Development - Dribbling with only one foot

I'm not disagreeing that development of the weak side is needed. As mentioned before, shooting/crossing/trapping with both feet is crucial.

But I'm limiting this to just dribbling. Wouldn't you choose to have your strong foot dribbling rated as a 10 (out of 10) and your weak side a 4 as opposed to having both feet rated as a 7? Every good soccer player has maybe 2-3 Go-to moves that they rely on. And chances are those go-to moves do not involve the use of the weak foot.
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
I'm not disagreeing that development of the weak side is needed. As mentioned before, shooting/crossing/trapping with both feet is crucial.

But I'm limiting this to just dribbling. Wouldn't you choose to have your strong foot dribbling rated as a 10 (out of 10) and your weak side a 4 as opposed to having both feet rated as a 7? Every good soccer player has maybe 2-3 Go-to moves that they rely on. And chances are those go-to moves do not involve the use of the weak foot.
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IDK, the La Croqueta and Cruyff involves the weak foot.
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
...which I mentioned earlier in the thread that the players immediately move the ball back to their strong foot after finishing the La Croqueta :)
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I remember, but your post stated a skill move didn't involve the weak foot.

I see things different. What is wrong with a strong foot at a 10 and a weak foot at a 7 or 8?
 
Attached is an interesting article regarding both footed players. Basically true both footed players are rare, at least for scoring. Only 3 of the top 50 all-time Premier League goal scorers scored more than 25% of their goals with their weaker foot, the highest being 33%. Good news is both footed players get paid more, after that its left footers. I think you need to be at least competent with you weaker foot. My son is weird, his dominant shooting foot is his left but his dominant dribbling foot is his right.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-arent-there-more-two-footed-footballers.html
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
Wanted to see others' opinions on having their kid develop one or both feet for dribbling. I've been telling my daughter to concentrate on improving her dribbling with her strong foot first and to not worry as much about her weak foot. Granted, I understand that you need to develop your weak foot for shooting, trapping and crossing. But I feel like weak footed dribbling is overrated/rarely used...if you watch pros play they are dribbling with their strong foot 99% of the time. Thoughts?
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Provide your kid the opportunity to improve her weak foot, and that includes dribbling, but I would recommend you not coach your daughter on what she needs to do or not do in training or during games ("I've been telling my daughter to concentrate on improving her dribbling with her strong foot first..."). Let her coaches coach her and you provide your equipment manager, chauffeuring, and cheerleading skills to the overall effort. Not sure what your background is in soccer, but I came to realize over the years that my instructions were counter-productive. Both my son and his coaches know more about soccer that I ever will. Nothing wrong with engaging her coaches and trainers to figure out what she needs to work on, and then providing the right environment for her to work on those things (ie. private training, time at the park, etc…), but she will be better off without your instructions. But I am guessing you instinctively know that already and that's the reason you asked the question here in the first place.
 
zebrafish said:
IMHO, dribbling should be something done equally with either foot.
I think most players have a preferred shooting/kicking foot, but I would never encourage focusing on one foot for either dribbling or shooting
I would do just the opposite-- encourage using both.
Better players can go either direction and are able to use both feet for dribbling, kicking, shooting
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I agree. If you play a lot of soccer on your own (school recess, weekend pickup games) it becomes pretty easy to learn to dribble with both foots. The foot that I always used depended upon which way I was cutting to. My player is the same.
 
MakeAPlay said:
I agree. If you play a lot of soccer on your own (school recess, weekend pickup games) it becomes pretty easy to learn to dribble with both foots. The foot that I always used depended upon which way I was cutting to. My player is the same.
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That's one of the fundamentals that are not enough coached - use the foot nearest to the ball.
 
SBFDad said:
Provide your kid the opportunity to improve her weak foot, and that includes dribbling, but I would recommend you not coach your daughter on what she needs to do or not do in training or during games ("I've been telling my daughter to concentrate on improving her dribbling with her strong foot first..."). Let her coaches coach her and you provide your equipment manager, chauffeuring, and cheerleading skills to the overall effort. Not sure what your background is in soccer, but I came to realize over the years that my instructions were counter-productive.
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I played college soccer for two Big Ten schools. We did not have NCAA sanctioned teams at the time (I'm old :)) but our team was coached by the eventual D-I coach at the Univ. of Michigan. I continue to play competitvely in upper tier leagues (Glendale, LA metro, Southbay). I have a feeling that people who don't get the reality of using stronger foot haven't played soccer at high levels?

Ideally, yes...great to have kid be a 10 and 10 on both feet. But reality is that they only have a finite amount of time to work on things.
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
I played college soccer for two Big Ten schools. We did not have NCAA sanctioned teams at the time (I'm old :)) but our team was coached by the eventual D-I coach at the Univ. of Michigan. I continue to play competitvely in upper tier leagues (Glendale, LA metro, Southbay). I have a feeling that people who don't get the reality of using stronger foot haven't played soccer at high levels?

Ideally, yes...great to have kid be a 10 and 10 on both feet. But reality is that they only have a finite amount of time to work on things.
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Both-feet drill takes 10 minutes a day. You and even do it yourself with a wall, or better yet, standing in a 90-degree corner.
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
I played college soccer for two Big Ten schools. We did not have NCAA sanctioned teams at the time (I'm old :)) but our team was coached by the eventual D-I coach at the Univ. of Michigan. I continue to play competitvely in upper tier leagues (Glendale, LA metro, Southbay). I have a feeling that people who don't get the reality of using stronger foot haven't played soccer at high levels?

Ideally, yes...great to have kid be a 10 and 10 on both feet. But reality is that they only have a finite amount of time to work on things.
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Then why ask the forum?
 
I understand what he is saying. You might have 10 hours a week for soccer skills. How do I spread that over shooting, dribbling, first touch, passing, etc. Then how do I break that down even more. So if you have 2 hours a week to work on dribbling, should they go 60 minutes left foot, 60 minutes right foot? 30 - 90?
 
espola said:
Both-feet drill takes 10 minutes a day. You and even do it yourself with a wall, or better yet, standing in a 90-degree corner.
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Let me add - when practicing alone against a wall or corner (I used the corner of the back patio) use a smaller ball to develop more precision - tennis ball or racquetball ball.
 
socalkdg said:
I understand what he is saying. You might have 10 hours a week for soccer skills. How do I spread that over shooting, dribbling, first touch, passing, etc. Then how do I break that down even more. So if you have 2 hours a week to work on dribbling, should they go 60 minutes left foot, 60 minutes right foot? 30 - 90?
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My kid eats ice cream and watches TV and youtube.
 
Oh yeah, let's not forget about the Rabona...LOL


Seriously speaking, does anybody have good tips on how to get their kid to actually enjoy doing the typical mundane coerver drills?
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
Oh yeah, let's not forget about the Rabona...LOL


Seriously speaking, does anybody have good tips on how to get their kid to actually enjoy doing the typical mundane coerver drills?
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Take their phone away and they will do whatever you wish. They seem much nicer in general as well.
 
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