Why is shooting from the left much more common in hockey than in baseball or golf?
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In baseball and golf you always handle the bat or club with both hands. The hand toward the middle fine tunes the motions and is crucial to successful contact. Most people (unless they come from a hockey background before playing golf or baseball) swing on the side that matches their dominant hand. Putting your dominant hand in that position will improve results. For hockey the dominant hand in the middle of the stick would lead to finer control of the stick, but players often have to handle the stick with only the top hand on the stick in defensive situations. In these situations, using your dominant hand when you only have one hand on the stick is a big advantage. Many right handed hockey players shoot left, to have better control with one hand but others shoot right to have better control with two hands. There are pros and cons to both.
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