Thread: Do you switch hands?

I use both hands as well. I think at first it's tricky, like learning to do anything with your non-dominant hand, but muscle memory kicks in fast and I think it's worth taking the time to learn.

When I was a kid they made me switch from leftie to rightie. You know, some Commie teacher decided that lefties are not to be had. I apparently adapted very well, except for things such as:

• boxing & wrestling
• snowboarding (and similar - skateboarding, wakeboarding, wakeskating, etc.)

Anyway, when I started I decided to use both hands and am glad I did. It was a bit weird in the beginning

Cheers
Ivo

I don't switch hands.

Using both hands is definitely the way to go. Once you really get comfy and don't have to reach across anymore, you'll love it.

Lynn

Originally Posted by tombuesing

I do switch hands. That being said, I'm left-handed and lefties are forced to develop more ambidextrous capabilities than righties, so switching isn't hard to master.


P.S. over the years I've developed an odd mix of handedness:

Golf Club - right-handed : Baseball Bat - left-handed

Pistol - left-handed : rifle/shotgun - right-handed

Breast stroke (both hands)

I'm a leftie too, but I don't switch hands. (Yet anyhow; I've only been straight for a few months now ... )

I do, however, have an odd set of handedness too ... I golf and play hockey right-handed, baseball and football lefthanded. The few times I've picked up a firearm, it's always been lefthanded. Breast stroke with both hands whenever I get the chance.
And yes, there are a lot of adaptations us lefties have to do for a right-handed world. No, I'm not seeking martyr status here ... I'm just sayin', is all.

Originally Posted by izlat

When I was a kid they made me switch from leftie to rightie. You know, some Commie teacher decided that lefties are not to be had. I apparently adapted very well, except for things such as:

• boxing & wrestling
• snowboarding (and similar - skateboarding, wakeboarding, wakeskating, etc.)

Anyway, when I started I decided to use both hands and am glad I did. It was a bit weird in the beginning

Cheers
Ivo

I'd have thought that a commie teacher would have liked lefties ...

I could see that being ambidextrous is the ultimate goal, so my one-handed shave is not saying Lynn is wrong, just I'm not at his black-belt level yet.

(PS: a tip for those wanting to try ... eventually: try brushing your teeth with your other hand, to start developing those motor skills.)

Originally Posted by izlat

When I was a kid they made me switch from leftie to rightie. You know, some Commie teacher decided that lefties are not to be had.

Ha ha, yeah, I remember that. A friend of mine had his left hand tied to the desk to force him to use the right.

I also shave with 2 hands although I'm far from ambidextrous. I brush my teeth with the left to get used to it - forgot who suggested it.

Also a lefty, but batting and golfing were right-handed, back in the day. I just missed the era when the parochial school nuns tried to get the left-handed kids to write using the right hand. Oddly, I always shaved with the right hand, when using a Gillette Sensor or equivalent. But now, using a straight, I switch hands easily, though the right hand still feels just a tad more confident with the shaving motion.

Nope - no switching hands. I do not trust my left hand.

I don't switch because my left hand has all the dexterity of a dead iguana

I advocate ambidextrous shaving, but have no need to practice it myself.

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