As a rule, for most people one of the hands is naturally dominant. However, you can learn to use both hands equally. The first thing to do is to get used to using your opposite hand for everyday activities. Then move on to fine motor skills, which include writing and drawing.

Steps

Learn to use your opposite hand comfortably

Do exercises for strengthening the opposite hand and fingers . Most likely, your non-dominant hand is much weaker than your dominant one, which is why ambidexterity may not be easy in the early stages. Every other day, lift light weights with your opposite hand and aim to maintain a strong grip so you can work more with your hand rather than your forearms. Gradually increase the weights.

• Lifting weights is one of the best ways to strengthen your hand, but you can also use wrist machines (such as resistance bands) to improve your grip strength.
• Juggling or simply throwing a ball in the air with your opposite hand may also help. This will make you more comfortable using it and will also help you develop your hand-eye coordination better.

1. Use your opposite hand to operate the computer mouse. There are many benefits to this action, but one of the main benefits is that it allows you to increase the dexterity of your opposite hand. Simply move your regular mouse to the other side of the computer, and then use it as usual.

   • Can also be purchased computer mouse for ambidexters in an electronics store, but it is much easier to use a universal option - a mouse suitable for both right-handers and left-handers.

   Advice: Other benefits are that this way you can type on the keyboard with your dominant hand while the mouse is in motion. This will also reduce your risk of carpal tunnel syndrome and make you more interesting to your colleagues!

   Start performing small everyday tasks with your opposite hand. For example, use it to brush your teeth, open doors, put on accessories, or clean the house. Do this as consistently as possible so that using the opposite hand causes less discomfort.

   • Try to do as many things as possible with your opposite hand, such as applying gel and shampoo in the shower. You may not realize it, but you probably do most of these small tasks with your dominant hand.
   • Make sure to brush your teeth properly when using your opposite hand. If you feel uncomfortable, you probably won't be able to brush your teeth properly.
   • If you play any musical instrument, try to do this with the opposite hand.

2. After a few days, start eating and cooking with your opposite hand. Use it to rearrange pots and pans, stir food, and serve food. Hold cutlery with your opposite hand and use it to bring food to your mouth. You'll likely have to do this slowly at first to avoid dropping the food, but it will get easier over time!

   • It's best to practice for a few days first to get used to performing small tasks with your opposite hand, as cooking with boiling water or other heated materials can be quite dangerous.

3. Tie your dominant hand behind your back to make it even more challenging. This technique will force you to use your opposite hand exclusively. This great way force the mind and body to quickly adapt, but you shouldn’t do it right away, but rather practice for a couple of days first.

   • The easiest way to secure your dominant hand behind your back is to tie a rope around its wrist, and then tie the other end of that rope to the belt loop of your pants behind your back. This is quite difficult to do on your own, so you will most likely need the help of another person.

   Write and draw with your opposite hand

   1. Hold a pen or pencil with your opposite hand in the same way as your dominant hand. Write something with your dominant hand in front of a mirror to see what writing looks like with your other hand. This will give you a clear visual cue and help your brain imagine the same action being performed by the opposite hand. Then practice holding a pen or pencil with your opposite hand to get the hang of it.

      • Don't strain your wrist. Although you may want to grab the pen as tightly as possible, forming a claw shape with your wrist, remember that this will make it more difficult for you to write and may cause injury to yourself.

      Advice: To make the task easier, use a pen that glides easily over the paper and is comfortable to hold (for example, one with a rubberized insert).

      To begin, write the alphabet with the opposite hand or trace the letters with dots. This is an easy way to familiarize the opposite hand with basic writing movements. Strive to keep the lines straight and the curves smooth, but don't worry if you make a lot of mistakes the first time. Practice for at least 10 minutes a day until you get used to making precise movements.

Hello everyone, Andrey Kosenko here.

Doing familiar things in a new way

Today we continue to talk about self-development. This time I will tell you about a rather interesting exercise that I myself practice periodically and which I also recommend to you. This exercise will require very little time from you, literally just a few minutes a day, besides, you can combine it with your daily activities, but it will have a very, very strong and positive effect on the development of your brain.

