Majority of Canadians shoot left Americans shoot right

[PIMking]

I shoot righty, But I can bat on both sides of the plate.

I tried lefty for a couple of shifts in a drop in and I was okay with stick handling but shooting was another area that I couldn't get into.

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Paul Kariya is a lefty but I've seen him go through a bit of a practice shooting right and he didn't look out of place.

[icarus]

Had a look at the Olympic rosters and interesting to note the Russians don't have a single R-shooting defenceman in Vancouver, and the Swedes, Finns and Slovaks only one apiece.

[Mad Mel]

Originally Posted by awildermode

it worked until junior high when i stared using my left hand for things.

Amen, brother! In high school, the left hand was like a second girlfriend!

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

What's that about?

For us whiteys we get the whole "it's the devil that makes you left handed, so into the coal cellar you go until you can shuck corn with your right hand" but I don't know the Asian thing.

I never heard of that before, alot of us were encouraged to be right handed because left handed things were hard to find...

I shoot a rifle and bow left handed because I can only aim with my left eye, both eyes are equal.


awildermode..."i draw with my right, write with my left."

Now thats just weird

[habernac]

I'm the exact opposite of my Dad. I shoot left, bat left and golf left. He shoots right, bats right and golfs right. I'm right handed, he's left.

[You Need a Thneed]

For me:

Golf Left - the way way dad golfed, so he taught me using his clubs
Hockey Left - don't know why exactly
Bat right

I'm right handed.

[Resolute 14]

I am left handed in absolutely EVERYTHING, except hockey. I've never figured that one out.

[awildermode]

oh, i used to drive left footed. on long drives (2+ hours) i switch feet.

now i gas right, brake left. yes, i know this is wrong. my foot is not on the brake, just off to the side. i am just faster at braking with the left foot.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by Coys1882

It's all because of Gretzky and the Titan hockey stick.

I was unstoppable with that stick!

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by awildermode

...being asian...

Originally Posted by awildermode

oh, i used to drive left footed. on long drives (2+ hours) i switch feet.

now i gas right, brake left. yes, i know this is wrong. my foot is not on the brake, just off to the side. i am just faster at braking with the left foot.

Chicken, I give you egg.

[Nufy]

Golf Left
Hockey Left
Bat Left
Throw Right
Catch Left
Writing - Right Hand

Je... err.... never mind.....

I'm right handed.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat

I'm the same as you, except I throw a football with my left hand and a baseball with my right.

I didn't just make up the theory...

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/b...ft-handed.aspx

Interesting. I'm right-handed and I shoot right, and can bat both ways although right-handed is better.

I also golf right, and throw just about everything with my right hand. Write with my right hand. Shoot a gun with my right hand on the trigger finger.

[Hack&Lube]

And 50% of Americans shoot to kill

[Weiser Wonder]

Originally Posted by CETokyo

Not sure if this has been posted already

"According to sales figures from stick manufacturers, a majority of Canadian hockey players shoot left-handed, and a majority of American players shoot right-handed. No reason is known for this disparity, which cuts across all age groups and has persisted for decades."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/sp...html?th&emc=th

It’s Not Political, but More Canadians Are Lefties
The New York Times
By JEFF Z. KLEIN
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — What is the difference between a Canadian and an American? The old question is coming up again here at the Olympics, with answers involving eagerness for war, ketchup, the pronunciation of toque or the ability to identify poutine and the Tragically Hip.

But none may be so simple as how one holds a hockey stick. According to sales figures from stick manufacturers, a majority of Canadian hockey players shoot left-handed, and a majority of American players shoot right-handed. No reason is known for this disparity, which cuts across all age groups and has persisted for decades..........

It's because Americans pick it up later in life. They get right-handed sticks because they are right-handed. When, as us Canadians know, it's usually the reverse.

[frinkprof]

I would give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

It's because Americans pick it up later in life. They get right-handed sticks because they are right-handed. When, as us Canadians know, it's usually the reverse.

That is exactly what i was gonna say. Left hand shot is pretty much the "right" hand of hockey. I can imagine an American parent never being exposed to the sport before, standing at the stick rack at Dicks Sporting goods, picking the right stick since their kid is right handed. It would be an easy assumption to make.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by icarus

Had a look at the Olympic rosters and interesting to note the Russians don't have a single R-shooting defenceman in Vancouver, and the Swedes, Finns and Slovaks only one apiece.

In Soviet Russia we put rightist deviationists in labour camps...

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

I would give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

I r confused

[Bobblehead]

I started right, but my first year in organized hockey the first time I could raise the puck was on the backhand. So my coach at the time said I should be shooting left. Since I used a stick with no curve, I switched to the left. Then one game he had me play right wing so I switched back to right handed shot and have been that way ever since.

I do all sports right handed.