JAD
05-15-2012, 12:17 PM
A friend is right handed and right eye dominant; he shoots from a split-finger Weaver.
His vision was well-corrected for myopia in his right eye until he reached his late thirties; his ability to focus at any distance is now declining faster than he can keep his glasses up to script, with no clear endpoint in sight (no pun intended).
His vision is still very good in his left eye.
This is causing him to think he should switch dominant eyes. Some questions for the group:
Should he switch stances as well? Is one stance easier to 'roll over' the sight? I'm thinking of Cooper's cockeyed stance, and I've also seen a lot of cross-dominant shooters run a Chapman and roll their chin into their right shoulder as an index.
Should he mess with RDS? That would seem like a non-starter to me, since he doesn't need the improvement with his left eye and won't benefit with his right.
Should he go to a laser? That would probably significantly shorten the curve, wouldn't it?
What would his best training path be to 'seat' the new dominance?
His vision was well-corrected for myopia in his right eye until he reached his late thirties; his ability to focus at any distance is now declining faster than he can keep his glasses up to script, with no clear endpoint in sight (no pun intended).
His vision is still very good in his left eye.
This is causing him to think he should switch dominant eyes. Some questions for the group:
Should he switch stances as well? Is one stance easier to 'roll over' the sight? I'm thinking of Cooper's cockeyed stance, and I've also seen a lot of cross-dominant shooters run a Chapman and roll their chin into their right shoulder as an index.
Should he mess with RDS? That would seem like a non-starter to me, since he doesn't need the improvement with his left eye and won't benefit with his right.
Should he go to a laser? That would probably significantly shorten the curve, wouldn't it?
What would his best training path be to 'seat' the new dominance?