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how to be a better soccer player
ARE YOU A MEDIOCRE SOCCER PLAYER? TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF AND MOVE UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL “The mediocre are always at their very best.” Being mediocre is easy you simply don't have to do much. You kind of bop through life getting by with the bare minimum amount of work, not making too many mistakes, and trying hard to look like you are trying hard.
We all know about the “gym rats” who shoot hoops for hours and hours and end up being proficient from three-point range. Or the quarterback who fires bullets through an old tire swing while growing up. Or the baseball pitcher who dented his garage door every day. Being mediocre is fine if that is what you want. But to reach the next level, you need to take responsibility for your own improvement. Do it on your own time, and the results will astound you. Soccer players are no different. The ones you see on television all spend a great deal of time creating ways to improve. And they do it without a coach present. When a soccer player sets out to improve his or her game, he or she concentrates on four areas, or pillars, of the game — technical, tactical, physical and psychological. Here are some tips on how to work on each. |
Technical
The technical, or skills, part of the game, obviously, is very important. If you can’t receive the ball, dribble it, pass it, shoot it or head it, you’re not going to be very successful, are you?
Inquiring about how to improve your ball skills will get you the simplistic advice of “play with the ball more.” And that’s exactly what you should do. “But what do I do with it?” you ask.
First, you have to be creative and eliminate every excuse you can come up with for not being able to work out with the ball.
To work on your dribbling, you can make obstacle courses to weave through. Be sure to make them difficult. Everything you do should challenge both your talent level and stretch your stamina
You probably have a racquetball court near you. Or at least a wall of some sort. Here are some things to do:
Work on receiving the ball by simply knocking it against the wall and concentrating on your first touch of the ball as it ricochets back at you. After you become adept at settling, or trapping, the ball, start preparing it so it is easy for you to knock against the wall again. After you’ve mastered that, work on preparing it to knock against the wall on your right, then behind you, then to your left until you’ve made a full circle.
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