Yuri Alberto

[isaacs]

Questionable keeping to say the least - i'm really not sure about this lad, i'm blinded by the dodgy reports in the summer and at that time Corinthians fans were begging us to take him instead of Carlos Miguel.

Apparently his form picked up in the 2nd half of their season (autumn-winter) after Memphis Depay joined and they have formed a nice partnership up front to steer them to safety. Whats the damage for him? Are we talking our full loot as in 30mil? Or is this a much cheaper punt?

 

[Trents]

Something I've noticed from his latest montage is that I honestly couldn't tell you whether he's right or left footed. He hits it very well with either foot. A big big plus.

Never seen a highlights vid of someone getting fouled so much.

 

[Gyros Peter]

Questionable keeping to say the least - i'm really not sure about this lad, i'm blinded by the dodgy reports in the summer and at that time Corinthians fans were begging us to take him instead of Carlos Miguel.

Apparently his form picked up in the 2nd half of their season (autumn-winter) after Memphis Depay joined and they have formed a nice partnership up front to steer them to safety. Whats the damage for him? Are we talking our full loot as in 30mil? Or is this a much cheaper punt?

I like to think the recruitment team have done their homework these days...

 

[Notcher]

Never seen a highlights vid of someone getting fouled so much.

I dare say he'd pick up a few more fouls over here too. The Brazilian league tends to let a lot more robust challenges go from what I've seen.

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[Marco Pascolo]

Something I've noticed from his latest montage is that I honestly couldn't tell you whether he's right or left footed. He hits it very well with either foot. A big big plus.

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He is both footed, i watched a interview with him and his dad with that Benja guy the one Murillo did one with during the pre season, His dad trained him with his left foot when he was a kid because in the village he grew up in all the kids were using there right foot all the time so his dad made him use his left all the time for everything until he became use to it and thats were it came from

 

[Ian Moore Gone Little]

He is both footed, i watched a interview with him and his dad with that Benja guy the one Murillo did one with during the pre season, His dad trained him with his left foot when he was a kid because in the village he grew up in all the kids were using there right foot all the time so his dad made him use his left all the time for everything until he became use to it and thats were it came from

Good to see. Let’s just take my intermittent whinges about the tiny number of two-footed professional footballers as read…

 

[Statto]

Good to see. Let’s just take my intermittent whinges about the tiny number of two-footed professional footballers as read…

They are probably more two-footed than you think but the time they have to think about it and execute it means their weaker foot isn't good enough still.

The level both technically and mentally top level pro sports players are at is absolutely phenomenal in pretty much every sport. Put them next to you or me or whoever off here and you'll see and that probably even applies to people like Notcher who played the game to a decent standard as a kid.

 

[Ian Moore Gone Little]

They are probably more two-footed than you think but the time they have to think about it and execute it means their weaker foot isn't good enough still.

The level both technically and mentally top level pro sports players are at is absolutely phenomenal in pretty much every sport. Put them next to you or me or whoever off here and you'll see and that probably even applies to people like Notcher who played the game to a decent standard as a kid.

Sure, I get all that, but you do still constantly see players beat their opponent then check back and try to beat them again because they’re on their “wrong” foot to shoot or cross with. Drives me mad. You don’t see tennis players avoid playing a backhand shot because their forehand’s good or batsmen avoiding hitting the ball on the offside because they’re strong on the legside. (Cont. p. 94 - Ed.)

 

[Statto]

Sure, I get all that, but you do still constantly see players beat their opponent then check back and try to beat them again because they’re on their “wrong” foot to shoot or cross with. Drives me mad. You don’t see tennis players avoid playing a backhand shot because their forehand’s good or batsmen avoiding hitting the ball on the offside because they’re strong on the legside. (Cont. p. 94 - Ed.)

You do occasionally. Tactically some of the players do run around their backhand side to play a forehand.

As well as this, Corentin Moutet had an injury to his right wrist (he's a left handed player) and so switched to a 1 handed backhand after he'd recovered sufficiently from surgery, so he didn't stop playing (though they get a PR for 6 months out, they can only use it a few times). Another player recently did something similar and mainly hit forehands and slices so they didn't lose tour matches.

