drickanderson
Double Eagle Member
As some of you may remember, I've been having issues with shoulder pain (right shoulder), and after playing in league doubles day before last, my shoulder got so bad that I could hardly lift my arm high enough to grab a cup off the counter.
I decided that rather than take time off, I would learn to play lefty. So today, during our lunch 'game' (I use the term loosely), I threw entirely left-handed (putting and everything). I was actually very shocked at how well I did. I didn't even bother keeping score, but I did 'three' a couple of holes.
The really cool part was the loud 'snap' I was getting out of my drives. The guy I was playing with even commented on it. A lot of them were going really high, but I started getting them down toward the end of the round. They weren't spraying all over the place like I expected. Most of the issue was with release angle, and the fact that they were fading to the right instead of left (amazingly hard to get used to that concept). My putting was DEAD on. I might continue to putt left-handed because I was NAILING some of those from 30-40' out, which are a crap-shoot right handed (most of this may be due to the fact that I was more 'relaxed'. I think you play better when you don't care, and I was playing with the knowledge that I could blame any mistakes on my leftyness).
I also notice that it becomes more mechanical with my left hand. I really have to think about the steps involved, and there is less 'feel' to it, but I think that's a good thing.
Anywho. I'm going to keep this up for a few weeks and see how it works out. Has anybody else done this?
I decided that rather than take time off, I would learn to play lefty. So today, during our lunch 'game' (I use the term loosely), I threw entirely left-handed (putting and everything). I was actually very shocked at how well I did. I didn't even bother keeping score, but I did 'three' a couple of holes.
The really cool part was the loud 'snap' I was getting out of my drives. The guy I was playing with even commented on it. A lot of them were going really high, but I started getting them down toward the end of the round. They weren't spraying all over the place like I expected. Most of the issue was with release angle, and the fact that they were fading to the right instead of left (amazingly hard to get used to that concept). My putting was DEAD on. I might continue to putt left-handed because I was NAILING some of those from 30-40' out, which are a crap-shoot right handed (most of this may be due to the fact that I was more 'relaxed'. I think you play better when you don't care, and I was playing with the knowledge that I could blame any mistakes on my leftyness).
I also notice that it becomes more mechanical with my left hand. I really have to think about the steps involved, and there is less 'feel' to it, but I think that's a good thing.
Anywho. I'm going to keep this up for a few weeks and see how it works out. Has anybody else done this?