So, the point of the exercise is this: start doing your daily routine and usual procedures in a new way. For example, if you usually brush your teeth right hand, then start cleaning them with your left hand. Or change it periodically: one day hold the toothbrush in your right hand, and the next day in your left. Or, for example, you are working at a computer, hold the mouse with your right hand, then right now take it and move it to left hand and try to work like this for a while.

Stimulate brain development

It is clear that at first your brain will resist, you will feel some extra movement of thought, you will replay all your actions, and additionally control them. But after a while you will begin to develop new connections, and it will be easier for you, for example, to control the mouse with your left hand. Then, after a while, you will transfer the mouse again to your right hand, and then again to your left, and this way you can change the hand you work with throughout the day.

What is it for? This is necessary for the development of your brain. With this exercise, new neural connections are developed in your brain, new areas of your brain are activated, it begins to use more of its resources, use more of its potential. Plus, your concentration increases. Try eating with the other hand, that is, holding a fork, knife or other cutlery in a different hand than usual, try performing any usual actions with the other hand. For example, you can also start writing with your other hand, this also greatly stimulates the brain, activates it very much.

Let's use both hands

Plus, for example, if we continue the theme of writing with the other hand, then I recommend the following exercise: take one pen in one hand, another in the other hand and begin to draw some figure in parallel. To begin with, you can simply draw crosses with both hands, then complicate the exercise and draw a cross with one hand and a zero with the other. Then you make it even more complicated and draw a square with one hand and a triangle with the other. Then you can even start writing different words with different hands, that is, you write one word with one hand, and another with the other.

It turns out that during this activity your brain will very, very quickly switch between one action and another, it will “creak” very much, it will strain very much, but such explosive training is very, very good for your brain. So try it, practice it, and you don’t have to do it for too long, you don’t have to sit for half an hour and write. Literally, for a maximum of five minutes, draw with two hands, write with two hands. You can generally include the rest of the exercises throughout the day, just replace your usual actions with them. That is, brush your teeth with the other hand, move the mouse to the other hand, or use cutlery with the other hand.

Following the example of the greats

Believe me, this has a very, very strong effect on the development of your brain. For example, the same Gaius Julius Caesar and, say, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, they could write with both hands. We will not consider the contribution to history of these people, but the fact that they were geniuses, that their brains worked above the average level, is undeniable.

In fact, anyone can master this, all that matters is practice. Just take five minutes every day and you will succeed. Therefore, start right from the current moment, move the mouse to the other hand and forward to developing your brain. I'm sure you will succeed!

Thank you everyone, Andrey Kosenko was with you. See you in the next castes, bye everyone!

It is known that development is an essential part of our life. Especially the development of the brain, because it is this organ that guides our lives, moreover, it contributes to the normal functioning of the whole organism.

We live by performing actions that have long become a habit. It’s not often that right-handed people think about why they most often use their right hand - they write with it, count money, grasp a door handle, brush their teeth, etc. The same can be said for left-handed people, although left-handed people more often realize that they are not like that. like everyone else, because the majority are right-handed.

Therefore, our article will address the majority of right-handers for whom society has created more comfortable conditions. So, dear right-handers, the question goes like this:

Why don't we develop our left hand too?

You may ask: why?

It’s more convenient and familiar for me to work with my right hand. Why do I need extra effort to acquire virtuoso left-hand skills?

And in order to force our brain to work more productively.

LEFT-HANDED PRINCIPLE

Everything is logical. We develop the left side of the body - we get the development of the right hemisphere. As a result, our logical mind is enriched by connecting the intuitive and creative channels of the brain.

LEFT-HANDED WRITING

A great way to develop your left hand is to teach it to use writing instruments - a pen and a pencil. For right-handed people this will be very interesting activity, although not so simple. Let's try again to feel like preschool children learning to write. Only this time with the left hand.

Fortunately, the terrible method of forcibly retraining congenital left-handers has not been practiced in schools for a long time. However, many people who write with their left hand do so by bending their wrist tightly. This way, the hand holding the pen is on top of the stitching. Although this allows you to see the written text, with this method the hand becomes more tense and more likely to get tired.

