WHY lefties are better footballers

What do Da Vinci, Mozart and Picasso have in common with Maradona, Rivaldo and Messi? They're all geniuses. And they're all lefties. Controlled by the right side of the brain, they're special people. They're more creative and more emotional. Just clichés? Kick off! reporter Constantin Stüve and Mönchengladbach's Oscar Wendt explain why left footers are different class.
Report by Constantin Stüve
Camera: Thomas Lemmer
Editing: Philipp Czegka/ Christian Kahle
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[@pash3n]

Alright people im a free agent. I'm left footed overweight and 27. I'm available for tryouts in 2 weeks.

[@VJK.MD.]

Be our captain lol

[@matthewgibsonmusician]

Are you a striker? Join Man U...

[@oliverwilliams6613]

Matthew Gibson lol

[@pash3n]

@@VJK.MD. done. You can talk to my agent in FIFA 20.

[@pash3n]

@@matthewgibsonmusician to little pressure. Not worth it........unless I get paid like Alexis Sanchez

[@adambenarafa1642]

Lukaku definitely has a special touch

[@sriharsha9640]

hahahahha

[@durotimimafe8984]

💀

[@yahhyujpiyy]

😂😂😂😂

[@lennymutai5745]

Lol 😂

[@user-ir9bo5fo9u]

He had a special touch but rn he got way bigger see how he used to play

[@hugonongbri8100]

Robben is the perfect example of 'fear the man who practices one kick a thousand times' 😂

[@soumyajitroy9921]

Quaresma laughed from the side

[@nofurtherwest3474]

@@soumyajitroy9921 does that guy still play

[@brrrrrtenjoyer]

@@nofurtherwest3474 Yeah

[@GeBaker]

Repent, sinner- Heil GOD

[@GhtDichNixAn]

-how strong ist your german accent? -Ja.

[@ad3t915]

'Man city's magicians are left footed' Kevin De Bruyne: am I a joke to you

[@matthewhrmich5350]

Ok but thinking that 10% of people are left footed and David and Bernardo Silva, mahrez, and sane are all left footed

[@Jordidwaard]

thats what video's like these do, they push their narrative with false examples. They completely forgot about sterling aguero and de bruyne.

[@matthewhrmich5350]

@@Jordidwaard you're naming 3 left footers and 3 right footers. The point of the video is that 10% of all people are left footed, yet they make up so many footballers. How little can you possibly comprehend?

[@Jordidwaard]

@@matthewhrmich5350 That wasnt the statement though, He said ''The best Creators for this team''. How little can you possibly comprehend?

[@matthewhrmich5350]

@@Jordidwaard so how come 10% of the population makes up 50% of the best creators? Its an obvious statistical correlation

[@himanshuborah9208]

interviewer: so lefty's are special osuamne dembele: why are u asking me..i am still figuring out which one is my stronger.

[@msms-nx6dt]

Himanshu Borah he takes pens with his right foot because he's better with his right.So he's left footed.

[@rayanalmuqhim1144]

Himanshu Borah 😂😂😂

[@maximilianklein9045]

True... Like nobody knows what his strong foot is not even himself 😂

[@keloduma]

Son has entered the chat

[@jnx1035]

@@keloduma son has left the chat

[@kxngsanjay1683]

It’s better to be able use two feet than only having your left one End of Debate

[@markmagic10]

Facts my guy make sure you have a five star weak foot.

[@carbonifed]

If robben can scored 250+ goals with his left foot only then it doesn't really matter

[@oakyros9305]

Well I'm left footed but for some reason I can do better with my weak foot than most of my right footed teammates and I've noticed that it's easier for me to shoot or cross with my weak foot than it is for right footed players, maybe it's just me idk, but I've seen quite some players that even though they're lefties they have a decent weak foot too

[@KOLYAISARUSSKY]

@@oakyros9305 dude am was on the same path....when i was a kid i learned to use my right side for example using my right hand to write even in soccer i was teached to use my right foot...while i was growing i realised that my left side (both foot and hand) was much more efficient comparing to the right...so i suddenly became a left footed and a left handed user except of writing(i can write with both hands though)

[@tyriquenonoh518]

That is so true

[@androidhome1155]

Guy: *Says left foot players are better* Ronaldinho: *Am I a joke to you*

[@TheBallonDOrWinner]

And HOW more genius... literally the 3 best passers EVER were right footed: Pirlo, xavi, iniesta

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

@@TheBallonDOrWinner facts

[@Najdentie]

