Discover Your Dominant Eye to Target Precisely For Peak Golf Performance - Article Series 3 of 13

DOMINANT EYEtear it off and open the sheet out again, you will
We have discussed the reasons why we need tohave a small hole in the centre of the sheet of
be precision orientated on the golf course. But inpaper. Hold the sheet of paper out in front you
addition, we must also be very precise in the wayand with both eyes open, looking through the
that we set up our actual golfing machine (body)hole, pick something as a target out in front of
in order to give our mind/body system the bestyou. If you're on the golf course this could be a
possible "setup" in order to be able to completeflag, if you're in your home this could be an
the precise task, which we have set it. I E. propelornament on a shelf, anything will do.
this golf ball in a specific manner to a specific spotNow close one eye and notice if the target in the
using a specific club and type of shot. For thishole stays where it is or disappears. If it stays
purpose it is going to be necessary for us to takewhere it is and you can continue to see it, then
some precise points on the ground, correspondingthe eye which is open is your dominant eye. To
to the ball to target line. The ball to target line ischeck this, close that eye and open the other
an imaginary straight line that runs from the balleye. The target should disappear.
to the precise target, which you will have picked.To recap, if you close an eye and the target
When picking these precise targets on the golfstays in the aperture, that is your dominant eye.
course, we will, just like the sharpshooter, need toIf you close an eye and the target disappears
use our dominant eye. The dominant eye is thethen you have closed your dominant eye, and it is
one which does, unbeknownst to many people, ayour lazy eye which is open.
greater share of the work in "seeing" than theNow that you have discovered your dominant
other eye. To discover which of your eyes iseye, you will use this eye to do all future
dominant, and which is lazy do the following test.targeting, just like the sharpshooter will aim using
Take a piece of paper and fold it in half, then foldtheir dominant eye.
it in half again. Now tear a small piece off theNext - Article 4 In series - Importance Of
inside corner. This is the corner that when youPrecision Targeting.