Hands of Royalty - Prince William of Wales

Manfred wrote:[font=&quot]Dear
Martijn,

about the hands of Prince William I found, that he is an ambidexterity. - I
know about the discussions about this theme if it is basically possible to be
an a. or not....

As we see in the following picture he is using both hands for different things,
for example:

- Left for writing, sometimes painting (I saw pictures were he paints with left
or right).
- Left sometimes (privately, not in the army) for shooting.
- Right for throwing a ball.
- Right for kicking a ball!!
- Right for playing Polo - but this has to be done with the right according to
the rules.
- No preferences for waving.

I think if we look only at the hands originally there is a left
preference. I'm sure if we would examine the whole body (feet, eyes, ears)
we'll come to a different picture. - Using the right foot for rugby
isn't a result of the domestication und any social pressure.

..

Well spotted manfred Manfred!

Yes, writing and painting with his left hand... indicates a left preference regarding fine-motorics.
But usually that is featured with using the same arm for less refined-motorics, such as: throwing & polo.

So, yes... because Prince William does those activities with his right hand, that is typically indeed related to ambidexterity.


However... one should also be aware that the issue of ambidexterity specifically relates to the ability to do specific complex acitivities with both hands, such as: the ability to write with both hands, paint with both hands, etc.

So, despite your observation is very interesting - the issue of 'ambidexterity' is defined a litte bit more specified than how you used it.

Does this makes sense for you?

Manfred wrote:...

I read that it is a strict rule, playing Polo with the right hand. May be it's the same or similar with holding and shooting the military gun as we see on military fotos of him. As a hunter (privately) he used the gun on the left side.

Aha, yes... if Polo is always played with the right hand then we should exclude that observation from the list. But throwing a ball is for sure a point. Not sure about shouting, because that could include as well a choice.

By the way, I am left-handed myself. And I play football with my right foot, and regarding holding a gun... I only did that during my childhood with toys, but I whould hold it just like William.

But I would definitely not describe myself as 'ambidextrous', because I am very aware that it requires certain skills that I don't have - such as the example of a 'talent' to write smoothly with the other hand.


I guess we are not in the position to judge if Willam is 'abidextrous' or not, and therefore we better simply describe him as left-handed.