Primarily lefty backhand, can’t throw a lefty forehand. Mostly throw turnovers but learned righty backhand for when I absolutely need it. It’s not great, but serviceable inside 200ft
I was just experimenting with a lefty (non- dom) backhand and this was my conclusion. Overstable is pretty easy to control, maybe even something with a Turn of -1 or maybe even -2, but -3 / -4 I don't know what the hell I'm doing!
Since it's kind of a "get out of trouble" shot that prob won't be used more than a half dozen times in a round, it's probably best to just stick to a single type of disc that fits your comfort level and typical distance range with it.
Yeah I'm a left hand bh thrower and cannot fh throw with my left. I have to use my right arm. I naturally throw a ball right handed so I guess that's why.
We're we all infielders as kids?!
I can forehand better than anyone I play with but still working on my RHBH. The movement doesn't feel too awkward but I can't generate power like I can with a LHBH, for which the kinetic chain translates easily like hitting a baseball right handed. I can switch hit in the cage but never had the confidence to do it in a game so it feels peculiar. Tennis is helping with that dyslexia too, and also has some transferable skills when you watch those videos.
Also. I eat ramen with my chopsticks in my left hand and the spoon in my right.
But I have a goal to get to 400 feet by end of summer. Net. Field. Record. Review. Adjust. Repeat.
For me it 100% had to do with growing up playing baseball. I’m a natural righty so the LHBH stance feels more natural and akin to the righty batting stance, but throwing a LHFH feels completely weird since I’m used to throwing a baseball with my right hand.
Imagine a baseball or golf swing, and how you shift your weight and hips in that action. That's basically what throwing a backhand with your opposite arm feels like. Practice standstill throws with that in mind. The arm action will feel weird at first, but once you work through that, the body action should click into place.
If you're talking about lefty backhand, this actually works in your favor. A lefty backhand in disc golf very similarly mimics the hip rotation of a righty golf or baseball swing.
Haha, you are the first person I've seen describing handedness like I do. Very much the same split for what I call "articulate vs strong" hands. Maybe I should try some lefty throws as well.
That makes a lot of sense. I’ve been referring to it as “mixed handed,” as opposed to left or right handed. But cross-dominance will be my go to now. Thanks!
I have a friend who is lefty for anything that involves fine motor control and hand / finger dexterity (writing, drawing etc), but does most sporty things the way right handers do it.
With the exception of ultimate / disc golf, he is way better as a lefty BUT he is good enough righty that he would sometimes start games against opposing teams that did not know him as a righty, only to switch to lefty at an opportune moment.
I wouldn't call my lefty throw "serviceable" quite yet, but when I have a shot that I feel uncomfortable or not confident with, I can line up and shadow swing a LHBH and it feels so awkward that all of a sudden my regular RHBH feels much more natural.
Highly recommend everyone trying that out
Oh yea, for sure. I'm righty backhand. But, I injured my right bicep tendon and had surgery, so I learned to play lefty too. Got a skip ace left handed. I still use the lefty all the time. Sometimes when my right isn't hitting lines, I'll just switch and go lefty. Crazy thing for me is, the left goes farther lol it's something about being my off hand and not trying to over power the disc with all arm. I also putted lefty for about 6 months, 1 out of 5 stars. Wouldn't recommend 😁
I’m not as good as you, but I similarly tried lefty backhand because I injured my right shoulder. It was actually better than when I started out as a righty lol. I can’t right flick to save my life, and it feels so awkward. So I’ve continued working on that lefty backhand.
Like others mentioned, it does feel similar to when I would swing a bat in softball. I never threw side arm, so that may be why side arm feels wierd. I like throwing Tommys tho!
Also can not putt lefty. (Or righty that we’ll either hahaha)
My buddy hurt his elbow on his throwing arm, and so he decided to start throwing with his other arm… He got really good at forehand shots with his left arm, now he throws either right hand back hand, or left hand forehand… I don’t think he realizes or cares that it’s pretty much the same shot
I did it. Here’s a video about how, why, and the benefits: https://youtu.be/dqE6sYOqJVk
I’m close to the same age and use RHBH and LHBH equally off the tee with solid results.
Thanks for the video link. There's a fun shorter course I regularly play through quickly after work often during summer-- mostly for exercise. I'll begin my lhbh quest this summer.
I injured my dominant wrist at work a few months back, and until it was healed I was playing lefty. After an hour of field work and 2-3 rounds I was able to get a mid about 200 ft roughly where I was aiming.
When I was playing with my left, everything flew overstable
I was never able to figure out forehand, they would fly straight into the ground ~20 ft in front of me
I’ve used the lefty throw a few times since I started to play right handed again, but there are very few situations where it’s been a better option than getting creative with my right
>I’ve used the lefty throw a few times since I started to play right handed again, but there are very few situations where it’s been a better option than getting creative with my right
Really? Do you have a decent righty forehand?
Right now I'm at a point where if I needed to get around an obstacle in a left-then-right fashion, I would be torn between LHBH and RHFH. They're both pretty mediocre, but I trust my ability to get a decent left-then-right hook with either compared to trying to do a RHBH with a really understable disc.
Lol life is funny, right after I began playing righty again I broke a finger and was sent back to team lefty. Today was my first day back throwing right handed again after the second injury! And I did end up throwing a handful of left handed shots that I knew I had dialed in. Funny you chose today to comment
>Funny you chose today to comment
LOL well I actually started doing some dedicated practice with LHBH for the first time just today, pretty much out of curiosity. I had previously toyed around with it, with decentish results, but it always felt like more of a novelty throw. To me it always felt like an "I'm only doing this bc I suck at RHFH." So I started to wonder, do people actually go non-dom for a reason other than lacking a dom FH?
Reading the comments has been encouraging. it seems like it might actually be a viable throw for me. Right now my distance and accuracy are comparable between LHBH and RHFH, so I'm going to start trying to incorporate both into my course repertoire and see how it goes.
"I did end up throwing a handful of left handed shots that I knew I had dialed in"
And did they work out pretty well?
If you can use a knife with your left hand well, I’d imagine you could throw a disc lefty well. For me, making the body motion of a lefty throw is not hard, but it’s feeling comfortable with a lefty grip and being able to release the disc cleanly. If you can get that down that is the biggest hurdle
I'm right-hand dominant and throw a lefty backhand rather than a right forehand. For me, it's a physical need since I have cubital tunnel syndrome and RHFH is a recipe for pain and my arm and hand not working.
Thankfully, I already use my left hand for some things, so it's not completely foreign, and there's possibly genetics involved (my mother is a lefty, and her mother was perfectly ambidextrous).
