Massive pet peeve of mine that the majority of players are so one sided these days. Has regressed in the last 20 years which is ridiculous considering players have become full time professionals in that time.
kicking on both sides
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I notice Zaine Cordy kicks with both feet quite frequently.
Stratton and Bruest at Hawthorn are excellent.
Steele Sidebottom one of the best getting around for sure.
Stratton and Bruest at Hawthorn are excellent.
Steele Sidebottom one of the best getting around for sure.
Taylor Walker is very good on his left, it looks just as natural as using his right, he'll hit a 45m pass no problems with his left. Only a small sample but I've noticed Fogarty use his left very naturally and effectively, and as another poster said Sam Petrevski-Seton was reported to not really have a preferred foot in junior football, though in the AFL he seems to use his right more often than not.
It's something that needs to be developed in the formative years, once you hit the AFL if you don't have a decent weak foot you never really will.
It's something that needs to be developed in the formative years, once you hit the AFL if you don't have a decent weak foot you never really will.
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He is uncontracted ... terrible kick. Should be delisted. Nothing to see here.
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Reckon Bigfooty has got this.
Tex and JRoo are really good at hitting targets on both.
Just not enough players who can switch and still hit a target.
Tex and JRoo are really good at hitting targets on both.
Just not enough players who can switch and still hit a target.
Stephen Hill. The rare time he kicks on his right, he hits the player on the chest with ease. Often better on his right.
But it's amazing how many players don't kick with both. As a junior growing up, was trained to kick with both and practice only kicking with non-preferred all training. Why don't they do that these days is baffling.
It's embarassing when some players are so one sided, that they panic when they are covered on their preferred and forced to use the other. Either they handball it off or just don't kick it. Nic Suban was guilty of this. Lovely left foot, but players would always cover his left side that he just doesn't even kick with his right and get caught holding the ball.
Peter Bell was a great player on both sides as a ex Freo player
But it's amazing how many players don't kick with both. As a junior growing up, was trained to kick with both and practice only kicking with non-preferred all training. Why don't they do that these days is baffling.
It's embarassing when some players are so one sided, that they panic when they are covered on their preferred and forced to use the other. Either they handball it off or just don't kick it. Nic Suban was guilty of this. Lovely left foot, but players would always cover his left side that he just doesn't even kick with his right and get caught holding the ball.
Peter Bell was a great player on both sides as a ex Freo player
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Sicily's left is not bad these days. Eddie Betts and Taylor Walker look good off both.
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Only for kicks greater than 35m though. Of which his left is amazing.
He struggles with the short hit ups on his left
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Pushed off Danny Kerr as well in that play
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If Shuey isn't the best in the comp he'd be very very close. Never personally seen a player so natural on either.
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I agree, but disagree. if you are in the building trade for example. do you start to randomly hammer with your left hand. or if you work in IT do you randomly move the mouse over to your left hand and start clicking away. i would say that 99% of us don't.
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Ask Champion_Data
Completely different thing
Noone comes and tackles you while you are banging a nail in because you had to switch the hammer to your preferred hand
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Yeah in that case you could ask why all athletes don't use both hands too.
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ok do tennis players switch hand so the always hit forehand winners. do NFL Quaterback change hand before they throw. Do soccer players kick with their other foot when pinned in. to be honest i think that we are one of the only sports that as a % are probably leading the way for professional sports in this area
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I think many soccer players kick on both but don't watch enough to really know/have noticed.
Also I think it's easier to switch feet to kick a ball than switch hands to do more dexterous tasks.
Ask Brett Favre.
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Players who have used their opposite at least 30% of the time this year:
47% Angus Brayshaw
40% Steele Sidebottom
34% Stephen Coniglio
31% Jesse Joyce
30% Ben Stratton
30% Jack Martin
Players with 30+ kicks on their opposite this year who have a positive kick rating:
+9.0% Jake Melksham
+3.1% Shaun Higgins
+2.9% Lachie Whitfield
+1.0% Angus Brayshaw
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Right: 68 kicks @ +1.2%
Left: 61 kicks @ +1.0%
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