Did they get it backwards?

[Nels55]

On 6/26/2024 at 4:26 PM, Soloman1 said:

we process using both sides of our brains, not left or right. it's the 21st century.

This is a fascinating video of a brain scientist who had a stroke shutting down the left side of her brain:

 

[5nowflake]

8 hours ago, betarhoalphadelta said:

 

 

 

Hmm, you weren't the sort of person who had left-handedness beaten out of you by Catholic school nuns or anything, were you? (My aunt was one of those lol.) You actually sound like the reverse of most left-handers... Left-handers who do the fine motor stuff with their dominant hand but learned due to bias of sports equipment to play sports righty. If your fine motor stuff is poor, maybe you were forced/encouraged at an early age to do it right-handed and so you now think you're right-handed?

 

As mentioned, I'm the opposite. I do all fine motor stuff left-handed. Writing, using an ultra-sharp knife chopping vegetables for cooking, using scissors, etc. I do it all more accurately lefty. But I learned sports righty, so it's my "power" hand. Some things, like hammering a nail, I can go back and forth. But others, like throwing a ball, swinging a bat or golf club, I'm so ingrained doing it righty that I couldn't even make a coherent motion lefty. I do kick lefty because it's less common for that to be "taught" out of you via equipment bias IMHO. 

 

I was encouraged to write right handed, used to pick up a pen either way. But definitely a bit mixed, lots of things you aren’t taught to do I’ll tend to do right handed or with either. 
 

I’m pretty much a lefty for sports though

 

good news is I’ve broken 90 both ways and already got into the low 80s left handed (ok….once!).

 

I have a feeling that the 5 footer I missed for a right handed 79 is going to be a source or regret. 

[dgarland]

On 6/26/2024 at 2:06 PM, caeye0710 said:

I think there's so much variance to this. Here's why, and maybe I'm just weird:
- I throw right handed

- Golf righty

- Eat lefty

- Write lefty,

- Shoot a handgun left-handed (but with my right eye)

- Shoot a rifle left handed (with my left eye)

- Shoot a bow right-handed

- Bowl right handed

- Kick a soccer ball with my left foot

 

When it comes to hand dominance, I'm not sure if there is more "backwards" than me. Lol. 

 

I thought my dad was the only person on the planet that shot a gun lefty but a bow righty.  I'm sure there aren't too many of you out there.

[caeye0710]

2 minutes ago, dgarland said:

 

I thought my dad was the only person on the planet that shot a gun lefty but a bow righty.  I'm sure there aren't too many of you out there.

Drove my dad nuts growing up, especially with the way I shoot a hand gun. Haven’t personally come cross  anyone else as screwed up as me. Lmao.