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DS went to tryout for a travel team, and ends up training with the team, I found out that other new kid (from tryout) also in the training with the team is not as good as my DS.
I suspect that coach picked up him only because he is left-footed.
I would be very disappointed if that kid is chosen in the end but not my DS only because of left-footed advantage.

Is that big advantage being left-footed in soccer (or other body-contact team sports such as basketball, hockey, lacrosse...) ?

Players should be near equal with both feet but that is not very common at younger ages. It is a slight advantage to have a naturally left footed player at younger ages but it is rarely a reason for a player to be selected.

At what age should the be near equal with both feet?

u10

LOL. Ask Gareth Bale to strike a ball with his right foot!

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DS went to tryout for a travel team, and ends up training with the team, I found out that other new kid (from tryout) also in the training with the team is not as good as my DS.
I suspect that coach picked up him only because he is left-footed.
I would be very disappointed if that kid is chosen in the end but not my DS only because of left-footed advantage.

Is that big advantage being left-footed in soccer (or other body-contact team sports such as basketball, hockey, lacrosse...) ?

Players should be near equal with both feet but that is not very common at younger ages. It is a slight advantage to have a naturally left footed player at younger ages but it is rarely a reason for a player to be selected.

At what age should the be near equal with both feet?

u10

LOL. Ask Gareth Bale to strike a ball with his right foot!

Arjun Robbin's right foot is just a peg held in place there with twine and duct tape

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DS went to tryout for a travel team, and ends up training with the team, I found out that other new kid (from tryout) also in the training with the team is not as good as my DS.
I suspect that coach picked up him only because he is left-footed.
I would be very disappointed if that kid is chosen in the end but not my DS only because of left-footed advantage.

Is that big advantage being left-footed in soccer (or other body-contact team sports such as basketball, hockey, lacrosse...) ?

Players should be near equal with both feet but that is not very common at younger ages. It is a slight advantage to have a naturally left footed player at younger ages but it is rarely a reason for a player to be selected.

At what age should the be near equal with both feet?

u10

PP must be joking. Watch the pros - many aren't equal and run around their non-dominant foot. There's no magic age .

This can’t be right. Half the kids on my U11 DD team can’t kick well even with their dominant foot.

Please say this isnt a travel team!

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DS went to tryout for a travel team, and ends up training with the team, I found out that other new kid (from tryout) also in the training with the team is not as good as my DS.
I suspect that coach picked up him only because he is left-footed.
I would be very disappointed if that kid is chosen in the end but not my DS only because of left-footed advantage.

Is that big advantage being left-footed in soccer (or other body-contact team sports such as basketball, hockey, lacrosse...) ?

Players should be near equal with both feet but that is not very common at younger ages. It is a slight advantage to have a naturally left footed player at younger ages but it is rarely a reason for a player to be selected.

At what age should the be near equal with both feet?

u10

LOL. Ask Gareth Bale to strike a ball with his right foot!

Arjun Robbin's right foot is just a peg held in place there with twine and duct tape

Yes, but back to my original point about foot does not dictate position for players up front, he plays on the right, like the left footed Mahrez. Ok maybe they don’t belong in the same sentence.

[Anonymous]

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DS went to tryout for a travel team, and ends up training with the team, I found out that other new kid (from tryout) also in the training with the team is not as good as my DS.
I suspect that coach picked up him only because he is left-footed.
I would be very disappointed if that kid is chosen in the end but not my DS only because of left-footed advantage.

Is that big advantage being left-footed in soccer (or other body-contact team sports such as basketball, hockey, lacrosse...) ?

Curious how this was arrived at. Short answer: Being left-footed can absolutely be an advantage when thinking about runs down the left sideline, balls served in from the left side, etc. If I were coaching a team and I had 13 righties and one spot left between a lefty and righty of virtually equal ability, I'd take the lefty.

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Since i'm a lefty, I can tell you the world is built for right handed folks. My kids are also lefties and we are all very competent on using our right foot, hand, etc since we are stuck in a right handed world. For that reason, it would not surprise me to see a lefty be strong on both feet, probably more so than a righty using his/her left.

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Good lefties are just a rare commodity. Sorry to say but a righty will just not open up the left side of the field as well

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Anonymous wrote:Good lefties are just a rare commodity. Sorry to say but a righty will just not open up the left side of the field as well

For U13 below games, you will mostly watch the the attacking actions happen on the right side of the attacking team, young center kids could not see or pass to the left side of the field. This is normal. Most righty kids could only pass to the right side.

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Anonymous wrote:Good lefties are just a rare commodity. Sorry to say but a righty will just not open up the left side of the field as well

That is true and most kids can not truly play with both feet. When is the last time you saw a right footed player on left wing cross the ball in from the sideline with his left foot. I never see it, they always cut back to the right foot because they aren't strong enough with the left. Pro teams- yes they can do it, not in youth team.

[Anonymous]

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DS went to tryout for a travel team, and ends up training with the team, I found out that other new kid (from tryout) also in the training with the team is not as good as my DS.
I suspect that coach picked up him only because he is left-footed.
I would be very disappointed if that kid is chosen in the end but not my DS only because of left-footed advantage.

Is that big advantage being left-footed in soccer (or other body-contact team sports such as basketball, hockey, lacrosse...) ?

What team is this ? tryouts have only just started even for DA teams.

Better is subjective. What would the father of the left footed player say ?

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What if you have two left feet? Is that better than one, or are you just clumsy at that point? Rim shot.

Seriously, this is gotta be the dumbest thread ever. Someone is actually asking if left footed players have an advantage? Or, is this really a KGB means of sending encoded messages? Sheesh.

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Ring left footed in soccer or left handed in baseball is a natural advantage. Boxing- mma too.
Typically left handed people have an ever so small advantage as everything is built for right handed people. So they naturally are a bit more ambidextrous.
I would say lefties is baseball have more of an impact than in soccer. A left handed pitcher/hitter would get the nod over an a righty in youth sports if their attitudes and skill were equal.
Only because kids are not used to lefties as much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if you have two left feet? Is that better than one, or are you just clumsy at that point? Rim shot.

Seriously, this is gotta be the dumbest thread ever. Someone is actually asking if left footed players have an advantage? Or, is this really a KGB means of sending encoded messages? Sheesh.

Yes, Russian bots are trying to waste our time by reading the dumbest thread ever. This is right up there with a thread a few years ago where people with slow, out of shape kids were complaining that cardio and running are not important to soccer.