26th June 2025, 3:30 PM
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In a world designed to benefit right-handed people, left-handed people are expected to adapt to challenges where they’re required to utilize their right hand. Since left-handers make up an “estimated 11% of the population”, the majority of us would assume that you’re right-handed because using the right hand is more natural to us. How often do we really need to use our left hand to perform specific tasks? Think about this for a moment because it’s just really awkward using the left hand to write, play the guitar, and use scissors.
Some of the most common things that the world has designed for right-handed people (that left-handers learn to adapt to), specifically are as follows:
- Scissors
- Can openers
- Power tools
- Tape measures
- Pencil sharpeners
- Musical instruments
- Sporting equipment
- Desktop mouse
Unfortunately, lefties tend to struggle when it comes to using these tools, so they learn to adapt very quickly to get certain jobs done. All your life, you’ve been taught to utilize your right hand to perform about 85% of your daily tasks because your brain naturally gravitates towards the right hand to get jobs done. But that left hand (your non-dominant hand) can be quite tricky and complexed because you’re back to square one attempting to learn how to use it properly.
When it comes to sports, you might consider - shooting, striking, throwing, pitching, swinging, catching, dunking, and hitting any type of sports ball with your left hand to be extremely awkward and difficult to manage. On the other hand, when you’re normally dealing with a lefty in sports, they normally tend to have the element of surprise gaining an advantage over you. This is because their play style may seem a little bit unsettling and unorthodox to you because you’ve been taught to deal with right-handed players.
An ambidextrous player is a more dangerous one because they can decide to switch hands during any given time making it difficult for their opponents to read them. Even though “Only about 1% of the world’s population is ambidextrous”, you still need to learn how to read these guys because depending on the sport you’re playing (like boxing or Ju Jitsu), you’re going to have a tough time trying to defeat them. This is because of their ability to use both their hands interchangeably with different tactics.
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