My right shoulder is wrecked from years of weight lifting/powerlifting and I just don't want to get it operated on until I have to. I am no longer able to throw but the Disc-golf bug is telling me that I should teach myself to throw left handed.
Just wondering in anyone else has swithched hands and how long did take to get the feel of it. thanks for any thoughts or ideas.

I was essentially off-handed for four months...couldn't keep away.

The putting I actually had little problem with--I was just as bad either paw! Driving was the bane--never got more than 65% of what was expected. THAT was OK; it was the lack of accuracy which was vexing...zig here, zag back. And getting that second shot in the circle...frustrating!!

...but at least I was out playing, AND...wasn't TOO much of a Doubles liability. Good luck! ;)

My right shoulder is wrecked from years of weight lifting/powerlifting and I just don't want to get it operated on until I have to. I am no longer able to throw but the Disc-golf bug is telling me that I should teach myself to throw left handed.
Just wondering in anyone else has swithched hands and how long did take to get the feel of it. thanks for any thoughts or ideas.



When I play Fri. doubles at Morley, Snapper lets me play-but I have to play left handed. I can drive LHBH over 300' with decent accuracy. Upshots are fine, but putting is the tricky part. As far as advice, I pretend I'm swinging a baseball bat with a softball type run up-it works for me. :cool:

I've been playing lefty since October while putting off knee surgery and possible elbow surgery. It really helps that lefty I'm competitive with the girls. It makes family golf more fun when I don't have to be sympathetic when they get a double bogey! "Yesss! We are tied again, punk kid."

Putting is still very bad and I putt righty whenever they let me. Driving is o.k. now. At Edgebrook last weekend I birdied the 240 foot hole that goes up the bluff for a lefty hyzer.

If you love the game play lefty. And find some girls to compete against!

Thanks guys, I went out and fooled around with it and It doesn't feel that bad. Accuracy and distance is going to be a problem but I think that if I break everything down into it's parts, practice them until they feel natural and then put them all altogether I think I can do it. Well see...Thanks guys

I had to play lefty in a recent tourney(got bit by a dog on my right thumb). I was actually suprised at how I picked it up by the end of the tourney. Putting was bad, but approaching was better than expected, and driving wasn't all that bad. I could throw it out there about 200 feet. I used several understable disc, and found that a heavy QJLS worked best for me. Plus now that my thumb is healed I have thrown lefty several times. It's a good thing to be able to do when the throw calls for it.

good luck!!!

By "putting" I mean a close-range attempt to hole-out. I could never face the basket; I wouldn't try that off-handed from 6 feet. Only perpendicular, and only flattish-Annies. And more like a 'stabbing' motion than a swing. But consistently so.

Rizbee Jr. is a natural leftie (writes, throws/bats baseball, brushes his teeth, etc.) but throws discs with his right hand. :confused:

I think he picked it up watching me and playing catch when he was younger. I'm trying to get him to work on his lefty throwing - it would be great to be able to switch-hit - always have a hyzer route.

We have a mini 9-hole course set up in the back yard using my basket. We alternate between righty and lefty rounds. Maybe this old dog can learn a new trick too.

My right shoulder is wrecked from years of weight lifting/powerlifting and I just don't want to get it operated on until I have to. I am no longer able to throw but the Disc-golf bug is telling me that I should teach myself to throw left handed.
Just wondering in anyone else has swithched hands and how long did take to get the feel of it. thanks for any thoughts or ideas.



i started throwing left handed about 4 months ago just to give myself a new challenge on my home course. i didnt realize how usefull it would be until i tried it out on other courses. its a great weapon to have in your arsenal.

Rizbee Jr. is a natural leftie (writes, throws/bats baseball, brushes his teeth, etc.) but throws discs with his right hand. :confused:

I think he picked it up watching me and playing catch when he was younger. I'm trying to get him to work on his lefty throwing - it would be great to be able to switch-hit - always have a hyzer route.

We have a mini 9-hole course set up in the back yard using my basket. We alternate between righty and lefty rounds. Maybe this old dog can learn a new trick too.



I'm left handed also, but I drive right, and putt left. I wanted to work on my left, but for some reason I cannot for the life of me figure out my runup. I picked up the runup quite easily right, any suggestions?

I play softball, ball, golf and throw overhand with my right hand.

I eat and write with my left and I throw backhand disc with my left.

I know this sounds crazy, but, A person that is naturaly right handed at other sports should be able to throw disc left back hand. It is the same motion as their right handerd swing with a bat or golf club. Try it.

Act like your swinging a bat, take two or three swings, now drop your right hand and make the same swing motion.
Aha! your a left handed disc player.

Too easy.

Hmmm...great analogy!

Rizbee Jr. is a natural leftie (writes, throws/bats baseball, brushes his teeth, etc.) but throws discs with his right hand. :confused:

I think he picked it up watching me and playing catch when he was younger. I'm trying to get him to work on his lefty throwing - it would be great to be able to switch-hit - always have a hyzer route.

We have a mini 9-hole course set up in the back yard using my basket. We alternate between righty and lefty rounds. Maybe this old dog can learn a new trick too.



I'm left handed also, but I drive right, and putt left. I wanted to work on my left, but for some reason I cannot for the life of me figure out my runup. I picked up the runup quite easily right, any suggestions?



I recently broke my right hand and had to switch for a few months. I agree. The run up takes some getting used to, so I slowed everything down and also changed to more understable discs.

The hardest thing I think is putting . . . but that's hard for me with my right hand.