STAGES OF TRAINING

1. Set a goal

Why do you want to acquire the skill of writing with your left hand? In order to comprehend something new, develop the brain, intuition, creativity, or in order to surprise acquaintances and friends. Answer this question and let it be your motivation to learn. The lack of a goal may lead you to stop doing it without completing it.

2. Set up your workspace

You should have a convenient and comfortable place where you will study. Let it be a desk, the lighting on which falls from the right, and not from the left, as it was before. Move the table lamp, and free the left side of the table from unnecessary things, because your elbow and notebook for work will now be there.

3. Prepare tools for work

This is a pen and notebook. They should be comfortable and loved so that the desire to use them remains in any case. It is possible that the pen you use with your right hand will not be suitable for writing with your left hand. It is advisable that the writing paper be lined, i.e. Lined and squared notebooks are suitable. You can also use an oblique ruler, but keep in mind that the inclination of the oblique lines is designed for right-handed writing.

4. Make the learning environment comfortable, do not complicate the process itself

If you set yourself too difficult tasks, the training process will not bring you joy and satisfaction and there is a likely risk that training will stop earlier than necessary.

5. Drawing with your left hand

To improve your left hand motor skills, try drawing with it. Even if it’s sketchy. This activity is also great for developing Creative skills, because it will be active right hemisphere!

6. Besides training, improve your skill in life

Use your left hand to write down phone number, a plan in a diary, an idea that has arisen. If you don't need to write beautiful handwriting or quickly, why not let your left hand do the work?

In addition, give the left hand the opportunity to work in other cases. For example, try brushing your teeth with it, washing dishes, combing your hair, in general, performing those actions that you used to do with your right hand. Just don’t trust her with dangerous actions that require precision at first. For example, cutting meat or vegetables with a knife, shaving, sewing with a needle. Let your hand first acquire the necessary dexterity.

WRITING TECHNIQUES

Hold the pen with your left hand at a distance of 3-4 cm from the paper, i.e. higher than usual. The paper should be tilted to the right, and the upper left corner should be higher than the right. This way, you can see the written text without bending your wrist. The light, as already mentioned, must fall from right side.

What should I actually write?

You can use copybooks for left-handers, which you can buy at a stationery store or download from the Internet. And work like in the first grade, writing out the letters, and later the words in them. This way is good left hand writing technique develops and beautiful handwriting.

But if you find it boring, don't force yourself! Try writing your thoughts, favorite poems, even excerpts from books in a regular notebook. For adults, this is even more natural than writing out letter after letter in copybooks many times.

Only about 15% of the world's population are born left-handed - and due to the huge numerical superiority of right-handed people, left-handedness has long been considered a deviation from the norm. Such children were purposefully retrained to “be like everyone else.” Sometimes very barbaric methods were used for this, such as tying the “wrong” hand to the side or corporal punishment for using it.

Today, of course, in the civilized world no one would call left-handedness a disease, a curse, or even a “mark of the devil.” A rare (and therefore interesting and attractive) version of the norm, a “zest”, “not a bug, but a feature” - this is the modern attitude towards this phenomenon.

And from many years of “converting” left-handers into right-handers, descendants inherited the useful knowledge that in this sense a person is, in principle, teachable. This means that a representative of the right-handed majority, if desired, can learn to use his left hand well - for example, write with it.

Why even learn to write with your left hand?

The most obvious and inexorable option is necessity dictated by life circumstances. Unfortunately, no one is immune from troubles and health problems. Something can happen to anyone that will force him to adapt to new conditions of existence - for a while or even forever. Let us remember, for example, Jaime Lannister from the series “Game of Thrones” - having lost his right hand, he, being a professional warrior who could not imagine himself separately from the sword, learned to fence with his left.

A much more pleasant reason is the desire for conscious self-improvement. The more diverse skills a person masters, the more harmonious his development is, the better his cognitive mechanisms are trained (such as, for example, different kinds memory) and the higher the level of intelligence. Many realize this - and constantly strive to become better, acquiring and upgrading more and more new skills.

