Are left-handers better pool players?
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And the righties;
Willie (Mosconi and Hoppe) Lassiter, Earl, Efren, SVB, Varner, Archer, Mika, Hall, Schmidt, Soquet, Appleton, Jones, Owen, Hopkins, Deuel, Pagulayan, Worst, etc. The list goes on. Not really sure how someone can think one is better than the other.
And of course, Mr. 100, Raymond Cueleman's
Willie (Mosconi and Hoppe) Lassiter, Earl, Efren, SVB, Varner, Archer, Mika, Hall, Schmidt, Soquet, Appleton, Jones, Owen, Hopkins, Deuel, Pagulayan, Worst, etc. The list goes on. Not really sure how someone can think one is better than the other.
And of course, Mr. 100, Raymond Cueleman's
I've read recently that the right brain/left brain thing has been largely debunked. If that's true, than what could it be attributed to? I also know some lefties who are right-eye dominant and shoot lights out.
For the record, I'm a rightie. I used to shoot with very poor vision in my left eye and better than 20/20 in my right. Turns out the left lens was bad. I had cataract surgery at 42 (both eyes) and now see pretty well with both, although I wear glasses as I'm now near-sighted. I found it very hard to play consistently well after surgery. Three years later, I still haven't played enough to master it.
For me, this is a very interesting can of worms.
Being a lefty myself, I would speculate it has to do with the fact that doing things left handed is never as simple as just using the other hand. Look at writing, as a lefty you have to find a way to hold your hand so it doesn't smear what your writing down. Or in pool sure some shots are a bit more awkward depending on what side of the table you are but I never seem to have "as much" of a problem with them as my right handed team mates shooting on their awkward side of the table... but hey that's just my 2 cents
Sigel is right-handed.
As is Mizerak, IIRC. They both just happen to shoot lefty and use the bridge righty.
To the OP, the clear answer is that lefties aren't inherently better players. The winner's list doesn't show an abnormal number of lefties.
Lefties often just look smoother, but if you watch them in a mirror, they're not. A smooth stroking righty will also have that silky smooth look in the mirror.
Freddie <~~~ digs mirrors
It's actually a good thing to be able to switch hands while playing pool.. Do you know a significant percentage of top pool players are left-handed, much more than the general population at large?
South paws are better than orthodox at everything. Mostly, they are also better looking too
Of course they,(we) are...... :wave3: <--------- (Left hand) :grin:
scott frost is another leftie, with good reach too. sure seems to work well in one pocket