@Ayaan Zafar the fact that one leftie is great doesn't mean that every leftie is better

[@user-sx1kx2kq4u]

Najdentie I am a lefty my feet is quick

[@Najdentie]

@@user-sx1kx2kq4u gj then

[@mimo-bine]

Pele, Cryuff, Ronaldo, R9, Okocha, Suarez, Henry ALL played tennis

[@fluxisdead2860]

cosmo guess what they all right footed

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

@@fluxisdead2860 😂😂😂

[@giguliano1204]

@@mimo-bine video said that lefties are mofe often geniuses than righties

[@EuricoThrasher]

Iniesta ,xavi , Figo also lol , all had class and were right footed

[@memeology4029]

Your clearly not getting the point. Of course there are world class right footed players hes says that in the video, the point is that there if often a lot more right footed players than left footed players but, there is an abnormally high amount of world class players who are left footed. eg every 1 in 10 right footed players may be world class where as every 3 in 10 left footed players are world class.

[@newpoison7106]

Ronaldinho : Am i joke to you?

[@33agentnerd71]

Ronaldinho has both feets

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

United Nerd Two-footed ✌️

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

Players like Ronaldinho or Okocha that had lot of creativity and were right footed, could easily use both feet

[@christaincarvalho]

Ronaldo, Ronaldo and Pelé

[@fluxisdead2860]

no hes right footed

[@clawedmist6893]

Here's my observation: More right footed player=more practice against and with right footed player Results in: Left footed players as rare = more unknown to the majority(right footed players) *Results in:* Left footed players harder to predict therefore harder for rights to defend/attack *Results in* : Left footed players used to right footed players' movements and abilities = also figure they'd continue working on their strength (left foot) to be even more unpredictable for right footed players *Ultimately Left footed players dominate * Thanks to their minority/rarity.

[@margofalgo5089]

Temporary Kinda exactly. It’s the idea of competition vs cooperation, where competitive dominant species such as dogs and cats are 50% left handed and 50% right handed, while cooperative dominant species such a humans are 15% left handed, and 85% right handed. Because cooperation benefits people who are the same, for if you’re the same, whatever works for me, will work for you, so it’s easier for humans to cooperate and share things such as weapons, machines, and other tools, since majority of people have the same dominant hand. But then there is competition which benefits the unusual, so you’ll see in terms of competition there will be a mix up in physical features, such as height, size, weight, and of course dominant hands, because the more different you are to other people in your species, the better you benefit in terms of competition. So that could be an explanation for why people such as Messi, who is left footed, but also shorter than majority of the people he faces benefits in football, similar to how Ronaldo who is taller and physically stronger than most wingers that defenders face, also benefits. It’s just simply the idea of being different than others that benefits you. Hence why left handed people benefit in a right handed world, same as how right handed people benefit in a left handed world.

[@sikeman]

This is true. I have been playing against a left footed striker that plays in my team, so during matches in training we play against each other. I'm a defender (CB) and I've played a lot against him, it's been 2 years now. At first it was really difficult to predict, as he is also very skillful, but then as you get used to him it kind of gets easy as he will always use his left foot no matter what.

[@arjitjere1559]

Interesting theory. I was also thinking so many flair players are more dominantly left footed as shown in video. When you think of flair three players come to mind.. Ronaldinho (r), Messi robben( left). There is something abt them!

[@kly8105]

This applies to martial arts too and it was my first thought when I saw the title. It's an advantage because its harder to play against something you have no means to train against. If there's more to it than that it should be researched not just debated. But I remember my martial arts teacher had us take turns training vs the only left handed disciple we had on the dojo, and it was hard and they had an easy time because fighting vs right handed people is natural to them, *but then they had the same problem when they went to a tournament, the left handed had an extremely hard time fighting another left handed individual.*

[@frenox3307]

both feet as good as the other is miles better

[@kendallroy7]

"It's also notable that the hardest shooters are lefties" Steven Gerrard: Hold my beer.

[@dwkickoff]

He certainly could hit a ball. Cup final v West Ham his hardest?

[@blimeyjoe253]

However Gerrard did also play alongside left footed John Arne Riise, who hit the ball even harder than Gerrard

[@phuonghuynguyen3743]

Roberto Carlos?

[@the_one_the_only4651]

Steven Gerrard: Hold my scouse Bovril.