As for writing with the left hand, there are scientifically supported opinions that the development of this skill allows you to improve all those functions that, according to research by neuroscientists, are controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain. Stronger creativity, analysis and logic certainly never hurt anyone.

And there is also such a fashionable, especially among young people, concept - challenge, from English. challenge - “challenge”. Many people are simply interested in challenging themselves, setting achievable goals, enjoying achieving them, and sharing their successes with followers on social networks. , learn to count to a hundred in the isolated Burushaski language, do a hundred push-ups, memorize the entire “Eugene Onegin”... So the idea of ​​mastering writing with your left hand fits well into the framework of this category of fun and interesting activities.

But no matter what considerations motivate a person to acquire a new skill, the recommendations that will help achieve the desired result will be the same.

People turn out to be right-handed or left-handed for a reason - it depends on which hemisphere of the brain of a given individual nature itself intended as the main one. To learn to write well with your left hand, you will first have to learn to think like a left-hander and navigate in space like a left-hander - in a word, in scientific terms, rebuild neural connections.

Here are some simple household remedies that can help:

• switch the functions of the keys on the computer mouse, position it to the left of the keyboard;
• When eating, hold the knife and fork “in reverse”; if we are talking about soup, then put the spoon in the left hand;
• When playing the guitar, turn the instrument around, try to press the frets with your right hand, and pluck the strings with your left.

Difficult, inconvenient? Nobody promised that it would be easy. But after some time in such a life, the skill of switching between the “mental profiles” of a right-hander and a left-hander will come by itself.

For right-handed people, the right hand has been the leading hand all their lives, and the left hand has been only auxiliary. Therefore, it is not surprising that one of them is physically developed much better than the other.

The more obedient and trained muscles of the right hand provide it with high coordination of movements and allow it to perform a much larger range of varied actions. Fine motor skills in both hands are also “pumped up” at different levels, unless their owner is a professional pianist.

In order to quickly learn how to write with an “unusual” hand, you should not limit your training exclusively to writing. The left hand should work in everyday life on an equal basis with the right. And simple, inexpensive and not at all bulky exercise equipment - such as a wrist expander or powerball - will help her gain strength and agility even faster.

If you look at how a left-hander writes, you will notice that such people hold their hand with a pen or pencil completely differently than right-handers. This habit should be adopted from them.

As a rule, they noticeably bend their wrist away from themselves - on the one hand, so that when writing from left to right, adopted in the Russian language, one can see what has just been written, and on the other, so as not to smear wet ink with the edge of the palm.

It logically follows from the last circumstance: it is better to learn to write with your left hand with a pencil or capillary pen, and leave ballpoint, gel and fountain pens until the time when the brush is already “set”, typically for left-handers.

The path to the ability to write quickly, legibly and beautifully with your left hand can be quite long: like any skill, this one needs to be honed. It won’t be easy, but that’s absolutely normal: things don’t happen right away.

Everyone already has experience of learning to write in childhood - and memories of how difficult it was at first to get all those sticks, hooks and squiggles from school copybooks. These same copybooks may come in handy again - only now, of course, you should fill them out with your left hand. The principle is still the same: from individual elements- to whole letters and further, to combining them into words.

The good news is that, most likely, the results of the exercises will begin to please you much faster than in the first grade. After all, an adult already has an idea of ​​how to write; the task is to “project” it onto the other hand and consolidate the skill with practice.

“Eat some more of these soft French rolls and drink some tea” - this is a sentence that is ideal not only for viewing fonts, but also for practicing writing skills, because it contains all the letters of the Russian alphabet. There are other useful phrases - for example, “The naughty faun estimated the volume of the hot stars of these blizzard kingdoms” or “Aerial photography of the landscape has already revealed the lands of the rich and prosperous peasants.”

To further speed up progress towards your goal, in parallel with writing, you can color pictures, try to create simple drawings. In general, perform any auxiliary actions aimed at “making friends” between the hand and the pencil.

