[hambone]

well....
can you guys think of any good moves that actually work in a game but don't involve step overs?

[timmy409]

nutmeg or rainbow

[blech]

1. it's not the easiest to use at full speed, but i used to practice a spin move a lot. it's kind of a variation of the hook and roll you see them get away with in the NBA.

as you approach the defender head on, you come in front of the ball (with your left foot, for example), placing your body between the defender and the ball. then, you're going to place your right foot even with, or possibly slightly behind, the defender's right foot (essentially trying to screen this leg off). then, with your left foot, you want to drag the ball over to the leftside of your right foot, completing the full 360 and now going forward again. if done well, you keep your body between yourself and the opponent almost the entire time.

hope that makes sense in writing. it's easier to diagram and demonstrate.

2. how about the Blanco bunny hop?

[Werdguy]

blanco is such a doof with that hop of his.... hehe...

[NC_ODP02]

the beardsley, cuts, playing the ball around the defender one way and running around him the other way...megs, juggling the ball over the defenders head...ronaldos move....and the list goes on

[Elninho]

The 360 spin works (I've beaten a lot of defenders with it), isn't very hard, and looks really impressive - especially if you can do it while dribbling at full speed. Learn to do it going both left and right. Also, instead of taking the ball with the inside of the foot after the spin, I usually take it with the outside of the same foot. That variation can be useful at times.

If you'd prefer to keep it simple, hip fakes, scissors behind the ball, and the Matthews have all worked for me against Div 3 college opposition.

[Jc18star]

>>NcOdp the Ronold involves a step over when you roll the ball though your leg. I think that anyone looking for a wide varation of moves should go for some corver coaching tapes or camps. corver calls the 360 move the Bergkamp even though i have never seen him pull that move in my life but who knows maybe his version of it is to fast for me to catch. That move works very well also if the defender is in a foot race with you and you need to pull ahead with the ball especially on a break to the goal. Ziedane's roll and push move is very good to go between to defenders or to open up space especially if you can manage to do it all in one motion while off the ground it looks sharp as anything you will ever see too.

[soccer711k]

How do you do Ronaldo's move?

[Jc18star]

Ronaldos move is a pull anda step over and if done at good speed it works well. as you are dribbling roll the ball with the sole of your right foot to your left leg then step over it with your left and move forward once you loose the defender controlling the ball with the top of your left foot it opens space well if done right. i recomend doing it with both feet so you can pull it on either side of the feild just switch the directions around to use it with your other foot

[hambone]

Ronaldo's move is more of a pull and a step around i think, and if you do it right and quickly you put spin on it so the ball really never leaves your foot. If you have seen someone do 'inside-outside' it is the opposite of that, outside-inside it could be called.

That hop is cool if you are deaking out your friend, but stupid in a game IMO.

Very good explanation of the move blech, thank you very much, i will try it out in practice.

What is Zidane's roll and push move?
It sounds pretty cool but i have never seen it before. I will go search on kazaa, but i doubt i will be able to find it, and if i do i probably won't know if that is it or not.

Also, how did you practice the Ronaldo move at first you guys(Nc ODP and Jc18star, and anyone else who can do it)?
I can do it slowly at a stand still in bare feet so easily and convincingly.
In shoes i can still do it pretty well at a stand still.
If I try to do it with speed i find it almost impossible...
how did you practice(or could you just do it when you first tried)?