was right or left-eye dominant, and we went from there. It's great to find someone who wants to sell you the right equipment for you before you spend too much. Turns out she was right-eye dominant, so she has learnt to shoot right-handed.
I started left hand shooting because I wanted to learn thumb draw and all I had was a right hand bow. I probably am a little better left handed but I switch day to day to keep my muscles balanced. Great video.
I found out over four decades ago I was great shooting with both left & right hands . I pickup my friend left hand bow & shot 10 times & 8 out of 10 shots were dead on & same right handed so I,m 50/50 with which hand I shoot with . I,d only wish I could have a riser made that’s either or that way I could shoot however I wanted if I needed that shot .
This is really interesting, I'm starting archery and having cross eye dominance always made things a bit awkward, been wondering for a while if I should shoot left handed or wear an eye patch to try and train my right eye to be dominant
0:04 Disgraphia I am amazed I never heard this term. My teachers literaly met with my parents to explain why they would no longer accept cursive writing on my home work? Sad part diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD and never heard the term disgraphia? My dad was ambydextrious totaly. I as a kid several pictures at young age drawing cap pistol left handed and several other task. Never tried shooting left handed. But did temporarily become left eye dominate from cataracts. The cataracts were advanced so didnt realy shoot much afterwards . Went blind for 7 months till surgery. Quit shooting compound with sites and now shooting instintive because lens implants are set for long distance. Love that you took us through your process. And thanks for sharing disgraphia like I said I never heard the term I always assumed my issue was something from dyslexia.
Welcome to the wonderful world of cross dominance. As a Bowyer I've built ambidextrous wood bows so family and friends can shoot. A 30-lb hickory recurve selfbow is the all-time favorite. You'll be fine!
I'm right handed and left eye dominant. When I started archery, it felt just as natural to hold the bow in my dominant hand as it did to hold the string with my dominant hand. So I shoot according to my eye dominance.
Always shot right handed with left eyed dominant due to an eye injury when I was a kid. Now I’ve injured my right shoulder and am considering moving to the other side because of this video. Thanks for this video. Great job.
I'm a left handed archer/right handed person. I have an astigmatism in my right eye, so my left eye is dominant. I naturally started archery with my left because that's how I used slingshots and it just felt smoother, but being naturally righthanded it bugged me, so I started practicing with my right. I found that I'm 2 different archers because my left hook is shallow, but my right hook is deeper. My left anchor point is lower on my face than my right and of course gap aiming points are different. My right hand form feels clunkier than my left. String walking is of course pretty much the same though. My scores however are still a little further apart than I'd like, but I'm getting there. This dual handed archer thing is also useful in balancing your arm and shoulder sizes and should I have an injury during a competition, there's more chance of me being able to continue (thankfully that scenario hasn't occurred yet). Great video mate. All the best in your quest for 2025.
I am left eye dominant, but for all I try the bow is like an alien object in my right hand, I can shoot goodish but its awkward as hell no matter the shots
I'm excited to see this left handed journey. Maybe you try your hand at making and shooting a twin bow so you can switch hands mid round. The flexibility of mind you gain doing it is awesome and the challenge of doing it is fun.
When I first started archery (at over 60) I shot right handed because I'm right handed. Very predominantly so. When I bought my first bow the shop owner had me check which eye was dominant and that turned out to be my left eye. Bringing my new, left handed, bow to the range I discovered my accuracy had improved significantly. If I try to shoot right handed (which is easy enough of course) I tend to miss to the left quite consistently. The only awkward part of shooting left handed, despite my very right handedness, was manipulating the arrow onto the string. This had diminished with practice.
How ironic I got served this video tonight. I literally just unboxed a left handed longbow 3 hours ago to try the same thing. Right hand dominant, left eye dominant. Shot right handed for the last 37 years. Time will tell.
I did this this year also. I'm left dom shooting right handed. So I got my wife a bow and she shoots lefty so I tried. I haven't been able to shoot 1000 arrows yet, but I am not bad. Truly I just don't have the money to switch lol
All of this eye alignment...your brain compensates automatically. You can't stop it or alter it. Your brain will do everything it can to make things "correct" visually. You're eyes are directly connected to your brain physically. Very interesting and well done video. I look forward to see more about this.
