Why don't they make left handed hockey sticks?
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I am right-handed but use a left-handed curve. If you do have a left-handed stick, it is best to play at right wing
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Left handers have an advantage against left handed hitters. At least traditionally, there have been many who were actually better at getting right handed hitters out than lefties. \n\nThis became important because left hand hitters were beating up right handed pitching. So many hitters who throw right handed learned to switch hit or hit from the left side. You don't see many right handers hitting left handed any more but it was very common in the 50s and 60s. Even as late as the 70s you had alot of guys like Craig Nettles who threw right handed but hit left handed.  So left handed pitchers became exceptionally important in the left handed stacked lineups of the 50s and 60s. Many of the most dangerous hitters were switch hitters or left hand hitters. \n\nLeft handers are traditionally the only ones who can throw a screwball. For a time this was a devastating pitch that gave lefties a major advantage. The introduction of the less arm intensive sinker put an end to the arm damaging screwball. So Lefties lost another advantage they enjoyed. \n\nToday there really is no advantage for Lefties in baseball.  Switch hitters are rare. Not sure if anybody in the majors today bats left handed while throwing right handed.  The balence between left and right handed hitters is usually pretty even. A few lineups are stacked pretty heavy one way or another in the middle of the batting order.  The significance of the middle of the order has declined greatly as most defensive posisitions are expected to hit as well as be good fielders.  In the past if you could get the middle of the order out then you faced all or nothing easy KO victims for one or two spots and light hitting catchers, CFs and middle infielders who were often lucky to hit .250 with no power. Today the 9th hitter is often hitting .280 or better and many line ups do not have a single reguler who isn't a threat to hit 20 HRs.  They may not field as well as the skilled defensive players of the 50s and 60s but they outhit those guys by a ton. \n\nSo with the statistical advantage erased. The equalization of specialty pitches there is no advantage for a Lefty in the majors any more. \n\nLeft handers have done better than the statistical average says they should in many fields. Music is one you should look into. An amazing number of Rock guitarists for example are left handed.  In baseball they comprise a slightly higher than average number of star players. Historically Lefties have done very well but much of that was because of the reasons named above and Lefties no longer have those advantages.  Lefties are also known for skill in mathematics and art. Two endeavors they seem to do much better than the average in. \n\nI'm right handed, so it's just observations. Athletically Left handers have no advantage. In football, basketball and soccer where left/right makes little difference I think you'll find no edge in performance levels for Lefties. \n\nOne idea you might pursue. Left handers face more challenges as a child. The world is a right handed world. So Lefties are forced to adapt to the environment, create novel solutions to compensate and are far more likely to be ambidextrious as a result.  This early challenge might induce higher development in problem solving areas of the brain. If that is indeed the case we might want to re-evaluate many aspects of child rearing and education.
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Im left handed and proud!!! us poor leftys have to live in a backwards world, eveything is made for right handed people but it does make things more interesting
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i'm right handed. did u know that 85%of the world are right handed. about 20 years ago and before that if u were left handed u still had to write with ure right!
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Not sure why now.....but years ago when my kids were learning to write   all the specialists said if you think they are tending towards left-handed..........hand them everything in their right hand   pencil, fork, etc.   Seems they used to think left-handed was not a good thing, and it was better to teach them to be righty's.
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I used to make them as well..if you hold up three of your fingers.. this is the shape to put the sticks to start...Then insert the other two sticks horizontaly between the other ones. There is also a kite version..but its very hard to describe how to make it.
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since more batters are right handed than left handed, it makes sense for the right handers to not have to turn to get to first.  lefties now have technique so they can get to first faster, however.
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maybe,considering im left handed...
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Go to a sports store that sells skates & sticks.  Try on a pair of skates that are similar to yours.  (Make sure the height of the blades is the same as yours)\n\nhold a hockey stick so that you are in a comfortable position to receive a pass, and the bottom of the blade of the stick is completely touching the ground.  \n\nNow, mark where your top hand is, that is the length of THAT particular stick that you need.\n\nDO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE WHO SAYS TO CUT A STICK AT YOUR NOSE OR CHIN!!\n\nEvery stick uses a different "lie".  This is the angle that the blade comes off the stick.  The greater the angle, the longer your stick might need to be.\n\nAs for the type of stick, since you are a beginer, I would recomend a LOW COST, composite stick with replaceable blades.  These shafts were designed for hockey.  A wood shaft was not, it was cut from a tree.  You wil have a better shot with it and it is cheaper in the long run because you only have to replace the blade, not the whole stick.\n\nI recomend replacing the blade when the bottom begins to crack, don't wait for it to brake.\n\nGood luck
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because we r not left handed
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tradition\njust like when they hit their sticks against the goalie's pads \nafter he makes a good save. that was originally done to make the pads bigger, because when they were made of leather in the earlie days, htey would shrink after absorbing water(from the ice)
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heres an image of how a taped hockey stick should look\n\nhttp://www.vintagehockeyphotos.com/sunshop/images/products/ebay14649a.jpg
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It's a very good question. But it would be even better if you asked other way around. \n\nBecause, people who are left-handed are right. cz left side of the brain controls the muscles and also it is a bit faster than left.\n\nBut if you ask the other way around, that why many of us do it wrong? I really don't know. But can guess that its more cultural thing than anything else.\n\nhttp://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/lefthand.asp
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I think the equipment required to make one would cost way more than just buying one.  You can find one for $10 on ebay.
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Check out Stephen's answer, he's right. Left handers have a great advantage because it's the left hand that does all the hard work. No need to muck about with the strings, especially if you're starting from scratch -- get a good teacher.
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Some things can difficult. Selection when it comes to buying some things can be drastically less for a lefty. Instead of about 100 guitars at the music store, I had to choose from about 10...and that goes the same for pretty much all sports equipment - baseball gloves, even hockey equipment sometimes.\nWhile most people sit in any random spot when being seated in a restaurant, I have learned to favor the far left seat on the end (if it's a square table)...or any seat where I won't be bumping elbows with someone to my left.\n\nOn the opposite spectrum, being lefty has its perks. Being forced to learn to do some things most other do, I use both right and left hands for many things...and using your weaker hand is a good exercise for your brain-you get more use out of it. Also, I can operate my mouse with my right hand, and use my digital drawing tablet with my left...I don't have to switch between the two to use both. It may seem minor, but it's really convenient.\n\nI agree with the answers here that say we tend to easily adapt to the right-handed world, and we make a good complement as well.
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Complain.\nI am appalled that the teacher is forcing your son to change hands.\nI am concerned that the school maintains a policy of making left-handers use 'ink pens'. There is no justification for this, especially when there are so many alternatives. The school should know that 'ink pens' are designed only for right-handers who can pull the nib across the paper; left-handers try (unsuccessfully) to push it.\nAsk the school what equipment it has for left-handers who make up about 10% of its pupils. This could be inexpensive things such as left-handed scissors and certainly suitable desks and work-spaces. If they have not, why not?\n\nI am left-handed. I taught Science for 25 years and made sure that left-handers had the proper equipment when they were in my teaching lab.\nDo not let your son's school discriminate against left-handedness.