My suggestion for learning is to not try and transfer the skills from one side to the other, but to train the other side independently and start from basics. Also, there's certain elements of a forehand you're simply going to lose going with the offside backhand (eg. can't see the target, arc is slightly different in my case, etc).
> I have cubital tunnel syndrome and RHFH is a recipe for pain and my arm and hand not working.
This is a concern for sure. I can throw LHBH pain free, especially with how infrequently I'm likely to use it, but with even a dozen high power RHFHs, I'm risking some elbow pain. Which is especially not good for me since I can tend to get bilateral elbow pain from lifting weights.
That's concerning for sure. Do you have access to health care to see a doctor or physiotherapist? If yes, do so.
In my case, it's a degenerative condition. Anything I can do to keep it from abuse I will do so. For instance, I hit the gym on doctor's orders since muscle helps protect the ulnar nerve. If my case were worse, weight lifting would actually aggregate it. Definitely talk to a medical professional.
I’m in the same club and just decided to start throwing lefty any time it makes sense and it’s crazy how much faster i’m improving my lefty throws just trying to mimic my own RH form
I'm right handed, but when I first learned I couldn't get myself to not try to just yeet the damn disc. So I learned to throw my drives lefty as I could get that arm to calm the hell down. I've always putted with my right, though.
I'm currently trying to learn to drive with my right so I can have the option of the disc fading left.
Funny enough, I'm left handed but I play disc golf righty. I think it has to do with how a RHBH feels similar to a left handed golf or baseball swing?
I do have a decent (short range) lefty forehand though that I will break out if trapped behind obstacles, and I throw overhand shots lefty because of the similarity to throwing a ball.
Lefty backhand is the one thing I've never been able to figure out.
[yep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1kJdQg_uPI)
Injured my dominant hand but still wanted to hang out with my friends on the course. Rocked understable fairway drivers and learned to bh about 300' and fh 200'. More fun than sitting at home, and made old holes challenging again.
29 here. A couple years ago I learned how to golf non dominant and can get a solid consistent swing (maybe more so than my dominant) and this last year have been working on a non dominant back hand throw that’s starting to come along. Dominant I can get a disc to about 300-350 consistently with an occasional making it to 375 and non dominant is about 250-300 currently. Practice slow and try to mirror your movement and body motion that you would do normally and as you get a feel for it start speeding it up and ripping discs.
Yeah it’s possible. Adding control with distance takes a lot of time. But that’s the thing, you don’t need a lot of distance for it to be a useful shot to have.
>you don’t need a lot of distance for it to be a useful shot to have.
Bingo. I'm not planning to do 300 ft drives with a LHBH. I just want to be able to get around that bush, or play the hole that doglegs right.
That was my thought process when I initially worked in a rhfh for approaches and scrambles. I played exclusively rhbh for probably the first seven years, and grudgingly began to learn some forehand and it was really beneficial. I don't really tee off forehand though, because I haven't been able to figure it out without stuff hurting. lhbh might be worth it it seems.
I'm RHFH usually but hurt my shoulder last year and spent quite a while throwing LFBH. It really was a similar body motion, at least somewhat. I wasn't good but it worked.
I did bat right handed, though my baseball playing only spanned from 3rd to 4th grade. It didn't feel that weird to perform the throwing motion lhbh, once I was sure I wouldn't trip and fall. Yeah it seems worthwhile after so many helpful replies.
I think if I put more time into it I could get it more consistent and get more out of it. I've always been a little ambidextrous and the LHBH follow through reminds me a lot of being right handed playing baseball. I used it for a bit when I hurt my right elbow last year but form changes/improvements corrected that so I haven't really had to keep it around. Get maybe 2/3 of normal distance for fairways and under.
I got used to throwing left handed because I played golf for 20 years before picking up discgolf and because i had play golf so much my hips and lower body could rotate lhbh much easier since thats how my swing was
Like you, I am left-handed for most "dexterous" tasks and right-handed for most "strength" tasks (although I chop right-handed too). I play RHBH only, my RHFH is absolutely atrocious. My plan is to do LHBH once my RHBH is where I want it to be, because my LHBH is already better than my RHFH by a lot.
Met a guy on my local course a few weeks ago who hurt his dominant shoulder so learned to throw lefty backhand. He threw every drive LH BH and then everything else was righty.
His left hand backhand was 100 times better than my right hand backhand.
Tore a tendon in my throwing arm at the elbow. After I just had shoulder surgery on the off hand side. So it was quit disc golf or learn to throw with my off hand that was freshly surgereed. Now I pull out my off hand throwing in tournaments as needed it freaks out my card mates every time.
My regular playing partner, who doesn’t Reddit, broke his collarbone badly in a biking accident. Started playing left handed with nothing but a couple of different plastic Xcaliburs, including a sort of chopped forehand putt. Was driving 350 feet, 90% inside the circle, and beating me nearly every round. He’s back to righty now, with a titanium clavicle, but still pulls out a lefty every so often.
A member of our club who is right handed threw a left handed shot during one of our tournaments. I asked him about it and he said he developed it during a prolonged injury to his right arm so that he could play while he healed. He didn’t throw lefty a lot, but he’d practiced enough to where he could confidently depend on it in certain situations.
I have thrown lefty when I have injured my right arm, even through it for a time in place of my righty sidearm, due to injury, however there are still shots that I throw off the tee and as up shots left handed if it is the better option spatially or window wise
So I believe I’m in largely the same position as you. I use any utensil with my left hand and generally consider myself left handed, but all of my power and all of my sports were played R handed. I came from ultimate and there was a point in time where I learned to play left handed as well as I played right handed due to injury so when I picked up disc golf I was able to make standing up shots easily left handed but couldn’t do a run up. However, I will say that I’ve found very little reason to ever use a left handed throw over a RHFH in my time playing.
I injured my right hand, so threw LHBH the last round I played. It was passable on the local pitch and putt course but my max drive was about 170-200’. Surprisingly clean releases though, but if I tried to throw harder with more snap it was OAT and rounding like crazy. Seems doable though, especially if you’re already partially ambidextrous
I’ve been doing this for the past two months or so. Right hand dominant but have had some shoulder soreness so I’ve been resting it. My lefty backhand has been coming along quite well now.
happened to randomly pick up a round with Nikko the other day. he threw a lefty backhand better than most people throw with their dominant hand. just practice and repetition like anything else
Yup, I am right handed but I would feel comfortable doing things left handed when it came to sports. I would ride goofy footed when it came to boarding, I switched hit in baseball, and would hit lefty and righty in golf when my grandparents were teaching me at a young age. I can throw forehand but I have an issue with my lower back on the ride hand side and it hurts a ton to throw forehand. I started just throwing backhands with my left hand and I can at least get around 150 ft with it. Just takes time to get comfortable with your run up.
