non dominant hand

crzyaznkdxd · **non dominant hand -** 03-07-08, 03:25 AM

alright. i have found out i have absolutely no left hand coordination. i can barely hold a simple spin while stringing. any advice to help me with this? anyone think piano will help my non dominant hand coordination? i will keep trying until then.

**jareblue** · 03-07-08, 04:39 AM

welcome 2 the wonderful world of 'my left hand sucks'.. guess what?? u gotta practice twice as long with ur left as u do ur right.. it's just the way it is..
i assume u already play piano?? it should help quite a bit actually cuz ur brain has 2 learn 2 control each hand independantly, right?? same thing w/ the strings.. however u have 2 train ur muscles 2 and the only way 2 do that is to practice.. a lot..
ur left hand will def get better over time, but it's almost always gonna b ur off-hand that makes life hard.. good luck!!

Daisy · 03-07-08, 09:22 AM

I agree with what jarblue said. completely...someone had posted a vid on another thread of some ways to practice getting your plans straight...I think that might help to...so I'm going to see if I can find it...

**LilRaverBoi** · 03-07-08, 02:30 PM

Ditto ditto ditto...yeah, it's always gonna be the 'bitch' hand...but you can overcome it by practicing a bunch and you will be able to do what you want with it...just takes some time and patience. Yeah, piano should help your brain, physically strengthening/coordinating, etc. I'd keep doing both and they'd complement each other...especially if you can learn some of the piano parts from some of the happy hardcore tracks I have...breathtaking! Good luck!

Osmosis9 · 03-08-08, 05:35 AM

Yes sometimes the left hand has a mind of its own. I found this really cool video that shows how to improve planes and it is very helpful, unfortunately the video isn't working but there is a written tutorial for it that you should be able to understand. It helped me improve my left hand a lot. Here is the link:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=1958438&bl ogID=137779186

SpinnableDreamS · 03-08-08, 06:41 PM

i wanna chop my left hand off sometimes but that would kinda defeat the purpose of poi woiuldn't it

**ukeyouee** · 03-28-08, 10:29 PM

we had a thread going for a bit about this...here's a link to it...I know it's been a few weeks, but maybe this'll help...

hand-training-hints

**dancefloor** · 03-29-08, 01:21 AM

Yeah, Idk how long you've been playing piano, but I played from 5 years old until I was 17. I stopped, and I'm getting back into it (I'm 19 now) but I never had a problem with my left hand. I'm almost always on my computer too, so I'm a really good typer and my left hand is on par with my right, except for writing with a pen... I can't do that >.>

My advice would be doing all the moves you know with just your left poi and/or trying what LilRaverBoi(WHATEVERNUMBERSAREHERE) did in his video with a pen... It helped him, so why not you? =)

**LilRaverBoi** · 03-30-08, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by dancefLoor

My advice would be doing all the moves you know with just your left poi and/or trying what LilRaverBoi(WHATEVERNUMBERSAREHERE) did in his video with a pen... It helped him, so why not you? =)

Not LilRaverBoi....lil_raver_boy6169...notice the _'s, the Y and the numbers. It's so confusing now that I have an alter ego...kinda like in elementary school when I was in a class with 2 ryans...so they were Ryan W and Ryan N and I was 'buh-ryan' (pronounced as such...LAME!)

**dancefloor** · 03-30-08, 03:13 AM

alright, I forgot theres _'s... SO KILL ME!