[@madwired1188]

Adriano

[@kargocheep1552]

Im left handed but right footed 1 like - 1 hour training left foot

[@azm_]

Same

[@stankigo472]

Vise versa

[@stacynelsonfrank9448]

Same

[@robinmasley7180]

Same

[@strongnahid4292]

Kar Gocheep how it training for left foot what are the steps ?

[@ROYKEN3]

I am left foot and right hand.. i was awful player in my local team and still get the team because there were not another left foot player 🤣

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

Dhegacade haha true - it’s always a problem finding left-footed players.

[@ROYKEN3]

Xanny da Miner hey.. i said local team i mean small team 👍🏽

[@abdifatah2710]

Dhegacade lol 😂 ani meesha hadaa jogi lahaa waaa ka xogii lahaa booska 😂😂

[@abdifatah2710]

Dhegacade if I was there You would’ve been on the bench 😂😂

[@MrGamer-em5zy]

That's because u don't work hard enough

[@noel670]

Cristiano Ronaldo: " Am i a joke to you"

[@TheBallonDOrWinner]

@Ved Kulkarni but his right is better than his left imo thats the point

[@darknessdark7371]

Messi and maradona is better

[@iconzile2169]

@@darknessdark7371 no maradona played in farmers league 😂😂😂

[@darknessdark7371]

@@iconzile2169 maradona is the best player in history

[@darknessdark7371]

@@iconzile2169 lisp be respectable

[@husain4718]

I'm left footed like MESSI and MARADONA. Except I'm not good at Football.

[@theasianguy7537]

Same bro

[@jaw-waadwesso9524]

Then train harder

[@t.o.p2804]

Same

[@nofurtherwest3474]

My kid is a righty but scores about 30% of goals with this left. He's only 7 but in a competitive club and the top goal scorer. Do you think he could go pro someday?

[@asaniwasabi]

@@nofurtherwest3474 If he wants to and works hard, yes

[@CSmr-cc7ge]

How is Bernardo silva the most special player at man city, I think someone just forgot about de bruyne

[@Fitz2364]

de bruyne is left handed.

[@CSmr-cc7ge]

@@Fitz2364 he is right footed so I don't think so

[@peacexlovexrespect2723]

Liverpool 2 how is salah best of them?

[@jamalhassan2950]

@@peacexlovexrespect2723 you must be a dimwit for not seeing M. Salah as the best in Liverpool.

[@C.J1106]

@@jamalhassan2950 good one the guy can't even control a ball properly

[@Josh-lw2uz]

"Most wanted Bundesliga player..." Jadon Sancho: Am I a joke to you?

[@rickyrick2330]

havertz is way better lol

[@tfs8536]

Sancho is overratet

[@JF-cf6jt]

Robert lewandowski

[@JF-cf6jt]

As well

[@tfs8536]

@@JF-cf6jt Lewandowski is trash

[@thekriegsmarine8635]

1% is from genius, 99% from hours and hours of practice Practice makes perfect

[@o_diggity6227]

Guy: says left footed people are magicians Ronaldinho and R9: so this is what this generation is on aye?

[@arthurkariuki4277]

The point is when looking at the Mount Rushmore of football the 4 people in highest contesting to be the 🐐 I would think is Pele, Maradona, CR7 and Messi. Half of them are lefties. Yet only 10% of the worlds population are lefties

[@josiah_87a65]

Maradona and Messi are better

[@LEXR6]

Who's also left footed like me and not a genius?

[@junior-3123]

can't relate am quite successful in football world😬

[@singoller3749]

@@junior-3123 yea right

[@andrewanderson3016]

imagine if you commented this on reddit, you'd get downvoted unironically

[@samflynn5096]

I’m ambidextrous and it doesn’t help me much

[@LEXR6]

@@samflynn5096 sad Life

[@Akrammfk]

9 minutes of making me feel good about myself 😂

[@avellinonathan5940]

His rinnegan on his left eye socket

[@Akrammfk]

Average Nathan and the sharingan in his right eye 🤓

[@amogus-mg5bk]

*bad**

[@sadiqshaikh8715]

Yo naruto fans

[@daanyaalmahroof9336]

Sasuke is left handed...

[@Mula0011]

Now you've made me feel insecure about my right foot

[@TheBallonDOrWinner-qd2gq]

DONT FEEL. Literally the 3 best passers EVER were right footed and GENIUSSES. Pirlo, xavi and iniesta were geniusses and the best 3 passers ever.. what a stupid video this actually was...

[@sarlapatel3645]

True to be honest

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

Few seconds later Pelè,Ronaldinho,Okocha,Baggio and Juninho...And CR7 "Are we a joke to you??"