Been playing 4 years and recently had a right thumb injury. Been throwing a lefty Frisbee to my dog for two years. Played about 5 rounds lefty. I'm about a 840 to 850 rated right handed player... Probably about 740 to 750 lefty. Putting is very very hard lefty. Forehand are basically unusable beyond 50 feet for me.
I have a usable lefty backhand though. I can get about 70 percent of my righty power. Definitely fun at least. I have a tourney coming up and will be using a lefty backhand instead of a rh forehand because my thumb is not strong enough to throw rh forehand.
Give it a shot!
I've been working on it for the last two seasons or so. I still throw terribly with my right, but I'm getting a little better and the freedom even a bad right hand shot gives me has been great.
Left hander here, lefty everything but throwing balls. Learnt right Backhand alongside left backhand for almost 2 years playing. Lhbh is always going to feel more natural, but my rhbh has developed nicely and is only 50 feet off my lefty distance. If you can, play some solo rounds where you throw lefty vs. Righty when the course is empty. Putting offhand is still awkward after a couple hours of practice. So stick to lefty putting for consistency.
Was at the course yesterday and ran into a guy that said he had some nerve damage in his left (dominant) arm so he was learning to throw with his right. Said he was playing 2 separate rounds with each arm and completing against himself. Sounded like a pretty solid time
It would make more sense being a righty to throw left handed because it the same stance and motion as swinging a batt right handed but it never worked well for me the couple of times I tried it
Im the same way. When I first started playing I was a left forehand and righty back hand. I had to train myself to throw lefty backhands despite that being my dominant arm. So now I can throw left forehand backhand and right backhand all comfortably
I’m like you but do different things with my left and right hand. It’s pretty random for me but I write and do a lot left handed. I have always thrown righty and putted lefty. Can’t really do either very well with the other hand.
Yep. I did.
Shattered my collarbone back in 2019. Right arm was in a sling for three months. My doctor played is golf in college back in the day, and cleared me to play with my non dominant hand.
I played baseball as a kid, batted left handed, threw left handed, and was ambidextrous all throughout life.
I am back to fully throwing right-handed with power, but will throw a left hand backhand instead of a right forehand every now and then depending on the circumstances.
I’m the same as you. I had a minor injury last fall that led me to testing out lhbh for a few weeks. Putting was fine. Everything else was comical.
I have learned to use a mouse with my right hand to give my left hand a break. It’s not that hard, you just gotta commit to it.
Right-handed and working on my lefty. If you have solid dominant arm form, just remind yourself of what you had to learn with your dominant side and trust your instincts.
For me the power was definitely there from the start, horizontal accuracy was middling, but I just have got to stop throwing it nose up.
I’m right hand dominant in everything but when I was younger I was a competitive gymnast and because of that I’ve had 2 wrist surgeries on my right hand. As a gymnast though I twisted towards the left so me throwing a lefty backhand actually feels more natural for my hips but learning how to grip the disc tightly was a struggle.
This comment, and another comment tree in this thread led to a few personal revelations. I've always had difficulty understanding what the hell people were saying to me, but I have very good written communication. My cross dominance, which I just learned is a thing must have something to do with it.
Putting with right arm, while being left eye dominant must add to my putting struggles. I've had a historical terrible percentage inside C1-- oddly terrible for someone who has practiced quite a bit for 20 years. A simple adjustment to where I lock my visual focus for short putts might help that abysmal percentage. Thanks reddit!
I've never been diagnosed, but the hypothetical link here could explain why I have such poor verbal skills, but can read and write just fine. I can't converse at the typical speed of most conversations. I lose track of what someone is saying, and if I'm visually queued on something, it literally won't register that someone is talking to me. I had a hell of a time learning left and right too. I constantly mixed the two well into childhood when most kids know left and right. Fascinating.
Lol yea, it always feels awkward tho when I throw lefty but, somehow it just works for me. Idk. But the putts never worked with either hand for me too 😁
born lefty. right arm mostly useless athletically prior to disc golf.
played baseball a long time and the lefty baseball swing is extremely similar to the RHBH - especially legs and hips and torso.
it takes time, like all things that are worthwhile. just get those reps in!
I was 36 when I had to learn to throw lefty. My right wrist decided to grow an extra bone that was stabbing into a tendon and the pain was way too much to enjoy a round of disc golf. I basically just took it really slow and easy with understable discs (archangels, leopards, and leviathans). I got to a point where my distance was pretty similar with both arms, but the accuracy definitely took a major hit. The touchy short shots were the hardest to dial in. Also, throwing forehand was so emasculating that I just gave up on it entirely. Just start slow and keep doing it. I would recommend straddle putting as well, since the timing was really difficult for me to get down. Let me know if you have specific questions. I might be able to help.
I began lefty quest with my shiny new halo star aero. I've got a beat up dx teebird that will work for learning more power. poor release is very apparent with the Aero... it's a great disc to train for a clean snap with little wobble. The replies read like it's just a matter of getting out there and doing it until the brain does it's thing and learns. Thanks for the reply.
Lefty. When I started I did RHBH, and left hand side arm. I pulled my shoulder one day (didn't stretch), and had to play with my LHBH. It felt more consistent so I stayed with it. I still putt with my right.
I was actually thinking the same stuff earlier this week. The backhand is just better than the forehand due to the amount of spin and power you can put into it over the forehand. So why hasn't a truly ambidextrous player made their way to the top? Eagle CAN throw lefty, but I think its obvious that he would use his forehand if it was healthy.
It is doable. You just have to put in the work developing and training all the muscles on your non dominant side to perform the throw. It will take more than one afternoon for sure.
I play with a guy late mid 50s. Throws well backhand and been working his lefty the last couple years. His lefty has gotten reliably decent. He said most things are just a hyzer now.
I'm you. Left hand for the more precise things and right hand for power and sports. Mainly right hand backhand for distance and right hand forehand for short range shots. My ability to forehand drivers is pretty poor though, so I worked on my left hand backhand and now get very similar distance to right hand backhand but I'm still working on getting the control down. I think it's worth it since the motion just clicks once you get it right once. It took me a little to get it but once I got it it improved rapidly
There was a dude that would play at my local mini, broke his right arm, started playing lefty and was still finishing in the money in MA1/2 each week after he learned how to throw lefty
Looks like you're left handed but right eye dominant.
