Right handers who do things left handed and vice versa

[nickyboy]

I'm right handed. I couldn't imagine throwing a ball with my left hand, or writing left handed or using a pair of scissors left handed.

But I can only play snooker left handed. And although I can't play a guitar, it only feels natural left handed. I don't shoot but I'm not sure which would feel normal. Same for using a bow and arrow, left or right handed feels strange

My dad also was right handed but played snooker left handed, must be a weird genetic thing

 

[User33236]

I'm left handed but can do around 90% of things right handed also follwoing an accident when I was 13 which left me without full use of my left hand for over two years.

Bizarrely the one thing that confuses the heck out of me is when someone hands me left handed scissors!

 

[Milkfloat]

I am right handed but shoot left handed because I am left eye dominant.

 

[Andy_R]

I'm right handed. I couldn't imagine throwing a ball with my left hand, or writing left handed or using a pair of scissors left handed.

But I can only play snooker left handed. And although I can't play a guitar, it only feels natural left handed. I don't shoot but I'm not sure which would feel normal. Same for using a bow and arrow, left or right handed feels strange

My dad also was right handed but played snooker left handed, must be a weird genetic thing

Archery doesn't depend on left/right hand, but eye dominance. I'm left handed, right eye dominant, so I shoot with a right hand bow. I just have to remember to shut my left eye. Same with air rifles. It's a right embuggeration when I'm trying to teach my scouts.......

 

[Hacienda71]

Left handed, but play tennis, golf and cricket right handed.

 

[vickster]

I'm right handed but eat left handed. I'm inept with a fork and spoon together and using a normal fish knife involved using the wrong side luckily I don't often use one!

 

[nickyboy]

Who taught you to play snooker?

To see me play you'd think it was Stevie Wonder

 

[Brandane]

One of my brothers is right handed (well, all four of us are), but he uses his knife and fork like a left hander - knife in left hand, fork in right.

I have been told I deal cards left handed, but I don't agree. Isn't it normal for a right handed person to hold the pack in the right hand, and deal the cards with the left?

Just remembered; another brother is right handed - but left footed!

 

[nappadang]

In a right-handed world left handers have to learn to adapt to scissors and tin openers etc.
I'm very left sided, I only stray to right-handed when batting at cricket (explaining my ineptitude ) or paddling a kayak (right-handed blades were all that was available when learning).

 

[IDMark2]

I thought I was really odd but I'm glad to see there are others who are odd too...
Write left handed, also darts and snooker.
Right hander batsman, golfer, normal right handed way round for knife and fork. Except for a spoon. That's got to be left.
Don't mind which for tennis, badminton squash etc..
Can't imagine lifting a mug of tea with my right hand though. Or a pint.

 

[stephec]

I thought I was really odd but I'm glad to see there are others who are odd too...
Write left handed, also darts and snooker.
Right hander batsman, normal right handed way round for knife and fork. Except for a spoon. That's got to be left.
Can't imagine lifting a mug of tea with my right hand though. Or a pint.

Same here.

As for shooting and archery, my right eye is strongest.

I used to air guitar left handed, but when I got my banjo I learnt right handed and now that feels natural.

 

[User33236]

When it come to knife and fork I keep switching them about dependent on how frequently I intend to use each item lol.

Before my accident we had a couple of gym sessions at school where we played hockey. I kept hitting with the curved side of the (right handed) stick giving away fouls so they stuck me in goal out of the way

I also find it very awkward to use a computer mouse left handed as, from the very first one I ever used, they were all set up with the mouse on the right so used it that way instead.

 

[gbb]

Right handed, eat left handed.
A comical outcome was had in Turkey in a nice restaurant one evening. The waiter set the table, we sat down, I rearranged the cutlery to left handed. He smiled...and reset it to right handed. I laughed and switched it again. All done light heartedly. He gave up...
A fork in my left hand just feels so wrong.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Left handed, but play tennis, golf and cricket right handed.

same here, precision with left..all my power with right..im a little ambidextrous

 

[MarkF]

I had an accident in 2011 and tore my right bicep off, within a few weeks I could write, shave and work the little fireman left handed. If you've no choice it's pretty easy.

As a footballer I always played on the left and with with my left foot, despite being right footed, my lad is just the same.