How to Determine Your Dominant Eye for Archery

Series Summary

The bow and arrow was invented in the Paleolithic or early Mesolithic period. The oldest bows ever found came from the Holmegard swamp in Denmark and were made of elm. The bow and arrow changed the way humans lived in the same way guns and black powder has influenced human life in more (relatively) recent times. Almost all civilizations, including the Persians, Macedonians, Nubians, Greeks, Koreans, Indians, Japanese and Chinese fielded large numbers of archers in their armies to great effect and success. Archers were especially effective against massive military formations, but once the gun was developed, archery in military combat became obsolete, with even primitive guns being far superior in terms of range and ease of use. Now archery is a celebrated pastime and Olympic sport. In this free video series, learn about archery from a professional archer. He explains how to determine a dominant eye when aiming a bow and arrow, exercise for archery, build a archery target backing and choose archery arrows.

Video Transcript

"Archery takes a lot of hand eye coordination. Hi, I'm Joe and I'm going to teach you how to find your dominant eye when shooting archery. The first thing you want to do is take your hand and you want to place it like this with a small hole in the center of your hand and your palms opened up. You're going to take that dot leaving both eyes open and move it to a target or an object that's about 15 yards away with both eyes open and move it until you can see that object. At that point you want to bend your elbows and move that back to your eye viewing that object the entire time. Once you've done that and you've seen the target the entire time, you've established your dominant eye. Don't only do it one time but try it multiple times in different locations. You may that that your eye varies from place to place. If that's the case, you're going to choose whatever hand you write with. If you have established a truly dominant eye, you'll try to shoot archery in that way. I hope this has been helpful and if you have any other questions, go to your local pro shop and they can assist you."