Left handed left footed?

[Guest]

I’m left handed and ski left foot forward but I always believed there was no strong relationship. But I don’t know. If there are other lefties out there, I’d be interested to know if you are left or right foot forward.

 

I am not, perhaps, a true lefty. Although I write and eat and shoot left handed, I bat and kick and play guitar right handed. Go figure.

[jjackkrash]

Left/Left. True left-hand dominate for pretty much every activity.

[bigtex2011]

left hand/rff

[lpskier]

I’m right handed and left foot forward. I kick with my right foot, so, in my opinion, my natural balance is on the left foot. You balance on your front foot. If there is ever anything to do that is dynamic with your feet while skiing, it’s your back foot.

[teammalibu]

Left handed and left foot forward

[MISkier]

Right handed and left foot forward.

[dchristman]

left-handed and RFF

[Than_Bogan]

All the combinations exist. The only one not explicitly mentioned already is RH/RFF, which I am.

 

There's all sorts of variation in body mechanics. In track we sometimes have people who jump from a different foot in high jump than long jump. I actually never ask people their handedness for either water-skiing or jumping. It's just about what works for that individual!

[Timr71]

RH / LFF - but I'm on odd combination of ambidextrousness. My Dad is a lefty and and I write right handed. But a handwriting analyst told me that my hand writing was so bad because I should be left handed. I played a lot of soccer as a youth, left footed predominately until I was able to get my right to catch up. I'm left eye dominate, so I have to shoot lefty, but played baseball and golf righty.

 

I've been skiing LFF since 4th grade. I can't imagine what it would feel like to swap it around.

[ski6jones]

This has come up before and as I recall there is no obvious correlation between handedness and foot forward. I write left handed, ski left foot forward, skateboard right foot forward, throw/bat right handed.

[Ski_Dad]

Right handed and left foot forward too.

[Jordan]

In the general population: (not related to waterskiing)

 

Of the right-handed men, 75.5% preferred the right foot, 7.1% the left foot, and 17.4% both feet. Of ambidextrous men, 44.0% preferred the right foot, 28.0% the left foot, and 28.0% both feet. Of left-handed men, 32.3% preferred the right foot, 56.9% the left foot, and 10.8% both feet.

 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17373094/#:~:text=Of%20the%20right%2Dhanded%20men,%2C%20and%2010.8%25%20both%20feet.

 

[swbca]

62% of all people are right-foot dominant (standing on 1 foot, hopping, kicking) That seems to correlate to the majority of slalom skiers are RFF.

 

90% of all people are right-handed, so statistically there is a correlation between Right Handed and Right Footed.

 

I believe that suggests the among left handed people a greater percentage of them would be LFF compared to the right handed population of skiers.

 

I believe RFF skiing correlates to your habits that start as a child, with kicking etc.

 

Bottom line; you are "normal" with LFF as a lefty.

 

[Mastercrafter]

Left hand, right foot forward, I’m also a bit of a ginger so I have no soul.

[lpskier]

I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

[swbca]

Also left-handed with RFF skiing / right golf / right softball.

 

I changed my skiing hand-grip last year because it didn't match RFF. That helped my skiing. Better than trying changing to LFF.

[BKistler]

If I recall correctly. Matt Rini told me that Joel Poland, who tricks RFF, is naturally LFF. I forget the circumstance that led to that but…he gets the job done.

[dchristman]

There is a correlation of left-handed, left footed

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asymmetric-brain/202002/5-scientific-facts-about-left-footedness

I'd be more curious to know the percentages of left-handedness for each 3-ev discipline compared to the general population. I hypothesize a higher percentage of lefty trickers.

[Than_Bogan]

I think it's a huge oversimplification to call a foot "dominant." @swbca, in fact, mentioned several things that MANY people do not even prefer the same foot for. It's common to prefer kicking with a particular leg but be better at hopping on the other leg. And it's common for people to use a different plant foot even for things as similar as long jump, triple jump, and pole vault.

[rodecon]

Left handed and LFF, pretty much Left dominant for everything

[rodecon]

I was even born on the Left Coast?

[swbca]

@Than_Bogan I was quoting a study. Doesn't mean its settled matter >> and it doesn't really matter

 

1. Most people are right-footed.

 

According to the newest studies, about 10.6 percent of the world’s population is left-handed, while 89.4 percent is right-handed (Papadatou-Pastou et al., 2020). But how many are right-footed and left-footed?

