Talk:Footedness

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Actually, Bam Margera is goofy-footed.

Saying "when a rider rides in other than his preferred stance, he is said to ride switch stance or fakie." is incorrect. Fakie means riding backwards in one's preferred stance.

^^^ How is that statement incorrect? If I'm riding left foot forward and run out of speed before I get to the top of a hill on my board and decide not to turn around but instead start rolling backwards back down the hill..... or fakie........ my right foot is then forward as if I'm riding Goofy-footed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.1.84.57 (talk) 13:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

This article could use a more general, less boardsport-specific examination of footedness. Footedness seems to be manifested in all kinds of situations where the body has to be placed sideways relative to some directional activity, for example in trackstands in cycling. I bet someone somewhere has written something interesting about this but I'm too lazy to look for it myself. Adrianmander 20:33, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

The sentences on BMX (under "other") don't make any sense. I don't know anything about BMX so I can't fix it. Oneirist 21:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Parts of this article are written in terms of both sex and then proceed to state one, such as "balance herself". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.111.162.127 (talk) 18:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

A snowboard instructor told me that the term "goofy footed" predates snowboarding and skate boarding. Those two sports borrowed the slang from surfing. The surfers started the term because there was an early Disney cartoon in which the character Goofy was riding some kind of board shaped thing, and he had his right foot forward. Can someone please verify this? Does anybody know what cartoon that might have been? Ak outrider (talk) 23:06, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You might be thinking of Hawaiian Holiday (RKO, 1937) (IMDb), (YouTube). knoodelhed (talk) 16:03, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's correct that Goofy rides with his right foot forward in Hawaiian Holiday (at 7:50).--Frumpo (talk) 16:05, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Correlation with handedness
Is there much correlation as to footedness, with which hand the rider prefers to write, use tools, etc? knoodelhed (talk) 20:18, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Because it is more common to be right handed than left handed and it is more common to ride regular than goofy there has to be some overlap of regular footed right handed people. I dont know for sure. As a piece of information I am right handed and ride goofy a friend of mine is left handed and rides regular. Two people though however, is hardly a statiscally significant number.Crd721 (talk) 06:51, 10 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Correction: that friend of mine that rides regular is right handed. Crd721 (talk) 08:18, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

ratio
Does anyone know the goofy/regular ratio?Crd721 (talk) 06:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Biased introduction?
"Skateboarders DO NOT use this term and most have not heard of it. This is an obscure term." To me that sounds like something an angry skateboarder has written, and is his opinion, and not very encyclopaedic. It's not an obscure term, most people where I live will have heard of it, if only in relation to football. Whether or not skateboarders say it is another matter, but could be phrased better. --Lytel (talk) 21:56, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I thought so too, so I changed it to the slightly more neutral-sounding [though still unsourced...] 'Many skateboarders do not use this term and most have not heard of it. This is considered an obscure term' for the time being as a stopgap. 78.149.214.76 (talk) 13:23, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I just went ahead and removed it because it's completely POV and unsourced. - super &beta;&epsilon;&epsilon; cat 21:19, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Some Confusion
Pushing someone from behind will not necessarily lead them to put the same foot forward as they would put forward on a board. It's not a matter of which foot is in front or behind, it's a matter of which one holds weight and which one moves. I ride (when I ride) with left foot in front, and push with my right foot. If you push me from behind, I'll put my right foot forward. I balance far better on my left foot, and do things, such as kick or swing or push, more comfortably with the right. It's not just a question of one foot being "stronger" or "in front". --Badmuthahubbard (talk) 12:47, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

why
Why is the general article on footedness about skateboarding and wakeboarding? For comparison, the page on handedness is written from a general scientific perspective, discussing implications of handedness on a variety of activities. Footedness is a general characteristic of human anatomy and not limited to the scope of the sports around which this article is focused. It needs to be completely rewritten to discuss footedness in a scientific, anatomical fashion; the current content could certainly be used as an example of the implications of footedness in one specific arena. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.101.227.97 (talk) 22:33, 10 January 2011 (UTC)


 * "Footedness, similar to handedness, is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a kick or stomp, footedness is most commonly associated with the preference of a particular foot in the leading position while engaging in foot, or kicking related sports, such as English Football or others such as Rugbys."

But, as noted above, the article is pretty much limited - apart from a one liner referring to soccer - to board sports. Irish Melkite (talk) 04:53, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

=Biased Introduction?=

Being 33 years old and having been able to skateboard since the age of 10 I can conform that "goofy foot" is indeed a real term within the board sports community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.92.34 (talk) 02:59, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Overhaul
I've overhauled this article a few times over the last few days, with the most recent work attempting to generalize the notion of footedness, moving all boardsport content to a top-level section. Having skated and followed skateboarding since the mid 80s, I had to rely mostly on that knowledge, but I think it turned out clearer and more encyclopedic, even if it's still missing a lot of references. I've also done work on the Ollie, Kickflip, and List of skateboarding terms articles. Listendaisy (talk) 08:26, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Predicting section
The final section that contains instructions on how to predict a person's footedness urgently requires citations, as the content is instructional and might be undertaken by a reader.--Soulparadox (talk) 14:04, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Origins and Myths section
From the article: "Unlike handedness, it's likely that the distribution of participants in boardsports is evenly split between regular and goofy riders."

I couldn't say for sure this is incorrect in the context of boardsports, but I'm surprised by this affirmation, because in soccer, right-footedness is highly more common among players. ThorinMuglindir (talk) 23:26, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Non-rarity of "two-footed" players in pro football/soccer
In the section football/soccer it says this(it even quotes sources)

Most people are right-footed, kicking with the right leg. Capable left-footed footballers are rare and therefore quite sought after. Also rare are "two-footed" players, who are equally capable with both feet. Such players make up only one sixth of players in the top professional

I cannot believe only 1/6 of top pros are able to equally use both feet and that two-footed pros are rare. From my experience of player and watching football on TV from the best leagues EPL & la liga(as well as champions league which is a competition of the best teams from each league) to even college and high school.

The ability to use both feet is a necessary and qualifying ability/skill that sets apart the pros from regular joes.

High school most use dominate foot for everything. College and the other semi pro and pro leagues can use both but mostly dominate foot. But the best leagues that have the best players(cuz they pay the most) they can definitely use both feet equally well for the skill used such as dribbling, passing in the air or ground and shooting. Since the best have been playing there whole life(the best put in the most time) during the development of motor skills from adolescence to adulthood using both feet is normal.

Only case you could make for pros having a dominate foot is for direct free kicks but even other place kicks like indirect, corner, even penalty kicks they use either foot.

Also the sources link to google books where u can actually view what the source to see what else it says I hate the link for sources cantt view really no diff than no source to me since i cant check it or see if quoted in right context — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.97.176 (talk) 16:41, 17 December 2014 (UTC)