LD/BCL Not Lefty??

**ploppers** · 01-06-2006, 12:56 PM

I heared somthing about Lin Dan and Bao chunlai not being fully lefty? can someone please enlighten?

**Eurasian =--(O)** · 01-06-2006, 01:03 PM

i heard that naturally they play badminton with left hand but are forced to write with right.

**schuweiz** · 01-06-2006, 02:04 PM

i actually saw some pictures of them signing autographs with their right hand

**Qidong** · 01-06-2006, 03:35 PM

Not a surprise. My daughter is a lefty, but my mother kept asking me to force her to use her right hand to write and use chopsticks. Maybe Bao and Lin's parents are also one of those old fashion minded.

**Quasimodo** · 01-06-2006, 03:59 PM

There are actually varying degrees of "leftiness" and "rightiness." Some people are very dominant one way or the other, others not so much. Using myself as an example, I do all everyday tasks left-handed (e.g., write, cut, wipe, retrieve); but, play sports right-handed and right-footed. I took a simple test that told me that I'm only mildly left-handed, though not quite ambidextrous. So, if I were a world-class player, you'd see me play right-handed but sign autographs left-handed. (Not that you would, of course. But, I digress.)

And that just accounts for what happens naturally without cultural influences as others have pointed out.

**sweetluv** · 01-08-2006, 08:37 AM

bao bao and lin dan use their right hand only 2 write coz they are teach 2 write with their right hand in school... but they are actually left handed.. so they still play badminton with their left hand..

(i get this information by other badminton fans)

**glencomienda111** · 01-08-2006, 08:41 AM

im also a lefty, i play badminton, basketball, billiards, bowling, etc. with my left hand but i write with my right hand. i just feel that my left arm is more powerful than my right

**s1nn3r** · 01-08-2006, 09:33 AM

This is because in the chinese culture to take up a chopstick with a left hand is not polite..

**Cruiser008** · 01-08-2006, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by sweetluv

bao bao and lin dan use their right hand only 2 write coz they are teach 2 write with their right hand in school... but they are actually left handed.. so they still play badminton with their left hand..

(i get this information by other badminton fans)

This is true. I'm also left-handed but was taught in school in China to write right-handed (although several years ago when I broke my right wrist I learned to learned left-handed a little bit as well).

**Trance** · 01-08-2006, 08:47 PM

Hehe, I'm exactly the same as LD and BCL! I'm left-handed, but was forced to use chopsticks and to write with my right hand

**fishnet wen*yi** · 01-09-2006, 03:44 AM

haha... but i've got a friend who writes with her left hand and plays with her right hand

**fast3r** · 01-09-2006, 04:12 AM

Most left handers are more able to use their right hand than right handers are able to use their left, because you are forced to use your right hand for certain things in everyday life such as using a computer mouse, cutting with scissors etc