Why try?

So why do I feel "there's something there"?

For as long as I can remember I was righty with some things, and lefty with others. I wouldn't say I was really ambidextrous (i.e. equally good at everything with both hands and feet). And would be surprised if I had the "required" genes. 

My first real contact with the idea of developing both sides came in 1984 (yikes!), when my left wrist got broken from a bumper car rear bump. Exactly 1 day before starting primary school, and thus officially learning how to write started. For someone who had naturally put the pen in the left hand, that seemed like a bit of a problem! 

On top of the incident, both of my parents were teachers. So longer story short I started writing with the right hand. That never ended up being super pretty, and I kept looking for some sort of natural style. But it was always legible, fast enough, and I felt I wasn't really missing out. So that trained transition worked for me.

Sometime I believe in the late 80s, I played my first tennis match with the "wrong hand", to even the odds against a less-trained opponen. I still won, and no one (including across the net) even noticed... 

I started teaching tennis around the age of 12, and would always mirror the righties with my left, and turn around to demo righty for them. When guiding swings I obviously had to use my right side as well.

My own left side always felt lighter and better coordinated (coordinate-able?), and the right always more solid and strong. Suppose I could just go with that setup, but it appeared as if there were both weaknesses and untapped potential on either side. As well as the downsides of one-sided strengthening and wear & tear.

Through the years, I kept dabbling with the matter...

In 2016, my mom suffered a stroke and had to re-learn much of what I was interested in developing on my weak side as well. So in parallel with her rehab, I started my own program to try and even out and improve the 2 sides. 

Since and to date, I have put in an extra ~5,000 hours of conscious practice - so hope I've picked up some learnings along the way that I can now pass on and interactively develop further.

Even though there have e.g. been a few tennis players who played forehands on both sides, or ambidexterity having become more of a thing in soccer, no one really seems to be going after the concept. 

So I'll give it a go, and would happilly give this idea a global push...