wmw999 2,541 #1 March 10, 2012 In a discussion with a very long-term skydiving instructor last night, he mentioned that he thought a disproportionate number of skydiving students appeared to have been left-handed. Since everyone at the table was a skydiver, and 50% of them were left-handed, we figured it was time for a highly scientific poll on dz.com I'm sorry, but the Boobies option will skew the validity of the results , so feel free to comment in the thread. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #2 March 10, 2012 What, No option for ambidextrous? I'm left handed.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dthames 0 #3 March 10, 2012 I wonder if a larger percent of lefties respond to make their minority voice heard?Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,541 #4 March 10, 2012 Didn't think about that, and in the tradition of excellent survey-building, therefore I'll just ignore it . As far as the self-reporting bias, well, can't do much about that in this format, and I don't think I'll be able to convince the DZ to add that as a question on the release. Wendy P. There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #5 March 10, 2012 If you put only two options you could have opted for the two that would bring a proper balance. Lefty: the leftys would vote to make their voice heard. Boobies: the righty wouldn't feel so silly about posting to the only other option, since they think it's silly to vote due to the majority of ppl being righty's. But, I am ambidextrous when I play with boobies. Then, again, some may get confused by those options, as well.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 March 10, 2012 LEEFFTTYY here also You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Namowal 0 #7 March 10, 2012 Right handed. That being said, I'm remarkably bad at telling the difference between left and right. I still have to stop and think okay, which hand do I write with.. My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #8 March 10, 2012 I did a similar unscientific 'study' 30 years ago polling new S/L students at a commercial DZ, 6 months & just over 1000 people...a bit over 20% were left handed/right brained back then. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolan358 0 #9 March 10, 2012 Righty here though i shoot left in hockey just to be different Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #10 March 10, 2012 Left-boobed or right-boobed? I'd give my left nut to find out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rnicks 0 #11 March 10, 2012 Interesting question. I write with my left hand but am right hand dominant in everything else. I've always wondered how much of that is attributed to growing up in a right hand dominant society. (ie. learning how to use scissors in kindergarten, throwing a ball, pulling the pc, ect) Any other leftys have an opinion? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #12 March 10, 2012 Quote Interesting question. I write with my left hand but am right hand dominant in everything else. I've always wondered how much of that is attributed to growing up in a right hand dominant society. (ie. learning how to use scissors in kindergarten, throwing a ball, pulling the pc, ect) Any other leftys have an opinion? Yep, my brother is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed. Probably because he learned with the only guitars available to him at the time. My parents both right-handed but among us 6 siblings 3 are left-handed and 3 are right-handed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjosparky 4 #13 March 10, 2012 Most left handed people are almost ambidextrous due to the fact they grow up in a right hand world. I shot trap for over 20 years, shot left handed but have a dominate right eye. SparkyMy idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #14 March 10, 2012 Though I write right handed I am actually somewhat ambidextrous as there are quite a few things I do left handed or both hands... This may have something to do with the fact my father was left handed and I learned a bunch of stuff from him? Dunno. Kind of cool though.She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #15 March 10, 2012 Right handed and Goofy Foot. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
legalart 0 #16 March 10, 2012 Right handed batted left for while playing baseball for 10 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 569 #17 March 10, 2012 Quote In a discussion with a very long-term skydiving instructor last night, he mentioned that he thought a disproportionate number of skydiving students appeared to have been left-handed. Since everyone at the table was a skydiver, and 50% of them were left-handed, we figured it was time for a highly scientific poll on dz.com I'm sorry, but the Boobies option will skew the validity of the results , so feel free to comment in the thread. Wendy P. On dizzy.com we have loads of ex and wannabee jumpers.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #18 March 10, 2012 I'm a lefty and Normiss says I look awkward every time I work in the Kitchen. I can't use his manual can-opener to save my life. I'd starve if I had to depend on that thing!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,541 #19 March 10, 2012 Ex jumpers would definitely count in this case, and wannabe's have at least some likelihood of showing up in an FJC. Since FJCs were his metric in the past, I figured that'd do for me. I'm right handed for most stuff, but left eye dominant. Wendy P.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #20 March 10, 2012 left handed, do use a scissor with right, all else left. ups, someone mentioned shooting, do that right handed too, but that's coz my eyesight on the left sucks donkey balls..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KCJumper 0 #21 March 10, 2012 I write, golf and throw a ball left handed but like many have learned to do some things right handed. Throwing a PC was just a matter of learning one way. There was no option so I never questioned it. Much like when I learned to play the trumpet. There wasn't an option. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #22 March 11, 2012 Quote Most left handed people are almost ambidextrous due to the fact they grow up in a right hand world. I shot trap for over 20 years, shot left handed but have a dominate right eye. Sparky Im also left hand right eye dominant, and i and a completle crap shot with a rifle. I'm also not even close to ambidextrous. the ONLY thing I do "right handed" is use a knife and fork the way it laid out on the table, fork on the left. My right arm is there for balance and symmetryYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #23 March 11, 2012 Quote Quote Interesting question. I write with my left hand but am right hand dominant in everything else. I've always wondered how much of that is attributed to growing up in a right hand dominant society. (ie. learning how to use scissors in kindergarten, throwing a ball, pulling the pc, ect) Any other leftys have an opinion? Yep, my brother is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed. Probably because he learned with the only guitars available to him at the time. Yep, I do the same thing. When I went to get my first guitar, they told me (and my mother who was paying) the even though I "air guitared" as a lefty, she should buy a right handed guitar. The reasoning: because left handed guitars are hard to come by and usually more expensive. Now, If I try to play lefty I get nose-bleeds. (not really, Its just REALLY DIFFICULT to even think of how to play that way)My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #24 March 11, 2012 All right, one third of the people here say they are left-handed. However, in society in general, only 10% of people are left-handed. So, what does this mean? That left-handed people crave high risk sports more than right-handed people? And if so, why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #25 March 11, 2012 Quote All right, one third of the people here say they are left-handed. However, in society in general, only 10% of people are left-handed. So, what does this mean? That left-handed people crave high risk sports more than right-handed people? And if so, why? In the field of education that i work in, (children at risk) the majority of people who i have encountered that do my type of job are left handed.You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
