How ambidextrous are you?

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hans007

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Feb 1, 2000
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I'm 1% ambidextrous. Somehow without even realizing it I learned to throw a frisbee with my left hand although I do everything else right-handed. I didn't even know that was unusual until during a game of Ultimate a friend asked why i was throwing with my left hand. That's when I started noticing that the only other people doing that were naturally left-handed.

I think its actually feel pretty natural for a right hander to throw Frisbee left handed. You drive a bat or golf club with mostly your left and it seems more natural for that shoulder heavy notion.

Its kind of how if you are right handed you jump off your left foot. Its not quite as expected you Frisbee with right hand anyway


I'm guessing the reasons for this right handed are that your planting leg is usually the left side. So things rotate around your planting leg if you have to ain something. No idea why its natural to plant yourself with your left side
 
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JimS

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Oct 9, 1999
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I can do everything except write with my left hand. Caveat: I can't throw, catch, or hit worth shit with my right hand either -- was never interested enough in sports to learn.
 

UnklSnappy

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Apr 13, 2004
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My right hand is the tool holder, my left is the clamp.
I do very little with my left hand unless I have no choice.
 

Vic Vega

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When I was 16 I decided I wanted to be able to shoot a basketball left handed. I grew up in the 80s watching guys like Michael Jordan do these crazy in air transitions from one hand to the other and I wanted to do that.

So for about 60 days I stopped using my right hand and starting doing everything left handed, including shooting a basketball. The result was that I could write, eat, tie shoes, and shoot a basketball left handed. I started batting left handed too and would switch after two pitches.

Many, many moons later it never "wore off" like some folks said it would and I can function almost equally well with either hand.

I am of the opinion that anyone can do this, it just takes effort.
 

Braznor

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Oct 9, 2005
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I'm very ambidextrous, my fapping efficiency between my right hand and left hand is less than 4 seconds.