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Time For Tsimikas At Right Back

I know a thing or two about being two footed. I'm naturally right footed but growing up I loved watching left footed players like Diego Maradona, John Barnes and Chris Waddle. There was something unique about left footed footballers so I wanted to be one. Under Bill Shankly, Liverpool introduced The Boards to their training. It was basically wood fence panels nailed together to make walls in the middle of a football pitch so his players could play one twos off them while moving, improving their first touch, control of the ball and working on their weaker foot - much like they might have done as kids, kicking a ball against the side of their house. That was how I got a left foot. After that, it was about taking the ball out into the back garden and seeing if I could hit the wall above the coal bunker. It wasn't long before I was kicking it even further and almost breaking the kitchen window, further back and to the right of my initial target. I practiced every day and played kno