[@rogerillavila9540]

Wtf is Okocha doin here

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

@@rogerillavila9540 one of the most technical players ever,he was HIGHLY UNDERRATED. If you really know football...you won't ask

[@rasulabernathy4110]

@@user-tr1gc6yi2h didn't ronaldinho pick up stuff from okocha?

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

@@rasulabernathy4110 exactly...Okocha was Ronaldinho idol and mentor, and he said he picked lot from him. Quotes of Ronaldinho himself

[@kr00s25]

And lukaku :😎

[@lukashradecky5492]

Ronaldo and Dembele must have a 1 billion IQ then lol

[@rocksteady2198]

Pele

[@jonni1486]

@@rocksteady2198 fraud

[@bauhaus1961]

@@jonni1486 ????

[@lukashradecky5492]

Rocksteady Advanced for his time but would probably be an average player if he played now

[@Masternaldo]

Camping in penalty box waiting for perfect crosses from teammates doesn't require any iq

[@idonthaveaname7520]

Imagine thinking this Some of the best footballers ever are right footed.Sure there are some greats with their left ex:Messi,Maradona but this does not mean Lefties are better

[@juandeag5194]

You misunderstood the whole point. It isnt that left footed players are better. But the fact that on a pitch there are maybe 2 or 3 left footed players out of all the 22 players and they are usually star players of their teams.

[@adelekeadedamola6234]

U are probably right footed. Like u shouldn't take this too seriously

[@charlesalfaro794]

I smell a righty 😂

[@grinch1574]

@@adelekeadedamola6234 It dosent matter which foot you use cause a right footed player can be better than a left footed player or a left footed player could be better than a right footed player

[@m.c.martin]

It’s in proportion to right footed players, lefties tend to have the numbers since almost every left footed player is good, compared to right footed players. The only way to know would be if the population was 50/50, not 80-20 in favor of right. Also, one of the best pitchers (Cy Young {Literally has an award named after him}, or modern day Clayton Kershaw of the LA Dodgers) and quarterbacks in the NFL was left handed (Steve Young). Of course, most are right handed, but lefties can be good at other sports too. McGregor is left handed, and he’s one of the greatest UFC fighters ever. Lefties may be small in number, but the ones that do, tend to stand out.

[@suboryoulldiein24hours48]

I can prove this wrong . Lord Lingardinho is right footed and he is the best footballer in thr the world .

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

Yes!

[@olivierkendrick8430]

Hariharan V who’s Lingardinho?

[@brunodebembe8815]

@@olivierkendrick8430 Jessie lingard

[@kbrasta2542]

What of Pereira?

[@Syahidsahoarder]

I'm a left footer but got a football IQ if a headless chicken. Welp

[@raketnight]

More right footers = more practise to tackle right footed players

[@omarshakir8727]

exactly. i think thats all theres to it

[@kyamibrawl]

I am left footted at football and i am the best youngest left footed player in my city,i work very hard and i always score alot of goals, most goals are from the center of the pitch and btw, i am right handed, most of specialist are saying that this is a rare thing to happen, but i respect and the right footed players❤️

[@adamirfan6986]

nice i respect left footed player....

[@jehonacakiqi2794]

Same

[@pranav8611]

As a Right Footer, I thank you for respecting us even though you're a left footer, unlike other left footers who constantly point out that they're Left Footed and that think they are better than us Right Footers.

[@listengort88]

Amazing video

[@avikjana1534]

This is just a perception and not 100% correct and there are many examples where players are left footed and not great players.

[@jesuschristiscomingsoon8243]

U are probably left brained right handed and u are not logical enough as the video says to know that nothing in this world is 100 percent perfect or accurate.

[@fluxisdead2860]

Fair Logic lol i'm left handed and i agree with him there are more world class right footed players than left ever

[@wvu05]

@@fluxisdead2860 But are they proportional to their percentage of the population?

