I'm teaching my kids to be lefties and throw a slider at 85.
It's a lot tougher than you think. Seriously, I wanted my son to be a lefty. As a baby I'd gently correct him when he picked anything up (baby bottle, toys.....), and held his right hand behind his back. I thought it worked. When he started playing tball he had a left handers glove. To my dismay, halfway through the season he started dropping his glove to throw the ball with his right hand. He's now pitching in college. But a "crafty righthander" doesn't quite conjure up images of Tom Glavine. Specially when he doesn't even quite touch 85.
As an aside, I told Bill Lee this story when I met him, and he shook his head, called ME crazy and walked away.
It's a lot tougher than you think. Seriously, I wanted my son to be a lefty. As a baby I'd gently correct him when he picked anything up (baby bottle, toys.....), and held his right hand behind his back. I thought it worked. When he started playing tball he had a left handers glove. To my dismay, halfway through the season he started dropping his glove to throw the ball with his right hand. He's now pitching in college. But a "crafty righthander" doesn't quite conjure up images of Tom Glavine. Specially when he doesn't even quite touch 85.
As an aside, I told Bill Lee this story when I met him, and he shook his head, called ME crazy and walked away.