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One advantage is a left-handed catcher's ability to frame a right-handed pitcher's breaking balls. A right-handed catcher catches a right-hander's breaking ball across his body, with his glove moving out of the strike zone. A left-handed catcher would be able to catch the pitch moving into the strike zone and create a better target for the umpire.
An older study found that left-handed people were better at "divergent thinking", and a more recent research cites lefties have better working memories and mental flexibility. 5. Don't get too ...
Left-handed people only make up about 10% of the world's population — so you might be surprised to learn how many of them have been world leaders, artists, well-known athletes, award-winning actors.
Only 10 percent of the population is left-handed. While there may not be many of them, being left-handed sure does come with some surprising perks! 14 things you never knew about left-handed people
If the parents are both right-handed, in dizygotic and monozygotic twins there is a 21% chance of one being left-handed. If one parent is left-handed, in DZ and MZ twins there is a 57% chance of one being left-handed. If both parents are left-handed, it is almost certain one twin will be left-handed. [citation needed]
In the sport of cricket, some players may find that they are more comfortable bowling with their left or right hand, but batting with the other hand. Approximate statistics, complied in 1981, are given below: [4] Favoring right hand: 88.2%; Favoring right foot: 81.0%; Favoring right eye: 71.1%; Favoring right ear: 59.1%; Same hand and foot: 84%
Shara Lin is naturally left-handed, but plays the violin and guitar right handed. [42] She can also play the piano with her left hand while playing the zither with her right. [43] Also, naturally left-handed musicians have to play with right-handed-only instruments (violin, viola, cello). Kurt Cobain, frontman of Nirvana, was naturally ...
Let’s face it: the world is designed for right-handed folks, from notebooks and pens to instruments, gears, and tools. Left-handed people have to struggle to find things that work for them or ...