[@loviskern4366]

Flux IsDead because there are more right-footed people. When you look at the ratio, then more left-footed people are more talented

[@ge394]

@@fluxisdead2860 because there's only an average of 3 leftfoored players out of every lineup

[@dawdasarr5853]

*Ronaldinho, R9 and Thierry Henry has left the chat

[@TheBallonDOrWinner]

This is not true about lefties are more genius, the best passers ever like pirlo, xavi and iniesta are RIGHT FOOTED

[@sayidalisharifali8942]

theguyfromsky scholes

[@sussyfcdcdcdc6347]

@@TheBallonDOrWinneryou had me when you said ronaldinho was not a genius

[@35_rishikeshpatil34]

This definitely makes me feel good about myself🙌🔥

[@bowieboet1321]

Everyone’s special in their own way

[@marcusson1983]

As a right footed player, what strikes me most in dis video was this: Lefties more often than righties work on their strenghs (Messi, Robben, Rivaldo). On the other hand right footed players more often use both feet (RC7, Neymar etc..). Dunno ...I personally and definitelly on purpose train my left foot. i can pass, shoot, cross, do some skills with both feet. Sometimes even better than my stronger right. For example today i played futsal..i scored two goals (one with right + one with left). My question -should i work more on my strenghts rather than weaknesses ( maybe my weakness isnt my left foot-its kinda bonus to be able to use both legs in every situation.......MAYBE my true weakness is my right foot...bloody hell XD)? ty for patience

[@periodic8883]

Me too but im born left and i still make sure both of my feet have the same progress in football

[@marcusson1983]

@@periodic8883 ye but we invest our precious time into our "weaknesses" rather than strengths, u get me? 🤔😑😁 maybe it's better just train cutting like Robben....

[@periodic8883]

@@marcusson1983 well i prefer to not have a handicap and able to play both sides of the pitch

[@periodic8883]

@K4 Josiah i do that as well but if you can use both legs the way you play football can be very unpredictable

[@periodic8883]

@K4 Josiah eg i do a fake robben cut in then go at the outside to cross

[@ChillMusic254]

Where are my lefties at

[@MD-xl3lj]

I feel more creative when I try to use my left hand for ✍️

[@boosted3316]

im right handed and left footed and ive always shared something with my other friend who was left footed and right handed we were always the smartest on the pitch and its hard to tell why

[@tajariellis9906]

I'm also right handed and left footed👀

[@diulikadikaday]

Reporter: Are you right footed or left footed? Ousmane Dembele: hmmm, left footed Reporter: Sure, but you also score with your right foot O.D.: yeah, I'm more left footed. Rerporter: Don't you shoot penalties with your right foot O.D.: mmm, yes Reporter: why? O.D.: Because I shoot better with my right foot.

[@amogus-mg5bk]

Lol

[@jaydentakungo]

Ambidextrous

[@kylianmpaypal5403]

@@jaydentakungo some ambidextrous players are really trash

[@jaydentakungo]

@@kylianmpaypal5403 so are some right or left lol 😂

[@K4MZCWG]

This is a bit weird I’m left handed when I write but everything else is done with my right hand and I’m right footed

[@philjones3382]

Same

[@TheBase94]

I am left handed for everything except 1)Football and 2)mouse on computer... When I was young I guess I learned to play with my right foot in order to mimic the other kids

[@amiruliman5]

Same im lefty when i write,draw,erase,sharp pencils But other were righty

[@lunatic1066]

You’re probably ambidextrous

[@JF-cf6jt]

Left hand left foot but my sister right foot and ambidextrous

[@joju1587]

This made me feel special

[@mixedsportsanalyst6774]

Here is my theory. If you have a left foot, you are more intuitively genius, while if you are right footed you are thoughtfully genius. Thats why right footed wingers and attackers are ball magicians like Zidane, Ronaldinho, Pele, Ronaldo, Okocha, Zlatan etc. They have alot of tricks up their sleeve since they use the left part of their brain and have a lot of moves for every situation. While the left footed players play more intuitively and it seems like the foot is glued to the ball,but since they play more intuitively they get stuck in certain habits like Messi or Robben and dont use many tricks.

[@divinesmercy162]

Stupid 😂. Left footed uses right side of the brain and vice versa

[@mixedsportsanalyst6774]

@@divinesmercy162Whatever, be charitable. Ever heard about the human factor?! 🙃 Theory is good though.

[@divinesmercy162]

@@mixedsportsanalyst6774 love you from India bro. Chill and take care

[@pgnathan]

I’m a right footed left back now that’s special

[@ethanmahon6948]

Nate Kiaran 14 I’m a left footed right back. Actually that’s a lie im a midfielder

[@sparkanu]

Same lol

[@ZIXYO]

I was CDM that took home seven trophies and I was right footed against most left footers truth is if you can control both your left and right foot you become more of a player that can set the game in motion to any format no matter the preferred playing style of the player

[@funhengw5331]

philip lam from germany. :)

[@raresrares1968]

This is also annoying, everytime someone sees me shooting with my left foot they all say: "Wow, are you left footet?" Same as being left handed(not my case sice I'm right handed)

[@fakereality5204]

For me it's interesting that many of left footed are right handed.

