Is it possible to become ambitdextrous....

wireless101

.....by practicing writing with you weak hand?

MagicMarker

I don't know, is it?

l3LoWnA

wireless101 wrote: »

.....by practicing writing with you weak hand?

I'd say you'd need to practise more than just writing....

Da Bomber

l3LoWnA wrote: »

I'd say you'd need to practise more than just writing....

hahahaha...

Rhyme

It's possible to at least become reasonable with your weaker hand with writing.

I spent a few weeks in hospital without the full use of my right arm* and practiced writing with my left and by the time i left my handwriting was almost as good as my right.

*first person to make a masturbation joke get's leered at.

wireless101

l3LoWnA wrote: »

I'd say you'd need to practise more than just writing....

As any experienced and virile man will tell you, the weak hand plays its part in self-pleasure, when, due to the man's ability to last long, the strong hand will grow weary, and it is then that the weak hand comes in to play.

Does anybody have a genuine answer to my ambi-dexterous question?

MagicMarker

wireless101 wrote: »

As any experienced and virile man will tell you, the weak hand plays its part in self-pleasure, when, due to the man's ability to last long, the strong hand will grow weary, and it is then that the weak hand comes in to play.

Does anybody have a genuine answer to my ambi-dexterous question?

Why don't you have a guess?

sportswear

obviously it does. this is a waste of space. why wouldn't it???

crazy_dude6662

yes, it is possible.

auggie2k

I've been told I am because...

I can kick with both feet (in football)
I right with my right hand (used to be left when I was a kid - so my mam says)
I bowl with my right arm
I throw with my left arm (the stronger arm)

And my left ball is bigger than my right ;-)

PS: Ambidextrous should be added to the list of things that are impossible to say when drunk.

PPS: Strangely I clap with both hands!

l3LoWnA

wireless101 wrote: »

As any experienced and virile man will tell you, the weak hand plays its part in self-pleasure, when, due to the man's ability to last long, the strong hand will grow weary, and it is then that the weak hand comes in to play.

Does anybody have a genuine answer to my ambi-dexterous question?

At what point did I mention self-pleasure?!? :eek: I'm sure you'd improve at writing with your left hand if you practiced writing but you wouldn't become ambidextrous just from practising writing. You'd need to also practise day-to-day things like brushing teeth, brushing hair, scratching, playing pool, drinking tea, whatever you do daily with your right hand.....it's not just about writing.....

biko

People that have had accidents have been able to switch writing hands, so yes.

Naos

Try it out for a few months and come back to us.

Ps - You were not born with the ability to write as you do now with your right hand. You practised. Apply same rule to your left hand.

star-pants

Tis possible, my mother's left handed but was forced to use her right hand in school by evil nuns, so she can write with both. And can use both hands for things. She would favour her left one though.

leninbenjamin

i use my weaker hand for tasks that most would only user their dominant hand with. same with the feet in football... a mate of mine had me experiment on it before, he came to the conclusion that i spent the whole of my footballing life kicking with my weaker foot.

but yeah it's something you can improve on, just takes more time that it's worth really to get it up to the same level.

Left handed people had been viewed as being spawns of the devil etc., so they would have been forced to write with their right hands, which is why you get a lot of adults who are ambidextrous.

A college lecturer of mine is. It's fascinating seeing him write on the white board as when he runs out of room for the left hand to write, he throws it over to the right and continues.

cson

Deleted User wrote: »

Left handed people had been viewed as being spawns of the devil etc.

What? And they're not? :eek:

Creamy Goodness

i'm ambidextrous.

parsi

Only if you have two hands.

l3LoWnA

parsi wrote: »

Only if you have two hands.

Very very good point!!!



Can you be ambidextrous with a second hand, I mean, what if you've got two arms and two legs but no feet or no hands, can't you be equally left/right legged ar armed?!

Agamemnon

OP, **** with two hands does not count as a threesome, so forget it.

Karoma

OP: Wikipedia says Yes, so it must be true. FACT. etc.

I can use either hand for some tasks, but not writing. I tried writing with my left hand for a few days, some years ago and my writing improved a little. IMHO, writing is something that is learned, it's not an innate skill so I'd say you could learn to use your other hand; it might take some time and effort though. It's so much easier to switch to the hand you're used to when you need to write something quickly and might be necessary at first if that something needs to be legible.

chakotha

A friend of mine was left handed originally and had a primary school teacher who made him write with his right hand and he still does - he converted everthing to his right hand

Ronnie O'Sullivan the snooker player is self-taught ambidextrous - and his opponents are not happy about it at all - because he can do it and it is not so easy

Kipperhell

I used to do a lot of GUI work which required heavy mouse use. A result I got a ganglia on my right hand. This was really painful so I started using my left hand. I know can use both hands as easily. I can use my left hand for a lot more now. Writing is a still a difficult task but it can improve.
There is something to do with how your brain is wired however that makes you right handed or left handed. So practice will help but it is doubtful in the the remaining time as an adult you will have enough time to become left handed. I barely write now in comparison to when I was in school or college. Generally just quick notes is the extent of my writing now.

seamus

My girlfriend also used to write with her left then pass it to her right midway through the page. A nun at her school used to smack her when she did so now she can only write with her right.

