I'm a disabled veteran. I took two rounds through the right shoulder/collarbone area in Afghanistan back in 2012 and had multiple surgeries as a result. I'm right handed, even played Division 1 college baseball as a pitcher, so it was a little disheartening to discover disc golf and be unable to throw right handed. But they installed a course less than a mile from my house and multiple of my colleagues from work kept asking me to come play. So I tried it, right handed at first and it was impossibly stiff and painful. So I switched to left handed after a couple throws, and though atrocious, I had a blast. After a few weeks I started to notice the hip turn was a lot like swinging a baseball bat or golf club, found a grip that felt good, and started working on nose angle and pull through and after a couple weeks I was over 300 feet off the tee. A couple months in I was consistently in the 350's and after a year and a half started reaching 400. The hardest part for me was actually putting with my off hand. It took, and somewhat still is, a long time to find something that felt comfortable and repeatable. I suggest if you need to make the transition to the opposite hand, treat it like you are a complete beginner. Throw slow discs and understable plastic and build your throw from footwork up. Do a lot of standstill work. It will always feel awkward but great results can be had. I think I've already got 8 MA40 wins this year from playing old man golf and letting the bombers make mistakes. lol Good luck to anyone trying to make the change.
