Im currently on my first week past the four weeks beginners course, and absolutely loving it. Im shooting an 18lb take down bow and am not ready to buy my own yet.
Im very left handed, right eye domininant
so Im shooting right handed which Im finding ok, although it was a bit strange at first. The biggest problem is that I had a stroke 8 years ago after the birth of my youngest son, which seriously affected my balance. Even though I didnt get any paralysis my right side is considerably weaker and I seem less 'aware' of what that side of my body is doing if that makes any sense. If I close my eyes my body doesnt know which way is up (makes going to sleep interesting) and if I close my eyes and try and touch my nose with my left hand I go straight to it, if I do the same with my right hand, I touch my mouth instead, every single time. Im not affected in any other way and unless I told you, you would never know.
However, Im having major trouble anchoring my string in the right place against my nose and it doesnt help that I cant seem to move my head far enough over my left shoulder so my nose isnt directly in the middle. This week I used a tab with a plastic section on the top to line up against the middle of my chin to see if it made a 'feel' difference, its almost as if my right hand doesnt know where my face is, and it either goes to the side, or underneath, or then I cant line the string and the sight up. By the time Ive fiddled around to line everything up I cant hold the string anymore, so either shoot or come down.
The only thing I can equate it to, is having rather a lot of wine, spinning yourself around and closing your eyes then trying to touch your nose, and not finding it!
I did have a go at a compound and found that lining up the little circle thingummy in the string and the sight made things a lot easier, but I dont think thats something you can have on a recurve?
My coach/coaches have been wonderful, and keep going over and over it and hopefully it will just click, but is there anything anyone can suggest, a different tab, similar experiences etc etc. My frustration level is high, I cant shoot left handed as it feels too awkward with my eye dominance and Im just getting cross with myself.
