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Right Handed, Right footed, Right eye is dominant. I start my mounts with my left foot (Rollback, static, forward, running, step over, reverse step over) except for my kick up mount which I have my right foot on the pedal to start and kick with my left. Freemounting a giraffe is left foot on the bottom. I idle with my left foot down, feels like i have more control from my dominant foot on top. In running, I always put my right foot back to start. In hopping on the uni, I'm a bit strange. I hold the seat with my right hand and hop with right foot forward. I learnt to crank/pedal grab and grind this way. My dominant hopping direction is to the left - im hopeless to the right and can get hardly any height. And while I dont see how prfering manuals or automatics has anything to do with preference for feet, I'm a manual man....uses less fuel and feels like I have more control over the vehicle. -- samuel - TROGDOR!! TROGDOR!!! Gazzaloddi - Who says three inches can't be satisfying? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ samuel's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3535 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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Klaas Bil wrote: *Nor do I, but I noticed that if I read for some time, I have more trouble with far focus as compared to when I have been out in the open (looking farther away). This is a temporary effect but a tiny little bit of it may be remnant.* Actually, this is one of the common ways to become nearsighted: doing a lot of close work -without- reading glasses. I wore glasses for distance (nearsighted) from when I was about 11 or 12 until I was in my thirties, when I had some bio-feedback training to learn to relax the focusing muscle, and now don't need glasses for -distance- at 54. The way it was explained to me was, I had over-excited the focusing muscle (singular) with close work, and it then, as with any muscle, would stay excited. All I know is the bio-feedback worked and it gives me a perfect excu . . . uh, reason to fly kites, travel to pretty scenery, and watch beautiful women (and 99.9999%+ are beautiful in someway). I convinced my wife to try weak reading glasses while she was doing computer work and she said that she had less headaches and her distance vision was better when she looked up from the monitor (instead of being blurred for a few seconds). -- brian.slater - Nellfurtiti, the Wonder Cat Brian C. Slater AKA: Snoopy Ok, I am now officially in my normal state of -advanced- confusion. Don't try to confuse me, it won't make any difference. "To not decide is to decide" - undecided ------------------------------------------------------------------------ brian.slater's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3902 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 07:43:33 -0600, brian.slater .com wrote: I had some bio-feedback training to learn to relax the focusing muscle, and now don't need glasses for -distance- at 54. My distance vision has improved with age too. I have wondered around age 30 whether I needed glasses for driving, doctor said no after testing. Now at age 50 my distance vision has improved and I'm sure I don't need them. And this was without biofeedback, meaning that it can be a natural drift in focal length of the eye lens. If I would have done biofeedback for the purpose I would of course credit it for the improvement! I now have cheap reading glasses but I seldom use them. I think that if you use them regularly, your focusing muscles become lazy. That's the other side of the coin (the coin being your argument). fly kites, travel to pretty scenery, and watch beautiful women The inclusion of beaufitul women in that lists seems to imply that you look at them only from a distance. Is that age-related too? :-)) Klaas Bil reposted directly on the forum. after almost 24 hours my newsgroup post still didn't show up. -- Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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there was a previous post recently about lefties: being very clumsy I suppose I have two left hands! I am right handed but: fire pistol with left hand (fairly well) play tennis with left or right hand (changing hands when needed, same applies for backstrokes) though I do not know to serve with left hand. when I was younger and practising 100meters dash I started with my left foot when I did high jump I used any foot (the same while jumping fences) my right foot is dominant with uni (I can't do anything starting wiht my left foot) I drive a car with a stick (I used to *hate* automatic gear until I broke my left achille's tendon) so..... bear -- wobbling bear - GranPa goes-a-wobblin' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wobbling bear's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3716 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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Klaas Bil wrote: *fly kites, travel to pretty scenery, and watch beautiful women The inclusion of beaufitul women in that lists seems to imply that you look at them only from a distance. Is that age-related too? :-)) Klaas Bil * No, I enjoy watching at any distance, of course it gets more interesting when you get -really- close, but that doesn't help my distance vision. My biggest vision problem is when I'm doing tango or waltz (international style ballroom - body contact), I have to look were we're going instead of at the woman in my arms. -- brian.slater - Nellfurtiti, the Wonder Cat Brian C. Slater AKA: Snoopy Ok, I am now officially in my normal state of -advanced- confusion. Don't try to confuse me, it won't make any difference. "To not decide is to decide" - undecided ------------------------------------------------------------------------ brian.slater's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3902 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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My stats: Right-everthing-ed. Hop with right foot forward using left hand on handle, I have serious trouble going to my left. Mount with right foot on pedal first, but I can side mount either direction. Idle, 1-foot, etc. right foot down or ... just better with right foot. Write with right hand. Play tennis with same. Kick with right foot, etc ... as I said, right-everthing-ed. -- onewheelwizzard - Rincewind, Wizzard Inept What, my name? Well, usually people call me "Get him!" Of course, when they want to be formal they'll say "Don't let him get away!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ onewheelwizzard's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3955 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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I: write right throw right learned to mount right down perform 1 foot skills with right on pedal hop to left with right crank forward(can hop to right but not as well) hold seat with right hand(or left, again right feels better) I have no clue what this says about me or does to the list. However i think in unicycling the body part you start with(when learning to ride or a new skill) is the one you will almost always use. That is unless you make a concious effort to switch. -- TheObieOne3226 - Extreme Halfb*ker Muah! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheObieOne3226's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4851 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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I think it's discouraging to learn a trick you already know on the other foot. I can freemount keeping the wheel still ( forget what thats called ) left foot on floor, right on pedal. A couple times I stood there and switched feet, and i'm like " how can I do that". I think i'd have to forget I can do it the other way and learn it over again. It's kinda like that with riding backwards for me, forwards I can just go, but backwards I have to start back at the beginning. Andrew -- supertones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ supertones's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4499 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/16199 |
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