When I started Asiatic archery like 6 years ago, I trained both hands equally. My thumb would get really sore in the beginning, so switching was convenient. When really started zeroing in my accuracy, I committed to right. I'm still pretty good on the left tho. Also, I shoot slingshots exclusively left handed.
What a great video thanks. I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve spoken too or coached over the years who have shot right-handed but are in fact left eye dominant. After spending time with some of them, they find shot far better left-handed, with some swapping fulltime. I’ll admit I’m one of the weird nerds who can write left or right-handed and have done so since a child. I often swap hands when working in the shed with tools. I think the most embarrassing thing was being out with friends at a Chinese meal and half way through the meal I swapped hand and picked up wrong set of chopsticks. I’ve found using my SLR and DSLR cameras I hold it to me left eye as it’s the stronger eye. In tests I’m right-handed and right eye dominant. But and this is the really freaky thing. If I have been out with my camera and then pick up a bow my shooting is way off and I have to close my left eye until I settle back to shooting right handed. I have and do occasionally shoot left handed , especially when coaching or trying out bows and for equipment reviews and testing. I might have to do the 1000 arrow thing myself and see how it goes. Anyone thanks for the video. PS like you I will always try and do the right thing when writing or recording material for podcast or TH-cam with reviews of kit and the like . I give my honest opinion and that’s not always gone down well with some. Keep going and happy new year.
Kramer please take a look at your follow through when you shoot left-handed. We don't want you to get any rotator cuff injury, it can become a serious issue later if not fixed early. Love your channel and thank you for knowledge, honesty and entertainment.
I am a lefty who is right eye dominant. It's taking so much practice, but I'm teaching my brain to use my left eye both eyes open...kind of ignore the "dominant" view. It's getting easier but I imagine relearning to shoot with my right side would be faster.
I was originally left handed and my second grade teacher made me switch to my right hand. I am also right eye dominant. But some things i have to do right handed and some things i'm better left handed and some things i can do either right or left handed
With shooting/ aiming in general eye dominance only matters if your aiming with both eyes open. Hand dominance matters more in my opinion. The dormant hand typically does fine motor movements better and the non-dominant hand typically do gross motor movements and bracing equal to the dominant hand.
My nephew shoots clays, skeet and trap. One day a world champ style guy comes and coaches his group, goes one by one through each shooter and helps them fine tune their technique. Does the "make a diamond with your hands" test with him and pronounced him left handed. Nephew was upset to tears, was very scared of changing, the gun cost big bucks and the stock curves for a right handed shooter and he loved the gun. Anyway, he tries it, loves it, and now shoots left handed and is better for it.
Great video. In your final group of 5, you did close your right eye on the first 2 shots. You are probably doing it when not consciously thinking of keeping it open. Also, if, in the past you have been using your right eye, your brain probably automatically shuts it when it tries to take over.
I have been practicing both due to past injuries and my right hand not always working effectively. My biggest problem is my effective draw is well past most commercial bows. I need to get an English longbow or a Mongol type bow capable of a 32" draw. And they're expensive.
When I first took up archery, the first thing the coach did was assess my eye dominance. He insisted that you had to shoot to your dominant eye, not hand. I'm left-eyed and left-handed, so it wasn't a problem for me; but about 10% - 12% of people are cross-dominant. They might struggle a little at first shooting with the "wrong" hand, but soon took to it.
Hi Kramer, I'm left eye dominate and right handed ( Sort of ) and I shoot most everything left handed all my life. It never felt right too shoot any other way.
Great set of morals on you! You have got me thinking i may be better left, i always played hockey left, could bat either way. I trained to shoot using a lefthand bowbut in my right hand....im all kinds of messed up haha🤣
I'm right handed and left eye dominant. I shoot instinctively with both eyes open. Works pretty good. But a shotgun is a problem! It's the side to side tracking! A clay coming from the right is fine--my right eye looks over the barrel. But if the clay comes from left--my left eye locks on and wont ket go.
