Getting Team's Confidence?

[Factorial]

I played winger last year, and I had a lot of fun running and dribbling and such. I played really up, but more inside rather than traditional English-style wingers, so I scored a fair bit too. Really liked it. However, im not kidding myself. I dont really think I can be that much better than I am at this position because I simply can't cross, and I can't see myself getting better at dribbling. I'm one of the better players on my team, but that is not to say I'm any good, especially compared with probably most of the players who post here.

Anyways, to my point..

I always thought that my strongest strenght was mental creativity in how the game is played. I recently had an opportunity to play as the '10' for a game, as the playmaker for my team. It was great, I set up all our goals and then scored some myself (it was a high-scoring game). This wasn't for my actual club team. Our season starts in a month. I think with some practice, and confidence in myself, I could be a better player for my team in this position, but herein lies the question. I don't think my teammates have the confidence in me (that and we all have ego's, of course) to let me be 'the guy'.

Any ideas?

Oh, and how 'bout general tips for playing as the attacking playmaker.

Thanks,

[viperman5000]

I kinda the same way. None of my teammates have any confidence in me at all. They're always shouting and yelling at you if you do something wrong. Even our coach destroys any confidence you have by literally telling you, "What the Hell were you thinking!" Plus, my coach doesn't have any confidence in me to start me, or he doesn't trust me or something.

Anyways, for your problem,

Some tips for playing 'the playmaker', just try to get everyone involved and always be encouraging to everyone around you. You also might want to try to take some people on.

[prymetyme]

I actually ran into that problem last year. I was playing for a club team and he wouldnt play me on attack and stuck me on defence which i'd never played in my life. I wasnt playing a lot and i was getting constant critizism from teammates and the manager. I was unhappy and I think that that made me play worse then I shouldnt. I left that team and they were 2-6. So if I were you I would look around for different teams or ask your manager about it because if your not happy and not confident then you play worse.

[Factorial]

I actually ran into that problem last year. I was playing for a club team and he wouldnt play me on attack and stuck me on defence which i'd never played in my life. I wasnt playing a lot and i was getting constant critizism from teammates and the manager. I was unhappy and I think that that made me play worse then I shouldnt. I left that team and they were 2-6. So if I were you I would look around for different teams or ask your manager about it because if your not happy and not confident then you play worse.

Oh, my coach has lots of faith in me, and I have very close friends with me on this team. In fact, I was in exactly in your situation two years ago before I switched to this team... I played left-fullback my whole life for the other team and found myself coming up more and more each season, where by the last season I was in the 18 more than the winger :cool: . My coach never played me in offence, even though it was bloody clear that I prefered making and scoring goals than stopping them, and that I could be way better. I'm still failry bitter about that because I spent ALL of my developing years playing defence, and I think had I been playing in the proper position that whole time, I would've have made a fairly decent player, but alas, tackling people can be fun too.

[prymetyme]

yeah those kind of situations are bad because i felt like i wasted my time sharpening my skills playing defence when I should be playing attack, its good you have a great coach and great friends on the team and there trust will defenetly come in time

[Wasted]

hmm, as long as you dont tend to lose the ball everytime you get it and can do this for a while, you'll get more passes. there are guys on my fraternity intermural team that i still dont pass to because i know they're only going to mess it up.

[Anarchist]

I'm still failry bitter about that because I spent ALL of my developing years playing defence, and I think had I been playing in the proper position that whole time, I would've have made a fairly decent player,

That's not really an excuse... maybe better at right wing, but no matter where you play you can become a better player. That's all about YOU, not the coach or where he plays you. Besides, at right wing you go against left backs, right? It's really better, think about it. You know how LB works, etc etc, you know the psyche of how to beat him. Sort of like how some coaches have their forwards go to goalkeeping camps to get into the heads of em (or is that just a few south florida teams doing that? o_O'). But yes. If you want to have more presence on your team, then you have to do just that. Have more presence. Simple. Soccer's not rocket science. Even if they're more concentrated in the center of the pitch, making wide runs to clear up space and TALKING IT UP are definitely noticed. You don't have to be f'in ronaldinho with all these fancy flicks n ********** to be looked at as a great player. Oh, and if you want to get better, learn how to cross the ball