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Reply To: | Luiz F. Valente |
Date: | Wed, 15 Nov 1995 12:46:57 EST |
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>Posted on 15 Nov 1995 at 11:49:52 by David F. Delchamps
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>righty-lefty
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> Back when I started watching hockey in the '60s, right-handed
>shots were a rare commodity in the NHL. In particular, right-handed
>shooting defensemen were hot properties. How come? Well, back then
>there was a fairly tight correlation righty person <--> lefty shot,
>lefty person <---> righty shot. This is because (here goes the theory)
>stickhandling and passing were the first things little kids learned
>how to do, and those are tasks best addressed with one's dominant hand
>at the end of the stick.
I think Dave's point is very well taken.
Remember when the Russian national team (the one with unparallelled
stickhandling and passing skills) was made up exclusively of left-
shooting players?
Luiz F. Valente
(A right-handed who shoots left)
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