And finally, the main key to success is that classes must be systematic, and the achieved result must be constantly maintained. Otherwise, any skill rusts without use - as you learn it, you unlearn it.

If earlier, in Soviet time, left-handed people were considered “wrong” and tried to retrain them, then today no one is forbidden to write with their left hand. Moreover, according to psychologists, left-handed people are considered creative personalities with a well-developed right hemisphere of the brain. Therefore, relevant questions today are how to learn to write with your left hand.

About right-handers and left-handers

Many may be interested in whether right-handed people can learn to write with their left hand? Why not. The only thing that can be said is that the right hand will still remain the leading hand, while the left will be an auxiliary one. It is not a fact that handwriting will be the same, but if you practice well, you can learn to write legibly and accurately.

Development

When looking for ways to learn to write with your left hand, it is worth understanding that in this way a person will also develop the second, less active, hemisphere of the brain. When writing, the ends of the fingers are massaged, which helps improve blood circulation in the brain and, accordingly, its better functioning. Also, such a skill can be useful if a person breaks or dislocates his right arm. The ability to write with both hands in a certain situation can even save a person’s job.

What do you need

When figuring out how to learn to write with your left hand, you should know that this requires a minimum of material costs. All you need is a sheet of paper or a notebook and a “writing instrument.” And, of course, a great desire to explore new horizons and, naturally, diligence, because... Learning to write is not an easy process and quite time-consuming.

Start of classes

You need to start learning to write with your left hand by choosing a comfortable place to work. This is the only way the process will be enjoyable and the results will please you. You need to make room on your desktop for your left hand, because... it is she who will be involved. You should also choose a chair that is comfortable in height. Now you need to place the paper correctly so that the handwriting has the bias that the student strives for. It is worth remembering that for left-handed people everything seems to be mirrored, so the position of the paper on the table can be somewhat confusing because it is not the right corner that is higher, but the left corner. But you just need to get used to this.

How to learn to write with your left hand: tools

What is important is the “tool” with which learning will take place. It can be either a pencil or a pen. The main thing is that it is comfortable, does not press or pinch your fingers. It is also necessary to remember that when writing with the left hand, a person seems to “overwrite” what has been written, so it is not recommended to start learning with ink pens or grease pencils. For "copybooks" it is better to stock up on regular children's notebooks with a slanted ruler so that you can learn to write words at the correct angle.

Workout

As already mentioned, learning to write with your left hand is not so easy. Need to long time study hard. This is the only way to develop beautiful calligraphic handwriting. You also need to remember that classes should be daily; sitting at your desk once a week is not an option. Such actions will not bring the desired result, but will only disappoint the student. And only after a certain time a person will be able to write beautifully and freely with his left hand.

The ability to use your non-dominant hand is a wonderful opportunity to develop new talents. This allows you to coordinate the activities of the two hemispheres of the human brain. Mastering left-handed spelling can also enhance your intuition and sharpen your sense of humor.

Humans have an insatiable desire for knowledge and self-development.. Apparently, this is what pushes many people, even adults, to learn to write with their left hand. According to statistics, there are about 15% of left-handed people in the world, but the number is increasing noticeably every year. If you think this is easy to learn, you are mistaken. Follow our tips and it will be easier for you to master spelling with your left hand. The left hemisphere is responsible for the activities of the right side of the body, and the right hemisphere “guides” the left side. The development of the right hemisphere of the brain will give impetus to expanding memory, improving thinking and other things. Left hemisphere our brain controls analysis, abstraction, classification, algorithm, induction. That is, rational-logical thinking. The right hemisphere is the artistic part of our personality: images, emotions, creative abilities. Use our simple tips:

