Are left-handers really left-handers?

I'm a lefty. I write left handed. I bat right handed. I kick left footed. I eat both right and left handed. When I play the piano my dominant hand is my left. Although i have trained my right hand to take the lead. In karate I am left dominant as far as stances. So to answer your question I am left handed (for the most part) :)

Hi friend, I am right hander person.But i use both of my hands in doing the work.I do all the house hold work using left hand and while eating i use right hand.Of course for the first time i could not cope up but now it seems simple.I can work with both my hands easily.I can even manage the things more easily with left hand than with right hand friend.See friend,every problem has a solution. If you think you can do it than you can do,if you said no than you can't do it .It all depends upon as how you think about the problem.i think i may clarify your doubt a little bit. Have a nice day.

Hi.Raj. I am a left hander but I do most things with my right hand. My right hand is stronger than my left, but my left hand can do more intricate work than my right. When refering to right or left handed, I guess most people think in terms of writing.

I'm left handed... There are few things I trained, either by a choice or other wise, my right hand to do... I write with my right hand but that's only because when I was a child, my mother forced me to use my right hand to write... Now I can't write with my left... I hold & operate mouse of computer with my right hand... That's because my first computer was a Mac & that's how I started using it, with my right hand... When I practice Aikido & Muay Thai, my stance & weight tend to go to my left... Left side of my body is, in most cases, first side to react to anything... When I'm caught off guard, my left hand, or arm, goes up first... I bat & pitch with my left, kick with my left... Basically computer mouse & writting are the only 2 things I do with my right...

Handedness refers to writing. I am left-handed, because I write with my left hand. However, I golf and play racquet sports using my right hand.

I think even though they do some stuff with their right hands, they find it easier to WRITE with their left, therefore classifying themselves as lefties? Then again, some people are ambidextrous and can write with both hands. I'm a righty, but wear my watch on my right hand (which I've been told is weird).

Well, I think when someone talks about being left handed or right handed, they are mainly talking about which hand you write with. If you write with your left hand, then you're left handed, even if you do other things with your right hand. And, vice versa. I know nothing about sports, but I know lots of things are designed for right handers. Maybe it goes for some sports equipment and left handers trained themselves to use their right hand? Or, they were taught by a right handed person, so they learned that way? I can't think of anything I specifically do right handed (I'm a lefty, if that wasn't clear) but I'm sure I use it a lot because it's more convenient.

Such people are called ambidextrous. My son is like that; he eats left-handed but writes right-handed, because his teacher encouraged him to do so. Before he started school he usually picked up crayons with his left hand. He can dribble a basketball with either hand.