The Old Swinger

[saintsfcfan]

I used to have the problem that I was unable to se my left foot at all as I never really had tried . As I have been with the same team for a good number of years now right up to under 18 level I was forced to use it more and more so much so that I'm able to take free kicks with my right and left , but when it comes to controlling and passing id much rather use the outside of my right than my left.

 

[Clem Fandango]

J-Rod's left is fantastic for standing on.

 

[St. Luigi Scrosoppi]

When I first saw the title for this thread I thought it was someone setting out to insult me again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kALGhbTxdg

 

[garysfc]

can't agree more. when my lad was lerning skills i would continually bang on about using his left foot & slow but sure he progressed to where he initially could hardly burst a paper bag to eventually being able to burst he net (well not quite but you know what i mean). Ok, just dad & son footie but he trialled for the cherries so i knew he was doing ok. gaston had a chance to clear, northam end vs west hoof ther other week & he tried to clear the stand with his good foot, giving away a corner instead of using his weaker foot & pushing the ball out for a throw-in. simples to me but ****e wtf do i know. they're the ones getting paid thousands per week !!

 

[Beddy]

When my younger son was of an age to be trained using both feet........we used to have days when the weak foot (left) was the only one to be used. Eventually he was totally strong on either foot. The only thing was he actually became left footed as they say, although he is actually right handed an unusual combination.

 

[dfishman]

If, by natural ability you mean genetically predisposed, then I would agree with you. For example, I was useless at cricket, yet I decided one day to completely copy John Edrich [a left handed opening batsman of the era] to get into the school team. I succeeded and played left handed from then on, but used to play either handed to left handed bowlers, just to annoy them.

Years later, I went along to the excellent municipal golf course at the Sports Centre, in Southampton for my first go at golf. I hired right handed clubs and did OK. I went for weeks and got quite good, but then one day all they had was left handed clubs, so I hired them and was almost as good, first time round. I know it reads ridiculous, but I've always wondered why it is so difficult for some people to swap around.

Cricket batting is a bit weird, though - there are quite a few people that bat left handed and bowl right handed, or vice versa (Anderson, Broad, Patel among current England players). I think pretty much everyone bowls with their natural stronger hand, but batting "right-handed" isn't particularly easier for right-handed people than batting "left-handed" is (until you've been trained one way or the other, of course!) I don't know much about golf but it may well be the same.