MAY I PLEASE HAVE A RIGHT HANDED BOW!!!???😭🤣 I would love one of your hand crafted bows and since your switching!👀 I would like to possibly take one off your hands😂
Yeah❤ I'm doing a lot right handed, but writing. My grandson shot my left hand into pieces (football or Soccer). So during this healing process, I used the right a lot more. No problem, in fact, I now get confused at times.
My family all shoot trad archery. I am ambi, right eye dominant. My wife left handed right eye dominant. My son, left handed right eye dominant and my daughter, right handed right eye dominant. We all shoot right handed archery but my wife still (with very little practice) kicks all our butts. So, I'm so interested in this conundrum.
Have you done the eye dominance test with looking through a hole made with your fingers in front of you? If the picture changes when you close of your eyes then the other eye is dominant. That's what you're explaining with having to close your left eye to shoot right handed. This is how I figured out I'm left eye dominant
Great video. Guessing you are more cross dominant than ambidextrous. I am the same. Kind of whatever hand I started doing something with becomes dominant in that activity. For example I throw a ball left handed but throw a frisbee right handed. Hand tools I can use either hand. I am slightly right eye dominant so I shoot right handed bows. Thinking of trying to learn to shoot my right handed bows left handed with a thumb ring so I can cover those weak side shots when saddle hunting. That should be interesting. Keep the good content coming.
Whether it's a rifle or a bow, you should always shoot the way that corresponds to your dominant eye. I'm right-handed, but I shoot left-handed since my left eye is dominant. It isn't really even uncomfortable for my hands since I've been doing it this way since I started.
I learned to shoot left-handed so I could help my NASP kids that shoot left. I have to close my right eye, but I can shoot almost as well with either hand.
I threw baseball left handed but everything else was right handed until the fourth grade. I wanted to play 3rd base so forced myself to throw right handed by throwing snowballs all winter right handed. It worked.
Eye dominance is definitely more important than hand dominance. Like quite a few people, I'm left eye dominant but right-hand dominant. I shoot left-handed. Trying to shoot right-handed just feels wrong.
I’m right handed and right eye dominant. A few years ago I had right shoulder problems so I started shooting left using my right hand bow. I got pretty good but went back to right hand when my shoulder problems cleared up. I’d like to buy a longbow with dual shelves so I could shoot left or right. Not sure anybody makes those anymore.
I always shot "right" until I got a hold of a cheap junky fiberglass ambidextrous bow. I played at shooting left for a day. I bought a left handed bow the next paycheck and never looked back. I will always take a few right handed shots when I go out with someone but I'll never go back to it full time.
Great video buddy 👌 I'm naturally right handed so shot rifles and crossbows right handed but can only shoot a bow or a slingshot left handed but I'm right eye dominant so have to slightly shut my right eye it's confusing for most people but it feels totally natural to me 🤷
I shot right handed from 6-17 years old. I then went almost entirely blind in my right eye, so I switched to shooting left handed. From 18-21yr, I shot left handed Mediterranean and got so much better than I ever did right handed. Then at 22yr I tried out thumb draw, and I shot better than I ever had in any year or technique prior. Now I’m 23yr and I’ve been shooting better than I ever thought possible using left handed thumb draw, and it feels more natural than ever before. It’s WILD what switching hands, techniques, and styles can do for your brain and improvement. It’s SUPER SUPER cool to see you make a video on this process, especially experiencing the same things I experienced. Love the content!
"I cant sell something I dont believe in" = you are not a sales person. Selling is difficult. One of the main reasons is, most people can sell something they passionately believe in, just the enthusiasm is infectious. But selling something that you dont feel passionate about is more difficult. Just imagine you get a job selling banana's. They are the best tasting and cheapest banana's in the world. Everybody loves them and you sell lots. Then another company steals your seeds and growing methods and grows identical banana's but sells them cheaper. Being super honest and having high integrity you tell all your customers to by from the opposition company because its the same product but cheaper, you get the sack because you are not a salesperson. As a salesperson, most of the time, the product or services you sell will not be the best or cheapest.
