What hand are you? [Archive] - The Lacrosse Forums

roycegracie47

03-07-2006, 01:49 PM

I'm a righty. Catching and quick sticking isn't a problem with my left, but longer passes and any type of precision with the left hand is far from perfect, but it never really comes up in the game much for me anymore.

WHEELAX2

03-07-2006, 01:50 PM

Im just wondering if the assumtion that there are more rightys in lacrosse is true or not
ps im a lefty

there seems to be an overabundance of lefties in the box leagues in Canada.. maybe it's just me, or maybe I was hungover, but it seems so

Mozza15

03-07-2006, 02:35 PM

I played hockey left handed and everything else right handed untill i was 12 and then started playing hockey right handed aswell. :S

WickedDpole21

03-07-2006, 02:46 PM

very good thread idea, if i do say so myself.
im lefty, but most guys i play w/ r righty.

robi

03-07-2006, 02:51 PM

I'm a righty, but you should have added ambidextrous in there.

Eclipse

03-07-2006, 03:21 PM

Good lax players dont have a weak hand....

But im right handed

ekajsk8er

03-07-2006, 03:25 PM

I'm the same with roycegracie. I can catch, cradle, quick stick and all that jazz with my left, but when it comes to making a long outlet or threading the needle, let's just say I have some room to improve.

OldGoalie

03-07-2006, 03:28 PM

Pimp for me. :chuckle:

roycegracie47

03-07-2006, 03:29 PM

Pimp for me. :chuckle:
Open handed?? :naughty:

CougarLax07

03-07-2006, 03:32 PM

righty but still good with the left

syracuselax3

03-07-2006, 03:33 PM

I don't have a dominant hand.. when I first started playing, I would catch left, and throw right.. now, I play equally well with both hands..

so you caugt it, then switched over to shoot and pass?which hand did you cradle with?

im right handed

WickedDpole21

03-07-2006, 03:34 PM

i bet that as more ppl vote, righty will pull away.

AHA lax5

03-07-2006, 03:50 PM

I am lefty and proud of it. I'm doing a research paper of Lefthandedness this tri. I have done some reserach so far and in some cases, people that are left handed have strong or my visual brains, because when they learn they try to copy everything and involves more visualization and what not....but I am still researching and that is just a theory from some guy.

Bobsch

03-07-2006, 03:50 PM

Riight. I right and draw with my left, but am better at everything else with my right

OldGoalie

03-07-2006, 03:51 PM

Open handed?? :naughty:

Only when absolutely necessary...

Ok, seriously, I'm a righty.

JamLax

03-07-2006, 03:54 PM

I don't have a dominant hand.. when I first started playing, I would catch left, and throw right.. now, I play equally well with both hands..

ya im left eye dominant but right handed so its easier to catch left handed and throw right handed...baseball background doesn't hurt either (catch left, throw right or vice versa)

atacklax

03-07-2006, 04:41 PM

I'm righty dominant. I'm trying to work on lefty.

lVlike

03-07-2006, 05:02 PM

Lefties do it right!!

WickedDpole21

03-07-2006, 05:42 PM

Lefties do it right!!
yeah boy!!!!!! :agree:
go left. and work that backhand!!!! :naughty:

exile lacrosse

03-07-2006, 06:44 PM

alright my dominant hand is my right, but in lacrosse i (at least like to pretend) am equally consistant with both my right and left in passing and catching. so seeing as there is no ambi i vote righty.

usclaxer19

03-07-2006, 06:46 PM

I am right handed

MainLax28

03-07-2006, 07:04 PM

Definately right handed. I can go left, but I can't quick stick. pretty much decent in all other areas of left handedness. Wierd thought though. I write right handed, but my left hand is equally as legible as my right. Maybe it is the fact that I have probably the worst hand writing on here

laxpro

03-07-2006, 07:10 PM

righty but i can also play lefty

preplax29

03-07-2006, 07:13 PM

i am righty. i dont use my left hand that often because i am defense. but, my right hand is better

AttackMan17

03-07-2006, 07:33 PM

Im ambidexterous. I can do almost anything with both hands...except writing. But i started righty, and now can play just as well with both hands.

fossil8412

03-07-2006, 08:59 PM

Im ambidexterous. I can do almost anything with both hands...except writing. But i started righty, and now can play just as well with both hands.