 

A recent study with more than 12,000 participants found that just like for handedness, most people have a right-sided preference (Tran and Voracek, 2016). Overall, there were 61.6 percent right-footers, 8.2 percent left-footers, and 30.2 percent mixed-footers. Thus, the numbers of left-handers and left-footers are comparable. However, there is a much higher number of people who are mixed-footed than mixed-handed or ambidextrous. This is likely caused by the fact that we have to choose a hand for writing, but it is not as important to have a preferred foot to carry out foot-specific activities in everyday life.

[ski6jones]

I'd guess which foot forward when you ski has more to do with what happened when you learned to ski than any other factor.

[Ski_Dad]

I would agree with @ski6jones My parents both skied LFF. So I do too bc I thought it was normal. Both of my older boys are LFF bc they copied me I suppose. I know it doesn’t matter.

 

Interestingly my youngest is lefty and only one in my whole family. So I’m curious what foot he will use. Gonna teach him this summer.

[gsm_peter]

One guy at our club ski RFF slalom but Trick LFF...

[ScottScott]

Many people that learn without training, or exposure to people that have been trained, think that their dominant foot should be in the back.

 

I've thought about switching, but I am a bit of a mix. A lot of that is being right hand, right foot dominant but left eye dominant. I always felt more comfortable skateboarding and such LFF as I could see better.

[ETskier]

Right handed, Left foot forward, but reverse grip. Guess I'm all screwed up. Tried changing grip a couple times, poor results. Tried Rrf once, not good.

[Andre]

Left handed,RFF,normal grip,golf hockey baseball right,throw,eat,write from the left.

 

[richfoster]

LH LFF Skateboard rff and can surf(behind the boat) both ways.

[PatM]

I'm left handed for all of my fine motor skills. Sports and other not so fine motor skills I'm all over the place. Left foot forward skiing. Bat right handed, hockey stick left, throw right, racket ball left, kick right, golf right. All over the place so in my world it is not related.

[BKistler]

I’m amazed by the variation. Especially those lefties who do some things right handed. Thanks for chiming in Ballers.

[cruznski]

I am left handed and left foot forward. I bat right handed probably because that is how I was taught. I play tennis left handed. Play guitar right handed too.

[swbca]

Only Prince could play a guitar with 1 hand.

[nautique1228]

I’m right handed and right foot fwd. kick left foot/ left foot dominant.. I also wakeboard and trick ski left foot fwd.

[Jared]

Left

Write, Eat, Ski, Boarding

 

Right

Hockey, Batting, Bowling, Throwing any ball really

 

Darts/Rackets I'm Ambi, but really I'm just bad with both hands

[Kimbymon]

Left handed, RFF. Play all sports right handed.

[Than_Bogan]

@Kimbymon Genuine question: if you play all sports right handed, why do you call yourself left handed?

[rfa]

Me - RH/RF - LFF

Older son - LH/LF - LFF

Younger son - RH/RF - RFF

[Kimbymon]

@Than_Bogan I both write and eat left handed.

[ALPJr]

RH and LFF. My dad always encouraged to be able to go to the hoop ? with my left hand as well.

[Drago]

Lefties tend to be more ambidextrous.

(I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous)

[jepski]

Left handed - LFF but pullout with rope on left side of ski. I’ve tried many times to pull-out with the “correct” rope on the right side but cannot. I play tennis LH, write LH but play golf and guitar RH. Left leg is stronger as evidenced by numerous PT visits over the past few years…related to minor ski injuries…it’s a work in progress to build up right leg strength.

[Jmoski]

Left handed across the board, LFF

 

My parents saw at age 4 I was a lefty, they tried rolling the ball back to my right in the hopes of throwing it back righty - nope, I switched hands and threw it back lefty.

 

Took 2 years to find a lefty catchers mitt for baseball.

[lpskier]

Calling out @Drago for plagiarism.

 

 

 

[Drago]

@lpskier - my bad. I didn't peruse the whole thread after I determined there is no "correct" or "better" combination.

[GaryJanzig]

Right handed. Left foot forward, left palm down.

[DW]

Left handed / RFF. As other lefties, many tasks right handed.