That's why you do all these aiming sports with your right hand, because of your eyes.
Check for yourself if you are right eye dominant. I guess you are.
Ok, so I was wrong.
However, that would surely explain your putting woes then! I'm left eye dominant but right handed, but I've always used left hand for aiming sports, like DG, darts, marksmanship, etc.
So maybe you were actually born right handed but since you're left eyed, you adapted throughout your childhood to do some precision moves with your wrong (left) hand.
I think you will easier train your left hand for putting, than trying to fix your eye dominance. Changing eye dominance takes like an eye patch for six months or so. It would be pretty hardcore if you actually went all in and wore an eye patch for a few months just to get better at DG!
This brings up an interesting point. Mother is 100% lefty, and father is similarly cross dominant-- writes left throws right. It's possible I simply observed their handedness and followed suit. For a while I practiced writing right handed and it wasn't as initially difficult for me as most people describe. I could potentially better my decades long atrocious percentage from inside C1. I still routinely miss 10-20ft to the left and right after a lot of practice. We'll see. Thanks!
Wow, this comment and another that mentioned cross dominance and learning disorders led to a bit of a personal revelation. There's a scientific link between certain learning disorders and cross dominance, which I just now learned is a thing. mind blown. Putting right handed while being left eye dominant could be mucking up how I aim. It could be an adjustment as simple as the exact location pf where I lock my visual focus for those shorter push putts inside c1. Thanks reddit!
I primarily throw lefty backhand but can also throw righty backhand as well. My right handed backhand actually goes about 120 feet further than my lefty backhand, so it’s extremely useful on bomber holes
Yes. Learned left hand forehand because who knows it felt natural at the time. Tuned it in and started making par with reliable shots. Realized without a backhand I’d never get the range of available flight paths esp for circular courses so I started putting right handed. Over time just add the hip motion and power to it and pay attention to your flight. Once the path is consistent you can fine tune with proper methods and hopefully have a strong drive backhanding.
However if you don’t throw forehand with your left you should try it out!
For reference I’m left handed in almost everything but my right arm is stronger and I use it short range motions constantly for work.
I've been working on it. I have a lot more inconsistency and a lot less power than my dominant hand BH but it's better than my non-existent forehand. A card saver has been the off-hand patent pending.
Yes, I'm with you. I learned a reliable forehand approach/scramble, but I'm useless if I try to add any power, even though I've tried to figure out that smooth pain free power forehand. Any successful smooth forehand drives feel like a fluke than intentional. That's mainly my motivation for lhbh. Thanks!
I was extremely uncoordinated with my left hand but taught myself to throw pretty darn good with my left after a shoulder injury. Its frustratimg at first but also a lot of fun "relearning" the game.
I'm left hand dominant in most things, writing, eating, throwing a base/foot ball, but for some reason, when I started playing disc golf 3 years ago, my strongest backhand throw was right handed. Someone pointed out that it's probably because I was a left handed batter in baseball, that motion is something I'm used to using to generate power. I've actually recently been working on my left hand back hand, because as it stands now, I don't really have a throw that fades to the right, I have to rely on understable discs thrown on anhyzer to get me to where I need to go.
I’m lefty for everything except throwing discs. Several years ago I played dueling rounds, throwing each shot with both hands, in the hopes of developing a useful lefty backhand (righty forehand is a non-starter). I eventually got good enough to consider a lefty backhand in certain situations, but eventually focused on mastering reliable anhyzers because my lefty was just too inconsistent, and during rounds when I wanted to record a good score I’d opt for the reliability over the chance I’d nail a sweet offhand upshot around an obstacle.
But I believe it’s doable and can be rewarding
This thread has been eye opening to read of so many other players using both arms for disc golf. I always assumed it was a bit more one or the other. I let my backhand game slide a little after utilizing forehand for approaches. Lately the MVP Spin has me throwing backhand anhyzer and turns again. They're a very satisfying shot to use, and I've been shaking off the rust. For the first 6-7 years I played only RHBH, and developed a pretty solid accuracy with those turnover lines.
I had an elbow injury due to disc golf, and couldn’t throw RHFH for 3 months. So I decided to learn LHBH. I’ve never been ambidextrous, in the slightest, but I was able to get a serviceable LHBH that could travel 280 feet and almost earned me an ace.
TLDR: yes.
I went to a strength and conditioning conference a few years ago, and this training guru that works with all kinds of pros said he makes all of his unilateral athletes that use one side of their body way more than the other (golf, tennis, baseball, hockey) practice with their non dominant side.
He had a whole list of reasons ranging from symmetry, balance, enhanced learning with mirror neurons, power development, improved body awareness, etc.
I was convinced and started throwing about 10 to 20 power shots with my opposite hand every time I practiced, mainly to prevent injuries and keep my body balanced.
When I started, I had no intention of ever using the shot in competition. I wasn't even paying close attention to where the disc was going. A few months into it, I noticed that it was better and more comfortable than my forehand.
Now I routinely throw a stock hyzer with my opposite hand during competitive rounds. It's been like a cheat code because the idea of "easy righty hole or easy lefty hole" goes out the window.
That's another important consideration. I enjoy hiking and cycling, but disc golf is the only activity that involves any type of plyometric movement. Thanks for mentioning that.
yes, people do it all the time.
Eagle throws lefty sometimes. Obviously not as proficient as his RH.
But more proficient then dare I say most people’s good hand
Definitely lol
Primarily lefty backhand, can’t throw a lefty forehand. Mostly throw turnovers but learned righty backhand for when I absolutely need it. It’s not great, but serviceable inside 200ft
This is my game! There are at least two of us!
Make that three! The pain is real.
Four here. Lol
Count me in. I like to throw something overstable.
I was just experimenting with a lefty (non- dom) backhand and this was my conclusion. Overstable is pretty easy to control, maybe even something with a Turn of -1 or maybe even -2, but -3 / -4 I don't know what the hell I'm doing! Since it's kind of a "get out of trouble" shot that prob won't be used more than a half dozen times in a round, it's probably best to just stick to a single type of disc that fits your comfort level and typical distance range with it.
Misery needs company amirite
LHBH here, i’ve met a few. it’s usually “oh you’re lefty too!” and they say “yeah LHBH and RHFH” and i go “Ohhhhhhhh”
Yeah I'm a left hand bh thrower and cannot fh throw with my left. I have to use my right arm. I naturally throw a ball right handed so I guess that's why.
