Your right handed...Anybody tried to play a tourney all left handed when your actually right handed? I had to do just that this weekend, or not play. I choose to throw lefty...what an experience!!! I got bit by a dog on friday night on my right thumb which made it impossilbe to throw right handed...well we just happen to have a tourney here in town and rather than not playing I signed up in the novice and threw all left handed shots. I had never thrown left handed before, except for while putting around at parties playing horse.

I got to where I could drive about 170'-200' with a QJLS, of course with little accuracy, on the open holes. Hit lots of trees on the tight holes. Approaching I did pretty good with a hawk from about the 60'-120' range. Puttin was real bad on anything out side of about 10-12 feet.

All and all it was a fun time cause it was not that serious of a tourney, and I got to play with a couple of buddies that had just started about a week or 2 ago.

Anybody had to do this and used it to help out later on when a lefty throw would be a better choice than a right handed anny, or side arm throw?

There is a lefty in Portland who throws RHBH and LHBH depending on the situation (that's one way to avoid learning a forehand). His distance throw is with his right (opposite) arm!

I trashed my right (primary) hand in a little longboarding accident so I was in a cast or splint for around three months. In order to make up for lack of strength I had to concentrate on my form and I think that helped out a lot when I went back to righty. I never got great left handed but I could still beat most of my friends left handed. :-)

The Prez of Ann Arbor Disc Golf Club who is a righty spent about a year just throwing and practicing left handed. And now can competently throw either RHBH and LHBH.

Really helps out when every Hole you throw is either a straight shot or Hyzer shot. No tough anyhzer shots!!

It seemed like it could sure help out being able to throw either way...I think I will keep throwing some lefty when we are just playing a casual round. To kind of keep in practice.

I played with a guy in a Utah Monthlie that threw RHFH and LHBH. I asked him about it and he said something about, 'well, that's the way you swing a baseball bat.' He had a real hard time with the left turning holes. Nice guy though

Wouldnt RHFH be the same as LHBH :confused:

They turn the same way, but you are throwing with different arms. Think of a baseball swing....

Didn't Ron Russell have to finish a round or two at WORLD's throwing with his opposite hand? I think i remember that happening several years ago. :confused:

yeah i read about that.. and they said in the article that he had one of the best times ever playing that way too.

-Scott Lewis

Well this was one of the more fun tourneys that I have played in...I guess cause I had no expectations of winning, or really even doing good....just wanted to go out and having a good time with buddies.

I have a buddy that plays every once in a while and says the same thing about the baseball swing....and he throws that way also.

here's the ron russell article people have been mentioning
lefty ronny (http://www.disclife.com/worlds2000/features/russell.shtml)

a local at my course messed his right hand up somehow. he's a pure addict and not playing disc golf isn't his style so he started throwing lefty. within two weeks or so of playing regularly he was throwing lefty backhands 300ft and more... his accuracy needed some work (doesn't anyone's when you re-invent your throw, though?) but the power, smoothness, timing, and feel for the throw were all clearly there. he's a hella good player, too... big bag of tricks and lots of power.
i think a dedicated person could learn a weakside backhand easier than most people think.
in skateboarding a it's a big deal when people do things "switch" (essentially, opposite footed) and many people have cleaner form when doing a trick switch because they're so concious of the essential movements to perform the trick.

I'm right handed and use my right for forehand throws, hammers and thumbers. For BH throws and putting I have always used my left hand (wierd I know). This is a disadvantage as both my forehand and backhand throws fall off to the right. I recently tore a ligament in my left wrist on a drive that will probably require surgery to fix and have been forced to putt and throw BH drives with my right as well. At first it was pretty tought but I've been doing it a month now and it is comming right along. I now think I am more comfortable and accurate with my right for putting up to 30 feet. I am definatley forced to think about form which I think will help my lefty throws when I can go back to it. My RHBH drives are up to 250 and nowhere near as accurate as my LHBH drives that I get out to 350 but I'm still improving. Once the accuracy comes I think it will be a huge help. Its hard not to be frustrated but I have to admit it is kind of fun. It totally changes the game and how you approch your shots. Makes you be more creative. I think I'll definately be a better player for it.

Holmesy, sorry to hear about your injury :( Curious tho, do you think it was caused by repetitive strain or a freak one-time thing? I ask because I've been playing alot lately and doing much field work trying to get that enviable D. I've been lurking on this forum for a couple of months but this is my first post. I've read all the online resources and gotten excellent advice and encouragement from many local disc golfers. In the last week or so I think I'm finally starting to feel what it is like to get a good quick shoulder rotation that slings your arm around with a pronounced snap. I guess what concerns me is that I read posts like this about injuries and I can totally see, now, how they happen. I'm thinking it's not entirely natural to sling a 170g projectile with your arm that way, hence, the intensive technique involved in driving.

Anyway, the only DG-related pain I've experienced has been in my index and birdie fingers (typical power grip), but they seem to be toughening up. Also, if I were 15 years younger this concern would probably have never crossed my mind :)

Holmesy, sorry to hear about your injury :( Curious tho, do you think it was caused by repetitive strain or a freak one-time thing?



Nibot, I dont think it is a freak injury but it does seem to be uncommon. I don't throw with a power grip which I think was part of the problem. I started another thread on it titled wrist injury and I go into the injury in more detail if you want to read more about it. Just so we stay consistant to the topic of this thread I will explain more there if you have more questions.

Wrist injury (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=384203&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1)

ouch! I remember that thread now. Good luck with that!

The slinging sensation is very new to me.. i think i'll just take it slow for a while and listen to my body to make sure i'm not hurting anything. Future questions will be in the appropriate thread :)