[@akidim13]

Same I’m left footed and I’m right handed

[@divinejusticefeelsgood]

I was right footed until I was injured. After the injury I switched to left and it became natural. I found doing the same things with the left foot much easier.

[@Antonfootballclips]

I am left foot and I am pretty good so I agree

[@Diego-dx4jw]

Juninho,Pele,CR7,Ronaldinho,Mane,Modric, Ronaldo Nazario,Luis Suarez,Aguero,Kaká,Pirlo,Ibrahimovic am I a joke to you.Juninho had a missile in his leg. List more players down below that are right footed

[@capa1575]

Mane and Modric seem a lot different skill wise than the other names

[@Diego-dx4jw]

@@capa1575 I know but I did not what to put them cause the list would've been long but I am going to edit my comment.

[@saintroddy]

Aguero

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

@@capa1575 Pirlo

[@user-tr1gc6yi2h]

Kaka

[@Getachildouther]

Then Santi Cazorla is god ! i mean the guy's definitely and absolutely two-footed

[@markschapira6817]

Coaches always point out that I don’t use my right foot but when your left footed you already have the advantage so over the course of time you naturally avoid using your right since it’s less beneficial anyways and if I need to make i right footed pass I’ve gotten so good with the outside of my foot that it doesn’t matter yet coaches always criticize me for it but they don’t understand as they aren’t left footed

[@DarpaSeven]

If u use both feet then you'll realize that your left feet is better at dribbling than the right feet..your right feet works on your balance but your left feet work for direction change

[@Jahu-qs2us]

5:47 Now thats just wrong

[@tikmik1789]

Boxing is another good example where lefties have a distinct advantage because righties hardly ever fight lefties, but lefties fight righties almost every fight

[@BurnRoddy]

I was thinking the exact same thing when he was talking about how the oponents percieve your style as a leftie.

[@MrBlodhund]

Hahaha, true!

[@BrianAPena-lb6im]

Who here has been on a team where you are the only left footed player, and they still put a right footed player on the left back position, in which my case, it was a lot of trouble for the right footed player, when I had to play on the left I could always manage to get the ball away from the right winger, but the thing that I didn’t like about my coach was that he would try and put me as a right back, even though he knew I was left footed player, so it kind of sucks being on a team full of right footed players and being the only left footed player on the team.

[@traceywright3511]

I am left and right footed but play my matches with my right

[@nextgen101]

This is a very interesting subject and great food for thought. The idea that lefties are so used to playing against righties and then also potentially having a natural gift for the perception of space is fascinating indeed.

[@davemikulanda4400]

Yea ashley Young is a Pure talent edit: He actually is left footed

[@a77zz47]

Hes not

[@user-nv8nu2gn6f]

Remember this Left foot=talent Right foot= hard work

[@maroisike7908]

cap im a leftie i used to be the worst in my grade now i got scouted for fulham academy lefties work just as hard as right footed players...

[@bernardogamerpolo1062]

@@maroisike7908I mean,I have a friend that played futsal as a defender for 3 or more years,and every since I learned to dribble,I can almost always get past him,I don’t know if he didn’t train much or something,but ever since I started practicing 2 months ago I started to “feel” the timing of everything,like passing people and and shooting,which is weirdly something that only happens with my left foot,like if my right foot was slower to do these things,and I have been able to play quite good individually, idk if righties also have that,but even if I trained my right I don’t think I would be able to “feel” when things would work

[@Josh-dr4jj]

and I’m out here able to use both my hands at the same level

[@atharv7353]

I write with my left hand but my stronger foot is the right one. So would I be better than others?

[@hitechj5057]

Atharv If you boxed or played basketball, you’d be a god, but playing football, you’d be normal.

[@collapserelapse]

It's probably impossible to definitively prove but I definitely think there is something to this theory. I played for a highly competitive soccer team growing up. We were a big club, probably around 50 kids in my age group divided onto 3 regular teams and 1 elite team where the best players from each of those teams would play together against an older age group. Of those 50 kids, every single left-footed player was on the elite team. There was not a single lefty who wasn't a top player in our club. And the two guys who ended up having the most successful careers from our club were among those left-footed players. It's just one anecdote but I do find it very interesting that none of the lefties were bad players. It's something that I've been thinking about a lot, so this theory really resonates with me. There's just something about lefties.