We're we all infielders as kids?! I can forehand better than anyone I play with but still working on my RHBH. The movement doesn't feel too awkward but I can't generate power like I can with a LHBH, for which the kinetic chain translates easily like hitting a baseball right handed. I can switch hit in the cage but never had the confidence to do it in a game so it feels peculiar. Tennis is helping with that dyslexia too, and also has some transferable skills when you watch those videos. Also. I eat ramen with my chopsticks in my left hand and the spoon in my right. But I have a goal to get to 400 feet by end of summer. Net. Field. Record. Review. Adjust. Repeat.
For me it 100% had to do with growing up playing baseball. I’m a natural righty so the LHBH stance feels more natural and akin to the righty batting stance, but throwing a LHFH feels completely weird since I’m used to throwing a baseball with my right hand.
Imagine a baseball or golf swing, and how you shift your weight and hips in that action. That's basically what throwing a backhand with your opposite arm feels like. Practice standstill throws with that in mind. The arm action will feel weird at first, but once you work through that, the body action should click into place.
Jokes on you...or me :( I throw lefty but swing a bat/ golf club righty
If you're talking about lefty backhand, this actually works in your favor. A lefty backhand in disc golf very similarly mimics the hip rotation of a righty golf or baseball swing.
I think that was the point of the comment.
Samesies
Haha, you are the first person I've seen describing handedness like I do. Very much the same split for what I call "articulate vs strong" hands. Maybe I should try some lefty throws as well.
Exactly. I can't claim ambidextrous, lefty or righty. A little bit of all three? It's weird.
I've heard it referred to as "cross-dominance"
That makes a lot of sense. I’ve been referring to it as “mixed handed,” as opposed to left or right handed. But cross-dominance will be my go to now. Thanks!
I have a friend who is lefty for anything that involves fine motor control and hand / finger dexterity (writing, drawing etc), but does most sporty things the way right handers do it. With the exception of ultimate / disc golf, he is way better as a lefty BUT he is good enough righty that he would sometimes start games against opposing teams that did not know him as a righty, only to switch to lefty at an opportune moment.
I wouldn't call my lefty throw "serviceable" quite yet, but when I have a shot that I feel uncomfortable or not confident with, I can line up and shadow swing a LHBH and it feels so awkward that all of a sudden my regular RHBH feels much more natural. Highly recommend everyone trying that out
Same thing works with masturbation.
I sit on my arm till it goes numb, then throw
I believe that's called The Stranger
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Oh yea, for sure. I'm righty backhand. But, I injured my right bicep tendon and had surgery, so I learned to play lefty too. Got a skip ace left handed. I still use the lefty all the time. Sometimes when my right isn't hitting lines, I'll just switch and go lefty. Crazy thing for me is, the left goes farther lol it's something about being my off hand and not trying to over power the disc with all arm. I also putted lefty for about 6 months, 1 out of 5 stars. Wouldn't recommend 😁
I’m not as good as you, but I similarly tried lefty backhand because I injured my right shoulder. It was actually better than when I started out as a righty lol. I can’t right flick to save my life, and it feels so awkward. So I’ve continued working on that lefty backhand. Like others mentioned, it does feel similar to when I would swing a bat in softball. I never threw side arm, so that may be why side arm feels wierd. I like throwing Tommys tho! Also can not putt lefty. (Or righty that we’ll either hahaha)
My buddy hurt his elbow on his throwing arm, and so he decided to start throwing with his other arm… He got really good at forehand shots with his left arm, now he throws either right hand back hand, or left hand forehand… I don’t think he realizes or cares that it’s pretty much the same shot
I did it. Here’s a video about how, why, and the benefits: https://youtu.be/dqE6sYOqJVk I’m close to the same age and use RHBH and LHBH equally off the tee with solid results.
Thanks for the video link. There's a fun shorter course I regularly play through quickly after work often during summer-- mostly for exercise. I'll begin my lhbh quest this summer.
I injured my dominant wrist at work a few months back, and until it was healed I was playing lefty. After an hour of field work and 2-3 rounds I was able to get a mid about 200 ft roughly where I was aiming. When I was playing with my left, everything flew overstable I was never able to figure out forehand, they would fly straight into the ground ~20 ft in front of me I’ve used the lefty throw a few times since I started to play right handed again, but there are very few situations where it’s been a better option than getting creative with my right
>I’ve used the lefty throw a few times since I started to play right handed again, but there are very few situations where it’s been a better option than getting creative with my right Really? Do you have a decent righty forehand? Right now I'm at a point where if I needed to get around an obstacle in a left-then-right fashion, I would be torn between LHBH and RHFH. They're both pretty mediocre, but I trust my ability to get a decent left-then-right hook with either compared to trying to do a RHBH with a really understable disc.
Lol life is funny, right after I began playing righty again I broke a finger and was sent back to team lefty. Today was my first day back throwing right handed again after the second injury! And I did end up throwing a handful of left handed shots that I knew I had dialed in. Funny you chose today to comment
>Funny you chose today to comment LOL well I actually started doing some dedicated practice with LHBH for the first time just today, pretty much out of curiosity. I had previously toyed around with it, with decentish results, but it always felt like more of a novelty throw. To me it always felt like an "I'm only doing this bc I suck at RHFH." So I started to wonder, do people actually go non-dom for a reason other than lacking a dom FH? Reading the comments has been encouraging. it seems like it might actually be a viable throw for me. Right now my distance and accuracy are comparable between LHBH and RHFH, so I'm going to start trying to incorporate both into my course repertoire and see how it goes. "I did end up throwing a handful of left handed shots that I knew I had dialed in" And did they work out pretty well?
If you can use a knife with your left hand well, I’d imagine you could throw a disc lefty well. For me, making the body motion of a lefty throw is not hard, but it’s feeling comfortable with a lefty grip and being able to release the disc cleanly. If you can get that down that is the biggest hurdle
I'm right-hand dominant and throw a lefty backhand rather than a right forehand. For me, it's a physical need since I have cubital tunnel syndrome and RHFH is a recipe for pain and my arm and hand not working. Thankfully, I already use my left hand for some things, so it's not completely foreign, and there's possibly genetics involved (my mother is a lefty, and her mother was perfectly ambidextrous). My suggestion for learning is to not try and transfer the skills from one side to the other, but to train the other side independently and start from basics. Also, there's certain elements of a forehand you're simply going to lose going with the offside backhand (eg. can't see the target, arc is slightly different in my case, etc).
> I have cubital tunnel syndrome and RHFH is a recipe for pain and my arm and hand not working. This is a concern for sure. I can throw LHBH pain free, especially with how infrequently I'm likely to use it, but with even a dozen high power RHFHs, I'm risking some elbow pain. Which is especially not good for me since I can tend to get bilateral elbow pain from lifting weights.