1. The location of the paper sheet. Divide your table into two zones with an imaginary line. The same non-existent straight line should divide your torso perpendicular to the floor into two halves. Place the sheet on the left side of the table. Try to ensure that the top right corner is always lower than the left. The letters need to be printed not up, as usual, but down. This placement of the paper sheet makes it possible to more full review lines written, less hand fatigue and more space to write.
2. Pencil or pen. Hold your writing instrument a little higher than usual. Preferably 2.5 or 4 cm above the paper - this is the bottom grip line. Try not to overextend your fingers, as this will lead to rapid fatigue and the inability to continue.
3. Paper. Start your lessons on a lined sheet of paper. This will not only contribute to beautiful writing, but will also help you immediately develop the ability to hold a line evenly. To do this, purchase notebooks with special pages. When you first start learning, try writing in block letters, then move on to capital letters. Homer did this kind of training. Try to use your left hand more often in everyday life: make notes of friends’ phone numbers, addresses of acquaintances, etc.
4. Letter size. When taking your first steps, you need to try to write the alphabet in capital letters to acquire muscle memory.

Also purchase universal handle, specially made for left-handers. IN Lately Many products for various purposes have been produced for this target group. The shape of such a pen corresponds to the physiological and anthropometric characteristics for writing with the left hand. This will help you hold your hand correctly when writing and delay the threshold of muscle fatigue. Additional tips:

1. Draw simple shapes. People, squares, circles, etc. Color your drawings or use coloring books. This will help develop hand motor skills. First, outline the contours of the “picture” with dots, and then connect them with a straight line. Use both hands at the same time and draw synchronously, gradually moving to working only with your left
2. Resist the urge to connect your right hand. This desire will arise often. Try to resist him.
3. Usual things. Do more of your usual activities with your left hand: brushing your teeth, dialing a phone number, eating with cutlery at lunch, etc.
4. Strengthen your left arm physically. Throwing a ball, exercising with dumbbells, playing tennis, badminton.
5. Provide a visual reminder. Indicate to yourself in some way that it serves as a reminder:

• Wrap a bright thread around the thumb of your right hand.
• You can wear a glove.
• Write a reminder on your hand.

In this article you will learn how to learn to write with your left hand. Why do you need to ask this?

You probably know or have heard out of the corner of your ear that the left hemisphere of the human brain is responsible for the right side of the body, and vice versa, the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body. For example, the left hemisphere receives most of the information from the right arm and leg, right eye and ear. Therefore, it is completely natural that the development of the actions of one of the parties leads to the development of the hemisphere responsible for it. Consequently, a right-handed person has more developed left side brain, and a left-handed person has a right one.

Now briefly about what the left and right parts of the human brain are responsible for. The left hemisphere, which until recently was considered predominant by many doctors, “specializes” in logical thinking. In essence, it dominates and prevails only in the performance of the following functions:

The left hemisphere is responsible for analytical thinking, logic and analysis (verbalizes conclusions and identifies cause-and-effect relationships). It is also responsible for verbal information, controls speech and language abilities of a person. It is thanks to the left side of the brain that we remember different names and dates, mathematical symbols and just numbers, facts and events, as well as their order.

Unlike the left, the right hemisphere studies the problem (object, event) entirely and with different sides, often without even using analysis. Home page here the role is given to intuition. Left-handers have a better developed imagination, creative abilities, and they are better oriented in space. In addition, the convolutions of the right side of the brain are responsible for a sense of humor, the ability to dream and fantasize.

Why should a right-handed person write with his left hand?

In order to develop abilities more inherent to left-handed people and synchronize the work of both hemispheres of the brain, one of the real ways to achieve this is to acquire the ability for a right-handed person to write with his left hand.

A person who writes with both the right and left hand has equally well developed both halves of the gray matter. And if you want to develop your creative abilities, develop intuition, then you should definitely learn to write with your left hand.

By learning to write with your left hand, you will be able to discover talents in yourself that were previously unknown to you. In addition, by developing the motor skills of both hands, we develop movement coordination.

Performing unusual actions with your left hand (for a left-handed person with your right hand) is one of the neurobics exercises, which is known to be an exercise for the mind.