Except writing? How can you do EVERYTHING except writing? Writing is a fairly natural skill for ambidextrious people...

Dadabhoy_Muzzi

03-07-2006, 09:07 PM

I am a righty. I am training my left hand also.

TRITON

03-07-2006, 09:16 PM

there seems to be an overabundance of lefties in the box leagues in Canada.. maybe it's just me, or maybe I was hungover, but it seems so

You got that right, i have never seen so many lefties before. Good for me it means i dont fight for my side of the field.

DQLAX22

03-07-2006, 09:57 PM

im wierd i write righty play hockey left golf left baseball left and lax righty only cuz thats how my neighbor taught me (he was right and it made sense for him to teach me right)

RichWutLax

03-07-2006, 10:33 PM

i am a righty , i can catch and cradle good with my left handle but throwing with my left hand is a whole different story

flyersrule9733

03-07-2006, 10:35 PM

im a righty in everything exept hockey and lacrosse. so i am not that bad righty.

thats crazy its almost 100-15 right now

last year on my team it was me and 2 others that were lefty, and at my HS tryout which i am doing right now, there are less then 10

8-ball

03-08-2006, 12:55 AM

im ambidextrious. Always have been...even with writing (haha). I used to be slighty better with my right hand in lacrosse, only b/c i started that hand.

wolvenfire

03-08-2006, 07:52 AM

im mainly lefty one of three on my team but using both hands isnt that hard to do.....

WHEELAX2

03-08-2006, 08:10 AM

so you caugt it, then switched over to shoot and pass?which hand did you cradle with?

im right handed

cradled with my left... but there really isn't a difference between my two hands now.. I doubt anyone watching would be able to figure out which is my dominant
...

I shoot equally fast with each, cradle the same, and pass the same..

of course in box, I primarily play lefty cause you're really not supposed to switch, but I will shoot and cradle righty as I need to..

cherrybomb

03-08-2006, 08:33 AM

Im left handed (seriously.... cant kick a football (soccer) with my right!), yet for some reason right handed lax seems more natural to me.

Talent223

03-08-2006, 06:39 PM

I'm a righty, and I really need to work on my left.

Coldfire

03-09-2006, 10:25 AM

I'm left handed and use it as my main hand in all sports and it is in general stronger than my right but because when i started playing the coaches did like all the drills righty i became good with my right...so i am a lefty but am good with my right in lax

powellman21

03-09-2006, 11:47 AM

yea im a righty..but i play goalie so i dont need as much lefty skills..although i still work on them in case i need to play attack for a game

telemaster1952

03-09-2006, 12:01 PM

righty that is trying to mainly use lefty

vroom125

03-09-2006, 09:55 PM

I'm a righty. One of my friends has been practicing his lefty a lot to get it as good as his right, and now he feels more comfortable lefty. Kinda weird.

Pitibear

03-26-2006, 02:11 AM

Need Help!

Not trying to hijack the thread, this is what the search gave me...

New to the game as a player, working hard, legitimately ambidextrous handball player, natural right hand, play hockey (30 years) lefty...I try to use either hand in rec league lax games, whatever the play calls for, to force myself to get better with the weak left hand, but there's this situation that keeps coming up...

In a defensive posture, I find myself presenting lefty to block sticks with a right handed thrower. As my stick ability with my left hand is decidedly weak, am I dumb, ignorant, or is this a legitimate way to challenge a defender. Or should I just challenge him holding my own stick right handed, and do the best I can to impede him?