I don't believe there's anything stopping anyone from becoming equally proficient with boths hands. Kipperhell - "in the the remaining time as an adult"? Like, the fifty years or so?

I knew a guy who broke his left wrist and the doctor advised him to try do everything with his left hand for a while to build strength, specifically to deal a deck of cards over and over again. As a result he became almost as good with his left in a matter of months.

kev_s88

yeah it is.i did itbut it took me some time.im realy a righty

i started off be teaching me to play guitar left-hadned which built up strength in my hand.then i moved on to writing and *ahem* other things. still cant kick with my left foot though.gotta improve on that if im ever gonna become fully ambidextrous

Dave!

Anyone know why most people are right-handed? I'm not sure there's a physiological reason for it -- I mean, when you're born, do you not have roughly equal strength in both arms?

seamus

Not sure. They say it's linked to the right and left brain stuff, but if that was the case, 90% of the world would be logical thinkers who are good at maths, which is clearly not the case.

My guess is that since we learn much of how to manipulate our bodies by watching other people, particularly at a young age, preference for right over left is because our parents or siblings are generally right-handed. So since we see them mostly using their right hands and legs, we unconsciously prefer our right over our left because that's how we see things being done.

It would also explain why left-handedness seems to be a family trait.

kaahooters

ok, afaik, you can be thought to have a prefrence for left over right, or right over left, but it could possibly cause issues in spacial awarness and cordination as your brain wont naturally use one sid of your body over the other, also its ment to be bad for kids development as it gives them the idea thats its wrong to use ther left hand and then get a stigma over it ect ect.

so in summary, yes its possible, but it mightnt be a good thing

Kipperhell

seamus wrote: »

I don't believe there's anything stopping anyone from becoming equally proficient with boths hands. Kipperhell - "in the the remaining time as an adult"? Like, the fifty years or so?

The remaining years as a adult where by generally people spend less time writing things then the did as a child. I certainly don't spend 6-8 hours a day writing as a did when I was younger. In order to become equally as good you would need a huge portion of time to get your left hand to "catch up" with your right hand.

As I said I personally learnt to use my left hand very proficiently but it was a task I did everyday for a long period of time probably now equally the time I used my right hand.

It is a natural hardwired thing separate from which hand you learn to write with to be a left handed person. An acquirable skill but not in the normal course of events of many people. It would require a lot of dedication. I use my left hand a lot now but certain fine motor skills are easier naturally using my right hand.

blindman

In infants I remember the teacher catching me writing with both hands. She told me that if I could write with my right I was to use that. The guy beside me was left handed only and she left him alone. Now I can only write/draw/paint with my right hand, though I use my left for most other things.
Interestingly, I type equaly good with each hand but have never mastered the art of typing with both. which ever hand I'm not using for letters works the shift/space keys.

Loomis

The Japanese former tennis player Kamiko Date played right handed but was naturally left handed. She was told she wasn't allowed use her left hand when learning to play the game as a child. She managed to become a professional player using her weaker arm so ye I'd say it'd possible

wireless101

Thanks guys, some good responses, however I am only interested in learning to write with my weak hand.

Does anybody know how long it should take to get my left hand up to a reasonable standard of writing?

Also, if I achieved this, one thing I would like to do is write two different sentences at the same time, one with each hand, would this be possible?

Karoma

wireless101 wrote: »

1) Does anybody know how long it should take to get my left hand up to a reasonable standard of writing?

2) Also, if I achieved this, one thing I would like to do is write two different sentences at the same time, one with each hand, would this be possible?

1) How long is a piece of string? My advice is: Do not switch to your right, even for a quick note. Check that it is legible. Re-write it if you must but do not use your right hand. Some breathing exercise may also help: Close one nostril, breathe in through the other, etc... dunno if it'll help but it might be worth a shot.
2) If you're like me, and you're male - probably not. Otherwise...only one way to find out. Your brain is wired differently than mine it might be able to do it.

oclugg

One one hand, yes it is while on the other...yes it is.