Does crossed hand/eye dominance affect basketball shooting percentage? The goal is to collect a variety of samples of people shooting with and without crossed hand/eye dominances to see if it affects a shooting percentage. Different factors such as hand dominance and eye dominances are included in in testing crossed hand/eye dominances.
The idea of testing crossed hand/eye dominance is based on a 2007 California State Science Fair entry. Keith Hines and Robert Thurman, winners of the Science Buddies Clever Scientists Award, were the men behind the whole concept. Hines was the one that thought about the idea and wanted to put it to the test with his friend Thurman. When Keith first learned what cross dominance was, he thought about different athletes and if it would have any effect on one's performance. First he thought about the hitting in baseball. He thought for example, if there were to be a right handed hitter with a left dominant eye, then that batter’s dominant eye would be closer to the pitcher. Hines …show more content…
In an article, “Experimental Psychology”, it was said that vision and action while shooting a basketball is not actually affected by being cross dominant. Shooting a basketball reveals hand-eye skills all around. A poor shooting percentage may be the results of inferior mechanics or poor vision in general. One basketball coach stated that, “a player who was right handed and left eye dominant, significantly improved his accuracy after moving his shot line from the right to the middle of his body.” There are ways one can train the dominant eye or dominant hand, which ever is prefered. A way to switch a dominant eye is to wear an eyepatch. As this may seem silly, it would work to possible help with better shooting percentage. Also, aids to modify sights on equipment will help. There are techniques that will open opportunities to compensate so that the use of the non-dominant hand is not an
The idea of testing crossed hand/eye dominance is based on a 2007 California State Science Fair entry. Keith Hines and Robert Thurman, winners of the Science Buddies Clever Scientists Award, were the men behind the whole concept. Hines was the one that thought about the idea and wanted to put it to the test with his friend Thurman. When Keith first learned what cross dominance was, he thought about different athletes and if it would have any effect on one's performance. First he thought about the hitting in baseball. He thought for example, if there were to be a right handed hitter with a left dominant eye, then that batter’s dominant eye would be closer to the pitcher. Hines …show more content…
In an article, “Experimental Psychology”, it was said that vision and action while shooting a basketball is not actually affected by being cross dominant. Shooting a basketball reveals hand-eye skills all around. A poor shooting percentage may be the results of inferior mechanics or poor vision in general. One basketball coach stated that, “a player who was right handed and left eye dominant, significantly improved his accuracy after moving his shot line from the right to the middle of his body.” There are ways one can train the dominant eye or dominant hand, which ever is prefered. A way to switch a dominant eye is to wear an eyepatch. As this may seem silly, it would work to possible help with better shooting percentage. Also, aids to modify sights on equipment will help. There are techniques that will open opportunities to compensate so that the use of the non-dominant hand is not an