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===Cue sports=== In [[cue sports]], players can reach farther across the table if they are able to play with either hand, since the cue must either be placed on the left or the right side of the body. English [[snooker]] player [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]<ref name="SC">"[http://www.snookerclub.com/profiles/Ronnie-OSullivan.shtml Ronnie O'Sullivan, "The Rocket"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716100419/http://www.snookerclub.com/profiles/Ronnie-OSullivan.shtml |date=2011-07-16 }}", Snookerclub.com. Retrieved on 21 April 2007.</ref> is a rarity amongst top snooker professionals, in that he is able to play to world-class standard with either hand. While he lacks power in his left arm, his ability to alternate hands allows him to take shots that would otherwise require awkward cueing or the use of a [[Rest (cue sports)|rest]]. When he first displayed this ability in the [[World Snooker Championship 1996|1996 World Championship]] against the Canadian player [[Alain Robidoux]], Robidoux accused him of disrespect. O'Sullivan responded that he played better with his left hand than Robidoux could with his right.<ref name="SC"/> O'Sullivan was summoned to a disciplinary hearing in response to Robidoux's formal complaint, where he had to prove that he could play to a high level with his left hand.
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