Looks like I need a left hand bow to try this out. I’m right handed but left eye dominant. Vision is blurry with my right eye but better with my left. Although I’ve shot maybe 50 shots in my life so far so idk. I can’t afford a lower poundage bow right now let alone risk buying a left hand bow.
Just so you know when you shoot your bow you need to have both eyes open and it’s just like shooting a rifle always keep both eyes open unless you’re using a scope
Imm right handed left eye but the way I shoot with both eyes open and no deliberate conscience aiming I do very good but if I try to aim on purpose my groups go to hell in a handbasket
Luckily I know HOW GOOD your bows are otherwise it would have sounded like you said my American handmade beautiful custom bows aren’t any better than a 99.00 Chinese bow and cheap arrows.
Are you just a great Christian like Christ or what? I really liked both videos but loved the aftermarket one the best and have watched a ton of your videos, OMG! I am 80 and somewhat sick but fall asleep watching you at your obvious best! All your feelings are so right! Amen
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Your down to earth honesty makes watching your videos a real pleasure. Stay that guy.
That was very interesting and refreshing to have honesty that is rare on YT.
Just found your channel a few weeks ago. I just recently found interest in building my own bows. I have always been a wood worker and I have always been a hunter but I just never even thought to build my own bow. I find it very peaceful and relaxing and good for my soul. As I watch your videos and learn from you and learn more of the type of person you are I must say I have a lot of respect for you for being a good man and staying true to
Yourself. Money ruins people that chase it
15:10 Loving this video! I am totally right handed but totally left eye dom. I bought a left handed bow and had been second guessing myself if I should change to a right handed bow and just force myself to learn over come my left dom, but this video has shown me the error in that thinking... now I just need to practice with what I have!
I shot right handed till my 50’s when my eye dominance changed to my left eye. I got a left handed bow and switched. Now at 75 I can shoot with either hand.
Agreed. Eye dominance is more important than handedness.
This is the Way
Hey Kramer, love your honesty!
Thanks Kramer. Great archery equipment and even better character 😊
Nice video man, im a 16 year old watching your videos for over two years. Thanks to you I have made countless bows and am now in an archery club. I met such nice people. Keep up the good work. You really inspired me.
I too am left eye dominant but right handed. I'm fairly descent with a bow shooting right handed, but rifles and shotguns I swap to my left shoulder to take advantage of my dominant eye. It's been years since I did that with archery. After seeing this, I may try it again.
So, I'm an Asiatic archer, and for Chinese (Gao Ying) style I shoot right handed (my dominant hand), but for Mamluk/Turkish Ive started shooting left-handed. This has two benefits. First, I get t train both sides, and work the muscles equally. But the second benefit? Neither interferes with the other! If you're trying to focus on one style and then introduce another, your muscle memory gets in the way - unless you're shooting on the the other side! I started with Chinese and then tried adding Mamluk, and muscle memory and habit got in the way. But by shooting Mamluk on the left, that problem just vanished. Sure, my left-hand side still sucks, and even knocking an arrow feels weird/clumsy, but it's getting better, and most importantly doesn't confuse me when I try to switch styles.
Kramer, you’re a good man raised by good parents. I rarely comment but your calm, truthful delivery is always appreciated and I wanted to say so. Keep up the good work, and stay true to your convictions.
Congrats, you're ambidextrous. Meetings are Thursday nights at 8pm.
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Its so refreshing to see you who upholds their moral integrity to the highest regard. SO many content creators on YT would take a quick buck and throw away their morality. Please never change that about you. Mad respect to you, sir.
This video really hit home with me. I am a right handed, right eye dominate person. In 2013 I sustained a left shoulder injury that made it nearly impossible for me to hold a bow of any draw weight out in order to shoot. The doctors said there was too much rotator cuff injury to allow me to have any strength in the forward and upward motions. Depression set in because traditional archery was a large part of my life. After a year I decided to try shooting left handed and it has worked out. It took a lot of practice shooting, but since switching in early 2015 it has become almost as easy as when I shot right handed. I am 72 years old and shoot at least 5 days a week and still love it. I can shoot very light weight bows right handed and do, but I have become better left handed than right handed. You being more left eye dominate will have no problem switching. I have noticed that if i miss a target shooting left handed, 90% of the time I miss to the right because my right eye takes over. I can see that in your shooting too.
