Paul poberezniuk Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I have watched football all my life i am 65 years old why can't most footballers kick the ball with both feet they get paid a absolutely fortune in wages play a game on a Wednesday and another on Saturday or Sunday and they are tired they are young men compared to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted February 16, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 16, 2021 I wonder if a few other members of the same generation have the same grumbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ Posted February 16, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 16, 2021 He's kinda got a point though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Pyfish said: He's kinda got a point though! Isn't this a very human thing ? arms or legs everyone has one stronger side left or right. I'm sure a footballer is much more capable with his weaker foot than i am in doing household chores with my left arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Pyfish+ Posted February 16, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, McAzeem said: Isn't this a very human thing ? arms or legs everyone has one stronger side left or right. I'm sure a footballer is much more capable with his weaker foot than i am in doing household chores with my left arm Absolutely but my comment was more about the not being able to play 2-3 games a week. I know the intensity of the professional game is higher but they are 'elite' athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Pyfish said: He's kinda got a point though! I agree and I don’t. Highly tuned athletes are trained to the point to go full throttle for 90 minutes at a time with certain rest in between. Diet and intake (including precise eating times) are all taken into account. Once you start adding extra games into the mix, risk of breakdown is higher IMO. However; think @Devil-Dick Willie would be able to answer this far better than most on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Lazy people, its all about doing extra training to improve your game, Dennis Bergkamp said he would get a ball and hit it with his left foot against a wall everyday after training to improve, Wesley Sneijder did the same. Wonder how many players actually do individual training to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted February 16, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Panna King said: Lazy people, its all about doing extra training to improve your game, Dennis Bergkamp said he would get a ball and hit it with his left foot against a wall everyday after training to improve, Wesley Sneijder did the same. Wonder how many players actually do individual training to improve. Can Bergkamp fly on planes yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Stan said: Can Bergkamp fly on planes yet? Not since he had a bad experience and also a flight crashed with a few of his friends on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Panna King said: Not since he had a bad experience and also a flight crashed with a few of his friends on board. Well he needs to fucking practice getting on one then. Lazy bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Most top players play 60 games a season. For some reason it's your mid table and bottom half lot that apparently can't manage a league cup 2nd round taking their tally to 39 games without being burning out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 10 hours ago, DeadLinesman said: I agree and I don’t. Highly tuned athletes are trained to the point to go full throttle for 90 minutes at a time with certain rest in between. Diet and intake (including precise eating times) are all taken into account. Once you start adding extra games into the mix, risk of breakdown is higher IMO. However; think @Devil-Dick Willie would be able to answer this far better than most on here. Okay Learning to use your opposite (bad) leg competently is actually not a drain on their health related components of fitness, it only involves bringing them up to scratch with several skill related components of fitness, those being balance, agility and coordination. These stories about Bergkamp and Wesley Von Bald boi kicking a ball against a fence with their left foot are exactly how you would go about training your opposite side. It's not physically taxing. Just do some skill drills, take 50 crosses (some stationary, some on the move) 50 shots on goal (again, varying distance, movement speed) make 100 passes and receive 100 passes on your weak foot. Do this every day, would take 30 minutes max, and barely elevate the heart rate. I only played indoor futsal, but I was a gun free kick taker, inside or out. Why? I spray painted a red box on my wooden fence at home the size of a top bin, right up the top of the fence and would hit it from every angle I could, inside or outside of the foot as a young teen. If I overcooked it it would go over the fence. Carried over to my passing and crossing too. Honestly I would have to assume, or at least would fucking hope that this stuff AND MORE is being done. But footballers often disappoint me. It's possible they avoid it because they'd rather the positive feedback from reinforcing their strong side than the struggles of teaching your weak, or maybe some were one footed as youths and are only just now starting to learn with the left. The above protocol should be started as early as possible in youth clubs and such. As for playing more games, it could be done, however, you're absolutely right in that injury risk would rise, and that the intensity of said games would drop. We've all seen teams get turned over after playing 3 or 4 on the hop, or teams rotating 7 or 8 players to avoid that. Your weekly breakdown as a footballer would go from something like Monday: recovery Tuesday: Strength and mid intensity conditioning Wednesday: Game Thursday: recovery Friday: mid intensity strength and conditioning Saturday: Light conditioning Sunday: Game To Monday: Recovery and strength Tuesday: Game Wednesday: Recovery and light conditioning Thursday: light conditioning and strength Friday: Game Saturday: Recovery and strength Sunday: Game Players would get cramps and low grade tears in droves. You could get footballers to play a 90 minute game every day of the week, even twice daily. They're capable. But damn it'd be a mess, and the pace would die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I can use both feet (not to an elite level...clearly), and as above it took a lot of practise. Some professional footballers are so good with their dominant foot their weaker foot looks dreadful in comparison! But they’d still kick all our arses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, Toinho said: I can use both feet (not to an elite level...clearly), and as above it took a lot of practise. Some professional footballers are so good with their dominant foot their weaker foot looks dreadful in comparison! But they’d still kick all our arses. That's a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul poberezniuk Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Thanks for the info the players now are more fitter and more healthy than player's from the 60's 70's and 80's i knew player's from the old days they used to before the game go to the pub for a drink and smoke cigarettes get changed play the first half then have a smoke then play the second half win or lose in the pub more drinking and smoking train week in week out there was no substitute then most of the players are pussy compared to them let them play football with the old leather ball and see how good they can play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 They also put full stops in sentences as well. My how the times change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted February 22, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Paul poberezniuk said: Thanks for the info the players now are more fitter and more healthy than player's from the 60's 70's and 80's i knew player's from the old days they used to before the game go to the pub for a drink and smoke cigarettes get changed play the first half then have a smoke then play the second half win or lose in the pub more drinking and smoking train week in week out there was no substitute then most of the players are pussy compared to them let them play football with the old leather ball and see how good they can play AND BREATHE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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