Quickly Improve Your Weak Hand Shooting

I’ve previous written about the importance of practicing weak hand shooting in the past. While I don’t always practice it as much as I should, I know I’m not the worst among us when it comes to this skill. While hitting the range and intentionally practicing is one of the best ways to improve, that isn’t always an option. Many of us find our free time quickly dwindling, with range time disappearing before our eyes. If you’re like me, and range time is becoming increasingly few and far between, here are some tips to maintain and improve your weak hand shooting.

Tips to Improve Weak Hand Shooting

We won’t beat a dead horse here. None of these suggestions include live fire. Everything can be done from the comfort of your home, and some even when out and about. We’re keeping financial and administrative costs minimal, which should ease the burden for everyone.

Dry Practice

Dry practice, ugh. You’ve heard the suggestion over and again, and I’m here to say it one more time. Outside of live fire, dry practice is one of the best ways to improve our skills. We get our gear on, our (cleared) gun in our hand, and manipulate our controls while seeing our sights. Dry practice isn’t typically fun, and may not always be available, but it can be immensely effective when done properly.

With this out of the way, it’s time to look at other options.

Opposite Handedness

Become opposite handed, or at least pretend like you have done so. Take time out of your day to perform tasks with your non-dominant hand. Move your computer mouse to the other side of the keyboard. Eat a meal with your utensils in the “wrong” hand. Scroll and type on your phone with the weak hand.

Whatever you can do, do it with your non-dominant hand. No, this isn’t pressing a trigger, working your drawstroke, or performing a reload, but it still has benefit. We’re building dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and myelinating our neural pathways. Muscle memory, getting our brain used to working the opposite hand in a primary role rather in a support role.

This is effectively zero cost to you, and nearly zero risk. We can take a few moments from our day to take a walk on the wild side, and see how our bizzaro brethren live.

Closing Thoughts on Quickly Improve Your Weak Hand Shooting

This is one weird trick that did wonders for me. I’m no Grandmaster with my weak hand, but neither am I with my dominant hand. However I can help narrow the skill gap between the two with focused practice and regular imitation of a lefty. This keeps me brushed up in the event I really need to use my support hand, whether that be from injury, a course of fire, or other factors beyond my control.

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