Love your thinking outside of the box content and your enthusiasm!
Im a righty, but experience a similar left eye taking over phenomenon and hitting left. Recently started squinting the left eye and my groups are shifting right and tightening up.
Keep up the good work Kramer!
I'm left eye and right handed. I have chosen to use my right hand for archery and rifles for a few decades and always wondered if I'm leaving a lot on the table not using my dominant eye. Lately injuries and pain on my right side have me thinking now is the time to start practicing on my left. My kids also have this curse of cross eye dominance. I look forward to your next video.
The struggle is real work hard and you will succeed
I dont think you'd regret switching, shooting to your dominant eye is so nice. I had the same issue, right handed/left eyed, and switched to left hand for archery a few years ago, and it has made it so much more enjoyable.
Great job lefty. Thanks for the video
I've always shot right-handed, and I'm right-eye dominant. When I bought my daughter her first bow, my friend in the shop tested if she was right or left-eye dominant, and we went from there. It's great to find someone who wants to sell you the right equipment for you before you spend too much. Turns out she was right-eye dominant, so she has learnt to shoot right-handed.
Congratulations bro. Learning new stuff about yourself is always really cool.
I started left hand shooting because I wanted to learn thumb draw and all I had was a right hand bow. I probably am a little better left handed but I switch day to day to keep my muscles balanced. Great video.
Staying Shatterproof. Super smart
I found out over four decades ago I was great shooting with both left & right hands . I pickup my friend left hand bow & shot 10 times & 8 out of 10 shots were dead on & same right handed so I,m 50/50 with which hand I shoot with . I,d only wish I could have a riser made that’s either or that way I could shoot however I wanted if I needed that shot .
This is really interesting, I'm starting archery and having cross eye dominance always made things a bit awkward, been wondering for a while if I should shoot left handed or wear an eye patch
to try and train my right eye to be dominant
0:04 Disgraphia I am amazed I never heard this term. My teachers literaly met with my parents to explain why they would no longer accept cursive writing on my home work?
Sad part diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD and never heard the term disgraphia?
My dad was ambydextrious totaly. I as a kid several pictures at young age drawing cap pistol left handed and several other task. Never tried shooting left handed. But did temporarily become left eye dominate from cataracts. The cataracts were advanced so didnt realy shoot much afterwards . Went blind for 7 months till surgery. Quit shooting compound with sites and now shooting instintive because lens implants are set for long distance.
Love that you took us through your process. And thanks for sharing disgraphia like I said I never heard the term I always assumed my issue was something from dyslexia.
Welcome to the wonderful world of cross dominance. As a Bowyer I've built ambidextrous wood bows so family and friends can shoot. A 30-lb hickory recurve selfbow is the all-time favorite. You'll be fine!
Amen my friend. 🙏🏼 🙏🏼
I'm right handed and left eye dominant. When I started archery, it felt just as natural to hold the bow in my dominant hand as it did to hold the string with my dominant hand. So I shoot according to my eye dominance.
Always shot right handed with left eyed dominant due to an eye injury when I was a kid. Now I’ve injured my right shoulder and am considering moving to the other side because of this video. Thanks for this video. Great job.
I'm a left handed archer/right handed person. I have an astigmatism in my right eye, so my left eye is dominant. I naturally started archery with my left because that's how I used slingshots and it just felt smoother, but being naturally righthanded it bugged me, so I started practicing with my right. I found that I'm 2 different archers because my left hook is shallow, but my right hook is deeper. My left anchor point is lower on my face than my right and of course gap aiming points are different. My right hand form feels clunkier than my left. String walking is of course pretty much the same though. My scores however are still a little further apart than I'd like, but I'm getting there. This dual handed archer thing is also useful in balancing your arm and shoulder sizes and should I have an injury during a competition, there's more chance of me being able to continue (thankfully that scenario hasn't occurred yet). Great video mate. All the best in your quest for 2025.
