Is your dominant hand related to your skiing?

gperry1

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So I was letting my mind wander during class today when the thought came to me, does your dominant hand affect your skiing. I'm a lefty and I slide rails with my left foot forward and spin to the left. But what about you guys, do you think your dominant hand has an effect on your skiing?
 
I think there's a common trend. For me personally I'm righty and I slide rails with my left foot forward. I never could lock on with right foot forward like my friends. But I spin to the left normally too
 
Everyone has a dominant leg and this is especially noticeable in beginner skiers who struggle to turn both directions and will always find one side easier. It is not always the same as the hand you write with and I generally find that most people are right leg dominant. Same reason snowboarders either ride regular or goofy.
 
It's not if you're r/l-handed, it's r/l-leg dominance which makes the difference. Most people would kick a ball with their right leg, but some with their left, same as most people write with their right hand but some with their left. Snowboarding, skating and surfing cater to this imbalance, but skiing does not which is why most beginners go through a phase of being better at one turn than the other. This imbalance comes back when you start freestyle skiing in terms of preference of direction. Since most people are right leg dominant, they prefer to spin left so they can set the spin from their right leg, and they prefer to slide stuff right foot forward so they can keep their weight on the front foot plus they've already learned to spin left so they prefer to do so onto a box/rail. However, as with some people who skate mongo or push with their wrong leg, some people spin in the opposite direction to the way predicted by this theory. At the end of the day it's down to the individual and how they get their head around it first, and once they have established their preference it can be very deeply engrained. This is one of the things which generates diversity in skiers/riders. One of my housemates even prefers to spin left so much that when he learned fs/bs270s out he learned right foot forward blind 70 before left, and left foot forward front 270 before right. His "natural" slide on rails depended entirely on what he did off it rather than which way he faced when he was on it.
 
13401465:hugopeckham said:
It's not if you're r/l-handed, it's r/l-leg dominance which makes the difference. Most people would kick a ball with their right leg, but some with their left, same as most people write with their right hand but some with their left. Snowboarding, skating and surfing cater to this imbalance, but skiing does not which is why most beginners go through a phase of being better at one turn than the other. This imbalance comes back when you start freestyle skiing in terms of preference of direction. Since most people are right leg dominant, they prefer to spin left so they can set the spin from their right leg, and they prefer to slide stuff right foot forward so they can keep their weight on the front foot plus they've already learned to spin left so they prefer to do so onto a box/rail. However, as with some people who skate mongo or push with their wrong leg, some people spin in the opposite direction to the way predicted by this theory. At the end of the day it's down to the individual and how they get their head around it first, and once they have established their preference it can be very deeply engrained. This is one of the things which generates diversity in skiers/riders. One of my housemates even prefers to spin left so much that when he learned fs/bs270s out he learned right foot forward blind 70 before left, and left foot forward front 270 before right. His "natural" slide on rails depended entirely on what he did off it rather than which way he faced when he was on it.

Im righty but I kick a ball with my left. Im different.
 
13401465:hugopeckham said:
It's not if you're r/l-handed, it's r/l-leg dominance which makes the difference. Most people would kick a ball with their right leg, but some with their left, same as most people write with their right hand but some with their left. Snowboarding, skating and surfing cater to this imbalance, but skiing does not which is why most beginners go through a phase of being better at one turn than the other. This imbalance comes back when you start freestyle skiing in terms of preference of direction. Since most people are right leg dominant, they prefer to spin left so they can set the spin from their right leg, and they prefer to slide stuff right foot forward so they can keep their weight on the front foot plus they've already learned to spin left so they prefer to do so onto a box/rail. However, as with some people who skate mongo or push with their wrong leg, some people spin in the opposite direction to the way predicted by this theory. At the end of the day it's down to the individual and how they get their head around it first, and once they have established their preference it can be very deeply engrained. This is one of the things which generates diversity in skiers/riders. One of my housemates even prefers to spin left so much that when he learned fs/bs270s out he learned right foot forward blind 70 before left, and left foot forward front 270 before right. His "natural" slide on rails depended entirely on what he did off it rather than which way he faced when he was on it.

Didn't even read lol
 
my right hand and leg are dominant but i slide rails left foot forward, spin left. But for some reason i prefer to ride switch as i would go off a jump spinning to the right but prefer to spin left going switch if this makes sense, im not sure why this is but it could relate to this dominant hand thing or it could be the fact that i just need to practice riding switch the other way more which i assume it is.
 
Right Handed

Spin left

Grind right foot forward

Prefer grabbing with my right hand by far, look like an idiot when i try to grab trailing with my left
 
Im right handed right foot forward spin left, so does almost everyone i know, i kinda wish i went on to rails left foot forward naturally cuz it would be more unique
 
13401504:captain_whale said:
The poll would be too long because there are so many combinations that you can have.

8 combinations is not a lot

(dominant hand- rail slide- spin)

RRR

RRL

RLR

RLL

LRR

LRL

LLR

LLL
 
I'm a righty but my dominant leg is left , so o slide rails left foot forward and I spin left like a righty. I'm supposed to be full lefty but as a kid o tought myself as a dominant righty with my hands

For most people rightys spin left , slide right foot forward or vice versa for Leftys slide left foot forward , spin right.
 
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