ambidextirous as a hobby

[beavereater]

With way too much free time on my hands at night, not being able to get to sleep, I've decided to become ambidextirous. I started practicing and so far "Y" is the hardest letter to write...it always looks more like an "X"...anyone on here ambidextirous? Anyone know of a good technique in becoming ambidextirous!? I am only ambidextirous at one thing...but that's for my alone time, and I can't really show my mom.

[smearbrick1]

Yes... I am. Not totally though. I don't write as comfortable with my right hand as my left. I golf with both hands... have no problem holding eating utensils with either hands. Surprisingly, although I write mostly with my left hand, it is the weaker of my two arms...

The best way to become more proficient in the use of the other hand (right or left) is to just not think too much about it and just do it. It's totally a mental thing.

[snafu099]

As with most things practice makes perfect, or atleast improves the ability.

Started playing ping-pong as a lefty when I broke the right, then continued with other things as life went on.

As a construction worker it became quite useful and worth the effort to teach the body

[pacmania_2001]

I'm ambidextirous.

I write with my left hand and do most other things with my right. I used to be able to do most things with both hands but teachers, doctors, parents etc said its best if I concentrate on doing an activity with either hand.

I've just started re-training my right hand to start writing again.

[DVD_Ripper]

I'm partially ambidextirous, I'm primarily left handed but at dinner I can keep a beverage in my right hand and a fork in my left..... thus I never have to slow my fork down to wash down the food

[Capmaster]

I'm primarily rightie. I shoot with both but prefer the right, write rightie, catch a ball with my left (baseball playing conditioning), hold the phone in my left hand/cradle on my left shoulder (hard to dial rightie when the phone's in your right hand), reach for doorknobs with my left hand (security guard stint before going to college ).

[CoasterCreator]

[DVD_Ripper]

Left or Right ??

[beavereater]

Left or Right ??

Both baby...gotta make sure your forearms develope evenly so the ladies don't realize!!

I guess I shoudl clarify a little. Being ambidextirous means no problem with either hand at anything doesn't it?? I am shooting for writing in English and Japanese. From there, maybe some sketching and so on. It's a new hobby (How lame is that)...anyway, any more tips would be cool.

[tgpo]

I write with my right hand, but my left hand is my dominant hand. I can write with both, but I can only throw a frisbee with my left hand.

[jimmalenko]

Being ambidextirous means no problem with either hand at anything doesn't it??

In the true sense of the word, yes.

I am left handed. I can shoot pool either hand, having practiced and practiced right-handed. No more behind-the-back shots or using the ladies' stick for me

I think that is the only way you can do it - put in the hours of practice and you'll soon get better at it.

[thecoalman]

Anyone know of a good technique in becoming ambidextirous

Unless your born with it the only way is practice. This may sound odd but I'm ambidextrous when it comes to shoveling. Lot's and lot's of practice at that.

[northcat_8]

The best way to become ambidextrous is to break your right hand/arm. My brother (right handed) broke his right hand in 7th grade, had to take notes, eat, dribble and shoot a basketball, tie shoes, everything...left handed.

A woman I use to work with use to write letters back and forth to her son and she would write it in cursive but write it backwards, so that to read it you had to hold it in front of a mirror. That was pretty wild...but not half as wild as when she said "watch this" and proceeded to write backwards cursive with her left hand also and it looks good, it's better than I can possibly write right handed. She said that it was something she's just always been able to do, but admits having an extreme amount of free time on her hands to even discover the talent.

I don't know Beavereater, I've seen some pretty strange requests but to try to become ambidextrous??? If you have that much free time at night, why not get a 2nd job or do something productive?

[beavereater]

I don't know Beavereater, I've seen some pretty strange requests but to try to become ambidextrous??? If you have that much free time at night, why not get a 2nd job or do something productive?

Though about learning to play the guitar...html...flash and PC stuff!! BUT...being at schoo, all I have is paper and friends in front of me most of the time. SO...it was either learning to draw PORN comics or write with my left hand. I figure the ambidextrous would work better with the ladies.