Using stick with left hand

I skate goofy and had no problem getting used to the stick being used with my left hand, thats how I felt it should be. Maybe because I learned how to skate switch :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Starcade RIP, everything is fine, i can execute, but the problem is that my mind is off that hand, i have to THINK before i do anything, that being said i cant react with my left hand to my oponentā€™s movement. Basically i think that those easy motions heavy stearing games could get my mind/feeling into the left hand, cause by playing sf4 i feel that nothing gets into that armā€™s muscle memory. Those games requires easy motions, but you have to feel what youre doin, your hand has to do everything that your mind says, and that is the problem, i can do stuff after i think about what i do, but i cant get my mind there on reaction time and i cant get my mind in one shape with my left hand for movement, so i have to fix it with proper exercises.

EDIT: I could be wrong, that is just what i think

It really sounds to me like you just havenā€™t practiced enough. What you are describing is actually not being able to execute.

Muscle memory is simply developed by three things: practice, practice, practice.

That said, you might want to set up a series of exercises so that your hands get used to the motions.

I can execute, but i do it like a robot, i think before what i need to do and then i do it, but in real match that wont happen cause i cant move properly, i cant get the momentum, but if i get a momentum i cant do combos on reaction, it feels a bit different than just practicing to do a combo, its more like practicing to get a feel in stick. I find practicing this in sf4 is a bit too fast, i think stearing games would work for overcoming this cause by playing those you get easier motions and mind concentration on the stick to the fullest

basically, ill try games where you need full concentration on the stick

Iā€™d play games where you donā€™t have to concentrate on the stick. Play bomber man, itā€™s simple. That would help. You really just need to put in play time on the stick before youā€™re comfortable with it. Doesnā€™t matter the game.

I totally understand what youā€™re saying.

Itā€™s not a matter of muscle memory - your brain is simply hardwired to react with your southpaw.

Itā€™s kind of like having a gun attached to your proper/left hand, but having to reach over to pull the trigger with your right hand.

Heā€™s having to cross-wire his brain.

Itā€™s actually a massive pain in the ass.

It makes your brain hurt for a good long time.

Eventually heā€™ll train himself up to a competitive level, but thereā€™s always going to be a fraction of a second where heā€™s having to recalibrate to execute against his genetic hardware.

And thus thereā€™ll be tons of shit that he sees, but fails to execute properly due to said impediment.

I remember finally getting my HRAP 2 in the mail, I hated every second I was on it. I couldnā€™t dash, I couldnā€™t do any double motions, every time I tried to super Iā€™d end up jumping. I wanted my money back for about 3-4 weeks. It was very frustrating.

Now about 3 years later, it seems odd that I had any trouble at all, itā€™s the easiest thing in the world to play on stick for me now. You honestly just have to put the time in, practice in training mode an hour or two a day if you can.

Youā€™ll notice that eventually youā€™ll be able to do things more consistently on one side of the screen opposed to the other, itā€™s natural and you have to work on both sides :stuck_out_tongue:

GL and just keep practicing. :rock:

You should really shore up that list:

Tim Armstrong
Paul McCartney
Tony Iommi
Dick Dale (plays left handed on a right handed guitar)

You could always build you one of these.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8359/keyboardstick.jpg

jabhadouken, youā€™re right, i felt like that everywhere, you said that in a fancy scientific way, but i still be trying to be comfortable with the regular layout for a while.

i did think about that(well i am a keyboard player for life), but since i dont have any trouble using stick with my right hand, i could just switch my sticks layout

I donā€™t know if you decided to go cross handed or not because you said it was uncomfortable , if its your wrist that hurt(usually from being bone-y) wear sweat bands to reduce the hitting.

SaintMo ill try to use the stick with my left hand for a while.

play geometry wars and get used to the controls and you will be fine :tup:

A custom stick sounds like the best ideas since the new superstreet fighter might not even make it to arcades and with the way the world is working, you would probably never have to visit an arcade again.

This still sounds to me like you canā€™t execute. Being able to execute isnā€™t just about being able to do something once or twice in training mode if you have time to prepare; itā€™s about being able to do it in a match.

You came here asking for advice. Mine is to practice more; both in training mode and in matches. If you want to do something else, thatā€™s all on you.

Our brains are not hardwired to play with joysticks or keyboards. His right hand reacting when he wants to move is, in fact, muscle memory.

Iā€™m sure it will be a bit of a process to develop it with different hands, but it isnā€™t like his brain can only function one way now.

So you can write, draw, play guitar with both hands?

That makes you ambidextrous, and an exception.

There are a lot of people who canā€™t even take a piss with their off-hand.

Not meaning to come off harsh, itā€™s just that facts are facts.

Thatā€™s not what weā€™re talking about here at all. In fact, the OP has never directly stated if he is right or left hand dominant, only that learned to play on KB using his right hand. (Why many keyboard players do this, Iā€™ll never know).

Weā€™re not talking about hardwired hand dominance here, unless Iā€™m really misunderstanding this. He just has muscle memory playing ā€œgoofy handedā€, not the other way around. Redeveloping the other way isnā€™t some insurmountable wall, like you claim it to be. Even if this is matter of hand dominance, there are many left handed players that play on a standard layout and right handed players that play Mexican style (or left handed on a keyboard). So I guess I donā€™t really see the merit of your post.

And for the record, I can contact juggle with my left (non dominant hand). Itā€™s nothing but acquired muscle memory. Iā€™m not born ambidextrous.

I understand that a lot of people can learn to play the other way - I did.

Iā€™m just saying that itā€™s harder to learn because not only are you learning a new tool, but you are retraining your brain, too.

And yes, you are retraining your brain when you do so.

Much as lefties normally have to retrain there brains in grade school to use right handed scissors due to a usual lack of left handed pairs.

Hand dominance IS hardwired - it ainā€™t a choice.