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Misc. |
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8/15/2001 |
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8/15/2001 |
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| Do left-handed tennis players have an advantage? |
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| Left-handers have an advantage in some sports. They have better developed right brain hemispheres than right-handers. This results in better motor skills, increased capacity to pay attention, and an advantage in judging the speed and trajectory of moving objects. To support this theory, D.W. Holtzen, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, found that the percentages of left-handed tennis players ranked among the top ten players in the world over a 30-year period were up to five times higher than right-handed players. |
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