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Officer Jim Lahey said:I'll take your comments with a grain of salt, Accord.......
I don't even take him seriously after this, I just try and correct him so he doesnt screw up other people. lol
Officer Jim Lahey said:I'll take your comments with a grain of salt, Accord.......
DynamoAO said:Hey paco, how do you think these people learned to play their respective sports?? Trial and error. When you are a kid, you learn which side of your body is dominant. You do this through trial and error. When you pick up a stick, you find out what is comfortable. When you put a glove on as a goalie, you find out what is comfortable. You dont know as a 5 year old, "OH **** IM RIGHT HANDED, SO I GOTTA WEAR MY GLOVE ON THE LEFT...ITS THAT SIMPLE!". You play what is comfortable.
I'm righthanded and I shoot righthanded in hockey. I am defying your superb logic sytem. Your dominant hand is always supposed to be on top, but mine is on the shaft! People don't always act by "norms", its not that simple, cheif.
Where do you get all this awful hockey logic?? First you tell us taping sticks toe-to-heel decreases velocity and accuracy and now you are telling us which piece of equipment you HAVE TO use if you are a specific handedness. I'm gonna give whoever tells you these things a shake.
Accord said:You have absolutely no right to criticize me after that 100% USDA choice grade-A load of crap you just posted about your dominant hand always being on top. That takes the cake.
Anthony said:dynamo is right
GENERALLY the dominant hand is on top
there are exceptions for some people though
me2 said:Right handed person and right handed shot is norm in most sports. Tennis, golf, field hockey, cricket etc.
Hockey is just whacked.
http://www.battersbox.ca/archives/00002315.shtml
I played gold with my right handed friend, who bats right, throws right, and shoots a puck lefty. He currently can hit from either side of the plate, and can hit a golf ball over 200 yards from either side. He does hit the ball a lot from the right side tho.
Hockey may indeed have something to do with it. Alot of hockey players prefer to have their strong hand on the top of the stick, meaning that many of right-handed people end up shooting "left-handed" and vice versa. Once you're comfortable playing that way it might very easily carry over to other sports like golf, lacrosse and baseball.
I believe this theory also applies to Canadian golfers - subjectively speaking I went golfing in a foursome last week: 3 of us hit left, none of us were left-handed, all of us shot left in hockey.
Accord said:Paco? :lol
What are you talking about your dominant hand is always supposed to be on top of the shaft? That is entirely false. LMAO, and you're criticizing me for awful hockey logic? :lol Take a look in the mirror. Holding a hockey stick is no different than holding a golf club or baseball bat, your hands are simply farther apart.