But then I guess the actual tennis equivalent is switching from right to left hand and just playing forehands which no-one does, though there have been rare examples of players two handed on both forehand and backhand (Marion Bartoli did so professionally, as I think did Seles, and of course famously Nadal on clay as a kid)...

 

[king_congo_red]

He is both footed, i watched a interview with him and his dad with that Benja guy the one Murillo did one with during the pre season, His dad trained him with his left foot when he was a kid because in the village he grew up in all the kids were using there right foot all the time so his dad made him use his left all the time for everything until he became use to it and thats were it came from

I remember my coach when I was a lad trying to get me to use my left more.
"Use your left" he bellowed, when in a dangerous situation I hesitated whilst putting it on to my right to hoof clear.
"I am" I shouted back - "for standing on".
I was subbed shortly thereafter and got a clip around the lug-hole.

 

[Marco Pascolo]

I remember my coach when I was a lad trying to get me to use my left more.
"Use your left" he bellowed when in a dangerous situation I hesitated whilst putting it on to my right to hoof clear.
"I am" I shouted back - "for standing on".
I was subbed shortly thereafter and got a clip around the lug-hole.

I was the same when i was younger always tried to use my left more but it always felt uncomfortable then when i got to around 14 it kinda just clicked and was getting more cleaner strikes when using my left

 

[Marco Pascolo]

Here is the interview with that Benja guy its a 1hr 40 interview but its good and of course put subtitles on as its in Portuguese.

 

[Chappers85]

I had a few left-footed friends growing up. They used to be a nightmare to go past, so I learned to cut in and use my left foot - not to pass, control or use for skill - but I learned to cross and shoot with my left. Made me less predictable. I haven't played in years now, but when I did I would say I scored more goals on my left than on my right. Even though my left was no way near as strong as my right, defenders would rarely give the time to strike the ball cleanly with my right, but I could wrong-foot them to get a pot-shot off.

 

[Strummer]

Bizarrely, I am naturally left-footed somehow, despite being right-handed?

 

[king_congo_red]

Bizarrely, I am naturally left-footed somehow, despite being right-handed?

Cross-dominance is the term for this.
Although it is also used for those odd people who despite being right-handed prefer to use the left for certain tasks (or vice-versa).

 

[Strummer]

Although it is also used for those odd people who despite being right-handed prefer to use the left for certain tasks (or vice-versa).

Ah ha, the old, „97, 98, 99… change hands!“ routine?

 

[Notcher]

They are probably more two-footed than you think but the time they have to think about it and execute it means their weaker foot isn't good enough still.

The level both technically and mentally top level pro sports players are at is absolutely phenomenal in pretty much every sport. Put them next to you or me or whoever off here and you'll see and that probably even applies to people like Notcher who played the game to a decent standard as a kid.

Yeah they can still play with it and they'll slot finishes with relative ease. Tell them they can only play with their weaker foot in a 5a side and they'll comfortably be the best player and still score 7

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[Trents]

Bizarrely, I am naturally left-footed somehow, despite being right-handed?

I am left handed and right footed. Also play golf right handed.

 

[Statto]

I had a few left-footed friends growing up. They used to be a nightmare to go past, so I learned to cut in and use my left foot - not to pass, control or use for skill - but I learned to cross and shoot with my left. Made me less predictable. I haven't played in years now, but when I did I would say I scored more goals on my left than on my right. Even though my left was no way near as strong as my right, defenders would rarely give the time to strike the ball cleanly with my right, but I could wrong-foot them to get a pot-shot off.

I was the other way round, quite a lot of the time I was the only left footer playing even though I learned to use my right almost as well. Only real difference is with passing/shooting with my right it took a bit more thought, but on the other hand that also meant I didn't just poke at it instinctively.

 

[Chappers85]

Cross-dominance is the term for this.
Although it is also used for those odd people who despite being right-handed prefer to use the left for certain tasks (or vice-versa).

I used to know a guy that was left footed and right handed (as in wrote with his right hand) yet threw, caught and bowled with his left hand but batted and played tennis right-handed. I was going to say it was a bit odd, but when you think about it, the fact that 90% of our species have a strong preference for using their right sided limbs, is quite weird. I'm guessing there must be an evolutionary or genetic reason for this.

