Cross Dominance Conundrum

by David
(New Jersey)

Hi,
I am a 24 year old male, and I used to shoot when I was younger, but stopped after I became a long distance runner. I am strongly right handed but my left eye is also much stronger than my right. Normally I would gladly take up the challenge of trying to switch arms, however, there is a slight problem.

I am 5'9" and very thin approx 120 lbs. and my right arm is much stronger than my left arm. So much so, that there is a serious discrepancy between what I can do with my left vs. my right (i.e. pull a bow back).

I am not sure how to approach this problem. When I was younger I always shot with my right eye closed, and had trouble compensating for the parallax. I feel that if I were a "normal" sized young adult, this wouldn't be as much of an issue, but because I am thin, I feel a bit lost.

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