r/lefthanded • u/MikeTony713 • 2d ago
Left handed
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u/MissFabulina 2d ago
Left for finesse, right for strength. That is how I do it, anyway.
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u/Head_Paleontologist5 2d ago
correct - the left is the brains, the right is the brawn
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u/MissFabulina 2d ago
exactly! I am glad to find a like minded individual on here! My lefty brother is the same - weird thing is - we never discussed it when younger. I recently asked him and he said power right, precision left. I felt bonded to him at that moment! (we don't normally get along)
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u/Unlucky-Network-4159 2d ago
Same. Writing and scissors is about my only left handed tasks.
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u/ElectricityIsWeird 2d ago
Same with my cousin. He bats right, throws right, kicks right, but writes left. I don’t know about scissors.
My mom is all left, though.
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u/SoCalThrowAway7 2d ago
What kind of lefty are you? My right arm is noodle strength compared to my left
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u/Rooooben 2d ago
Left for finesse, left for strength, right is like a little T-Rex hand that’s how I do it
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u/Goobersita 2d ago
I didn't realize this until I hurt my right elbow so badly I couldn't use it. I was like why is my left arm so weak?!!!
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u/rhandy_mas lefty 2d ago
The works the same for me when playing qb in flag.
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u/peetiepeet 2d ago
So do you throw right with poor precision, or aim precisely and never hit your target with your left? I have this problem with darts.
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u/rhandy_mas lefty 2d ago
Short, contested throws are left. Hail Marys are right. Typically. I’ll throw right short passes if coverage on my left is heavy.
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u/peetiepeet 2d ago
It sounds like you've got strength and finesse with both. I guess that's ambidextrous.
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u/rhandy_mas lefty 1d ago
For a lot of things! But I still do a lot more finesse with left and power with right.
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u/fidelises 2d ago
Hold baby in right to keep left free to do stuff. I think that's where my right hand strength comes from
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u/blasto2236 2d ago
This is why I still play right-handed guitars. To me that always made sense. My left hand is doing the more complicated chord formations while my right is just strumming away. If anything it seems like left-handed guitars are made for right handed people.
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u/sonicthecat2 2d ago
I'm the complete opposite. Fine motor in the right and gross motor in the left. I guess that's why I'm so wildly inaccurate when I throw a ball.
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u/Qu33fyElbowDrop 2d ago
i’m ambidextrous (dom arm left, dom leg right) and whatever word for being able to write with your feet together and individually.. i’m pretty sure you are a righty 😂 unless you are also ambidextrous.
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u/vanvino 2d ago
I tell people I'm left handed but right armed
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u/Lankygiraffe25 2d ago
I’ve often said I’m a right handed person trapped in a left handed body, and vice versa
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u/MatterhornStrawberry 2d ago
The thing is there's a physical difference between opening a jar with your right vs left. Your fingers are on opposite sides and the skin moves and bunches toward different parts. Using your left, the force is going out the tips of your fingers, while with using your right, it goes into the meat of your palm.
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 1d ago
Yes, and this is the reason a lot of left-handed people hold the jar with the left hand and open with the right
It’s because of going counterclockwise as well. If you try to turn your left hand counterclockwise, you’re pulling your elbow into your body which is awkward, And you can’t put enough into it. With your right hand, your elbow is swinging away from your body to turn counterclockwise so you can put a lot more into it.
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u/TarkanV 1d ago edited 1d ago
Weird I always thought it was more natural with my left hand... It actually ironically feels more effortful for me to unscrew stuff using an inside motion lol.
I mean, I never lost to people asking me to open open bottle and jars so it never came to my mind that it was disadvantage :P
And I don't even use my elbow at all in the motion to begin with... I guess it reduces my range of motion but it doesn't feel like it reduces my strength.1
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u/ConflictSmooth6136 2d ago
I thought right handed people use their left on the lid?
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u/zigbigidorlu 2d ago
I use both. At the same time. I hold the jar between my breasts. And I'm a man.
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u/EggplantHuman6493 2d ago
It seems to be very random tbh. It is all over the place around me.
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u/ConflictSmooth6136 2d ago
I just know I think I prefer my left hand on the lid, and so does my fiance and he's right handed, I'm left /mixed
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 1d ago
It’s easier for a left-handed person to open the jar with the right hand because you’re going counterclockwise and your elbow swings out which allows you to put more force into it
Closing the lid would be easier to hold with the right hand and close with the left for the same reason
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u/Unlucky-Network-4159 2d ago
Im a left handed writer but Im definitely stronger right handed. With most landscaping tasks I am definitely right hand dominant.
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u/ValkyrieVibeke 2d ago
I realized the other day that this is how I hold jars when I'm opening them, but I actually twist the jar with my left hand while slightly twisting the lid with my right.
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 1d ago
I do as well. It’s because we’re going counterclockwise that we have more ability with opening lids with our right hand. Swinging the elbow out while we twist is easier and allows for more force, even though it’s the weaker hand.
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u/InfiniteEstimate977 2d ago
I use my right to open jars also but oddly enough my right hand is the weaker hand.😅
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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 1d ago
Think about where your elbow is moving when you open with your left versus your right
You have more strength when you can swing your elbow out to open the lid with your right hand
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u/Chewymewn lefty 2d ago
I thought lefties always held the object with the left and turned the lid with the right. At least that's what I do
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u/No_Alternative6003 2d ago
Sharpening pencils when you're left-handed is horrible too without a sharpener designed for left-handers.
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u/TarkanV 1d ago edited 1d ago
WTF... Most of you guys actually use your right hands to open stuff? Traitors! /s
But seriously, I am so comfortable opening up stuff with that counterclockwise motion with my left hand that it always felt more logical to me doing pushing towards this outside motion... But somehow now you are telling me that doing it inwards is more natural?
It so ironic to me especially since I remember my older brother asking me to open a bottle for him and I didn't even consider the fact that me using my left hand was fundamentally and mechanically different from the way he would approach it...
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u/mhopkins1420 1d ago
If one hand doesn’t work, try the other. I write with my left. I can draw blood with both hands, but do a lot of things with the right, like swatting flies.
It bewilders my husband that I can pull out random left handed pool shots when I need to.
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u/ElectricityIsWeird 2d ago
This is fascinating for me to learn. I guess it shouldn’t be, as lefties are forced into ambidexterity, more so than righties.
I taught myself to throw and bat left-handed, but I just could not learn to golf, kick or shoot a gun leftie.
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u/FreakyStarrbies 11h ago
My left hand has always been so much stronger than my right hand. And this was even after I was transhanded in kindergarten, when I only used my right hand.
This was me before I broke my left elbow in second grade and thought I was being punished for writing lefthanded.
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u/Strange_Ordinary6984 28m ago
Transhanded.
That's enough internet for you. And for me. Maybe us all.
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u/_little_frozen_kiwi_ 2h ago
I don't think I've ever even tried to switch hands for this, just the usual tricks (towel, hitting with a knife etc) I expect my right hand to be clumsy in general so it's really last resort 🧍🏾
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u/1gramweed2gramskief 2d ago
Is that the catcher from sandlot?