Improving your soccer skills is a must. It never hurts to get better.

You should always be working on your foot skills. The more foot skills you have the easier it will be for you to get around opposing players on the field. Basic footskills to have mastered include:

-the simple fake, where you fake going one way to throw off the defender then go the other way

-being able to manipulate the ball in any direction easily with the ball of your foot

-being able to move the ball with the outside of you foot

My favorite footskill move:

The Maradona

-This is a more advanced skill that allows you to fake your opponent very effectively. This skill could be used when going against a defender up the right side of the field. To see this trick played out, click here

If you want to learn more detailed footskills, click here

 

Having the right drills to practice your foot skills and technique are also very important to keep in mind.

Most drills include more than one player and are very effective at improving your abilities. It's even more effective when doing drills that inlcude a group of people to help illustrate real game play.

Some drills that help your game include:

-passing drills, drills that help your defensive and offensive stance, full field scrimmage, and conditioning drills

(to see detailed drills, click here)

 

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