I am left eye dominant, but for all I try the bow is like an alien object in my right hand, I can shoot goodish but its awkward as hell no matter the shots
Welcome to the leftie club!! Iam right handed for everything apart from archery! Loving the content !!
That’s interesting on the left hand shooting, and on the second half of the video, always stick to your heart and morals buddy, be blessed 🙏🏻
You just reinspired me to do the same thing man. Thanks!
I'm excited to see this left handed journey. Maybe you try your hand at making and shooting a twin bow so you can switch hands mid round. The flexibility of mind you gain doing it is awesome and the challenge of doing it is fun.
Stay true to yourself. And keep the videos coming. STAY SHATTERPROOF.
When I first started archery (at over 60) I shot right handed because I'm right handed. Very predominantly so. When I bought my first bow the shop owner had me check which eye was dominant and that turned out to be my left eye. Bringing my new, left handed, bow to the range I discovered my accuracy had improved significantly. If I try to shoot right handed (which is easy enough of course) I tend to miss to the left quite consistently. The only awkward part of shooting left handed, despite my very right handedness, was manipulating the arrow onto the string. This had diminished with practice.
How ironic I got served this video tonight. I literally just unboxed a left handed longbow 3 hours ago to try the same thing. Right hand dominant, left eye dominant. Shot right handed for the last 37 years. Time will tell.
I did this this year also. I'm left dom shooting right handed. So I got my wife a bow and she shoots lefty so I tried. I haven't been able to shoot 1000 arrows yet, but I am not bad.
Truly I just don't have the money to switch lol
All of this eye alignment...your brain compensates automatically. You can't stop it or alter it. Your brain will do everything it can to make things "correct" visually. You're eyes are directly connected to your brain physically. Very interesting and well done video. I look forward to see more about this.
When I started Asiatic archery like 6 years ago, I trained both hands equally. My thumb would get really sore in the beginning, so switching was convenient. When really started zeroing in my accuracy, I committed to right. I'm still pretty good on the left tho. Also, I shoot slingshots exclusively left handed.
When I changed from right to left handed, it changed everything. I had given up on archery until I started honoring my left eye dominance.
What a great video thanks.
I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve spoken too or coached over the years who have shot right-handed but are in fact left eye dominant. After spending time with some of them, they find shot far better left-handed, with some swapping fulltime.
I’ll admit I’m one of the weird nerds who can write left or right-handed and have done so since a child. I often swap hands when working in the shed with tools. I think the most embarrassing thing was being out with friends at a Chinese meal and half way through the meal I swapped hand and picked up wrong set of chopsticks. I’ve found using my SLR and DSLR cameras I hold it to me left eye as it’s the stronger eye.
In tests I’m right-handed and right eye dominant. But and this is the really freaky thing. If I have been out with my camera and then pick up a bow my shooting is way off and I have to close my left eye until I settle back to shooting right handed.
I have and do occasionally shoot left handed , especially when coaching or trying out bows and for equipment reviews and testing. I might have to do the 1000 arrow thing myself and see how it goes.
Anyone thanks for the video.
PS like you I will always try and do the right thing when writing or recording material for podcast or TH-cam with reviews of kit and the like . I give my honest opinion and that’s not always gone down well with some. Keep going and happy new year.
I am 100% in agreement with you. Ambidextrous and honest. Character.
Kramer keep your integrity. You are only good as your word.
Kramer please take a look at your follow through when you shoot left-handed. We don't want you to get any rotator cuff injury, it can become a serious issue later if not fixed early. Love your channel and thank you for knowledge, honesty and entertainment.
Great job, I also am equally uncoordinated with both 🙌
I am a lefty who is right eye dominant. It's taking so much practice, but I'm teaching my brain to use my left eye both eyes open...kind of ignore the "dominant" view. It's getting easier but I imagine relearning to shoot with my right side would be faster.
I was originally left handed and my second grade teacher made me switch to my right hand. I am also right eye dominant. But some things i have to do right handed and some things i'm better left handed and some things i can do either right or left handed
Interesting video Kramer, may have to try left handed, see how it goes. Thanks for the personal insight at the end 🏹
With shooting/ aiming in general eye dominance only matters if your aiming with both eyes open. Hand dominance matters more in my opinion. The dormant hand typically does fine motor movements better and the non-dominant hand typically do gross motor movements and bracing equal to the dominant hand.
