Topic: Odd Question

[foosin joe]

So I was playing a buddy of mine the other day, and he told me I had an unfair advantage. When I asked what would that be, he told me I have the advantage because I'm right handed, and he was left handed. I had never really thought about that before, but I guess he's right, the tornado and every other table I've played on is set up so the main shooting bar is controlled by your right hand. Just thought this was interesting, have any left handers out there switched the rods around so your dominant hand is the shooter?

[bbtuna]

right hand players do NOT have an advantage...a number of the best ever players have been lefty and that is of course drawing from a much smaller pool of potential players than righties

if you are lefty, your shooting hand takes longer to come around but all you have to do is see Terry Moore shoot to see that a lefty can do all he needs to do

the advantage the lefty has is that his left hand developes much quicker and for those who know the game, most games are won or lost on the 5 bar

if you are talking about total beginners, the righty might have a small advantage for a few days because for the beginner it is just about whacking the ball as hard and fast as you can.  However, if the new players get a little direction on game fundementals, the lefty will soon pass the righty (all things being equal) because they will progress in with their left hand at a much faster rate than a righty will

the lefty lives in a righty world and is forced to do righty things all the time even if they don't want to so their learning curve for shooting is shorter than the righty learning curve for left hand

so there you have my NSHO

bbt

[chance37]

I agree one hundred percent the only disadvantage at first is scoring, but the advantage is the 5 bar is easier at first so you get more opportunity to score and practice your shot. At first its not always about winning to me, its more about consistantly and constantly improving.......There will be times when you feel like you've hit a wall and arent getting better.....I've found a good day or two break to let you're self 2 ( which is the part of you that performs those skills and shots-passes) take in what its learned from the practicing always helps.  By the way self 1 is the other part of you that judges yourself and judges a shot or pass as bad.  the ultimate goal is to learn how to not judge yourself during play and let self 2 play the way your body knows how.  Easier said than done I do agree......But i'll tell you the book The Inner Game Of Tennis is a MUST for any fooser who wants to take it to the next level....I know its a tennis book...just read it and you will thank me.......Any pro will tell you what seperated them from a lot of other really great players is their Mental Game and this book will make it all clear.....Just my Opinion

[foosin joe]

Yea, ill agree with you on the advantage on the 5 bar and even the goaile for a lefty. i dunno about the shooting though, i guess it all depends on how quickly the lefty can get used to shooting righty, I went down to my table and tried the motion of a rollover shot with my left hand, it definatly felt really unnatural. I know there are good lefty players, however, i think it is alot harder for them to learn to shoot effectively

[EDGEER]

Steve Murray and John Smith are also lefty's.   Being left handed is certainly an advantage if you stick with the game long enough.

[Daniel]

Randy Starks a Pro-Master from Tucson Az is a lefty and has a mean 5 bar. 

It does not matter how great your 3 bar shot is if you never get it there.

[chance37]

you dont shoot the rollover with your left hand i dont think....how would that work????hmmmm....ima giveit a try

[foosin joe]

I used my left hand with my two bar and shot it backwards into my own goal, its pretty hard

[grandmaster]

The left handed rollover save has been around since the 70's. In singles when the ball is flying around and you are at the forward rods your only chance to block a ball that is behind the goalie rod is to rollover the man suddenly with your left hand without moving your feet. This save is also called a "dig" as in v-ball.

[rradjabi]

grandmaster,

I'm having a slightly difficult time understanding what you're talking about. Which direction are you rolling the rod? Is the goalie moving clockwise or counter-clockwise?

[bbtuna]

counter

[chance37]

you can shoot the same on your 5....but its pretty much an openhanded roll

[grandmaster]

What Charles said.

[chance37]

yeah what he said

[grandmaster]

Keep in mind all rollovers are spins. Spin to win and make it counterclokwise. Hit the ball to the right is my first instuction to a new player.