I need to go get some books and/or videos on correct defensive technique, but golly, it is so easy just to ask you guys...this is the coolest message forum I have ever seen...

please advise.

marflax33

03-26-2006, 02:21 AM

right hand, im ambidextrious in lacrosse tho.

Jesse

03-26-2006, 03:30 AM

Im Righty in Lax.
I throw a ball right handed, Hit a ball left handed in Baseball, Cricket, Golf etc. But I play Tennis Right handed.

roswelllax85

03-26-2006, 09:44 AM

your poll is not correct you need "BOTH'

LymanLax28

03-26-2006, 11:12 AM

I don't have a dominant hand.. when I first started playing, I would catch left, and throw right.. now, I play equally well with both hands..
Same here. I'm naturally ambedexterious.

LaxBoy92

03-26-2006, 11:17 AM

I'm a righty, and I'm trying to become ambidextrous with my lacrosse stick.

LCNlaxman

03-26-2006, 11:20 AM

RockfordAttack9

03-26-2006, 11:21 AM

It's wierd, I write with my right hand and everything else with my right, but in Lacrosse, my strong hand is my left. In other words, im a lefty.

ghser99

03-26-2006, 11:29 AM

there seems to be an overabundance of lefties in the box leagues in Canada.. maybe it's just me, or maybe I was hungover, but it seems so

dont you know that right is left in canada :clap:

laxkay841

03-26-2006, 11:33 AM

My dominant is my left hand but just for lacrosse. I write and everything right handed, and I'm working on getting my right just as good as my left...I'm almost there.

UNCdefense

03-26-2006, 01:40 PM

ya people don't claim you're ambidextrous unless you can write lefty & righty ebcause that is the big trait...my family line coems from the Kerr clan so my grandparents & parents re natural lefties but all ambidextrous except for me & i'm a natural righty...however i worked really hard & im confident that my left hand is just about as good as my right...far as passing & catching im good i've got work on actual checks & form now

flyingdutchman

03-28-2006, 12:45 PM

what ever i wanna be my lefty catchings not 100% thou

WHEELAX2

03-28-2006, 12:46 PM

your poll is not correct you need "BOTH'

are any polls really "correct" ??

GO GAELS GO

04-14-2006, 05:49 PM

Im just wondering if the assumtion that there are more rightys in lacrosse is true or not
ps im a lefty
me tooo!!!!!!! put i can still use my right

SPSlax51

04-14-2006, 06:50 PM

straight up southpaw here. pretty rare u find a lefty dman :nahya: . im special

Canada_Lax

04-14-2006, 07:47 PM

im a righty

TRELAX1201

04-14-2006, 10:37 PM

Left. I write right, but every sport i play left. Lacrosse, hockey, golf, (dare i say it?) baseball. Disclaimer: I haven't played baseball since i was about 8, i think. I really wish i played hockey more often but sadly, i don't.

I'm the same exact way, I don't get why. But I'm gettin good at switching hands, so I can basically go righty and lefty fluently, exect my lefty shot is much harder than my right

ctl4lax

04-15-2006, 10:36 AM

lefties all the way, and it often helps. being one of the two lefties on all three teams, coaches want me more

iplaylax22

04-15-2006, 02:16 PM

righty, tryin to get better at left

Tehb2

04-15-2006, 07:38 PM

Why even have a poll? Right-handed-ness is obvious the majority of all people, but I guess its interesting to get some numbers. I'm personally right handed, but I have had a good left since I was 11.(now 15) I prefer going right but strangely the majority of my goals this season have come left handed. I just hate seeing college level players being afraid to go to their weak side, because it should have been fixed a long time ago. I just came back from the Army/Navy game and Army lost by 1 because the last chance they had the guy refused to go left, he too the shot, from inside, with lots of pressure, and missed, when a lefty shot would have given him room to wind up and aim.