My nephew shoots clays, skeet and trap. One day a world champ style guy comes and coaches his group, goes one by one through each shooter and helps them fine tune their technique. Does the "make a diamond with your hands" test with him and pronounced him left handed. Nephew was upset to tears, was very scared of changing, the gun cost big bucks and the stock curves for a right handed shooter and he loved the gun. Anyway, he tries it, loves it, and now shoots left handed and is better for it.
Great video. In your final group of 5, you did close your right eye on the first 2 shots. You are probably doing it when not consciously thinking of keeping it open. Also, if, in the past you have been using your right eye, your brain probably automatically shuts it when it tries to take over.
I have been practicing both due to past injuries and my right hand not always working effectively. My biggest problem is my effective draw is well past most commercial bows. I need to get an English longbow or a Mongol type bow capable of a 32" draw. And they're expensive.
When I first took up archery, the first thing the coach did was assess my eye dominance. He insisted that you had to shoot to your dominant eye, not hand. I'm left-eyed and left-handed, so it wasn't a problem for me; but about 10% - 12% of people are cross-dominant. They might struggle a little at first shooting with the "wrong" hand, but soon took to it.
Left hand gang! 👊
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Hi Kramer, I'm left eye dominate and right handed ( Sort of ) and I shoot most everything left handed all my life. It never felt right too shoot any other way.
I switch to shooting trad right handed because I am right eye dominant. And have been shooting compound bows left handed for a few years.
Dang bro thats wild!
Great set of morals on you! You have got me thinking i may be better left, i always played hockey left, could bat either way. I trained to shoot using a lefthand bowbut in my right hand....im all kinds of messed up haha🤣
I'm right handed and left eye dominant. I shoot instinctively with both eyes open. Works pretty good. But a shotgun is a problem! It's the side to side tracking! A clay coming from the right is fine--my right eye looks over the barrel. But if the clay comes from left--my left eye locks on and wont ket go.
Great video, super interesting
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MAY I PLEASE HAVE A RIGHT HANDED BOW!!!???😭🤣 I would love one of your hand crafted bows and since your switching!👀 I would like to possibly take one off your hands😂
Yeah❤ I'm doing a lot right handed, but writing. My grandson shot my left hand into pieces (football or Soccer). So during this healing process, I used the right a lot more. No problem, in fact, I now get confused at times.
My family all shoot trad archery. I am ambi, right eye dominant. My wife left handed right eye dominant. My son, left handed right eye dominant and my daughter, right handed right eye dominant. We all shoot right handed archery but my wife still (with very little practice) kicks all our butts. So, I'm so interested in this conundrum.
Have you done the eye dominance test with looking through a hole made with your fingers in front of you? If the picture changes when you close of your eyes then the other eye is dominant. That's what you're explaining with having to close your left eye to shoot right handed. This is how I figured out I'm left eye dominant
Great video. Guessing you are more cross dominant than ambidextrous. I am the same. Kind of whatever hand I started doing something with becomes dominant in that activity. For example I throw a ball left handed but throw a frisbee right handed. Hand tools I can use either hand. I am slightly right eye dominant so I shoot right handed bows. Thinking of trying to learn to shoot my right handed bows left handed with a thumb ring so I can cover those weak side shots when saddle hunting. That should be interesting. Keep the good content coming.
Whether it's a rifle or a bow, you should always shoot the way that corresponds to your dominant eye. I'm right-handed, but I shoot left-handed since my left eye is dominant. It isn't really even uncomfortable for my hands since I've been doing it this way since I started.
welcome to the lefty group
I learned to shoot left-handed so I could help my NASP kids that shoot left. I have to close my right eye, but I can shoot almost as well with either hand.
I threw baseball left handed but everything else was right handed until the fourth grade. I wanted to play 3rd base so forced myself to throw right handed by throwing snowballs all winter right handed. It worked.
