I would love somebody to help me here. My son turned 5 in July. He loves sports and I think he has great potential. He loves baseball, basketball, football, and soccer. And he's already pretty good at all sports compared to others his age....
But I'm scratching my head because he eats and writes left but throws and bats right. I have read that some people are just like this, but I'm thinking that we forced him to throw right and it really has me concerned. I remember him picking up the baseball and football left handed until he was about 4 years old and he threw left. But since the summer of 2009 he has thrown right. Our 8 1/2 year old throws right (and the rest of the family is right handed). And we have right handed throwing baseball gloves (for the left hand). Looking back at last summer I believe my younger son would started using my older son's baseball gloves and he started throwing right. And now he does most sports right. He throws right. He even kicks right (and possibly he always kicked right). He can still throw with his left but he naturally picks up the ball with his right hand and throws right. Although he seems to throw good right, I don't want him to throw right if he was born to throw left.
I would appreciate it if somebody could give me their opinions. Maybe he was going to end up throwing right. I just remember the first 3 or 4 years of his life it seemed he threw more with his left hand and I thought his left hand seemed stronger early on. Plus the fact that he eats and writes left makes me think he was supposed to throw left (especially when you add the fact that he did throw left early on). But right now he always picks up the football and baseball with his right hand and throws right. And he throws a little better now with his right hand (stronger and more accurate), but I don't know if this is just because he usually uses is right hand now to throw and he has gotten used to throwing right handed). Also as far as I know, he has always kicked right. And he always batted right. Please help ease my worries. I just want to know if I should try to get him going back to throwing left or just let him continue throwing right.
This may seem silly, but his brother is a real good pitcher already. And we always felt like our younger one had much more potential for sports. I have guilt that I made him be a righty and I am taking some of his potential away since possibly he was born to throw left.
I would appreciate any advice or thoughts on this concern of mine.
Thanks!
But I'm scratching my head because he eats and writes left but throws and bats right. I have read that some people are just like this, but I'm thinking that we forced him to throw right and it really has me concerned. I remember him picking up the baseball and football left handed until he was about 4 years old and he threw left. But since the summer of 2009 he has thrown right. Our 8 1/2 year old throws right (and the rest of the family is right handed). And we have right handed throwing baseball gloves (for the left hand). Looking back at last summer I believe my younger son would started using my older son's baseball gloves and he started throwing right. And now he does most sports right. He throws right. He even kicks right (and possibly he always kicked right). He can still throw with his left but he naturally picks up the ball with his right hand and throws right. Although he seems to throw good right, I don't want him to throw right if he was born to throw left.
I would appreciate it if somebody could give me their opinions. Maybe he was going to end up throwing right. I just remember the first 3 or 4 years of his life it seemed he threw more with his left hand and I thought his left hand seemed stronger early on. Plus the fact that he eats and writes left makes me think he was supposed to throw left (especially when you add the fact that he did throw left early on). But right now he always picks up the football and baseball with his right hand and throws right. And he throws a little better now with his right hand (stronger and more accurate), but I don't know if this is just because he usually uses is right hand now to throw and he has gotten used to throwing right handed). Also as far as I know, he has always kicked right. And he always batted right. Please help ease my worries. I just want to know if I should try to get him going back to throwing left or just let him continue throwing right.
This may seem silly, but his brother is a real good pitcher already. And we always felt like our younger one had much more potential for sports. I have guilt that I made him be a righty and I am taking some of his potential away since possibly he was born to throw left.
I would appreciate any advice or thoughts on this concern of mine.
Thanks!