[@disnagomes6841]

Left footed players are special. Right footed players are very special.

[@primatondyaryakurniawan267]

I use both my foot when dribble, control and passing, but when it come to shooting left is more accurate and right more power

[@eliad6543]

Great video, Wendt seems like a really nice guy, i love how you approach football differently than most other channels who just go into results and tactics. keep it up! Your accent has also improved and it's much easier to understand you, something i can't say about myself :P

[@nf9563]

Eliad654 Oscar Wendt is AMAZING

[@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS]

Eliad654 True - it was a really good video (my channel can help with football vocabulary)

[@dwkickoff]

@@EnglishforFOOTBALLFANS Thank you, I already took a look at your channel.

[@MrMichaelsheldrake]

I’m left footed and right handed you don’t have to do anything extra to be right handed it’s just normal

[@siddharthrajan24]

Sounds true, am left footed, and my team mates do say, my touches look nice.... And also creative... Thanks for the video,,☺️👍

[@extryiyare1818]

7:18, she's factually right, because I'm a left fitted player and that sharp perception of space I got it highly in mind everything I'm on the ball or player soccer games. Like damn, she's so so acutely correct. 💯❤🙏🏻

[@jekabsstirna8746]

I'm left footed and right handed

[@amranwahidiabdullah395]

Same

[@chautran4086]

same

[@ffs9177]

I am left footed and right handed bcoz my parents trained me to use my right hand from a small age

[@talalosamamaroof104]

4:20 exactly that is how I feel like if I could shoot a open goal with my right I would miss or hit the post

[@ryantakeoff7162]

I've always been left footed when i used to play soccer, people always seemed confused when u take a shot with ur left foot

[@thegigachad2093]

Who else thought that he wrote Fu*k off in the beginning not kick off

[@luaotgottgksao3182]

I m sorry but this is pure nonsense

[@jazzpahfantazzpah4640]

i bet you are right footed

[@ML-cb4ti]

@@jazzpahfantazzpah4640 We would assume so, yes.

[@thenextcr7]

It really isn't.

[@blanco7726]

Joseph Stalin I’m left footed, wouldn’t say pure nonsense but there was definitely a lot of bullshit

[@lp70l52]

@@blanco7726 yea im lefty too but they mentioned famous lefties and im searched it up and einstein isnt a lefty so there is some crap.

[@Ismael_jagne]

I'm a right footer and I also love shooting with my left foot therefore I use both when playing. The problem is, right foot players are good in both feets but left left foot players can only use one as well. I hope you make a video about that too thanks

[@ghjklkop7868]

I am a right footer, but my left foot doesn't exist 😂

[@Ismael_jagne]

@@ghjklkop7868 bro I was like that but then I tried using it and then it’s cool

[@BrentGerno]

I’m left footed and right handed ❤️ Messi is my brother from another mother

[@destinylee6390]

I’m left footed and left handed lol

[@M1GHTYMADM4N]

Most people are right footed, so when there’s a lefty on the pitch it’s easier to throw off the opponent who is most likely right footed since they are more common. Ambidextrous footballers are the real deal though.

[@dexter99999]

Mighty Madman I used to play with an ambidextrous kid and it used to blow my mind when he would step up for a penalty and his problem was not knowing what foot to use I would be like wtfff use your best foot he’d be like it’s both. I can use both equally idk and I’d be like 😤😤😤 I wish that was my problem

[@markmagic10]

Yes sir!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheBallonDOrWinner-qd2gq]

literally the 3 best passers ever were RIGHT FOOTED xavi iniesta and pirlo

[@BurnRoddy]

The best players in history are ambidextrous, they're just too rare because the circumstances that make them go both feet are particularly rare. Pele was a prime example of this, he was right footed but could do the same things with both legs he trained every aspect of his body because at age 8 he promised to his dad he would win the World Cup. In the case of Maradona after Goikoetxea broke his leg he had to work intesively to recover it but couldn't get it to how it was before so he improve his right one a lot even tho he still overwhelmingly prefered his left foot. Then there's Johan Cruijff who as a wee lad was told he couldn't play because of his physique, he was naturally right footed so he had trained his left foot to become left footed. More recently, Diego Forlan thought his left foot was so useless that he began training it and became ambidextrous with a left foot that had much more power and almost as much precision as the right one.

[@dwkickoff]

Thanks for your input!

