Thread: Righty or Lefty?

Left handed everything.

except when it comes to playing hockey and baseball.

depends on where you grew up and what sports you played. seems like in other countries they like to teach kids strong hand on top. helps with puckhandling. in america, most kids grow up playing baseball where you bat whatever hand you are (unless you're switch). i just moved and have to sweep a lot of crap on my driveway. i'm a righty and i realized i prefer right hand on top, but i grew up playing hockey shooting right. too late to change now. so whatever is comfortable for you is the answer =P

Right handed in everything except hockey. I met some guys who moved down here from Canada who played hockey. After watching them shoot the puck around I wanted to try it. They asked me if I shot right or left. I had no clue. One of them gave me a shovel and said hold the shovel the way you would to dig a hole. I picked up the shovel and they told me I was a left shot. Thats how it started for me.

I'm right handed naturally. The first time I ever picked up a hockey stick it was a right handed stick but I held it lefty because it felt more comfortable. My friends I was with told me I was holding it wrong but right handed just didn't feel right. After constantly being told I was doing it wrong I started using the right handed stick properly and it eventually became more comfortable and now I shoot right handed and am no longer comfortable with a lefty stick. I kind of wish I would have stayed lefty since we never had enough, if any, left handers on our teams.

i'm right handed but shoot to the left.

I say that you should play the way that is most comfortable for the individual...if your better shooting right handed,then shoot right,same goes for the left. I shoot left and ive tried to go right and theres no way that I could play that way.

I think the "proper" way to do it is supposed to have the dominant hand at the top of the stick. In other words, a right-handed person is supposed to have the right hand on the end, so he'd be a left-handed shot. It's supposed to allow for using stronger, dominant hand on the stick when using only one hand.

But like people've said - whatever feels most comfortable to you.


Personally, I'm left-handed, but hit righty in baseball and use a right shot in hockey.

dominate hand goes on top. The weight of the stick is carried by the top hand and power comes from the top hand. The bottom hand is along for the ride.

right handed and shoot left.

The common theme is dominant hand on top.

However, there is a new theme with young kids is to give them a straight blade stick and then watch them. Eventually the kid will just automatically choose a side. Then you will know.