Please reply all LEFT/RIGHT-handed players

**sky713** · 03-20-2006, 08:30 AM

im right handed..i thought very little ppl use left hand to play, but i do see quite a few from matches

**Baderz_Jas** · 03-20-2006, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Dandirom

lol. mirror image.

Yeah, first it was quite annoying

**ZeFrenchy** · 03-26-2006, 11:39 PM

I play right handed but throw with my left.

My old coach used to hate me when I was doing throwing drills.

**aZn_Popcorn** · 04-01-2006, 11:56 PM

I'm a lefty

I find it takes alil more time to get what the coach is saying since they usually talk about a right handed person.

**Jessy-Bounket** · 04-10-2006, 11:02 PM

i play right handed, but ive seen alot of people that play left handed but are right handed
and i learnt in grade 7 that if there are twins, one will be right handed and one will be left handed =p

**Scoobz** · 04-20-2006, 07:41 AM

I have stated Left-handed... However, I am actually ambidextrous and can play with either hand.

I tend to favour my left hand though, as I have practiced more with that. It does sometimes confuse opponents though when they think they've put one wide of me and I swiftly switch hands and return it from a seemingly 'impossible' spot...

**MythrilBlue** · 04-20-2006, 10:46 PM

Oooh... I know someone who played like that. It was very annoying trying to push him to his "backhand" as he doesn't have one!!! I myself am right handed, and when I tried to play with my left hand, I feel so unco

**Scoobz** · 04-21-2006, 05:43 AM

I do tend to use my backhand (left) more often than switching hands because the switch often takes too much time but there are occasions that from a lofted clear it becomes easier to switch hands and drop it back from my opposite hand...
It confused the hell out of a few opponents until they realised what I was doing.

**nelsonkong** · 04-27-2006, 02:07 AM

I am a right handed. Not gonna train up my left hand...O.0...some of you putting 80/20...is that mean you use you both hand while playing? Take turns?

**black_knight006** · 05-08-2006, 02:51 AM

statistically speaking the chances of someone being left handed are around 12.4% Just don't ask me why I know that...

**asuncion_03** · 05-11-2006, 01:46 AM

majority are right handed.. but i think southpaws are better shuttlers..

**jcl49** · 05-20-2006, 10:01 AM

Under both the old & new scoring system, left-handers will have an advantage.

Assume you are at game point (20-XX) and receiving a short serve. If you are left-handed, you can brush the serve into open spaces much easier. You have a lot more options to play with.

**DRaGoNoVA** · 05-27-2006, 07:53 AM

hey issit possible to convert from a right-handed player to a left-handed 1? will i lose the skills from mi right hand in the process?

**tinkerbella122** · 05-27-2006, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by DRaGoNoVA

hey issit possible to convert from a right-handed player to a left-handed 1? will i lose the skills from mi right hand in the process?

I'm pretty sure you could ... but it might take a long time to adjust

(?)

I was left handed when I was born and then my parents started to correct me when I was 2, and forced me to be right handed ( because most of the stuff back then were designated for the right handers... ie baseball gloves, etc. ) So now I'm right handed and I guess using left hand now, is awkrawd for me.

... check out this website for info about ambidexterity
http://www.mind-course.com/ambi.html

**olle_whitehead** · 05-29-2006, 09:25 AM

well i'm left handed i find that there are only 2 real advantages to being left handed
1) recieving a flick i always find it incrediblly easy to return (although this may just be me)
2) people always lift up to your fore-hand because in the heat of the moment they forget your left handed