Lefties
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Slim Limpy
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Move to Australia....problem solved.
Best lefty pool player ... Captain Hook! Go ahead, flame away! 
I would give my left number for a cue that has a steering wheel on left hand side, no offense to amputees.
Dad had an old Isetta, I believe the wheel was closer to center, but it was like 4' at the bough, so who knows.
I tried a cue that Steve Abear mad from a Szam blank. He swore it had autopilot.
Dad had an old Isetta, I believe the wheel was closer to center, but it was like 4' at the bough, so who knows.
I tried a cue that Steve Abear mad from a Szam blank. He swore it had autopilot.
Seen on Google:
As of 2014, three out of the last four presidents have been left-handed. Counting as far back as Truman, the number is five (or seven, if the two ambidextrous presidents are included) out of twelve. In the 1992 election, all three major candidates, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot, were left-handed.
(To my knowledge, Obama's the only occasional pool player within the above referenced left-handed presidents.)
Arnaldo
As of 2014, three out of the last four presidents have been left-handed. Counting as far back as Truman, the number is five (or seven, if the two ambidextrous presidents are included) out of twelve. In the 1992 election, all three major candidates, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot, were left-handed.
(To my knowledge, Obama's the only occasional pool player within the above referenced left-handed presidents.)
Arnaldo
Best lefty pool player ... Captain Hook! Go ahead, flame away!
Except Mike Sigel is actually right-handed, he just plays pool left-handed.
You're in good company....
..Cliff Thorburn, the only Canuck to win the world snooker championship, is left handed..
...plays golf and snooker right handed.
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Lefties Revisited
I still haven't given up on this idea.
Yesterday I was attending the finals of the Diamond Pool Tour event here in Tucson (won by Scott Frost--no surprise). I happened to notice that 5 of the 16 finalists were left-handed players. This equates to 31% and since the percent of left handers in the population is only 10%, this means that lefties were more than three times their expected percentage.
Now I realize:
A) This is a very small sample, and
B) If it proves anything it might be that lefties are better than right-handed players on average. (There were 64 players in the event but I did not attend the first day so I didn't have a chance to sample the larger group.)
Maybe somebody who plays in a large league could take a larger sample. I still (seriously) think there might be something to this.
I still haven't given up on this idea.
Yesterday I was attending the finals of the Diamond Pool Tour event here in Tucson (won by Scott Frost--no surprise). I happened to notice that 5 of the 16 finalists were left-handed players. This equates to 31% and since the percent of left handers in the population is only 10%, this means that lefties were more than three times their expected percentage.
Now I realize:
A) This is a very small sample, and
B) If it proves anything it might be that lefties are better than right-handed players on average. (There were 64 players in the event but I did not attend the first day so I didn't have a chance to sample the larger group.)
Maybe somebody who plays in a large league could take a larger sample. I still (seriously) think there might be something to this.
interesting to see some other instances of cross-handedness. i play LH, and do most innate/unlearned actions (ie brush teeth and shave, skateboard/surf goofy foot) LH, but all other trained actions are RH (sports, writing, musical instruments). the people i have met playing pool are surprised to learn i'm actually a righty.
very small sample size here, but ... i've observed maybe 75 or so league players in the last year and only 4 lefties. i would've thought i'd see more like the 10-ish percent of the general population.
i tell ya, i can't lag against a LH male opponent. i'm social, but getting into that configuration is not how i want to meet new people.
very small sample size here, but ... i've observed maybe 75 or so league players in the last year and only 4 lefties. i would've thought i'd see more like the 10-ish percent of the general population.
i tell ya, i can't lag against a LH male opponent. i'm social, but getting into that configuration is not how i want to meet new people.