Problem: My son is darn near ambidextrous. He's also only six. Wanted his own baseball (well, tee-ball) gear for his birthday. I ended up buying him a left hand glove, mostly because the store didn't have any right hand gloves his own size.
He tends to naturally want to put the glove on his right hand, and I'm not sure whether that's because he really would rather throw left handed, or because his right hand is dominant and he doesn't understand (yet) that the glove goes on his "off" hand.
Thing is, he doesn't really have an "off" hand. He switch-hits with his crayons and pens, and he can nail me in the chest from 10 yards with either hand if he's halfway paying attention. We haven't done much batting, but it looks like he can switch-hit there, too.
He seems to be just a bit more accurate right-handed, but his left-handed throw looks more natural.
SOOOO.... how in the world am I supposed to figure out which way I should be teaching him to play. I know there are certain advantages to being left-handed in baseball, but I don't really want to inadvertently force him either way.
If I just toss the ball on the ground, with no gloves to "hint" him one way or the other and just say "pick up the ball and throw it to me", he goes either way...
Am I overthinking this? Should I just not worry and let time and his own inclinations take over, or are there some ways I can pay attention and figure out which is his best hand?
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He tends to naturally want to put the glove on his right hand, and I'm not sure whether that's because he really would rather throw left handed, or because his right hand is dominant and he doesn't understand (yet) that the glove goes on his "off" hand.
Thing is, he doesn't really have an "off" hand. He switch-hits with his crayons and pens, and he can nail me in the chest from 10 yards with either hand if he's halfway paying attention. We haven't done much batting, but it looks like he can switch-hit there, too.
He seems to be just a bit more accurate right-handed, but his left-handed throw looks more natural.
SOOOO.... how in the world am I supposed to figure out which way I should be teaching him to play. I know there are certain advantages to being left-handed in baseball, but I don't really want to inadvertently force him either way.
If I just toss the ball on the ground, with no gloves to "hint" him one way or the other and just say "pick up the ball and throw it to me", he goes either way...
Am I overthinking this? Should I just not worry and let time and his own inclinations take over, or are there some ways I can pay attention and figure out which is his best hand?
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Yes, I too now have a Blog. Don't laugh.