Left eye dominate right handed bowler

[Tony]

I have a question for the bowlers who say to throw a little left of their target. If you target is a little left of your target, wait, wait which target is your target? One more thing if you are left eye dominant you are probably a natural left hander.

It's very prevalent in shooting weapons, the sporting industry has done studies on this, it has nothing to do with you being right or left handed. There are a large number of people that are affected.

[RobLV1]

What about your target? Is it what you aim at or the spot next to it?

When you listen to the pros talk about targeting, they don't talk about what they are trying to hit, but where their eyes are looking. Where you hit is irrelevant as long as it is consistently the same distance from where you are looking.

[BowlingBuck]

I don't see how eye dominance matters with respect to bowling. As far as targeting is concerned, I can't look directly at the arrows with any bowling success. When I do, I hit my mark but the angles are off. I need to focus down lane where at the apex point. I am aware of the arrows in my periphery vision, but it's not my primary focus. IE...if going for a 7 or 10 pin. I generally shoot the gap between arrows with best success and make sure my setup will give me the correct angle down to the corner pin. Just a thought....

[Tony]

I don't see how eye dominance matters with respect to bowling. As far as targeting is concerned, I can't look directly at the arrows with any bowling success. When I do, I hit my mark but the angles are off. I need to focus down lane where at the apex point. I am aware of the arrows in my periphery vision, but it's not my primary focus. IE...if going for a 7 or 10 pin. I generally shoot the gap between arrows with best success and make sure my setup will give me the correct angle down to the corner pin. Just a thought....

To a certain extent you are correct, the idea is throwing the ball where you want it to go and adjust where you look by how much you miss the target.

[foreverincamo]

I'm left-eye dominant and right-handed. It never bothered my targeting in bowling. It did when shooting with no sights on my bow and both eyes open.

[Jessiewoodard57]

I don't see how eye dominance matters with respect to bowling. As far as targeting is concerned, I can't look directly at the arrows with any bowling success. When I do, I hit my mark but the angles are off. I need to focus down lane where at the apex point. I am aware of the arrows in my periphery vision, but it's not my primary focus. IE...if going for a 7 or 10 pin. I generally shoot the gap between arrows with best success and make sure my setup will give me the correct angle down to the corner pin. Just a thought....

I use the Arrows but go by actual boards between them. Last nights league though my scores where lower then normal my targeting was much more accurate. By moving my target 3 boards to the right I was putting the ball right where I wanted it. Normally I would face a lot of through the nose splits last night just one! Had a bunch of missed single 10s but that will come with practice. Thanks for the advice guys it works well I believe I will see so progress now

[Jessiewoodard57]

I don't see how eye dominance matters with respect to bowling. As far as targeting is concerned, I can't look directly at the arrows with any bowling success. When I do, I hit my mark but the angles are off. I need to focus down lane where at the apex point. I am aware of the arrows in my periphery vision, but it's not my primary focus. IE...if going for a 7 or 10 pin. I generally shoot the gap between arrows with best success and make sure my setup will give me the correct angle down to the corner pin. Just a thought....

Since I bowl from a wheel chair I don't deal with approach I just make sure my chair is lined up. I use a hole in the center of my foot plate lined up to a specific board and target with boards at the arrows. I was missing left about 90% of the time. I got so aggravated with myself wondering why I missed what I was looking at so often. Then I tried the moving my "sighted" target right 3 boards and wow what a difference so yes it matters to me anyway. Last night was a good test but we were on really burned up lanes can't wait to try this out on Monday with fresh oil.

[AlexNC]

I am also right handed but left eye dominant. I haven't noticed it being an issue for me to the extent that other physical factors are when it comes to accuracy though.

[JasonNJ]

I am also a left eye dominant right hander and I do struggle shooting the ten pin and when I move left to increase my angles when the lanes break down. My misses are usually to the left though so it may be affecting me but I just didn't know better. I'm going to try and start targeting further down the lane and see if that helps me.

[fokai73]

I am also a left eye dominant right hander and I do struggle shooting the ten pin and when I move left to increase my angles when the lanes break down. My misses are usually to the left though so it may be affecting me but I just didn't know better. I'm going to try and start targeting further down the lane and see if that helps me.

increase your angles? are you hooking at ten pins? With a plastic ball, there is no angle to worry about.. It's a straight line no matter where you stand/release...