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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.
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Didn't think about that, and in the tradition of excellent survey-building, therefore I'll just ignore it :ph34r:. 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)

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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.
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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?

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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!
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because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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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)

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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..
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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.

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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:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:.


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 symmetry:ph34r::ph34r::ph34r::ph34r:
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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)
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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?

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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)
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