Board Stance and Body Laterality Survey
This survey explores possible correlations between skateboard/snowboard/surf stance and body dominance patterns: eye dominance, leg laterality, hand laterality, and eating-hand habits. There are no right or wrong answers. Please answer based on what feels natural to you, not what you were taught unless the question specifically asks about training.
For eye dominance and leg laterality, please test before answering. Do not guess if you have never checked before.
What is your preferred board stance?
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What is your preferred board stance?
Which board sport is your answer mostly based on?
Which board sport is your answer mostly based on?
How confident are you about your stance preference?
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How confident are you about your stance preference?
Please test your dominant eye before answering.
Quick dominant-eye test- Pick a small object across the room.
- Make a small triangle/window with your hands.
- With both eyes open, center the object inside the triangle.
- Close one eye, then the other.
- The eye that keeps the object centered is usually your dominant eye.
What is your dominant eye?
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What is your dominant eye?
How did you determine your dominant eye?
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How did you determine your dominant eye?
Section 3 — Leg laterality / footedness
Please test or imagine each task before answering. Do not guess based only on your board stance.
Leg dominance can be task-dependent. One leg may be your preferred active leg for kicking or manipulating objects, while the other may be your preferred support leg for standing, balancing, or stabilizing.
The most important single active-leg question is whether you would naturally shoot a ball at a target with your right or left leg. The survey still asks several leg tasks to compute laterality scores.
Section 3A — Primary leg questions
If you had to shoot a ball at a target, which leg would you use?
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This is the primary active/mobilizing-leg question. Please answer based on what you would naturally do.
If you had to shoot a ball at a target, which leg would you use?
If you had to stand balanced on one leg, which leg would you stand on?
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This is a support/stabilizing-leg question. Choose the leg that would stay on the ground and support your body.
If you had to stand balanced on one leg, which leg would you stand on?
Do your active/kicking leg and support/balance leg feel like the same side or opposite sides?
Do your active/kicking leg and support/balance leg feel like the same side or opposite sides?
Section 3B — Leg laterality task questions
For each task, choose the leg or foot you would naturally use.
For active/mobilizing tasks, choose the foot that performs the action. For support/stabilizing tasks, choose the leg that supports your body, stays on the ground, or bears most of the weight. For leading/initiating tasks, choose the foot that naturally moves first. If both feel equally natural, choose “Both / no clear preference.”
Active / mobilizing leg tasks
Kicking a ball for distance or power — which leg/foot do you naturally use?
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Kicking a ball for distance or power — which leg/foot do you naturally use?
Picking up a small object, like a marble, with one foot while standing
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Picking up a small object, like a marble, with one foot while standing
Tracing or drawing a shape on the floor with one foot
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Tracing or drawing a shape on the floor with one foot
Stomping out a small imaginary fire with one foot
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Stomping out a small imaginary fire with one foot
Smoothing sand, dirt, or a surface with one foot while standing
Smoothing sand, dirt, or a surface with one foot while standing
Writing or drawing letters with one foot
Writing or drawing letters with one foot
Using one foot to push a shovel into the ground while digging
Using one foot to push a shovel into the ground while digging
Support / stabilizing leg tasks
Standing balanced on one leg with eyes closed — which leg supports you?
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Standing balanced on one leg with eyes closed — which leg supports you?
Balancing on one foot on a narrow line, rail, curb, or beam — which leg supports you?
Balancing on one foot on a narrow line, rail, curb, or beam — which leg supports you?
Hopping on one leg — which leg would you naturally hop on?
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Hopping on one leg — which leg would you naturally hop on?
During relaxed standing, if you shift most of your weight onto one leg, which leg usually carries more weight?
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During relaxed standing, if you shift most of your weight onto one leg, which leg usually carries more weight?
Leading / initiating leg tasks
Stepping up onto a chair, box, or high stair — which foot naturally goes first?
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Stepping up onto a chair, box, or high stair — which foot naturally goes first?
If you lose balance slightly and need to catch yourself with one step, which foot naturally steps first?
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If you lose balance slightly and need to catch yourself with one step, which foot naturally steps first?
Starting to walk from standing still — which foot naturally steps first?
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Starting to walk from standing still — which foot naturally steps first?
Going up stairs — which foot naturally takes the first step?
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Going up stairs — which foot naturally takes the first step?
Section 3C — How leg laterality was determined
How did you determine your leg / foot preferences?
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How did you determine your leg / foot preferences?
Section 3D — Leg interpretation
Based on the leg tasks above, how would you describe your footedness / leg laterality?
Based on the leg tasks above, how would you describe your footedness / leg laterality?
Do you feel that your board stance matches your active/kicking leg or your support/balance leg?
Do you feel that your board stance matches your active/kicking leg or your support/balance leg?
Section 4 — Natural writing hand and training
Which hand do/did you naturally write with?
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Which hand do/did you naturally write with?
Were you ever trained, forced, or strongly encouraged to write with a different hand than the one that felt natural?
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Were you ever trained, forced, or strongly encouraged to write with a different hand than the one that felt natural?
Do you feel your writing hand matches your natural manual preference?
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Do you feel your writing hand matches your natural manual preference?
Section 5 — Hand laterality score
For each task, choose the hand you would use naturally, without forcing yourself. If both hands feel equally natural, choose “Both / no clear preference.”
Opening a jar or bottle — active twisting hand
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Opening a jar or bottle — active twisting hand
Picking up small objects precisely
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Picking up small objects precisely
Using a computer mouse or trackpad
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Using a computer mouse or trackpad
Holding a phone for one-handed use
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Holding a phone for one-handed use
Using a racket, bat, or similar sports tool
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Using a racket, bat, or similar sports tool
Waving or gesturing naturally
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Waving or gesturing naturally
Reaching for an object quickly
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Reaching for an object quickly
Based on the tasks above, how would you describe your handedness?
Based on the tasks above, how would you describe your handedness?
Meaning: you write with one hand but strongly prefer the other hand for many physical/manual tasks such as throwing, brushing teeth, using tools, opening jars, or sports.
Section 6 — Knife and fork habits
These questions are not included in the hand laterality score because eating habits can be strongly cultural.
When eating with a knife and fork, which hand do you normally hold the knife in?
When eating with a knife and fork, which hand do you normally hold the knife in?
When cutting food with a knife and fork, which hand holds the fork?
When cutting food with a knife and fork, which hand holds the fork?
After cutting food, do you switch the fork to the other hand to eat?
After cutting food, do you switch the fork to the other hand to eat?
Section 7 — Background context
What country or culture did you grow up in?
What country do you currently live in?
Anything else you want to add?
Hand and leg laterality scores are now calculated automatically from your responses. If all scored tasks are marked “Not applicable,” the category remains “Not enough data.”