EDIT: Just read an article on this. So basically it might just be a by-product of linguistic development.

"Some have argued that it all comes down to language. Just as most people are right-handed – a trait, remember, controlled by the left side of the brain – so do most people do the bulk of their linguistic processing in their brain’s left hemisphere. Indeed, this left-brained specialisation for language is even more common than right-handedness – which might suggest that as the left hemisphere evolved for language, the preference for the right hand may have intensified simply as a side effect. This is called the Homo loquens hypothesis: lateralisation in general was driven by the evolution of an upright, bipedal stance, while the rightward preference was driven, some time later, by the evolution of language.

Right-handedness, then, may simply be an accidental by-product of the way most of our brains are wired up. But proving the hypothesis is difficult, or even impossible, since it would ideally involve running neurological tests on our long-dead ancestors. The truth is we'll probably never quite know what the sequence of events was that led our species to lean so overwhelmingly on the right sides of our bodies and the left sides of our brains.

As for the left-handers out there? Take heart! According to a 1977 paper in the journal Psychological Bulletin, "there is remarkably little evidence for any association of left-handedness with deficit, as has often been suggested". In fact, some research shows that left-handed folks might even have an easier time recovering from brain damage. And their left hand seems to have the advantage of surprise in a fight, which means they can be better at combat sports. All of which suggests there are advantages to breaking from the norm."

Evolution: Why are most of us right-handed?

Right-handed people are dominant worldwide – but why? Jason G Goldman investigates.

www.bbc.com

 

[Deleted User 27810]

Cross-dominance is the term for this

Sounds like...

 

[Rubics]

My little brother bats and plays golf left handed, everything else right handed. Swear he just batted left handed to wind everyone up - that said he wasn’t bad as he scored 150 on trent bridge and one season 20 odd years ago scored 100s home and away against Devon Malcom!

 

[Listen 'ere young man]

Not seen the highlights but from the comments is he another Santiago?

 

[Master Yates]

that said he wasn’t bad as he scored 150 on trent bridge!

Bet that held up traffic


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[Timothy Pope]

I used to know a guy that was left footed and right handed (as in wrote with his right hand) yet threw, caught and bowled with his left hand but batted and played tennis right-handed. I was going to say it was a bit odd, but when you think about it, the fact that 90% of our species have a strong preference for using their right sided limbs, is quite weird. I'm guessing there must be an evolutionary or genetic reason for this.

EDIT: Just read an article on this. So basically it might just be a by-product of linguistic development.

"Some have argued that it all comes down to language. Just as most people are right-handed – a trait, remember, controlled by the left side of the brain – so do most people do the bulk of their linguistic processing in their brain’s left hemisphere. Indeed, this left-brained specialisation for language is even more common than right-handedness – which might suggest that as the left hemisphere evolved for language, the preference for the right hand may have intensified simply as a side effect. This is called the Homo loquens hypothesis: lateralisation in general was driven by the evolution of an upright, bipedal stance, while the rightward preference was driven, some time later, by the evolution of language.

Right-handedness, then, may simply be an accidental by-product of the way most of our brains are wired up. But proving the hypothesis is difficult, or even impossible, since it would ideally involve running neurological tests on our long-dead ancestors. The truth is we'll probably never quite know what the sequence of events was that led our species to lean so overwhelmingly on the right sides of our bodies and the left sides of our brains.

As for the left-handers out there? Take heart! According to a 1977 paper in the journal Psychological Bulletin, "there is remarkably little evidence for any association of left-handedness with deficit, as has often been suggested". In fact, some research shows that left-handed folks might even have an easier time recovering from brain damage. And their left hand seems to have the advantage of surprise in a fight, which means they can be better at combat sports. All of which suggests there are advantages to breaking from the norm."

Evolution: Why are most of us right-handed?

Right-handed people are dominant worldwide – but why? Jason G Goldman investigates.

www.bbc.com

Interesting. But I always thought it was an evolutionary thing from when we used spears and shields. Anyone left handed would hold their shield in their right hand leaving their heart more exposed - so right handers had a better survival rate