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Stupid question. The front foot

TEL
TEL Posts: 10,100
in General Charlton
I hear this all the time, playing on the front foot... what the fuck does it mean? We've only got two feet... 

ready for the ridicule, go for it.... 

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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,492
    I take it as mean pushing forward and always using the front foot
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,361
    Imagine a sprinter, in order to get off the starting blocks they have to start their run on the front foot. 

    i.e to get ahead of the opposition you have to get on the front foot
  • WHAddick
    WHAddick Posts: 1,155
    Or cricket when batting is another good analogy. Take it to the opposition rather than passively sitting back

  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Correct! it is a fairly stupid question.😉
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    Jake The Peg Original - Rolf Harris Great Great Uncle
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,004
    WHAddick said:
    Or cricket when batting is another good analogy. Take it to the opposition rather than passively sitting back

    Sport analogy in general OTHER than football really. A tennis player who is driving forwards playing at the net, a boxer who is pressing forward and applying pressure etc.


  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    Yeah, I always thought it was a cricket one. If you're looking to score runs you're moving forward towards the bowler. An action that demands you put your weight on the front foot. Other cricket based sayings include, being caught out, being knocked for six, being stumped and having a good innings.
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,720
    Chizz said:
    Jake The Peg Original - Rolf Harris Great Great Uncle
    Perfect striker for Dean to sign in the Summer ?
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,341
    It’s the opposite to the back foot.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,492
    WHAddick said:
    Or cricket when batting is another good analogy. Take it to the opposition rather than passively sitting back

    Silly

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    Gribbo said:
    WHAddick said:
    Or cricket when batting is another good analogy. Take it to the opposition rather than passively sitting back

    Silly
    Mid on
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,114
    First coined by Northampton Town FC.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,169
    Which foot, is the front foot?
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,234
    charlton4ever said:
    Chizz said:
    Jake The Peg Original - Rolf Harris Great Great Uncle
    Perfect striker for Dean to sign in the Summer ?
    If he does a few stepovers his legs will be in knots.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,362
    edited April 2023
    charlton4ever said:
    Chizz said:
    Jake The Peg Original - Rolf Harris Great Great Uncle
    Perfect striker for Dean to sign in the Summer ?
    Nightmare for our treatment table...
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,362
    edited April 2023
    https://youtu.be/u7tBBABU7Vo
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,649
    I thought it was more of a military term. In marching you have to start off from the front foot. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,649
    Lincsaddick said:
    https://youtu.be/u7tBBABU7Vo
    Can I be the first to say......

    NONCE  !!!
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,870
    Also a boxing term 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,892
    Stig said:
    Yeah, I always thought it was a cricket one. If you're looking to score runs you're moving forward towards the bowler. An action that demands you put your weight on the front foot. Other cricket based sayings include, being caught out, being knocked for six, being stumped and having a good innings.
    Yeah, it originates from cricket. 

    If you're on the front foot you are moving forward to attack the ball, which means you have less time to play the shot. Conversely being on the back foot is often seen as more defensive because it gives you more time to watch and play the ball.

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  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,753
    As the OP says, we only have two feet so there is no front foot. However I think that we say it to our players because they play a lot of the time like donkeys.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    Take a step forward - which ever foot is in front of the other is your front foot. Take another step and the other one will become your front foot. There's no magic involved there no permanent assignment as to which is front or back. It's that simple.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,656
    Slow day in Oz Tel?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,892
    Stig said:
    Take a step forward - which ever foot is in front of the other is your front foot. Take another step and the other one will become your front foot. There's no magic involved there no permanent assignment as to which is front or back. It's that simple.
    I wouldn't bother. Some people are either too thick or too obstinate to listen to a reasonable explanation. 
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Blackheathen said:
    Slow day in Oz Tel?
    Every fking day is a slow day here mate.

    Thanks @Off_it for the explanation. 

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