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Originally Posted by ONEDUNME
The lad in post No 2 is ALLLLLLLLL Left foot. The way he runs to a ball on the edge of the six yard box and then has to run around it to get it on his left is fuckin embarassing. If my lad did that at my age I'd boot him off the fuckin pitch.
If they can't learn to use both feet naturally at that age then they never will. Sure you can make a career with one good foot (no jokes please - especially about a Ted McMinn comeback) but don't give me any of this world beater shit for fuck's sake.  |
Exactly, ODM.
I've made sure my lad uses both feet from when he was 4 years old, gives them such an advantage in games but 90% of kids can only use one foot. My lad's right footed but his last 7 goals in competitive matches (plays up front) have consisted of just 1 with his right, 2 with his head, and 4 with his left. Great to see my coaching has paid off....nothing worse than seeing a player run around the ball to get it on to his strong foot.
A couple of months I became a coach of his team and the first thing I brought in to the training routine was getting them to kick with their weaker foot. Aside from my lad, a few are ok using it without being great, but most are pretty useless and have clearly never been told to use it.
One lad is a fair little player, a defensive type who is nothing flash but is hard working and is reliable in that he does his job - well his dads a complete loon, thinks his kids the best player in the team and continually tells him that....tells him he's the playmaker
anyway, I've never seen a 10yo kick a ball with his weaker foot so badly, doesn't know how to approach the ball and then just toepokes it....hard to believe that his dad has never got him using it.
I play 5-a-side once or twice a week and to be fair adults are just as guilty....you feel like shouting "JUST HIT IT WITH YOUR LEFT FOOT YOU BIG FUCKING SPASTIC!"
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