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Author Topic: Right vs left hand retrieve  (Read 10637 times)

DanL

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Re: Right vs left hand retrieve
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2025, 06:57:11 PM »

Yah, to each their own, but everyone is different and they have to understand what feels right for them.

This right here. All this talk about strong arm, off-dominant hand etc is irrelevant if it doesnt feel right to you. There are some people that have mixed handed-ness ie. swing baseball/golf right, but shoot hockey left etc. I'm one of those. Cant explain it other than I know it feels very wrong and cant do it properly the 'wrong' way.

Between fly, CP, levelwind, spinning, I do a mix of left and right; just depends on what feels right. Yes there is a large degree of ingrained muscle memory involved, and yes it's weird to those who dont have that tendency.
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bj23

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Re: Right vs left hand retrieve
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2025, 09:37:14 AM »

You're right ,Dan. Do whatever feels right for you. Left or right, either or both.
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