When you start a foot race, like you’re about to sprint,
is the foot that you lead off with the same as your dominant
foot?
If you’re left-foot dominant, do you mostly drive a car with
a manual transmission? If right-footed, do you drive an
automatic?
If I’m driving with a woman, I prefer the automatic- if running from a woman, leed with the closest foot to the door.
Christopher
When in blocks and when standing up to start a race, your dominant foot goes
forward. That is the foot that you push off from.
Interesting point. I’m not much of a track star, but i feel more comfortable with my right foot in front. When Unicycling, my left foot is dominant. I am left handed. When I am grabbing the seat like in jumping up/down stairs, I grip the seat with my right hand, but I use my left arm for stabilization. I feel that your dominant arm is more Important for stabilization than for gripping.
-David Kaplan
Im right footed and right handed.
I hop with my left foot in front
I (attempt to) idle with my right foot down
I hold the seat with my left hand
I water-ski left foot forward
I skateboard goofy footed (right foot forward)
I start a wheelie on my pushbike with my right foot
I currently drive an auto, had a manual for 10 years before that
go figure???
Leo
instead of thinking about these things,i always belive that its the unicycle that is chosing my movments for me and there is nothing you can do to change it.
or evaluate:(
Adding to the statistics:
I am right handed and right footed.
I mount mainly with my right foot (right pedal back)
I hop with the right pedal back
I ride one foot (better) with my right foot
I start races with my right pedal back (?)
I (generally) hold the seat with my left hand. I believe this comes from the
early years of Schwinn seats that would tear when dropped, so the quicker
right hand was free to catch it. The dominant arm, as someone else
mentioned, seems also to be a better flailing/balancing arm.
I’ve snowboarded twice, and I’m still not sure which of my feet should be in
front. I think I had my left foot in front. Don’t use this one on any
scientific compilations.
As for driving a car, I drive cars and ride motorcycles. You don’t get a
choice where the controls are, so it has nothing to do with this discussion.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
www.unicycling.com
“You’re not supposed to wash your Roach armor” - Nathan Hoover, on safety
equipment cleaning methods
Mangling the statistics:
I am left eye dominant.
I shoot pool, archery, sling shots and long arms left handed.
I shoot pistols right handed.
I write left handed.
I throw and bat right handed.
I used to eat right handed with a spoon or chopsticks and left handed with a fork but now use all eating utensils interchangably because eating is important.
I am right foot dominant. I mount a unicycle right foot down except step-over-side-mount where I must mount left foot down because arthritis in my left knee won’t let it flex enough to step over.
I play basketball right handed from jump shot range and left handed up close.
I am right handed viewing the video of Lewis’ mother.
Don’t let your left hand find out you’re cheating :).
I’m another Lefty! I wonder how many of us there are among the unicyclists of the world. It seems to me (and I’m just saying this because I am biased) that Lefties would tend to excel more at skills such as unicycling and juggling that use both sides of the brain/body because we have often had to develop skills using our less dominant side in order to fit into a predominantly right-handed world. Maybe Harper, as a fellow left-handed unicycling Physicist, can attest to this too.
So to further mangle the statistics I will add my two cents worth:
I shoot pool mostly left handed, but I can shoot equally well right handed.
Archery is the opposite, mostly right handed but equally well left handed.
I only have right-handed golf clubs, so when I golf (very poorly) I do it right-handed.
As the proud owner of the lowest (worst) score trophy from the company bowling tournament, I can say that I bowl equally poorly with either hand.
I’m a switch hitter but I throw and shoot baskets right handed.
I write and eat left handed.
I am left foot dominant and mount a unicycle with the left foot back.
When starting in blocks I prefer my left foot forward, however as mostly a middle distance runner (1600m) I rarely use blocks.
When viewing the video of Lewis’ mom I am also right handed, however as a heterosexual female, my right hand is used for controlling the mouse, unlike Harper.
So in many things I could be considered ambidexterous. On the other hand, maybe I am just confused. 
Cherie
when I grow up, I want to be ambidexterous, cause right now Im half retarded.
Leo
Before unicycling I knew what my dominant side was. My right hand and
right foot were preferred for everything (except, to be sure, holding
the bike handlebars one-handed). None of those preferences have
changed, but now I prefer left foot mounting, left-foot-down idling
and I can turn a bit tighter to the left than to the right. I think it
has to do with the way I was told to hold the wall rack on my first
minute of unicycle lessons.
Klaas Bil
On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 01:56:08 GMT, “Import Car Fan”
<dsholt@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>When you start a foot race, like you’re about to sprint,
>is the foot that you lead off with the same as your dominant
>foot?
>
>If you’re left-foot dominant, do you mostly drive a car with
>a manual transmission? If right-footed, do you drive an
>automatic?
>
>
>
>
>
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alright i give in
i’m left handed
right legged
right eye dominant,i shoot pistols left and rifles right.
i ride one foot with my right foot on the crown.
when i kiss,i’d rather tilt to the right
if someone is following me i gaze over my left shoulder mostly
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:36:37 +0000 (UTC), harper
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote:
>I am right handed viewing the video of Lewis’
>mother.
What was that url again?
:-&
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Develope greater flexability and you will forget which hand is dominate. Sadly, it also makes it difficult to see the screen.
Some parts of Europe use the term ‘mouse’ like the states use ‘beaver’… or so I am told.
Christopher
right/left
I’m exactly the same as Harper, except for the last one–I don’t need hands, but if I do, it’s the left
“Bill Huff” <BHUFF@satx.rr.com> wrote in message news:NH188.83899$ZK4.3131255@typhoon.austin.rr.com…
> When in blocks and when standing up to start a race, your dominant foot goes
> forward. That is the foot that you push off from.
>
That’s what motivated me to post the question. I thought
a sample size of one (me) might extend to a larger number,
but I was wrong. Why someone becomes left or right-
foot dominant really fascinates me.
On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 03:47:57 GMT, “Bill Huff” <BHUFF@satx.rr.com>
wrote:
>When in blocks and when standing up to start a race, your dominant foot goes
>forward. That is the foot that you push off from.
In the Boy Scouts, ages ago, we did 100 m running quite often. I seem
to remember I put my dominant foot behind as this is the one that
starts pushing. This was both in blocks (or from kneeled position but
without blocks) and from standing position. I never officially learned
foot positioning, so I don’t know if this was “good” it’s just how I
did it.
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figure this one
when i started unicycling, i got on with my left foot first to the back. My left foot is my prefered foot foreward, so i tought myself to get on with right foot to the back so i could hop straight away, now they both feel natural.
My prefered arm is my right, but i do one handed handstands to the left arm?? still working that one out! when i hop i grab on with the left arm and balance with the right!
My prefered eye is both of them!
when i was doing high jump, a quick test to find out which leg you prefer to take off on is to get someone to push you from behind, the leg that goes out first to stop your fall is your prefered leg!
James
> My prefered arm is my right, but i do one
> handed handstands to the left arm?? still working
> that one out! when i hop i grab on with the left
> arm and balance with the right!
Both of those are probably the same; you use your right arm for balance, and
your left arm for the “grunt” work.
> My prefered eye is both of them!
As I reported earlier, I am chronically right handed and right footed, but I
use my left eye for one-eyed stuff. I don’t think this is from using
cameras, as I remember using that eye even when I was little.
JF