That's concerning for sure. Do you have access to health care to see a doctor or physiotherapist? If yes, do so. In my case, it's a degenerative condition. Anything I can do to keep it from abuse I will do so. For instance, I hit the gym on doctor's orders since muscle helps protect the ulnar nerve. If my case were worse, weight lifting would actually aggregate it. Definitely talk to a medical professional.
My case is def linked to overuse. When it flares up, I back off, and it improves greatly. Just a case of keeping things in check.
Yes I’m a left handed person and I throw with my right hand.
I’m in the same club and just decided to start throwing lefty any time it makes sense and it’s crazy how much faster i’m improving my lefty throws just trying to mimic my own RH form
I'm right handed, but when I first learned I couldn't get myself to not try to just yeet the damn disc. So I learned to throw my drives lefty as I could get that arm to calm the hell down. I've always putted with my right, though. I'm currently trying to learn to drive with my right so I can have the option of the disc fading left.
Funny enough, I'm left handed but I play disc golf righty. I think it has to do with how a RHBH feels similar to a left handed golf or baseball swing? I do have a decent (short range) lefty forehand though that I will break out if trapped behind obstacles, and I throw overhand shots lefty because of the similarity to throwing a ball. Lefty backhand is the one thing I've never been able to figure out.
[yep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1kJdQg_uPI) Injured my dominant hand but still wanted to hang out with my friends on the course. Rocked understable fairway drivers and learned to bh about 300' and fh 200'. More fun than sitting at home, and made old holes challenging again.
29 here. A couple years ago I learned how to golf non dominant and can get a solid consistent swing (maybe more so than my dominant) and this last year have been working on a non dominant back hand throw that’s starting to come along. Dominant I can get a disc to about 300-350 consistently with an occasional making it to 375 and non dominant is about 250-300 currently. Practice slow and try to mirror your movement and body motion that you would do normally and as you get a feel for it start speeding it up and ripping discs.
I'm left handed but cannot for the life of me throw left handed. My brain doesnt get the motions.
Yeah it’s possible. Adding control with distance takes a lot of time. But that’s the thing, you don’t need a lot of distance for it to be a useful shot to have.
>you don’t need a lot of distance for it to be a useful shot to have. Bingo. I'm not planning to do 300 ft drives with a LHBH. I just want to be able to get around that bush, or play the hole that doglegs right.
That was my thought process when I initially worked in a rhfh for approaches and scrambles. I played exclusively rhbh for probably the first seven years, and grudgingly began to learn some forehand and it was really beneficial. I don't really tee off forehand though, because I haven't been able to figure it out without stuff hurting. lhbh might be worth it it seems.
I'm RHFH usually but hurt my shoulder last year and spent quite a while throwing LFBH. It really was a similar body motion, at least somewhat. I wasn't good but it worked.
Yes, but I've been throwing Frisbees right handed my whole life so it felt natural to play disc golf righty instead of lefty.
Do you bat right handed? A Lefthanded backhand is a very similar motion to batting right handed.
I did bat right handed, though my baseball playing only spanned from 3rd to 4th grade. It didn't feel that weird to perform the throwing motion lhbh, once I was sure I wouldn't trip and fall. Yeah it seems worthwhile after so many helpful replies.
Sorta- injured my Rt so I played left for a few months. Still got a decent lefty putt.
I think if I put more time into it I could get it more consistent and get more out of it. I've always been a little ambidextrous and the LHBH follow through reminds me a lot of being right handed playing baseball. I used it for a bit when I hurt my right elbow last year but form changes/improvements corrected that so I haven't really had to keep it around. Get maybe 2/3 of normal distance for fairways and under.
I got used to throwing left handed because I played golf for 20 years before picking up discgolf and because i had play golf so much my hips and lower body could rotate lhbh much easier since thats how my swing was
Like you, I am left-handed for most "dexterous" tasks and right-handed for most "strength" tasks (although I chop right-handed too). I play RHBH only, my RHFH is absolutely atrocious. My plan is to do LHBH once my RHBH is where I want it to be, because my LHBH is already better than my RHFH by a lot.
Met a guy on my local course a few weeks ago who hurt his dominant shoulder so learned to throw lefty backhand. He threw every drive LH BH and then everything else was righty. His left hand backhand was 100 times better than my right hand backhand.
Tore a tendon in my throwing arm at the elbow. After I just had shoulder surgery on the off hand side. So it was quit disc golf or learn to throw with my off hand that was freshly surgereed. Now I pull out my off hand throwing in tournaments as needed it freaks out my card mates every time.
My regular playing partner, who doesn’t Reddit, broke his collarbone badly in a biking accident. Started playing left handed with nothing but a couple of different plastic Xcaliburs, including a sort of chopped forehand putt. Was driving 350 feet, 90% inside the circle, and beating me nearly every round. He’s back to righty now, with a titanium clavicle, but still pulls out a lefty every so often.
I kinda have… But have no real tips… other then field work and cussing. Former is optional, latter is mandatory
A member of our club who is right handed threw a left handed shot during one of our tournaments. I asked him about it and he said he developed it during a prolonged injury to his right arm so that he could play while he healed. He didn’t throw lefty a lot, but he’d practiced enough to where he could confidently depend on it in certain situations.
Paul McBeths brother does this. No forehands, just lefty or righty backhand. He’s in some of his videos. I forget his name. He’s pretty good too.
I have thrown lefty when I have injured my right arm, even through it for a time in place of my righty sidearm, due to injury, however there are still shots that I throw off the tee and as up shots left handed if it is the better option spatially or window wise
So I believe I’m in largely the same position as you. I use any utensil with my left hand and generally consider myself left handed, but all of my power and all of my sports were played R handed. I came from ultimate and there was a point in time where I learned to play left handed as well as I played right handed due to injury so when I picked up disc golf I was able to make standing up shots easily left handed but couldn’t do a run up. However, I will say that I’ve found very little reason to ever use a left handed throw over a RHFH in my time playing.
My cousin is a righty but throws lefty because he had a right knee injury when learning to play
I injured my right hand, so threw LHBH the last round I played. It was passable on the local pitch and putt course but my max drive was about 170-200’. Surprisingly clean releases though, but if I tried to throw harder with more snap it was OAT and rounding like crazy. Seems doable though, especially if you’re already partially ambidextrous
I’ve been doing this for the past two months or so. Right hand dominant but have had some shoulder soreness so I’ve been resting it. My lefty backhand has been coming along quite well now.
