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Peter Matthews

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I'm left-handed myself and I actually didn't see any [blank] to my own life when I happened to start reading an [blank] by a sports psychologist called Peter Matthews. He spent the first part of the article talking about [blank] in music instead of sport, which I have to say almost put me off from reading further. But what I soon became [blank] by was the sheer volume of both observation and [blank] he had done in many different sports and I felt [blank] that what he had to say would be of real interest.

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I'm left-handed myself and I actually didn't see any relevance to my own life when I happened to start reading an article by a sports psychologist called Peter Matthews. He spent the first part of the article talking about handedness in music instead of sport, which I have to say almost put me off from reading further. But what I soon became struck by was the sheer volume of both observation and investigation he had done in many different sports and I felt persuaded that what he had to say would be of real interest.
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