Shooting offhand

[Fogalo]

I’m a righty. My doctor says I might be suffering some muscle imbalance in my back. I’ve been shooting 80lb bow for 12 years as a righty. I was considering getting a lefty recurve and relearning lefty.

Has anyone done this? I have to imagine there’s some shooting benefits as well. I played baseball in college and our hitting coach would have us hit our opposite hand. Not sure how much it helped but for shooting it might make you think a little more.

 

[Maverick1]

You should shoot with your dominant eye.

With the muscle imbalance, you would be better off to perform some strength building exercises to balance things out.

With the speeds achieved by today’s bows, you could drop down to 70 pound draw weight to lessen the imbalance and likely achieve the same arrow speed as your 12 year old bow.

Good luck!

 

[Fogalo]

Have you ever done it?

You should shoot with your dominant eye… but for this it doesn’t really matter. Goal here is to build strength and expand skillset. I do plenty of other exercises to help with the imbalance but there’s also a coordination imbalance that would be good to address.

 

[Healthy Scratch]

80 pound bow? Your definitely going to be ready for that water buffalo hunt. (Just kidding.) If you don't want to turn down your poundage, I think you should see a physical therapist. They should be able to hook you up with an exercise/work-out plan to meet your needs.