Hand 'balance'

[Scigatt]

I'm a bit concerned about the relative cubing ability of my hands. You see, I'm a lefty cuber, which is normally just a minor inconvenience when learning algorithms. However, I feel that my right hand is slow enough relative to my left that it may hurt my times down the road. For example, it's much easier for me to finish the mirrored sexy move (L' U' L U) with my left thumb than my right index finger, despite the fact that that forces a regrip. How can I speed up and strengthen my right hand for cubing?

 

[PeterV]

Just keep practicing with your right hand. Practice algs with R moves and over time I think you'll start to see improvement in your right hand. I have the same issue with my left hand, but after continuously using L moves, my left hand seems to be improving steadily.

Training for F2L with your non-dominant hand is also a good idea, as you should be comfortable slotting CE pairs on the LUF, RUF as well as in the back.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Uh, just practice...I only have two fingers on my right hand (pinky and thumb) and I'm sub-18. Maybe L moves would be better for you, you'll just have to see where it leads...maybe you could be an only OH cuber xD

 

[Unknown.soul]

maybe you could be an only OH cuber xD

I'll bring out the hacksaw...
:rolleyes:

As Peter and Emerson said, you have to practice with your right hand to get a better feel for it.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

I'll bring out the hacksaw...
:rolleyes:

Just starve him, he'll eventually get hungry and eat them

 

[waffle=ijm]

I'm a lefty cuber too. i'm very accustomed to using both right and left hand algs depending on the situation. I started using my right hand for a LOT of algs when i got into speedsolving. I didn't get to use my left as much since I have carpal tunnel that still acts up so that's the limitation with my cubing. I guess just start using your right hand more. once you get a feel for it, it'll become you dominant hand in cubing.

 

[DcF1337]

I'll bring out the hacksaw...
:rolleyes:

Just starve him, he'll eventually get hungry and eat them

THEM? You want him to eat BOTH hands? Then he'll have to do NH solves.

NH = No Hand

 

[waffle=ijm]

I'll bring out the hacksaw...
:rolleyes:

Just starve him, he'll eventually get hungry and eat them

THEM? You want him to eat BOTH hands? Then he'll have to do NH solves.

NH = No Hand

he could do feet

 

[fanwuq]

Uh, just practice...I only have two fingers on my right hand (pinky and thumb) and I'm sub-18. Maybe L moves would be better for you, you'll just have to see where it leads...maybe you could be an only OH cuber xD

How fast is your right hand turning?
From your videos, it looks really fast! I think you may even have an advantage in lookahead because it doesn't block the pieces as much.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Practice triggers (back and forth) a lot with your right hand.
But also don't neglect your left. I'm left handed, but I tried a little to hard to get used to right hand, and now you'd think I'm right handed from the way I cube...

 

[cmhardw]

I also have spent quite a lot of time trying to train my off-hand to be more dextrous, in not just cubing too. I started in middle school where I would write my ABC's with my left hand (I am right handed) over and over until my hand hurt. Now I can write somewhat comfortably with my left hand, only my handwriting is atrocious (not that it's much better with my right hand).

For cubing I started in 2003 after the World Competition in deciding to train my left hand. I simply reflected my algs over to lefty and did them over and over and over and over and over. At first it felt incredibly awkward to do the algs left handed, but over time it felt easier and easier. Now my left hand is faster at fingery style trigger moves than my right hand, which does more of the hard triggers like (R U' R' U). My left hand is actually faster now on average at doing the T perm and the J perm. I feel like I can do sunes with right or left at comparable speeds. Most, if not all, of my 2 gen OLLs and COLLs are faster with my left hand, but I do them righty or lefty now. I'm also learning to do the A perm lefty, which I've never really done before, this way I don't have to rotate during PLL for that case. I currently do all edge PLLs (except H) righty or lefty and I'm almost to the point where I can do the MU alg Z perm righty or lefty at comparable speeds.

You just have to simply decided that you will stop having a dominant hand in cubing. Then just practice practice practice. It's as easy as that.

Hope this helps,
Chris

 

[Dene]

Why use your right hand? I'm right-handed but quite dominantly use my left. Just mirror the algorithms.

 

[Scigatt]

Why use your right hand? I'm right-handed but quite dominantly use my left. Just mirror the algorithms.

I do that, but there is so much imbalance that it encourages bad habits(?) like a forced regrip on the mirrored sexy move.

 

[Dene]

How so? Do whatever is comfortable for your left hand, even if it is different to how you do it with your right.

 

[Scigatt]

How so? Do whatever is comfortable for your left hand, even if it is different to how you do it with your right.

Read the opening post

 

[Dene]

I don't see how it's a big issue. As long as it is comfortable, it'll be fine. At least, until you want to get like sub12, then you're on your own