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Reply	Anonymous says: As a younger man football (soccer) was one of my favourite sports. When heading a ball from a corner it felt much more comfortable to head it on my left side rather than right. Don't know why but are there any other footballers who felt more comfortable heading the ball the other way? If so are you left or right handed?  (no votes) Tags: unanswered, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2008-11-03 14:08:00 | Report abuse

Reply	stu1666 says: I run often and always in an anti-clockwise direction which I believe is due to the fact that I am right handed. My right leg feels stronger which fits turning in that direction, in the same way that racing cars put extra force on the front right wheel when turning in that direction. Maybe left handed runners are at a disadvantage?  (no votes) Tags: unanswered, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2008-11-06 20:42:00 | Report abuse

Reply	Anonymous says: It may tie in with handedness, which does extend to the lower limbs. A person, blindfolded, turned loose in an empty field, and set walking, will nearly always end up tracing a gradual circular or near circular path because the dominant half of the body will take slightly longer strides. This is normally offset when walking by our use of visual reference points, so the removal of reference points is needed to see it in effect. For the same reason, people lost in a forest, where there are no strong reference points, often end up "walking in circles." Races longer than 100m require at least one turn in order to fit within the stadium, and as right-side body dominance is higher than left-side, it may have become a matter of the preference of the masses to work with their natural tendency to curve to the left rather than against. This may well work against lefties, who would have to fight the natural tendencies of their bodies.  (no votes) Tags: unanswered, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2008-11-06 20:51:00 | Report abuse

Reply	TerryL says: I'm a runner (of no great talent) whose body is slightly larger on the left side. My left leg is, therefore, slightly longer than my right, so I'd appreciate it of running tracks were reversed, say every 10 years. I'm sure that I would be faster in a clockwise direction.By the way, horse race tracks in Melbourne are anticlockwise but in Sydney they're clockwise.  (no votes) Tags: unanswered, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2008-11-19 04:25:00 | Report abuse

Reply	mark says: It's just because most people are right-handed. Thus people who are right-hand will have a tendency to twist from right to left which a natural throwing motion  (no votes) Tags: unanswered, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2008-12-02 12:48:00 | Report abuse

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