crazydrew86

04-15-2006, 09:48 PM

i am righty but i hope that in a year or two i cant even remember what hand i am

broslax16

04-15-2006, 10:54 PM

im right handed, but my left hand is pretty developed, so there isnt a lot of difference

USMlax

04-15-2006, 11:11 PM

Right-handed in every aspect of my life aside from lax and hockey in which I'm a lefty. Supposedly, it's natural for your dominant writing hand to be atop your hockey stick (right hand at top of left stick) since all stickhandling comes from the top hand, thus this translated well to lax. Do you guys think being lefty in lax is that advantageous (like pitchers in baseball)?

Tool

04-16-2006, 01:34 AM

Lefty..............

canadianlax13

04-16-2006, 11:49 AM

in lacrosse im right, but i am left handed

lax4life6

04-16-2006, 12:57 PM

im righty but my left has been getting good lately. ive been doing random stuff lefty and it helps. try brushing your teeth lefty. that was hard at first haha

COBRALAX13

04-09-2007, 07:42 AM

im ambedexterious naturally

Redbirds Lax

04-09-2007, 08:27 AM

this is very weird

Mostly in my town .. well on my teams we have more lefty's than right handed shots.

scarsdalelax08

04-09-2007, 08:45 AM

im a righty

CanuckLax

04-09-2007, 10:24 AM

I am weird...

I am left in Lax and hockey and baseball, but I golf righty

I write with my right hand...

EASTFLAMES6767

04-09-2007, 10:27 AM

When i started playing i was a righty but for some reason i think i can throw better with my left now. I can still catch better right

UVAlaxer432

04-09-2007, 10:40 AM

LaxAttackman28

04-09-2007, 10:57 AM

i'm stronger in my left hand

Midman03

04-09-2007, 11:36 AM

i can use both hands but i was strong right hand but now i use both in practice and in games.

LacrosseDan

04-09-2007, 12:26 PM

Im a righty.

tomtom

04-09-2007, 12:40 PM

Im naturally left handed, though I play righty in lax. i originally played lefty for lax, but I wanted to much to have a strong weak(right) side that I practiced it to the point of it becoming my strong hand. Now its stuck with me.

LaxIsLife18

04-09-2007, 01:39 PM

Im ambidextrous naturally. It works good when writing essays when one hand gets tired I just switch over and start using the other one, it really freaks people out.

stxheatrules

04-09-2007, 06:47 PM

dont you know that right is left in canada

That is not true

emart

04-12-2007, 08:32 PM

i do everything with my left hand. i guess you could say i'm all in my right mind. chuckle.

sammyduelist

04-12-2007, 08:34 PM

Pimp Hand.
:laugh:

LQAdam

04-13-2007, 12:55 AM

Righty.

Only thing I can't do with my left is shoot, clear long distances, and stick check.

Laxdawg14

04-13-2007, 12:09 PM

left handed goalie here...

Enigma1313

04-13-2007, 12:24 PM

Total Righty. I can do mostly everything with both hands, but a lot better with my right. The left side of my body is pretty much retarded...took a lot of wallball to get it where it is now.

DJ Death

04-13-2007, 12:32 PM

righty in lacrosse, but lefty in everything else.

hstrack

04-13-2007, 08:21 PM

lefty in everything ive ever done except playing the bass im righty in that (learned on a right handed bass, now a left handed bass seems wierd)

Nigel_Tufnel

04-14-2007, 06:44 PM

I'm a southpaw in everything...writing, eating, throwing, batting (yes, I used to play baseball), sparring (when I took karate)...The only thing that I am right hand dominant is shooting, but I think this is because I am right eye dominant (I am about 95% as good shooting from my left hand though). Thus, in lacrosse, I am lefty (carrying a stick left handed is the same as carrying a rifle right handed). I am easily a better shot with my left hand, and I have a very slight edge in passing in my left. However, I am pretty much equal cradling with both hands.