[@BurnRoddy]

@@dwkickoff Thabk you for your work guys. You guys make really interesting and unusual videos.

[@browhat6574]

every right footed child watching this is going to cry for endless nights

[@dwkickoff]

but at least they can easily open a tin of beans

[@saurabhjyotsinghkhehra7048]

1st thing that came to mind on seeing the thumbnail was "It's a wonderful run from Giggs!"

[@cloroxbleach7554]

I feel good being left handed now lol.

[@niccsierrya2925]

Them: so are lefties better than righties? Me: *Looks at brother* No

[@TheBallonDOrWinner]

no they arent: literally the best 3 passer EVERr were right footed: pirlo xavi iniesta what a stupid video this was

[@madxccxl7774]

theguyfromsky scholes you mean

[@txgcodm6188]

@@TheBallonDOrWinner Not Iniesta Kroos instead

[@deniglavinic8982]

Adam johnoson has a very good touch

[@Diego-dx4jw]

This makes me want to show the video to Ronaldinho.Cause he is a genius at football and is the most skillful player I had seen play.

[@farhanali2251]

Thank to God I am left footed 🤲🤲

[@musti_abi_eindhoven]

imagine playing as a striker till you change your club and the manager plays you as a left back because you are the only left footed guy. This is my story how i quitted playing football haha

[@intellectual1193]

Considering there are far more right footed players there is a good amount of good left footed players. It's amazing that the difference isn't that large in football unlike it is in the society

[@andreichincesan4785]

It does not matter its just about how much you work

[@2oiv661]

I'm left handed and left footed and not a genius.

[@jehonaavdyli8852]

Not all of them dummy

[@FerrisZA]

Wow and I'm both left handed as well as left footed!!

[@muddathirhossenbaccus440]

I'm 12 and my strong foot is my left one but I use my right hand to write,draw etc

[@73ND41]

The main finding of the study was that about 12.1% of people were left-footed. There was a strong, but not perfect, overlap with handedness. While only 3.2% of right-handers where left-footed, about 60.1% of left-handers were left-footed. Thus, the chance of being left-footed is considerably higher for a left-hander than for a right-hander. Men had a slightly higher chance of being left-footed than women and professional athletes had a higher probability of being left-footed than the general population. Interestingly, footedness was less influenced by cultural and social factors than handedness, probably because no parents ever try to relearn their left-footed kids to be right-footed.

[@KEVINtulo]

I’m gonna start training my left foot and lie to my couch to get some playing time.

[@NotSosigRamsey]

Kevin Sognal Coach I think the sofa doesn’t need convincing

[@MrBlodhund]

Be good with both and your trainer vill love you

[@KEVINtulo]

Not Sosig Ramsey lmaooo

[@justadreamerforgood69]

4:50 Cristiano Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic: Say what ? 😉

[@HammondYouIdiot]

Great video man, btw I'm left footed and right handed naturally, although my left hand is better in basketball dribbling and maybe more ​​powerful than right

[@theromanajayy7325]

Yes exactly am emotional too 🥺🥺

[@elnuffio]

I'm cross-dominant right-hand/left-foot. Like Wendt said, coaches always played me at LW or LB as the only leftie on the team. That meant I modelled my game after players like Giggs and Roberto Carlos. I think this is part of what makes lefties generally finesse players-all of our role models are wizards! It's a little bit like wearing the no.10 or 7, you know there's an expectation of the kind of player you need to be. One season I was playing up front and recovering from a knee injury which meant I had to take most shots with my right foot. It was my best scoring season ironically as I think I focussed a lot more on getting into "easier" scoring positions because I was shooting on my weaker side.

[@IkhlasC]

3:36 "just because you have a left foot" I guess us right footed people are hopping around on one leg😂!

[@isaabukar8174]

I write with my right hand but other things like brushing my teeth punching cuting with my left and also I can use my both foots in football

[@alanhollingworth8765]

Same I can’t use my right it feels heavy and loose as a lefty.

[@varunrusia4751]

I am a complete lefty but only while playing football I use my right leg 😂

[@chilldude30]

Me too, well I write with left hand and I am left handed, but I would punch with right hand and use right foot and jerk off with right hand. Weird!

[@ianclinton7629]

@@chilldude30 little bit TMI there dude

[@varunrusia4751]

@@chilldude30 bro it's so relatable 😎

[@ibigamer2612]

Lol i play foutball with left but iam right

[@nelissantuma8551]

chilldude30 WoW 100% same here, what about throwing tho?