But you never know what other advantages the ability for a right-handed person to write with his left hand promises:

• Want to make an impression? Someone will definitely find this “cool.”
• Do you like being in the minority? In Russia, the left hand is the “working hand” for only 17% of the population (by the way, previously left-handers were retrained starting from school, now this is recognized as harmful), and even fewer are those who can use both hands equally.
• God forbid you break your right hand... sorry, bad example, albeit a viable one))), tfu, tfu, tfu.
• If your future profession assumes that you will write a lot (I’m at a loss as to what this is highly paid profession such, because today most of the text is typed in on the keyboard), in order to prevent your right hand from withering away, you should still learn to write with your left.
• ... and in general it’s interesting!

The first thing you should do before you start learning to write with your left hand is to decide on the purpose of this activity. I think the advantages that I described above should be enough for you. The main thing is to clearly understand this, otherwise you may not get the result. No goal, no result. Here I think everything is clear.

To begin with, it is better for you to take a notebook with markings, in a box or in a line. This will make it easier to ensure that the stitches are straight.

Next you need to select a handle. This choice will be easier to make when you have a dozen different pens at hand and by selecting them during the learning process you will definitely find the right one. Don't think this is a small thing. After all, if you have a favorite instrument for the right hand, why not choose one for the left. Those who have had to write a lot will understand that a comfortable pen makes writing easier and less stressful.

Sit comfortably. Clear your desk of unnecessary items. If possible, make sure the light comes from the top right.

It is very important to correctly determine the inclination of the notebook, so your hands will not get tired quickly and there will be less stiffness in movement. It is clear that the usual tilt will not be comfortable for you. The upper left corner of the notebook (sheet) should be higher than the right. This will make the writing process much easier.

It’s better to hold the pen the way you want this moment comfortable. In any case, during the learning process, the comfort of holding will constantly change.

Then the question arises: what exactly should I write? Write whatever you want. You can make a plan for tomorrow or describe in detail the idea that has arisen, or you can also do exercise for developing attention- recall the last lecture, meeting, etc. Of course, you can use the advice " How to write correctly with your left hand", which are given in articles devoted to this topic, namely - “To learn to write with your left hand, you need to write letter by letter in a row, just like in first grade.” You can start with this exercise, just don’t delay it. Otherwise, you will become so bored with the monotony that you will decide to quit this activity altogether.

Watch for evenness of writing, not speed, do not rush.

Practice often. Whenever possible, try to write with your left hand rather than your right. This is not about signing a contract or writing a letter of resignation. In these cases, experiments are not appropriate. However, you may well fill out a diary or make a list of groceries for a trip to the store, write down the title of a book or phone number. Also pay attention to general development left hand and its motor skills. Take a spoon at lunch or a toothbrush in your left hand, and try working on the computer without using your right hand. And if you are learning to write with your left hand, try drawing with it.

Learning to write with your left hand: nuances

At first, it is better to write the letters large, this way muscle memory will be developed much more effectively. And don’t be upset if after several attempts the handwriting is still crooked and the letters are “drunk.” You will definitely learn, the main thing is regular practice. Speaking of regularity.

Right-handedness and left-handedness is one of the most interesting mysteries for neurologists. Less than one percent of the world's population are ambidexters, that is, people who are equally skilled with both hands. Some research (and much of the experience of ambidexters) suggests that training your non-dominant hand can boost creativity, change your thinking, and strengthen neural connections in your brain.

In general, ambidexterity, just like right-handedness and left-handedness, has been studied very little. However, mastering both hands does make the brain work better. And if you are a musician, then you understand how important quality work left and right hands. So how do you train your non-dominant hand?

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To control your non-dominant hand, your brain must form new neural connections. This is not a quick or easy process, so you must dedicate many hours of practice if you decide to become ambidextrous. The process of developing motor skills will give you a whole new understanding of what it is like for babies to master their limbs.

Start slow. Write the capital and small letters of the alphabet, and then you can move on to sentences. Use a thick-ruled notebook (or better yet, paper) to make it easier to fit the letters. At first, your writing will look pretty bad, but you must realize that the process of mastering a hand that has performed only a secondary function for many years cannot be quick. Be patient.

Watch for lefties if you're right-handed. Look at how they position their hand while writing, at what angle they hold the pen or pencil, and try to copy their style. But make sure you are comfortable.

