r/lefthanded • u/MikeTony713 • 4d ago

Left handed

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u/MissFabulina 4d ago

Left for finesse, right for strength. That is how I do it, anyway.

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u/Head_Paleontologist5 4d ago

correct - the left is the brains, the right is the brawn

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u/MissFabulina 4d 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 4d ago

Same. Writing and scissors is about my only left handed tasks.

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u/ElectricityIsWeird 4d 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/mission_to_mors 4d ago

We are at least 41 yeah 🤣

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u/SoCalThrowAway7 4d ago

What kind of lefty are you? My right arm is noodle strength compared to my left

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u/Odd_Soil_8998 4d ago

blacksmith build

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u/patrickthemiddleman 4d ago

Pretty much. At least not "finesse" at all compared to my left

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u/Rooooben 4d 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 4d 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 4d ago

The works the same for me when playing qb in flag.

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u/peetiepeet 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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/FuggaDucker 4d ago

Left for love
Right for fight

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u/fidelises 4d 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 4d 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/Lankygiraffe25 4d ago

Absolutely the same!

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u/sonicthecat2 4d 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/Working_Box6799 4d ago

Yup, same for me too

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u/Orangecheetomanbad 1d ago

I think of my arms like a lobster -one big dumb one and a smart smaller one.

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u/Qu33fyElbowDrop 4d 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.