Anonymous wrote:
My daughter plays D1 in the US and the vast majority of the players have one foot.

It's not an age thing it's a training and coaching thing.

All of my kids have used both feet since they started kicking a ball. If they start using both feet as toddlers it becomes natural and they will always use both feet.

Yep. The earlier the better but u9-u11 you have to work the foot off as much as the other one. Most programs do not do this. They will tell you you have to work on your. It’s bullsh@t. These clubs do not do enough technical training in u9-u11.

My daughter plays D1 in the US and the vast majority of the players have one foot.

It's not an age thing it's a training and coaching thing.

All of my kids have used both feet since they started kicking a ball. If they start using both feet as toddlers it becomes natural and they will always use both feet.

By U15 on the girls’ side it’s really obvious when someone is uncomfortable passing or shooting with their non-dominant foot. It’s a handicap and a serious detriment to being recruited, regardless of abilities with dominant foot. Watching the girls move in tight little circles and losing the ball as they try to move it to the dominant foot is UGH. Once the speed of play catches those girls without (usually) a competent left foot, they fall back to the bench.

Anonymous wrote:
A few years back I did a finishing clinic with a State Cup-finalist U14 boys team. All except 2 sucked with their non-dominant feet--surprising to me at the time. Not sure how it is at the DA level. ECNL is a nothingburger on the boys' side.

Not that different at DA level. All the players can dribble and pass with both feet, but most of the boys have a very clear preference for finishing with one foot. On my son's team maybe 5 "can" finish with both feet (i.e. they will do it in a game), and 3 of them are actually comfortable finishing with both feet (i.e. they will actually score most the goals they "should" score).