It was wierd. Felt like starting all over, but after just a few rounds it becomes MUCH easier. On my home course, after just two weeks, I was averaging just 12-15 strokes worse than my right hand. And at my first sanctioned tournament back from the injury, I used a lefty hyzer upshot to save par instead of a straddle two finger forehand. Haven't used it since.

It is a bit harder though to throw opposite handed sidearm !!!! :eek:

It is a bit harder though to throw opposite handed sidearm !!!! :eek:

Guess I better not try that then, huh!

It is a bit harder though to throw opposite handed sidearm !!!! :eek:

Guess I better not try that then, huh!



:D No , just a bit more difficult to do regularly , but possible with practice !!!!!! I throw both left and right handed. Putt both left and right and can throw sidearm both left and right. Just takes time and alot of practice. Try putting left and right handed first before throwing. Warm up of course, by Stretching first so you don't pull any new or un-used muscles !!!

I've found that throwing sidearm with my off-hand (left) is a lot easier than throwing backhand with my off-hand. If I need to step out to the left and throw an anhyzering forehand with my left hand, I will. Its dead accurate as all a forehand really is for me is a wrist flick.


-Chris.

It is a bit harder though to throw opposite handed sidearm !!!! :eek:



I can get 250ft with my leftue sidearm. That's how I played on sunday at the Oklahoma Open.

I find it difficult to throw opposite arm Tomahawks !!!!! :eek: :D

I can throw a leftie tomahawk 250' too. /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I'm a natural leftie, and throw sidearm left and backhand right. My backhand is about 350, and my sidearm gets to about 400.

Same here except I can't throw a sidearm for beans unless it is <200 with a mid or putter.

Same here except I can't throw a sidearm for beans unless it is <200 with a mid or putter.



So ..............your left handed. Have you thrown right handed before ?

I am a natural lefty but I throw RHBH and LHFH every now and then. So yes I throw righthanded a lot. :D

Cool !!!! I don't throw much lefthanded shots. I sometimes throw sidearm , but mainly righthanded , backhand drives.

The bad thing is LHFH and RHBH both go left.

Unless you have a great Anhyzer shot !!!!! /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

My Anhyzer <350 is one of my best shots :D

i started throwing left handed about 4 months ago just to give myself a new challenge on my home course. i didnt realize how usefull it would be until i tried it out on other courses. its a great weapon to have in your arsenal.




FACT: Triple Mando has had a lefty ace.

I throw lefty once in a while but I tend to anhyzer bad. So on a short hole I can rhfh or lhbh. My left arm is wrecked at the moment don't really know what is going on. Day to day it could be problems with elbow, shoulder, wrist, or forearm. Any advice would be great.

Ok that brings up a story. It was two years ago at the 04 Waco Am weekend and James Bailey and I were praticing the West course. We came up to #3 which it the straight downhill flex shot for a rightie and he was asking what he should do (he's a lefty). I said watch and took out my spider and sidearmed it right into the chains for an ace. I told him that would be $5 for the lesson but he sucks at LHFH so it didn't help him much. :D

Triple Mando aced a short natural lefty back hand but he is righty. I throw it righty fore hand which is how I got my first ace. I want to grow up to be as good as Matt.. but wait I am more than twice his age.

My Anhyzer <350 is one of my best shots :D



I have the same problem with LHFH and RHBH. Both go left. My annie isn't that big yet, but around the 320 range, I'm pretty good, and at 270-280 with a comet my annie is deadly.

I am just taking the Barry Schultz route to throwing forehand......

Learn a backhand turnover really well.

And carry a plethora of flippy discs. :D

I am just taking the Barry Schultz route to throwing forehand......

Learn a backhand turnover really well.

And carry a plethora of flippy discs. :D



Yup :cool:

Triple Mando aced a short natural lefty back hand but he is righty. I throw it righty fore hand which is how I got my first ace. I want to grow up to be as good as Matt.. but wait I am more than twice his age.



So ..............your almost 50 too ? :D

Nope closer to 30 than 40. Matt is like 17 and three weeks.

Nope closer to 30 than 40. Matt is like 17 and three weeks.



Only 17. Almost could be my grandson !!!! :eek: Almost !!! :D

I just realized duh I am 35. So closer to 40 than 30. I played a partial round with Matt a few weeks and he mad me feel old I have a kid older than him. But I realize he has lots more experience at DG. So it is okay.

Natural righty here... but I was forced to do a lot of things left handed because I sucked my right thumb until it had open sores when I was a lil kid, had it put in a cast for a while lol...

But I am rather coordinated with my left hand as a result. I spent this winter working on a left-forehand and it really is an amazingly useful utility, was very easy for me to learn... just a casual wrist flick with the Roc is dead accurate to about 150-175 feet... definitely the best addition to my game this winter.

I know this is an old thread, but I'll add to it anyway.

Seeing the shoulder is the problem, you might be able to throw righty forehand with little negative impact on the damaged area. FH relies on elbow, wrist and the muscles in the chest compared to BH which relies almost exclusively on muscles in the upper arm and the back of the torso, and even on putts and approaches, can stress an injured shoulder with it's somewhat less natural motion. My dad had surgery for a bum shoulder a couple years ago. He'd never played before, but we were out throwing discs FH while he still had bits of wire/stitches sticking out of his skin from surgery. It didn't cause him any trouble, even though during the same time, picking up a bag of groceries could have unpredictable and painful results.

For a righty, it's probably easier to become proficient at righty forehand than lefty backhand.