[XTC Anubis]

Sup guys,

I been practicing for a few days now and I am very frustrated with my left hand being slower and not as accurate as my right.. I've really never used my left hand. So you can imagine how crappy a guy can feel when he can get his right hand to do pretty much everything but his left just can keep the beat or anything else along those lines. Any suggestions on how to get the left hand more in tune with the right?

Thanks,

XTC Anubis

[Dru]

Well, term given to the hand that's weaker is 'off-hand', which is the left one in your case (and in most people's case). The only real way to get both of your hands up to par is to practice the movements of a move one hand at a time. Don't even have the right hand holding a stick. The key is individual-hand-concentration

[Under Ground Assassins]

Originally Posted by Dru

Well, term given to the hand that's weaker is 'off-hand', which is the left one in your case (and in most people's case). The only real way to get both of your hands up to par is to practice the movements of a move one hand at a time. Don't even have the right hand holding a stick. The key is individual-hand-concentration

I just started stringing not that long ago and that's what worked for me. The side to side crazy eight worked well. Then after I mastered that I would add in the other string by doing a circle over my head (while continueing the crazy eight). It created good coordination skills.

[star-gazer]

yea what i do to get my left hand up to par is just practice over and over and over again the pattern with just the left hand till it feels right. Then when confident add the right hand but still dont have anything in it yet just go through the motions with both hand but only have my string in my left hand. Then when im comfortable with that add both strings.

[SkY_ThE_GuY]

i actualy made a lil video on this a while back. here it is.

You Tube

[bird^]

Whenever i try to learn a move i always try it with my offhand first. i dont even bother with my main hand until i have the movement perfected with my offhand.

for some reason doing the harder one first makes it easier in general for me

[LilRaverBoi]

Honestly, there have been a bizillion posts about this (slight embellishment). Yes, left hands suck...they will likely always cause you slight problems...but with practice, you can minimize this. Do things twice as much with your L hand...it will help doing single handed...especially working on plane work with the L hand (try to keep your spinning in an imaginary wall perpendicular to the audiences' view. Therefore, my main advice is to practice, practice practice...I've been spinning for years and these are still issues I face. You can definitely work it all out, but the L will likely be inherently more difficult!