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pjcedog
3/19/2009 11:58:14 AM Golf is a game of whatever works for you, there is not one 'right way' to do it. I am mostly right handed but I do a lot of things left hand better than right. |
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dysangel
3/17/2009 6:20:46 AM Started playing right handed as a kid. Got a set of left handed clubs from my new step dad and played lefty for a while. Then switched back to right when I bought my first set of new clubs in Junior High. I write right handed, bowl left handed, throw a football or baseball left handed, I bat righty, can play darts with either hand. My siblings say I should have been left handed, but my mom forced me to use my right hand, they're all leftys. Does anyone have an off handed club in their bag for that occasional trouble shot? I've thought about throwing in a left handed 7 iron. High. I write right handed, bowl left handed, throw a football or baseball left handed, I bat righty, can play darts with either hand. My siblings say I should have been left handed, but my mom forced me to use my right hand, they're all leftys. Does anyone have an off handed club in their bag for that occasional trouble shot? I've thought about throwing in a left handed 7 iron. |
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roundyracer
2/27/2009 6:44:25 AM Was a natural lefty but after breaking arm started using right hand.However I play golf like Lefty.Is kind of puzzling. |
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roundyracer
2/27/2009 6:44:25 AM Was a natural lefty but after breaking arm started using right hand.However I play golf like Lefty.Is kind of puzzling. |
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ConanOBrien
10/25/2008 6:05:19 PM lefty here! i think that you cannot narrow it down to one reason. for me, i have always been left handed with everything. i would argue that my brain is just wired this way. my brain is biased. |
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ConanOBrien
10/25/2008 6:05:19 PM lefty here! i think that you cannot narrow it down to one reason. for me, i have always been left handed with everything. i would argue that my brain is just wired this way. my brain is biased. |
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GaryTheGolfer
10/24/2008 4:36:58 PM I live in both Los Angeles and Toronto....I find it VERY interesting how there are very few lefties on the West Coast and in the Toronto area lefties are found everywhere! Even the golf stores have a LOT more options for the lefty in Toronto. I know because I am a lefty and when I shop in Toronto it's AMAZING how many more options I have then California. Even out in the course I see a lot more lefties in Canada. I don't know if it's a country thing...or climate thing.....or a coincidence? I am right handed but there is no way I could golf right....left all the way! Interesting! |
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GaryTheGolfer
10/24/2008 4:36:58 PM I live in both Los Angeles and Toronto....I find it VERY interesting how there are very few lefties on the West Coast and in the Toronto area lefties are found everywhere! Even the golf stores have a LOT more options for the lefty in Toronto. I know because I am a lefty and when I shop in Toronto it's AMAZING how many more options I have then California. Even out in the course I see a lot more lefties in Canada. I don't know if it's a country thing...or climate thing.....or a coincidence? I am right handed but there is no way I could golf right....left all the way! Interesting! |
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FatherSnitch
10/24/2008 3:33:26 PM I'm naturally left-handed and use my left hand for most activities where it is easy to do so and doesn't [any longer] contradict social convention, e.g. writing. Sometimes social convention dominates, especially where the advantage to switching to left-handed is minimal, e.g. using cutlery. For sports, I am a total mixed bag! In soccer my left foot is dominant. I play golf right-handed, probably because of the scarcity of LH clubs when I learned, and probably also because it feels natural to lead with the upper hand on the grip - less scope for "scooping". For activities which require subtle dexterity I stick with my left hand, e.g. throwing darts. Cricket is where it gets illogical: I bat right handed (for the same reasons that I play golf RH) but bowl (translation for our US cousins: equivalent to pitching in baseball!) LH. Are there any LH pitchers in baseball who bat RH?! For the record, I have been considering switching to left-handed putting! |
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FatherSnitch
10/24/2008 3:33:26 PM I'm naturally left-handed and use my left hand for most activities where it is easy to do so and doesn't [any longer] contradict social convention, e.g. writing. Sometimes social convention dominates, especially where the advantage to switching to left-handed is minimal, e.g. using cutlery. For sports, I am a total mixed bag! In soccer my left foot is dominant. I play golf right-handed, probably because of the scarcity of LH clubs when I learned, and probably also because it feels natural to lead with the upper hand on the grip - less scope for "scooping". For activities which require subtle dexterity I stick with my left hand, e.g. throwing darts. Cricket is where it gets illogical: I bat right handed (for the same reasons that I play golf RH) but bowl (translation for our US cousins: equivalent to pitching in baseball!) LH. Are there any LH pitchers in baseball who bat RH?! For the record, I have been considering switching to left-handed putting! |
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dday39
10/24/2008 1:48:08 PM That's a pretty good question. I'm a righty for most everything (golf swing included). However, after I matured I found that when playing baseball, I'm a better as a left handed batter. I've played many sports and in basketball and hockey I never favored one side or another. Basketball handling left or right with no dominant. I played a lot of goalie in hockey and I guess that's where I developed my left handed puck handling. However, if I play defense I go righty. And have you ever noticed that most babies start as lefties? Not sure I helped your point much. It's a very interesting topic. |
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dday39
10/24/2008 1:48:08 PM That's a pretty good question. I'm a righty for most everything (golf swing included). However, after I matured I found that when playing baseball, I'm a better as a left handed batter. I've played many sports and in basketball and hockey I never favored one side or another. Basketball handling left or right with no dominant. I played a lot of goalie in hockey and I guess that's where I developed my left handed puck handling. However, if I play defense I go righty. And have you ever noticed that most babies start as lefties? Not sure I helped your point much. It's a very interesting topic. |