tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post115441109475068683..comments2023-12-10T18:22:17.977-05:00Comments on red and black hockey: handedness in the general population and in hockeyd-leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15772585727501344436noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-50628623813747288202009-06-02T16:04:16.319-04:002009-06-02T16:04:16.319-04:00Ovechkin is a righty and shoots rightOvechkin is a righty and shoots rightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-75685005185624998922009-01-20T16:00:00.000-05:002009-01-20T16:00:00.000-05:00I don't think you're correct to assume tha...I don't think you're correct to assume that the "handedness" on hockeysticks and actual handedness match.<BR/>Though there are obvious differences, the stickwork in floorball is much the same. A webshop I use for equipment that serves Sweden and Norway reports a sale of roughly 7/10 left sticks for a population that isn't 70% left handed, or anywhere near it.<BR/>Though a lot of right handed people will feel it's natural to use their right hand on top for control of the stick, making them L, there's also simply preference playing into it, making it more complex than simply assuming L means left as you did, or swapping it to mean L -> right handed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-45599915529762382052007-09-06T17:02:00.000-04:002007-09-06T17:02:00.000-04:00I had an opportunity to purchase game used sticks ...I had an opportunity to purchase game used sticks from the Minnesota Wild, and I discovered three things. The majority of the sticks shot left (which angered me because I shoot right. The sticks were quite short, even for the players that were over 6' 2" and above they could barely reach the bottom of the neck or collarbone. Finally, the sticks had practically no curve to them, and they could shoot well from the forehand or backhand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1156401623220014422006-08-24T02:40:00.000-04:002006-08-24T02:40:00.000-04:00I play, and am right handed. I started out shooti...I play, and am right handed. I started out shooting right, but an injury forced me to switch sticks. Now I shoot left. This puts my coordinated hand on top (controlling my stick) and my weak hand on the bottom (gliding/guiding). Man what a difference! I was better in no time. I would say your statistics show that most right handed players shoot left, and that's my explaination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154708600667221012006-08-04T12:23:00.000-04:002006-08-04T12:23:00.000-04:00Well, my dad was right-handed, but he shot left as...Well, my dad was right-handed, but he shot left as a defenceman, so it does suggest to me that some people change handedness for whatever reason. Pain in the ass for me as a kid, since I always inherited his old "backwards" sticks, but at least I had the best damned backhand in my cul-de-sac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154630535737562852006-08-03T14:42:00.000-04:002006-08-03T14:42:00.000-04:00I'm just fascinated by the demographics that being...I'm just fascinated by the demographics that being left-handed is 'associated' with.... cause, well, I'm left-handed.<BR/><BR/>*ow*<BR/><BR/>When I'm in one of my more "Is he serious?" modes, I will argue that lefties are, by far, the most discriminated group of people on the planet....but, I won't go so far as to suggest gov't subsidy or protection, only to point out the idiocy of doing so for any other reason. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks D-L, good read this. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and btw, I'm beginning to think you're doing a better job covering the Sabres right now than I am. *bow*<BR/><BR/>Ta,Tom Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540975540394006000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154546960626014352006-08-02T15:29:00.000-04:002006-08-02T15:29:00.000-04:00Right on, Drew. True to your example, I did play b...Right on, Drew. True to your example, I did play baseball and I am a right-handed batter, so it feels more comfortable using the hockey stick that way too.<BR/><BR/>It's probably a good thing I'm not a goalie, because I catch left handed too, which means my stick would be "backwards" to me. It would be messy. I suppose I could catch right-handed, but it would just be too confusing.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316428349560770186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154546248666076542006-08-02T15:17:00.000-04:002006-08-02T15:17:00.000-04:00You've been tagged. Sorry.http://www.stinging-net...You've been tagged. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>http://www.stinging-nettle.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_stinging-nettle_archive.html#115454605612241837DrFrankLiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045445948725325218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154525230880952002006-08-02T09:27:00.000-04:002006-08-02T09:27:00.000-04:00I agree with Chris, based on what I've heard and r...I agree with Chris, based on what I've heard and read in books on teaching beginner hockey.<BR/><BR/>I might also suggest that Americans who didn't grow up in hockey-friendly areas but learned to play later in life probably played baseball first. So to make the switch from a "now-natural" right-handed swing to a left-handed shot is too much for our/my pea-brain to handle.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381568022216671992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154460399089280822006-08-01T15:26:00.000-04:002006-08-01T15:26:00.000-04:00Well, my Canadian hockey friends tell me that they...Well, my Canadian hockey friends tell me that they are taught to have their dominant hand on top for stick handling (shovel analogy) and to keep their dominant side "open" to more of the ice, for better visibility. Many Americans (such as myself) probably do the opposite because they don't know better when they start.<BR/><BR/>This is why you have so many lefty shots in the NHL, because most of them are right-handed.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316428349560770186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154447921446665192006-08-01T11:58:00.000-04:002006-08-01T11:58:00.000-04:00I started to comment but it was getting long, so h...I started to comment but it was getting long, so <BR/><A HREF="http://www.caneshockeyfan.com/articles/2006/08/01/ive-got-hand" REL="nofollow">here ya go</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154434298153615922006-08-01T08:11:00.000-04:002006-08-01T08:11:00.000-04:00At every level of hockey I've seen, the majority o...At every level of hockey I've seen, the majority of players are left-hand shots. I haven't noticed an abnormal proportion of left-handedness among them. Myself, my brother, and my dad all shoot left but are right-handed. We all golf right-handed too. Maybe we're genetic freaks.<BR/><BR/>Something else interesting that I read somewhere: two-thirds of Canadian players shoot left and two-thirds of American players shoot right. It could be a cultural thing.Jeff Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00515298169372460142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154434170432136832006-08-01T08:09:00.000-04:002006-08-01T08:09:00.000-04:00You're making the correct assumption on goaltender...You're making the correct assumption on goaltender handedness. It's just easier to describe the keeper by glove hand, since different goalies handle the puck differently (some slide the blocker up and grab the base of the paddle with the catching glove, while some reverse the stick and use the blocker hand as the lower hand).<BR/><BR/>What I was told when I started playing hockey at 14 (once a rink opened in Richmond) is that you should determine your proper stick hand by using the opposite hand from your dominant eye, so that eye would stay up as you stickhandled. My right eye appeared to be dominant, so I went lefty (I'm naturally ambidextrous). Wikipedia <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_dominance" REL="nofollow">suggests</A> 2/3 of the population is right-eye dominant, so if that is in fact the correct rule, then it makes sense that more than half of hockey players shoot lefty.JoshChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023366783001428489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-1154412047072362142006-08-01T02:00:00.000-04:002006-08-01T02:00:00.000-04:00Interesting topic. I have nothing statistically c...Interesting topic. I have nothing statistically concrete to add, but as a kid growing up in rural Saskatchewan where pretty much everyone played hockey into their teens, I would say that there is no correlation between hand-writing/scissor holding/any other right/left handedness and puck shooting. With elite athletes, you may find differences, but I would be skeptical. <BR/>Anyways, congrats to the Canes (and fans), great blog, and what do you really think about that Brind'Amour contract? Is he really gonna play until 42, cause if not that is gonna be one bad cap hit.GregOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015930170497573037noreply@blogger.com