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Saturday, January 24, 2015

How To Improve Soccer Skills

By Enid Hinton


In the world of sports, soccer, or football in Europe, is actually one of the most watched and most played sports in the entire world. It is because of this that so many want to play the sport and so many would also want to excel in it. So if one would want to know how to improve soccer skills fast, then here are some tricks that may be able to help.

Of course in order to score a goal, one must have superb footwork because he will be kicking the ball around all the time. Now in order to be good in the field, one must make sure that he practices his dribbling skills because dribbling is the only way for one to be able to bring the ball to the goal. So before one can even want to play any kind of game, he has to make sure he is very good at dribbling first.

Now soccer is a team game which means that in order to score a goal, one has to keep on passing to his other teammates until a goal is scored. Of course there are so many ways to pass the football like from the front, the back, or from the sides. He should never try to hog the spotlight too much in order to score a goal.

Now one has to take note that this sport is not all just about physical prowess but also about mental prowess as well. One should train his mind to anticipate when a ball is coming to him and know what he is going to do. By constantly practicing with his teammates, he will develop a reaction that is quick as a mousetrap and he will be able to know how to react when he is in the field.

Another technique that most professional players would do is the press which is a defensive technique. Basically, one would guard the ball by approaching an opponent with his back facing the opponent so that he can still control the situation. Of course this is a hard technique to master and will take a lot of practice.

Now one other very important thing to practice would be faking because it can leave an opponent unguarded. One example on how to fake would be to approach an opponent, pretend to go to one direction and suddenly go to the other. This will bring the guard of the opponent down and will allow one to slip through.

Of course he should also practice some offensive tactics like trying to steal the ball from the opponent. Now this is a little bit tricky because while a player steals, he might injure the opponent accidentally. So he should practice stealing by using small side sweeping foot movements in order to steal without injuring.

Now the most important thing in the game is to practice, practice, and practice again. The secret to becoming a good player is to keep on practicing moves like these. If one would just constantly practice these basic moves, he will definitely get better at his game.




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