Anyone try to throw left handed?

[Guurn]

I was forced, due to injury, to go to throwing left handed for the last month or so. AT first it felt strange, but now I concentrate on the things that I teach people when they are learning and it is going pretty well. I am nowhere near where I am with my dominant hand but my midranges are ok and short putter shots are reasonable. Putting and driving is horrible though.

Now I have to figure out why I use a Buzz with my left hand and Roc with my right.

 

[AirMcNair]

When I broke my right hand I had to throw lefty for a month in a half. Driving was the easy part. Putting lefty sucked. I actually got 3rd place in a monthly event. I would say keep going if you are trying to learn.

 

[dodgeball]

I haven't tried to throw with my left hand because I have developed a strong FH for short hyzers where there isn't a good anny line. That gives me the ability to use my dominant hand and not have to learn my non-dominant. There are quite a few things that I just can't do with my left hand.

Is there much of an advantage to throwing lefty if you have a strong FH? Seems to me that they produce the same lines.

Yeah, this was my first reaction also about throwing forehand on those shots.

I have tried to throw lefty just for kicks though. Seems it could be a good way to help you focus on technique. OR if anything happens to ole righty, lol.

 

[cfair]

I use to throw RHFH, hurt my shoulder, and had to switch to lefty. My LHFH sucked so I opted for LHFH at the end of fall last year. Now I out drive my friends with my fairway drivers. I have slowly been manipulating my RHBH into some shots and think before the end of fall this year I could have RHBH at 270-280 and LHBH throws going +300. I will have to start working on this. If I can get both throws to 400 feet look OUT!

 

[bcr123psu]

All GUNKed up could bomb a disc right-handed, but had to get shoulder surgery. While he was rehabbing the right arm, he learned to throw lefty (with authority) and now throws either/both depending on the hole. It's sick.

 

[agent_peebody]

when i go to the infamous "test field" i always throw every disc in my bag at least once lefty in hopes of being ambidextrous on the course

 

[WillACarpenter]

I tried once and it was pretty bad...but I'm not sure it's any worse than my forehand attempts...and one of those needs to happen and soon.

\/\/

 

[aarikc17]

I have thrown left handed some in the past. It HURTS! My hand goes numb and then it feels like it is going to explode. If I lost my right hand/arm I wouldn't be too upset though.

 

[SAxDrc]

I haven't tried to throw left handed yet, but eventually I would like to add it. I'm pretty ambidextrous so I don't think it would be too hard (I can eat, play hockey, play ball-golf, and bat in baseball with both hands). The only problem I foresee is that I tore my left rotator cuff about a year ago. I'm not sure, but it seems like something I would use when I throw.

 

[PanicKJ]

I am going to keep working on it. I don't ever see myself becoming a great putter left handed, or driving 400 left handed however I can see me using it on approaches a lot. I throw forehand as well however I don't feel I have as much control over the distance with a forehand. I can hit a line forehand which helps getting out of trouble or driving but with approach shots I don't have the touch needed.

 

[medicinalfunk]

i drive backhand with the left, approach backhand with left, and putt with left, but i throw all tomahawk drives, tomahawk approaches and forehand shots with the right arm.

 

[Ben17]

I've tried it and it didn't work out too well. So i will never do it again unless i am forced to do it

 

[bazillion]

I'm a natural lefty but I drive RHBH. Left-handed, I've got a respectable FH drive and I usually turbo putt lefty. Upshots I can go either way - RHBH or LHFH - as the situation demands.

Sucks that I don't have a "native" throw that fades opposite to the dominant, but such is life. At least I live in an era when plastic has been taught to fly

 

[Ben17]

I've tried lefty but that was because my arm was broken. I didn't do too well but i just couldn't stay away

 

[moose-mdg]

when i started i wanted to learn both right and left handed .......i started by throwing back and forth with my brother.....if he wasn't so patient i don't think i would have learned because i was all over the place at first.....im the opposite of you i like to anhyzer so which ever hand i can use to do that i will...im able to throw drives pretty accurate to about 250 -280......good to know that others out there like to throw both.....its great for getting out of trouble because you always have the extra options...

 

[medicinalfunk]

yeah i try and usually fail every day

 

[RoundWounds]

The only time I throw left is a flick shot when I'm stuck on the edge of the bush.

 

[mashnut]

I'm at least partly ambidextrous in most things, I can get rocs out to about 200' pretty consistently lefty but haven't worked on it enough to be able to really shape lines.

 

[cmcolomb]

I threw left handed for about 2 months when I injured my right hand... it actually really helped my game because I forced myself to throw CORRECTLY when left handed, it was the only real way I could learn... started slow, standing, focused on pulling straight across, and let the power eventually develop... Which is not how I started playing (right handed) in the first place, I just got out there and tried to throw the nuts out of it, no form.

Great overall learning experience and I would recommend to anyone!

 

[DiscJunkie]

I started oout LHBH, but I am normally right-hand dominant.
Because i am right-hand dominant, I throw thumbers, flicks and hammers right-handed.
Now I am working on my RHBH. Progressing slowly, but holed out from 120' on Saturday, RHBH.