- write
- pool cue
- brush teeth
- scissors
- spoon
- fork
right:
- throw
- punch
- tennis/ping pong
- knife
i've always seen it as left=precision, right=force for me
- write
- pool cue
- brush teeth
- scissors
- spoon
- fork
right:
- throw
- punch
- tennis/ping pong
- knife
i've always seen it as left=precision, right=force for me
Reading this thread, it's interesting to see that this may actually reasonably common. I don't think I've met anyone else who works this way before, and I realize that this sub-thread is rather self-selecting. Still, it's an existence proof that there's more than one of us.
left: write, throw, pool cue, scissors, tennis, kick (soccer, AFL), shoot (archery, gun)
right: cricket, baseball
squash, knife/fork - somewhat ambidextrous. In squash I serve left handed but sometimes throw my racquet to my right hand mid point when the ball swaps sides (I'm not a good player - just social).
My right arm is definitely stronger than my left but less precise. I wonder if this is an artifact of living in a right-hand centric world. There are many things that are subtly biased to right handed use.
I am also right eye dominant which means I would theoretically be better off throwing and shooting right handed (better aim) but my body naturally coordinates these actions better as left handed. I guess I want the precision of coordination over the benefit of more accurate depth perception in aiming.
Have you tried using a mouse (in right) and a graphics tablet (in left) at the same time? It can be very productive. Large sweeping movements with the mouse and fine detail with the left. Plus it impresses righties.
So I'm undecided whether I support your left=precision, right=force theory.