Practice

Try to write your opinion and the most common words many times, like “hello”, “how are you”, “good” and so on. Then feel free to move on to the proposals. Pick one and prescribe it many times over time. Be prepared for your fingers and hand to be sore after practice. This is an indication that you are training muscles for the first time.

Once you have mastered writing certain words and phrases, move on to the next practice. Take the book and open it to the first page. Copy a page of text at a time every day. It is not necessary to rewrite the entire book, but regularity is important in practice. In a week you will already see that you have begun to write better and more accurately.

Draw shapes

Try to draw the basic ones geometric figures, such as circle, triangle, square. This will help strengthen your left hand and you will have better control of your pen or pencil. When the circles and squares become more or less even, move on to three-dimensional shapes, including spheres, parallelograms, and so on. Then color your creations.

Also try drawing straight lines from left to right. This will teach you how to write, and not pull the pen behind you.

Master mirror writing of letters

Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci was not only ambidexterous, but also knew how to write in mirror images? So why not develop these same qualities in yourself? Try writing from right to left and master the mirror spelling of letters. To do this, take a small glass and try to rewrite what is reflected in it. This will force your brain to think much more actively, so you may get tired quickly.

Choose the right pens

Hard and gel pens are best because they require less pressure and force when writing, making the learning process more comfortable and your hand less prone to cramps. But use quick-drying ink, otherwise the text will be smudged by your own hand.

Change your habits

Observe yourself and realize that you perform most automatic actions with one hand. This habit is very deeply ingrained both physically and mentally. If you default to opening doors with your right hand, start opening them with your left.

If you usually step with your right foot, consciously step with your left. Keep working on this until controlling the left side of your body becomes natural and easy.

Perform simple actions with your left hand. Try brushing your teeth, holding a spoon, fork or even chopsticks, washing dishes, and even typing messages using your other hand. Over time, you will develop this habit.

Tie your leading hand

The hardest part of the practice is remembering to use your other hand. Good way- tie your right hand at least while you are at home. It is not necessary to tie all your fingers; it will be enough for you to tie a thread around your thumb and index finger. On the street, you can put your right hand in your pocket or behind your back.

Strengthen your hand

To make movements natural and simple, you need to constantly strengthen your arm muscles. Take a tennis ball, throw it and catch it. You can also simply squeeze it with your left hand to strengthen your fingers.

Play tennis and badminton with the racket in your other hand. You will feel very uncomfortable at first, but regular practice will bear fruit.

And the most banal, but, as it turns out, difficult action. Take the computer mouse in your left hand and try to type text with your left hand. It's harder than you think!

Remember that in any business practice is important. If you decide to master your left hand in the same way that you have mastered your right all your life, do not forget to practice every day.

Ekaterina Romanova

Many will say - this is impossible! After all, only a select few can write with both hands at the same time. However, this is not quite true. Everyone is capable of this. You just need to be patient and practice.

Here are 4 steps to help you learn to write with both hands simultaneously:

1. Learn to use two hands at the same time

You need to start simple. Just practice using both hands at the same time. To do this, try to draw the same geometric shapes with both your right and left limbs. At first, the non-working hand will draw figures that are vaguely similar to circles and squares, but after several days of training you will succeed. When you are sure that the figures are identical to each other, proceed to the next step.

2. Make it more difficult

Now we need to print the letters. This is much more difficult to do than shapes, because letters are more complex in structure. As soon as you are done with the letters, move on to the words.

3. Draw different shapes

Before this, you trained your hands. This is definitely not enough. Now you need to train your brain. Try drawing a square with one hand and a circle with the other. Do this exactly at the same time, and do not draw lines with each hand in turn. Don't give up and practice until you get beautiful figures.

4. Write different words

Once you're done with the figures, it's time for the hard part: writing the different words. This is the most difficult part of the entire training, so be prepared. Practice and you will succeed. Try to write entire phrases and sentences. Always set yourself impossible tasks and solve them. This is the only way to achieve perfection in this matter. Good luck on your way to the laurels of Julius Caesar!