Off-Hand Shooting
Overview
Off-hand shooting is firing your marker with your non-dominant hand to reduce exposure and gain angles that would be unsafe or impossible with your strong hand.
Key Points
- Allows safer peeks from either side of a bunker.
- Reduces body exposure and visible hit zones.
- Essential for competitive gunfighting.
- Feels awkward at first but improves with practice.
- Used constantly in tight bunkers and snap duels.
Details
Off-hand shooting means using your weaker hand to control and fire your marker. For right-handed players, this means shooting left-handed when peeking left; for left-handed players, the opposite applies.
The advantage is simple: off-hand shooting keeps your body tight behind the bunker. If you peek with the wrong hand, you expose your chest, pack, and full mask major hit zones.
Even though it feels unnatural at first, mastering off-hand shooting greatly improves survival and increases your effective angles. It is essential in snap shooting, corner battles, and situations where wide exposure will get you eliminated.
Players train this technique by practicing slow, controlled movements before progressing into live fire.
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