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<\/p><\/div>"} 2 Your dominant hand will be the coiling hand, your non-dominant hand will just hold the coil. Take one end of the cord or rope into your non-dominant hand. Have the end fall about an inch out of your hand either towards you or away from you. This will determine whether the line will be coiled clockwise or counter-clockwise.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 3 If you are holding the line in your left hand (you are right-handed) and the end is facing towards your body, this means that you will be coiling counter-clockwise. If the end is facing away from you, the coiling will be clockwise. The opposite will be true for left-handed coilers.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 5 Bring your dominant hand toward your holding hand and use your index finger and thumb to twist the line in the direction that you want the coil to go (usually a 180-360 degree twist does the trick).