Can anybody play ambidextrous?
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From: David Geesaman on 27 Feb 2007 19:19 Howard Brazee wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:26:20 +1300, "Rex" <rexroh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> But there was someone who used to claim when they were >>> having trouble figuring stuff out, they'd switch sides until they >>> did. Hogan? >>> >> Bob Charles was right handed but his family only had left handed clubs - >> that was how he started and that is the way he played. > > Righty Phil Mickelson started off playing left handed - emulating his > father's swing while they faced each other. > > Wayne Gretzky didn't know that clubs were available left handed when > he bought his first set of clubs. Hockey players, barring any other influence, are taught to shoot so that their strongest arm is on the top of the stick. As a result, right handers shoot left and prefer golfing left. Americans are the other way around - baseball is done with the right hand behind the handle of the bat for better bat control. As a result, right handers prefer golfing right. I wonder if it helps us more for things like eye-dominance, if started at an early enough age. Dave
From: Chris Bellomy on 27 Feb 2007 19:36 I'm pretty sure Rick Rider cannot. -- Chris Bellomy C-List Charter Member http://clist.org/
From: Chris Bellomy on 27 Feb 2007 19:37 gp <gopher70(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: : That's why there've been many great players who play with their "non- : dominant" side (Price, Mickelson, Woods(? - I'm not sure if TW is left : handed), Hogan, Miller, etc.). Hogan was right-handed. The reason why he learned the game left- handed was because his first club was lefty. -- Chris Bellomy C-List Charter Member http://clist.org/
From: Chris Bellomy on 27 Feb 2007 19:39 oconnell(a)slr.orl.lmco.com <oconnell(a)slr.orl.lmco.com> wrote: : His father if I recall correctly. Had Tiger swinging lefty when : he was a wee one. Tiger suddenly noticed that he was : swinging differently that Daddy and switched sides. Legend : goes that he was as good right as he was left. I know Phil learned the game mirroring his dad, which is why he plays lefty. -- Chris Bellomy C-List Charter Member http://clist.org/
From: Mike Bowen on 28 Feb 2007 01:56
"Chris Bellomy" <puevf(a)tbbqfubj.arg.invalid> wrote in message news:1T3t57ojIg6mN34(a)redshark.goodshow.net... > I'm pretty sure Rick Rider cannot. > > -- > Chris Bellomy > C-List Charter Member > http://clist.org/ He told me that he's tried swinging with both lefty (pulling the club through with his right arm) and righty (pushing the club with his right arm) but prefers righty. I've seen some pretty good shots, too. Mike Bowen |