ripdog
07-05-2005, 02:45 PM
Regarding eye dominance and hitting performance. I was an excellent hitter when I played and had a very good eye for the strike zone (I never swung at pitches out of the zone). I never thought about eye dominance back then. I am a right handed hitter with left eye dominance. Here is a link that seems to provide a decent test for dominance:
Bullseye dominance test (http://library.thinkquest.org/C0125680/eye.htm)
Another method is to extend your hand out in front of you with your thumb up as though you are giving a friend the thumbs up sign. With both eyes open, pick an object about twenty feet away from you and position your thumb so that the end of it covers that object. Now, close your left eye. Did your thumb seem like it moved over to the left? If it did, your left eye is your dominant eye. If nothing happened and your thumb is still covering the object, close your right eye. Did your thumb seem to have jumped over to the right? If so, your right eye is the dominant eye.
I'm guessing that you won't see much thumb movement if you don't have a dominant eye (if this is even possible). Mine jumped way off to the left when I closed my left eye and did not move at all when I closed my right eye. What did you pick? How would you rate yourself as a hitter? I wonder how much of an advantage or disadvantage this trait imparts. I'd be interested to see how many people who rate themselves as good hitters are cross dominant. I'd also like to see what the prevailing pattern is regardless of rating.
Bullseye dominance test (http://library.thinkquest.org/C0125680/eye.htm)
Another method is to extend your hand out in front of you with your thumb up as though you are giving a friend the thumbs up sign. With both eyes open, pick an object about twenty feet away from you and position your thumb so that the end of it covers that object. Now, close your left eye. Did your thumb seem like it moved over to the left? If it did, your left eye is your dominant eye. If nothing happened and your thumb is still covering the object, close your right eye. Did your thumb seem to have jumped over to the right? If so, your right eye is the dominant eye.
I'm guessing that you won't see much thumb movement if you don't have a dominant eye (if this is even possible). Mine jumped way off to the left when I closed my left eye and did not move at all when I closed my right eye. What did you pick? How would you rate yourself as a hitter? I wonder how much of an advantage or disadvantage this trait imparts. I'd be interested to see how many people who rate themselves as good hitters are cross dominant. I'd also like to see what the prevailing pattern is regardless of rating.