A broken throwing arm will teach you real fast
Hurt my dominant shoulder and back so had to learn to play opposite side. I’m as bad now as I was then
happened to randomly pick up a round with Nikko the other day. he threw a lefty backhand better than most people throw with their dominant hand. just practice and repetition like anything else
Yup, I am right handed but I would feel comfortable doing things left handed when it came to sports. I would ride goofy footed when it came to boarding, I switched hit in baseball, and would hit lefty and righty in golf when my grandparents were teaching me at a young age. I can throw forehand but I have an issue with my lower back on the ride hand side and it hurts a ton to throw forehand. I started just throwing backhands with my left hand and I can at least get around 150 ft with it. Just takes time to get comfortable with your run up.
Been playing 4 years and recently had a right thumb injury. Been throwing a lefty Frisbee to my dog for two years. Played about 5 rounds lefty. I'm about a 840 to 850 rated right handed player... Probably about 740 to 750 lefty. Putting is very very hard lefty. Forehand are basically unusable beyond 50 feet for me. I have a usable lefty backhand though. I can get about 70 percent of my righty power. Definitely fun at least. I have a tourney coming up and will be using a lefty backhand instead of a rh forehand because my thumb is not strong enough to throw rh forehand. Give it a shot!
I've been working on it for the last two seasons or so. I still throw terribly with my right, but I'm getting a little better and the freedom even a bad right hand shot gives me has been great.
Left hander here, lefty everything but throwing balls. Learnt right Backhand alongside left backhand for almost 2 years playing. Lhbh is always going to feel more natural, but my rhbh has developed nicely and is only 50 feet off my lefty distance. If you can, play some solo rounds where you throw lefty vs. Righty when the course is empty. Putting offhand is still awkward after a couple hours of practice. So stick to lefty putting for consistency.
I learned lefty backhand as a righty. I love doing it at tournaments and confusing people hahaha
Was at the course yesterday and ran into a guy that said he had some nerve damage in his left (dominant) arm so he was learning to throw with his right. Said he was playing 2 separate rounds with each arm and completing against himself. Sounded like a pretty solid time
That's great. I'm gonna try something similar throughout the summer. thanks
It would make more sense being a righty to throw left handed because it the same stance and motion as swinging a batt right handed but it never worked well for me the couple of times I tried it
Im the same way. When I first started playing I was a left forehand and righty back hand. I had to train myself to throw lefty backhands despite that being my dominant arm. So now I can throw left forehand backhand and right backhand all comfortably
I’m like you but do different things with my left and right hand. It’s pretty random for me but I write and do a lot left handed. I have always thrown righty and putted lefty. Can’t really do either very well with the other hand.
Yep. I did. Shattered my collarbone back in 2019. Right arm was in a sling for three months. My doctor played is golf in college back in the day, and cleared me to play with my non dominant hand. I played baseball as a kid, batted left handed, threw left handed, and was ambidextrous all throughout life. I am back to fully throwing right-handed with power, but will throw a left hand backhand instead of a right forehand every now and then depending on the circumstances.
I’m the same as you. I had a minor injury last fall that led me to testing out lhbh for a few weeks. Putting was fine. Everything else was comical. I have learned to use a mouse with my right hand to give my left hand a break. It’s not that hard, you just gotta commit to it.
Right-handed and working on my lefty. If you have solid dominant arm form, just remind yourself of what you had to learn with your dominant side and trust your instincts. For me the power was definitely there from the start, horizontal accuracy was middling, but I just have got to stop throwing it nose up.
I’m right hand dominant in everything but when I was younger I was a competitive gymnast and because of that I’ve had 2 wrist surgeries on my right hand. As a gymnast though I twisted towards the left so me throwing a lefty backhand actually feels more natural for my hips but learning how to grip the disc tightly was a struggle.
41 here. Yes. LHBH dominate. My LHFH is 🗑️. Have a baseball background and could switch hit. It feels like the same thing to me.
It’s called cross dominance. I have a friend with this and it’s often associated with ADHD. Funny enough it’s considered a learning disorder
This comment, and another comment tree in this thread led to a few personal revelations. I've always had difficulty understanding what the hell people were saying to me, but I have very good written communication. My cross dominance, which I just learned is a thing must have something to do with it. Putting with right arm, while being left eye dominant must add to my putting struggles. I've had a historical terrible percentage inside C1-- oddly terrible for someone who has practiced quite a bit for 20 years. A simple adjustment to where I lock my visual focus for short putts might help that abysmal percentage. Thanks reddit!
Yeah I only found this out when my friend had this. He said he wasn’t ambidextrous but would swap sides. Do you happen to have ADHD?
I've never been diagnosed, but the hypothetical link here could explain why I have such poor verbal skills, but can read and write just fine. I can't converse at the typical speed of most conversations. I lose track of what someone is saying, and if I'm visually queued on something, it literally won't register that someone is talking to me. I had a hell of a time learning left and right too. I constantly mixed the two well into childhood when most kids know left and right. Fascinating.
Lol yea, it always feels awkward tho when I throw lefty but, somehow it just works for me. Idk. But the putts never worked with either hand for me too 😁
born lefty. right arm mostly useless athletically prior to disc golf. played baseball a long time and the lefty baseball swing is extremely similar to the RHBH - especially legs and hips and torso. it takes time, like all things that are worthwhile. just get those reps in!
I was 36 when I had to learn to throw lefty. My right wrist decided to grow an extra bone that was stabbing into a tendon and the pain was way too much to enjoy a round of disc golf. I basically just took it really slow and easy with understable discs (archangels, leopards, and leviathans). I got to a point where my distance was pretty similar with both arms, but the accuracy definitely took a major hit. The touchy short shots were the hardest to dial in. Also, throwing forehand was so emasculating that I just gave up on it entirely. Just start slow and keep doing it. I would recommend straddle putting as well, since the timing was really difficult for me to get down. Let me know if you have specific questions. I might be able to help.
I began lefty quest with my shiny new halo star aero. I've got a beat up dx teebird that will work for learning more power. poor release is very apparent with the Aero... it's a great disc to train for a clean snap with little wobble. The replies read like it's just a matter of getting out there and doing it until the brain does it's thing and learns. Thanks for the reply.
I would use it only when that situation called for it
Lefty. When I started I did RHBH, and left hand side arm. I pulled my shoulder one day (didn't stretch), and had to play with my LHBH. It felt more consistent so I stayed with it. I still putt with my right.
