So my 11 yr old has been shooting for about 10 months now and we have now established that he is right handed and left eye dominant. He shoots good with one eye but recently I have used the magic dot on his left eye so he can shoot with both eyes open. Should I go ahead and switch sides and make him start shooting left handed since he is young?
Don't
make him do anything.
Ask him if he's willing to try shooting left handed.
I wish I'd have been offered that opportunity when I was learning to shoot 50 years ago. Instead, I was
made to shoot right handed, and i am left eye dominant.
When I was younger, it wasn't as much a problem, young eyes can usually adapt well.
At 58, I have worked out a system that works for me. But sometimes I wonder what would have been had I been allowed to try left handed shooting.
I did teach myself as an adult, but I'm not as good left handed, because I don't do it much.
Give him the options, and allow him to choose the one that works best for him.