Soccer
Friday, 8 February 2013
Friday, 1 February 2013
5 Useful Soccer Tricks
5 Useful Soccer Tricks
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I've made a list of 5 very useful soccer tricks. These tricks are generally used to beat your opponent.
1 - Scissor
Although the scissor trick is very old, it's still very effective. Your opponent needs to concentrate fully on the ball to tackle you. But that's very hard when you perform a good scissor.
Besides that, the scissor is a great move to combine with another trick. Start with a scissor and follow up with a feint shot, for example.
2 - Step Over
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The Step Over can be widely used. You can use it while dribbling, but also when standing still.
But you can also customize the move itself. For example, try a double Step Over by 'stepping over' with your right foot and then your left. Or do a Step Over Turn, this is very useful for a defender that comes near his own back line with an opponent behind him.
3 - Cruyff Turn
In my opinion, the Cruyff Turn should be in all these type of lists. This soccer trick is very easy to learn, easy to execute and very effective.
Since Johan Cruyff introduced this soccer trick, lots of other soccer players started to use this trick, other came up with a variation. That brings me to another big advantage of this trick: you can customize it. Make this trick your own by giving it your own twist. Be creative!
4 - Marseille Turn
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Imagine you're dribbling. By accident, you touch the ball a bit too hard. Your opponent goes for the ball. This is the perfect moment to use the Marseille Turn. With the Marseille Turn you throw your body between the ball and your opponent. In addition, you even beat your opponent and continue dribbling.
5 - Shoulder feint
This is a less known move but still very useful. It's the easiest move on this list. So make sure to add this to your game, no matter what your position is.
This is one of the most used soccer tricks. You use it to put your opponent on the wrong foot.
This trick requires almost no technique, all you need is timing and experience. Just like many other easy tricks, you can adjust this trick to your own needs or follow up with another trick.
These 5 tricks are very useful in matches. Except for the Marseille Turn, they're not very hard to learn and apply.
Don't underestimate it though. The best advice I can give to soccer players who want to use tricks, is that it requires time and experience to apply soccer tricks successfully.
Practice these tricks and keep practicing them. You'll see that after a while, you start using tricks in reactions to the actions of your opponents. You don't have to overthink them as much as in the beginning. Good luck!
Friday, 4 January 2013
Soccer Advice
ADVICE FOR SOCCER PARENTS
Soccer Advice |
It may be a surprise to you, but often it’s the things you don’t do that will help, rather than direct assistance or intervention. Under no circumstance should anyone discourage a child with harsh criticism, let alone ridicule or abuse. Sure you can point out what the child is doing wrong but couple this criticism with corrective advice, preferably through demonstration.
What benfit will a child recieve if you complain that he kicks, heads or traps the ball incorrectly? Explain and tell him why he does it and how he can avoid doing it. For example, its common that a young child cannot header the ball correctly. He heads the ball with the roof instead of the temple or forehead. How to tackle this problem? Demonstrate him the haphazard trajectory of such heading technique and explain the disadvantages. But its extremely important to do this calmly, without undue exaggeration and certainly without turning the demonstration into remonstration. Sarcasm should never be used on children as its the number 1 killer of the child’s self-image.
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Soccer Advice |
Members of a family are not allowed to perform surgery on relatives. This concept should be carried over to the soccer field. Two well known types of parents can destroy a young child’s soccer career.
The first parent is the one who doesn’t care about the child’s soccer career. Never shows interest and doesn’t concern himself with his child’s sporting ambitions. Never attends the matches and never likes to talk about the sport. This lack of interest convinces the boy that his parents don’t care or don’t approve in the sport. Although this sounds rough, this is still the lesser of the two evils.
The second parent is at the other extreme. The parent who wants to prove their own genetic brilliance through their son’s exploits and drive the boy towards an elusive success for which he may not be predestined. Youngsters under the instructions of this parent rarely make it past the age of 13 in the sport. They give up on soccer and never touch the ball again.
Intelligent parents take the middle road. They accept the fact that their healthy, fit son enjoys playing soccer for the game itself and for the new friends he has made. They also take into account the possibilities that occasionally their boy may be injured or hurt and don’t blame the other players or the coach. In other words, they accept the game as a game.
These parents will encourage and help their child, watch his progress, share his thrills and disappointments. Common sense by the parents is all that’s needed to ensure that the boy gets maximum fun out of his soccer. A reasonable schedule which accommodates studies, family duties and other hobbies apart from soccer are also encouraged.
Soccer should be part of his life but it shouldn’t be an obsession. Do not rob them of all the pleasures of their young lives to which they are entitled to. Try not to feed your own sporting failures through your child’s life.
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