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by masonic 2723 days ago

  but play guitar and hockey right-handed
It's normal that one shoots right in hockey when one is left-handed (hence the rarity of right shooters). It's counterintuitive when going from years if baseball to hockey for the first time.
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If you play field hockey the stick is right-handed similar to a golf club.

A guitar is potentially better for a left-hander if your left is more dexterous.

Field hockey (ie not ice hockey) sticks are only available in the right handed configuration for safety reasons:

https://www.livestrong.com/article/368589-why-are-all-field-...

Interesting...thanks for the link.

I did some further reading and found this rule from 1876 on not playing left handed.

Rule 7: The ball may be stopped, but not carried or knocked, by any part of the body. No player shall raise his stick above his shoulder. The ball shall be played from right to left, and no left or back-handed play, charging, tripping, collaring, (pulling the shirt) or shinning, (hitting the leg) shall be allowed.