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#*Hit the ball on the middle laces of your shoe, with your foot pointed down at the ground. Keep your foot pointed down at the ground as you follow through. | #*Hit the ball on the middle laces of your shoe, with your foot pointed down at the ground. Keep your foot pointed down at the ground as you follow through. | ||
#*Use your hips to swing through the ball. Bring your foot across your body if necessary to generate even more power. This should cause both feet to lift from the ground. | #*Use your hips to swing through the ball. Bring your foot across your body if necessary to generate even more power. This should cause both feet to lift from the ground. | ||
| − | #Think about moving off the ball. Some estimates say that professional soccer players run {{convert|6|to|8|mi}} during a 90 minute game.<ref>http://www.active.com/soccer/Articles/How_far_do_you_run_during_a_soccer_game_</ref> That's a lot of running. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a lot of the running you'll be doing is when you ''don't have the ball''. Learn how to get into open space, how to run to where to your teammate expects or wants you to be, and how to run past a defender who's guarding you. | + | #Think about moving off the ball. Some estimates say that professional soccer players run {{convert|6|to|8|mi}} during a 90 minute game.<ref name="rf16243">http://www.active.com/soccer/Articles/How_far_do_you_run_during_a_soccer_game_</ref> That's a lot of running. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a lot of the running you'll be doing is when you ''don't have the ball''. Learn how to get into open space, how to run to where to your teammate expects or wants you to be, and how to run past a defender who's guarding you. |
#Learn how to defend. Defending the goal is an underrated achievement. It can be extremely difficult staying on your man or getting the ball away from your man. There are three basic things that you need to remember when guarding a player in soccer: | #Learn how to defend. Defending the goal is an underrated achievement. It can be extremely difficult staying on your man or getting the ball away from your man. There are three basic things that you need to remember when guarding a player in soccer: | ||
#*Don't be fooled by feints, tricks, or jukes: keep your eye on the '''ball'''. A good soccer player will try to juke or feint with their body in order to get past you. They're hoping that what they do with their body will distract you from what they're ''going to do'' with the ball. Don't let this happen. Keep your eyes on the ball at all times, not on the player. | #*Don't be fooled by feints, tricks, or jukes: keep your eye on the '''ball'''. A good soccer player will try to juke or feint with their body in order to get past you. They're hoping that what they do with their body will distract you from what they're ''going to do'' with the ball. Don't let this happen. Keep your eyes on the ball at all times, not on the player. | ||
