# A sport fan's theory of mixed handedness

An episode of [Afternoons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/175135505), 22 Oct 2026, 12 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/podcast.radionz.co.nz/aft/aft-20261022-1332-a_sport_fans_theory_of_mixed_handedness-128.mp3

Some of the world's best sportspeople have interesting quirks when it comes to which side of their body they use. Cricketers Kane Williamson and Sachin Tendulkar, for example, bat and throw right-handed but write left-handed. And there's another pattern that a sports fan has been exploring: athletes who swing a golf club from the right side but bat from the left in cricket or baseball. Sports mega fan Andrew Sim has been studding these differences and what they could tell us about how our brains work. Andrew joins Jesse to make the case for his theory of mixed handedness.

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