Snapped this pic the other night of my wife. I didn't even realize that my youngest was perfectly in the frame too until later. Had a lot of fun shooting bows and the girls loved it. My little one isn't lefty she just changes stances about every other shot. She is 3 and absolutely loves to shoot her bow.
Seen that one on FB and loved it! ! Great pic my friend. A family that shoots together, stays together!
Great pic swags! She's may only be 3 but she's got a better shooting form then most adults lol. Keep up the good work!
Very Nice form! my daughter loves to shoot with me also and it always nice to see them interested in it
Awesome. My wife and I did a lot of shooting and hunting together. We also had 2 sons who followed in our footsteps. Lots of great memories building there.
Test her to see which of her eyes is dominant and have her concentrate shooting with that eye. My oldest daughter is cross eye dominant, as are a larger percentage of women. She is right handed but her left eye tests out dominant. Its harder for her to shoot since the weaker eye is matched up with the dominant musculature/nerves of the right hand. If I had discovered that about her at the age of 3 like yours I would have encouraged her to shoot more left handed to develop that side of the body to go with the dominant eye. Its a really simple test to do if you are not sure how, and I can explain it to you if you want.
exactly right , i am right handed left eye dominant i tend to aim handguns through my left eye but shooting right handed
How old were you when you discovered this Mike? I did not know about this until about 3 years ago when I saw a program on a special woman's handgun training course. The very first thing they did in the class was determine each women's dominant eye, then train accordingly from there. My daughter was 15 around then and well set in her biological patterns. It wasn't as much of a problem shooting handguns, just slight alignment changes can correct the issue with a handgun "centered" in front of you. The real bigger problems come when you shoot something that is shoulder mounted like a rifle. She was just having real problems securing a good sight alignment with the open sights on her 10-22 (using her weaker right eye), but did not have the developed bilateral coordination to shoot left handed well. Solved the problem for her by putting a scope on her rifle. Her weaker right eye now secured the sole commanding view of the target, and her marksmanship greatly improved. She is just a casual plinker, not a hunter or enthusiast, so I didn't take it any further. The "scope" solution would not have worked for something like upland bird hunting. If I had been able to catch this when she was young like Sean's daughter, I would have gone the "teach to shoot left handed" approach instead.
was when i was in the army. See , i grew up shooting rifles (right handed) and am still quite a crack shot with them,but owning a handgun didnt come until i was based in El Paso Tx. where i bought one to go shoot at the rod and gun with some friends instead of borrowing one of theirs all the time.Later, when i was in "selection and training" which is the school one must graduate from in order to become a Nightstalker (160th SOAR) part of the training course is combat pistol tactics taught by the fellow (i cant remember his name) who owns the Mid South Shooting Academy in Memphis Tn. i had never even noticed the aspect as i shoot both rifle and pistol with both eyes open. FWIW i still shoot handguns right handed aiming with my left eye just couldnt get the knack of shooting "right eye" and left handed was kinda clunky to me as well. i guess the "later in life" part is why for me as well.