What feels a lot more unnatural is to cross left to right when stringing the arrow itself
Eye dominance is definitely more important than hand dominance. Like quite a few people, I'm left eye dominant but right-hand dominant. I shoot left-handed. Trying to shoot right-handed just feels wrong.
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The aw shucks I gotta make more bows now anyone need a right handed bow 😂
I’m right handed and right eye dominant. A few years ago I had right shoulder problems so I started shooting left using my right hand bow. I got pretty good but went back to right hand when my shoulder problems cleared up.
I’d like to buy a longbow with dual shelves so I could shoot left or right. Not sure anybody makes those anymore.
I always shot "right" until I got a hold of a cheap junky fiberglass ambidextrous bow. I played at shooting left for a day. I bought a left handed bow the next paycheck and never looked back. I will always take a few right handed shots when I go out with someone but I'll never go back to it full time.
Great video buddy 👌
I'm naturally right handed so shot rifles and crossbows right handed but can only shoot a bow or a slingshot left handed but I'm right eye dominant so have to slightly shut my right eye it's confusing for most people but it feels totally natural to me 🤷
I shot right handed from 6-17 years old. I then went almost entirely blind in my right eye, so I switched to shooting left handed. From 18-21yr, I shot left handed Mediterranean and got so much better than I ever did right handed. Then at 22yr I tried out thumb draw, and I shot better than I ever had in any year or technique prior. Now I’m 23yr and I’ve been shooting better than I ever thought possible using left handed thumb draw, and it feels more natural than ever before.
It’s WILD what switching hands, techniques, and styles can do for your brain and improvement.
It’s SUPER SUPER cool to see you make a video on this process, especially experiencing the same things I experienced. Love the content!
Fascinating. As a boy, I could shho almost as good left as right, with my air rifle ❤
"I cant sell something I dont believe in" = you are not a sales person. Selling is difficult. One of the main reasons is, most people can sell something they passionately believe in, just the enthusiasm is infectious. But selling something that you dont feel passionate about is more difficult. Just imagine you get a job selling banana's. They are the best tasting and cheapest banana's in the world. Everybody loves them and you sell lots. Then another company steals your seeds and growing methods and grows identical banana's but sells them cheaper. Being super honest and having high integrity you tell all your customers to by from the opposition company because its the same product but cheaper, you get the sack because you are not a salesperson. As a salesperson, most of the time, the product or services you sell will not be the best or cheapest.
Looks like I need a left hand bow to try this out. I’m right handed but left eye dominant. Vision is blurry with my right eye but better with my left. Although I’ve shot maybe 50 shots in my life so far so idk. I can’t afford a lower poundage bow right now let alone risk buying a left hand bow.
Do it. Then get a twin bow (shelf on both sides) to switch back and forth. Bear Twin Hero is a decent one that isn't ridiculously expensive.
@ thanks for the info! I’ll look into that bow.
If it feels right, go left 👍🏹❤️
time to build an ambi bow...
Just so you know when you shoot your bow you need to have both eyes open and it’s just like shooting a rifle always keep both eyes open unless you’re using a scope
I like this guy more after every video I watch on his channel. - Kramer for President! - ( just kidding)🎯🏹
Interesting to know, how it´s make to your brain. It´s was traint to act with right hand, now it must switch to left.
why not have two cubes and walk between the two?
Imm right handed left eye but the way I shoot with both eyes open and no deliberate conscience aiming I do very good but if I try to aim on purpose my groups go to hell in a handbasket
Hey, take heart. Left-hand people who are in their right mind 😅
Sounds like it's time to start buying left handed coffee mugs.
And left handed shoes
Ambidextrous?!
Next challenge: 1000 shots with a asiatic thumb ring.
Im left eyed but right handed
Nothing wrong with us lefties!!
Luckily I know HOW GOOD your bows are otherwise it would have sounded like you said my American handmade beautiful custom bows aren’t any better than a 99.00 Chinese bow and cheap arrows.
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Are you just a great Christian like Christ or what? I really liked both videos but loved the aftermarket one the best and have watched a ton of your videos, OMG! I am 80 and somewhat sick but fall asleep watching you at your obvious best! All your feelings are so right! Amen