It's a tough enough job to teach a left-handed child to write when you are right-handed, but since Arya decided to be ambidextrous, I didn't have to worry too much.
But recently I took it upon myself to teach her Badminton and it was a constantly frustrating exercise for both of us. However, we were determined to keep at it day after day and she bravely tried to mirror all my serves and swings and backhands and then after about 20 days there came a day today that she could actually return my serves and serve by herself too. Badminton champ she is not, but I am proud of the way she just wouldn't accept defeat.
I had taken her bowling too some days ago and conveniently forgot that she was left-handed, so I kept showing her the correct position and the correct grip and where to aim and how. She kept throwing gutterball after gutterball and accused the ball of being too heavy. It was only after my friend Candy who was with us that day, asked me - Isn't she left-handed? that it struck me like lightning that I was expecting too much out of her poor sore right hand.
Since then, whenever i visit a bowling alley, I keep a close watch on left-handers to see their technique.
It kind of makes me realize why people force their left-handed kids to use the right-hand instead. Well someone told me that left-handers have a natural advantage in golf - so the next thing that I have to do is start her on golf and who knows, we may just have a Tigress Wood on the way.
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