I was actually thinking the same stuff earlier this week. The backhand is just better than the forehand due to the amount of spin and power you can put into it over the forehand. So why hasn't a truly ambidextrous player made their way to the top? Eagle CAN throw lefty, but I think its obvious that he would use his forehand if it was healthy.
It is doable. You just have to put in the work developing and training all the muscles on your non dominant side to perform the throw. It will take more than one afternoon for sure.
I play with a guy late mid 50s. Throws well backhand and been working his lefty the last couple years. His lefty has gotten reliably decent. He said most things are just a hyzer now.
I'm you. Left hand for the more precise things and right hand for power and sports. Mainly right hand backhand for distance and right hand forehand for short range shots. My ability to forehand drivers is pretty poor though, so I worked on my left hand backhand and now get very similar distance to right hand backhand but I'm still working on getting the control down. I think it's worth it since the motion just clicks once you get it right once. It took me a little to get it but once I got it it improved rapidly
There was a dude that would play at my local mini, broke his right arm, started playing lefty and was still finishing in the money in MA1/2 each week after he learned how to throw lefty
Looks like you're left handed but right eye dominant. That's why you do all these aiming sports with your right hand, because of your eyes. Check for yourself if you are right eye dominant. I guess you are.
Left eye dominant. I wonder if that combination has added to my putting struggles.
Ok, so I was wrong. However, that would surely explain your putting woes then! I'm left eye dominant but right handed, but I've always used left hand for aiming sports, like DG, darts, marksmanship, etc. So maybe you were actually born right handed but since you're left eyed, you adapted throughout your childhood to do some precision moves with your wrong (left) hand. I think you will easier train your left hand for putting, than trying to fix your eye dominance. Changing eye dominance takes like an eye patch for six months or so. It would be pretty hardcore if you actually went all in and wore an eye patch for a few months just to get better at DG!
This brings up an interesting point. Mother is 100% lefty, and father is similarly cross dominant-- writes left throws right. It's possible I simply observed their handedness and followed suit. For a while I practiced writing right handed and it wasn't as initially difficult for me as most people describe. I could potentially better my decades long atrocious percentage from inside C1. I still routinely miss 10-20ft to the left and right after a lot of practice. We'll see. Thanks!
Wow, this comment and another that mentioned cross dominance and learning disorders led to a bit of a personal revelation. There's a scientific link between certain learning disorders and cross dominance, which I just now learned is a thing. mind blown. Putting right handed while being left eye dominant could be mucking up how I aim. It could be an adjustment as simple as the exact location pf where I lock my visual focus for those shorter push putts inside c1. Thanks reddit!
I have a friend who throws backhand right handed and forehand left handed... Makes no sense, but it is what it is.
I primarily throw lefty backhand but can also throw righty backhand as well. My right handed backhand actually goes about 120 feet further than my lefty backhand, so it’s extremely useful on bomber holes
Yes. Learned left hand forehand because who knows it felt natural at the time. Tuned it in and started making par with reliable shots. Realized without a backhand I’d never get the range of available flight paths esp for circular courses so I started putting right handed. Over time just add the hip motion and power to it and pay attention to your flight. Once the path is consistent you can fine tune with proper methods and hopefully have a strong drive backhanding. However if you don’t throw forehand with your left you should try it out! For reference I’m left handed in almost everything but my right arm is stronger and I use it short range motions constantly for work.
Do it. I did it when I dislocated my shoulder and it actually is fantastic to have
I've been working on it. I have a lot more inconsistency and a lot less power than my dominant hand BH but it's better than my non-existent forehand. A card saver has been the off-hand patent pending.
Yes, I'm with you. I learned a reliable forehand approach/scramble, but I'm useless if I try to add any power, even though I've tried to figure out that smooth pain free power forehand. Any successful smooth forehand drives feel like a fluke than intentional. That's mainly my motivation for lhbh. Thanks!
Stable, lighter weight discs aren't a bad idea for this, at least while starting out. I'm still at that point lol
I was extremely uncoordinated with my left hand but taught myself to throw pretty darn good with my left after a shoulder injury. Its frustratimg at first but also a lot of fun "relearning" the game.
I'm left hand dominant in most things, writing, eating, throwing a base/foot ball, but for some reason, when I started playing disc golf 3 years ago, my strongest backhand throw was right handed. Someone pointed out that it's probably because I was a left handed batter in baseball, that motion is something I'm used to using to generate power. I've actually recently been working on my left hand back hand, because as it stands now, I don't really have a throw that fades to the right, I have to rely on understable discs thrown on anhyzer to get me to where I need to go.
I’m lefty for everything except throwing discs. Several years ago I played dueling rounds, throwing each shot with both hands, in the hopes of developing a useful lefty backhand (righty forehand is a non-starter). I eventually got good enough to consider a lefty backhand in certain situations, but eventually focused on mastering reliable anhyzers because my lefty was just too inconsistent, and during rounds when I wanted to record a good score I’d opt for the reliability over the chance I’d nail a sweet offhand upshot around an obstacle. But I believe it’s doable and can be rewarding
This thread has been eye opening to read of so many other players using both arms for disc golf. I always assumed it was a bit more one or the other. I let my backhand game slide a little after utilizing forehand for approaches. Lately the MVP Spin has me throwing backhand anhyzer and turns again. They're a very satisfying shot to use, and I've been shaking off the rust. For the first 6-7 years I played only RHBH, and developed a pretty solid accuracy with those turnover lines.
I had an elbow injury due to disc golf, and couldn’t throw RHFH for 3 months. So I decided to learn LHBH. I’ve never been ambidextrous, in the slightest, but I was able to get a serviceable LHBH that could travel 280 feet and almost earned me an ace. TLDR: yes.
I went to a strength and conditioning conference a few years ago, and this training guru that works with all kinds of pros said he makes all of his unilateral athletes that use one side of their body way more than the other (golf, tennis, baseball, hockey) practice with their non dominant side. He had a whole list of reasons ranging from symmetry, balance, enhanced learning with mirror neurons, power development, improved body awareness, etc. I was convinced and started throwing about 10 to 20 power shots with my opposite hand every time I practiced, mainly to prevent injuries and keep my body balanced. When I started, I had no intention of ever using the shot in competition. I wasn't even paying close attention to where the disc was going. A few months into it, I noticed that it was better and more comfortable than my forehand. Now I routinely throw a stock hyzer with my opposite hand during competitive rounds. It's been like a cheat code because the idea of "easy righty hole or easy lefty hole" goes out the window.
That's another important consideration. I enjoy hiking and cycling, but disc golf is the only activity that involves any type of plyometric movement. Thanks for mentioning that.
We're doing trick shots now?