Left eye dominant/Right handed bowler?

[GeorgiaStroker]

Try seeing if you have a consistant drift. By that I mean note what board your left foot starts on and finishes on. if you finish on the same board everytime then that's one less variable. if you end up on a different board every shot then you might need to work on your footwork. Most people set the ball down 6 or 7 boards away from their sliding foot and if that foot is missing it's target then the ball will miss it's target.

[Smiles]

I tend to drift a little to the left, but it's a consistent drift every shot.

[GeorgiaStroker]

Well that leaves balance, timing, arm swing etc.... lol a picture is worth a thousand words. If you can post a video that would help.

[martinezsam2495]

I'm right eye dominant I just checked,
that's pretty cool,
I've asked my classmates and most of the right handed mates are left eye dominant and the left handed are right eye dominant.

[billf]

Here's my scenario. Out of 10 shots, 3-4 will be on target. The other 6-7 shots will be left by the same amount. I guess I'll have to try and eliminate one or the other, though that sounds like wishful thinking at this point.

Sounds like the 3-4 shots are the ones truly off target and the 6-7 are actually on. You proved this yourself by finding out you were l opposite eye dominant. It's just when you miss, you are really missing right. On the plus side, if I'm right, you're really only off target 30% of the time instead of 60%.

[billf]

I'm right eye dominant I just checked,
that's pretty cool,
I've asked my classmates and most of the right handed mates are left eye dominant and the left handed are right eye dominant.

Sam, either you did something wrong or you have the most screwed up class in the history of motor skills. Being opposite eye dominant is rare and thus would make your class an anomaly.

[kev3inp]

I'm also lefty and right eye dominant, but I think it has more to do with having to do so many things right handed. Like shoot a rifle or a bow and arrow, for example. Also, opposite eye dominance does seem to have its advantages at tennis and hitting a baseball. Another thing is that I was never able to comfortably wink with the right eye. I have better control of the muscles on the left one, I guess.

[billf]

Why did you have to learn to shoot a rifle right-handed? I'm ambidextrous but being born blind in my left eye I had to learn to do some things right-handed. Some how I ended up with more power right-handed so I started throwing a baseball that way at age 8. Even hitting I had more power righty but made easier contact lefty. Shooting was difficult. It felt natural holding it lefty but obviously I couldn't see the sights. I spent many hours during basic training on the simulator learning to shoot right-handed. That was July '87. It must have paid off because in May '88 I graduated sniper training while in Korea.

[kev3inp]

I had to rifle shoot righty because I got tired of a hot shell hitting me in the face. I see they have new ones now that can eject on either side.

[billf]

They make deflectors for most rifles also. I imagine as hard as it is to find other things for lefties that they are also hard to find.