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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?
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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
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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
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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
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Steve Murray and John Smith are also lefty's. Being left handed is certainly an advantage if you stick with the game long enough.
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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.
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you dont shoot the rollover with your left hand i dont think....how would that work???????hmmmm....ima giveit a try
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I used my left hand with my two bar and shot it backwards into my own goal, its pretty hard
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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.
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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?
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counter
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you can shoot the same on your 5....but its pretty much an openhanded roll
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What Charles said.
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yeah what he said
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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.
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The left hand is the key to the game. It takes a delicate touch of the left hand to catch and pass. Left handers may have a disadvantage, but not for the reason that everyone is talking about. The real disadvantage is that left-handers are used to doing their crusher strong work, the kind with huge motions and full force, with their left hands.
The normal course of kinetic learning in the cerabellum is for the weak hand (left in right handers) to learn from the strong hand (right in right-handers). The weak hand follows the strong hand, helps it out, and learns to do what it is doing without really doing it, much like a son learns from his father by being present and watching. Then when the son grows up, he often does better than his father, because he learned all the techniques without performing the mistakes.
In like fashion, the left hand in a right-hander is usually, at the start, less competent, but is able to become more competent than the right hand, because the right-hand does not usually want to learn from the left hand.
I could say much more, but to cut to the chase, a left-hander needs to learn to use a delicate touch, and much finesse with his left hand. The left hand is key, because it controls the five-rod, which is the key to the game.
Notice, that most left-handers can shoot hard with their left hand, but do not bother passing much. This points out that they don't trust their right hand to do the hardcore shooting up front.
But all this can be overcome by good coaching and proper practice.
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The left is key for defense as well. It is your last chance to block.
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True story, maestro.
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Keep in mind this is bar room foos not tourney foos:
Friend of mine, an old RP/Bonzini player is a lefty, when he gets ball on his three bar he takes left hand off the five bar puts it on the 3 bar (right hand not on a handle and he waits the full one second) pins the ball and does a euro push or a pull very effectively. Oh and he can five bar your ass so bad you will want to hit him.