Handedness

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Mel Siff wrote:

<To other fairly ambidextrous folk out there, have you found that your

competence with a given hand depends on the task? Nowadays, my throwing

abilities, my cricket bowling competence and my serving capabilities in

tennis and are poor with my right arm, but very respectable with my left arm.

On the other hand, I remain a right-handed batsman and right-handed artist

with pen on paper (but left-handed with a mouse...... >

** I was a natural left hander but at the age of 7 or 8 when learning to

play baseball I wanted to both catch and throw with the left hand, which

didn't work very well, so I learned to throw right handed. Ever since then,

anything that requires more strength than finesse I do right handed

(throwing, bowling, punching, etc). Anything that requires more finesse

and fine motor control, I do left handed (writing, eating). Interestingly

enough, as a basketball player during my teenage years, I was a right

handed shooter and after working over the course of several years to improve

my shot to no avail, I just decided to start over from scratch as a left

handed shooter. It took some time but eventually it worked and I became

even more adept with the left hand. I wonder if anyone has any experience

switching handedness in a movement such as throwing as an adult?

Baggett

on, AR

USA