How many times must I practice on a soccer trick to interlise (dunno how to spell) it into myself so that I do that trick even without my knowing (hope u understand what I mean)? How do Zidane, Ronaldo, Figo perform all those tricks? How do they know when to perform what trick? And how can a player dribble out of a difficult situation (surrounded by players)?..How does he know how to dribble out..How many players surround him..??
To do this, you not only have to learn the trick by yourself, you have to use it against people. Try getting some friends to put light pressure on you in such a way that it makes using the trick the natural response, or try it during pick-up games. The idea is that you want to set the trick as a response to certain kinds of pressure. Don't try to learn many tricks at once - just do one at a time. Many pros make a career on just one good trick.
For example: Preki--cut to the left foot, then cut to the left foot again, then cut to left foot again....
Only a few things to consider, really. In a game situation, you need to know where you want to go, and where you want the ball to go. A secondary consideration is which way you want the defender to go. Don't think about the number of opponents marking you - if you have good touch on the ball the tricks will come. Quite often I seem to be more successful when being pressured by a defender than when trying to practice tricks on my own.
all summer my friend and I practised just random tricks. When I came back to soccer, I was a little bit better at deaking, but nothing special. For the next two months when I practiced I just used 2 main tricks. The inside-outside, and the inside, stepover, outside. Now, I perform these tricks without thinking when people tackle me. Every two or three days, we would just play around for an hour or so, just deaking each other or juggling, shooting, whatever. Now, I have practised the move so much that as soon as I see a defender move one way I immeadiately use the trick to go the other way. As soon as someone is off balance they get screwed. Of course, I still have to think, "I want to deak this guy, not pass over there," but the move comes without thought, I just watch the defender, he is the one who will make the mistake, not me. Basically you just practise a lot every 2nd day or so and keep your head up and watch the defender when you do the move.
Very true, just look at Ronaldo... He always steps over with his right foot and takes himself left of his marker with his left foot and it works nearly every time. Goes to show even the best defenders in the world are fooled by simple tricks...
I'd say Ronaldo's one trick is instead of trying to shoot past the goalie, dribbling past him. It gets 'em every time. If I was a goalie 1-on-1 with Ronaldo, I'd pretty much count on him doing it.
lol, Ronaldo doesn't have just one trick! Watch him closely and he is tricking defenders all the time with different body movements and touches of the ball.. As for his main tricks, he has quite a few, but the stepover works the best because of the change in pace he can produce from it. The only way you can learn a trick so you can do it in a game without really thinking about it is by continuously consciously doing it in a game. Then after a while (could take ages, depending on the trick) you will be able to do it subconsciously! This is why you rarely see these tricks done in a game by players other than the very best! To dribble out of a difficult situation is mainly to do with instinct, you may try a trick to get out, that may only fool one or two players.. so if you knock the ball a bit away from you, that will tempt an opponent to the ball, you can then take the ball away from them and another one gets tempted and you need to take the ball away from them; it's all about reactions. It's easier to do if you are a powerful player, but i'm a skinny dude, so that's the way i do it.
my tip is just play around with the ball alot. my main moves are just cuts, but they work quite well. dont think about pulling off a trick in a game, just think about getting by the defender.
I know this sounds weird but sometimes it just comes out naturally. I used to always ask people how they avoid slide tackles until one day someone tried to slide tackle the ball away and I just naturally jumped over it and got past the defender.
Do the moves against defenders do them in practice where you can make mistakes and learn from them before you try them in games. If you can't do a move well in practice you can't do them well in games. Play games in practice and take on and beat players then look for free players to pass to. Once you can beat players you are not ball hog. When you beat the first defender it forces another defender to leave and pick you up. That creates space for others. You help the team by beating people and forcing the second defender to come to you unless you refuse to pass. Practice the move untill you can do them without having to think about do them. You just do them and be able to start them using either foot moving left or moving right. You don't need 100 moves. You need 3 or 4 that you are an expert in doing. Add to those a pull back, and make sure one of the 3/4 moves is the Cruyff own that move. Besides those moves work on plyometrics. Get that first explosion of speed off the dribble. Have that and have the moves beating people is not that hard to do. The best thing for first step speed for an older player is hurdling sprinting and hurdling sprinting. Every hurdle starts with the other foot. Work on quickness in changing directions helps you with 50/50 balls and helps you with beating more then one player in a small space. Run a figure eight then gradually shrink the space that you run them in. That is what you want. If you have these traits and think fast and can see and do without taking the time to process what you see before you do you can beat a lot of players even in a small space. If you have those qualities at the beginning of the season it is still hard to focus on the second man after beating the first man. Later on in the season it gets easier to see the second defender even if he is in a good support position at least according to tab Ramos who had all the qualities. Takes a lot of serious training to do that and with that you have to be able to short pass to an open player while you have the attention of one or more opponents. Again taking on players frees space for others you see a team mate you pass to him that helps the team and wins games.
Always strive to train with players who are better than you. It makes you work your ass off. And once you are confident playing with those better players, you'll be a lot better than the players that used to be as good as you! And beating them with tricks will become easy as you are confident enough. In the fall I got invited to a club where the players are a lot better than me and I've improved a lot and now when I play with my old friends, I feel mega confident about myself.
Very true. Your not gonna get any better playing with people on your same skill level, or the skill level before yours. When I first got to Peru, I got into a pickup game around the way. I got laughed at for about 20 minutes straight. I ran out of breath after about 20 minutes. Now, I score goals regularly, clocked myself one time playing for 5 hours straight, and am extremely confident in my abilities.
dribble and dribble...only try to show off...for about 2 months of playing every...day...soon you will be better dribbler then a pro....( that is if you already have a good touch.)...juggle a lot...and spend about ten mins a day...in a small space.. and try to dance with the ball movig it around and around...in circels and stuff......I am a american...and i did this....and i am the best dribbler in boston..with out a dought...brasilians want to dribble..like me..africans clame me as a wihte.. african gorge weah///.....all you got to do is belive in your sefe...and practice...*** it helps..it you can watch and try to learn..too@!
...and I'll take the ball off anyone who claims to be good at dribbling, because 99% of the people who say they're good at it aren't. Most of the really flashy moves look impressive but are only useful in very specific situations. NEVER try to show off on the pitch... just get the ball past the defender in any way you can. ALWAYS know which way you want to go with the ball. When you practice, keep in mind that the purpose of dribbling is to get the ball from point A to point B without losing it, and nothing else. If you look good doing it, that's just a bonus.
i still think 9 times out of 10, having a man making a run that you can pass to is a better option than dribbling around someone. offenders can dribble and defenders can't run faster than i can pass. playing a good one/two-touch game keeps the defense more off-balance.
The key here is immersing yourself in the game itself. When you watch a game (even if you're watching your teammates from the bench), always be making mental notes. Or even write them down. Tape games on tv and replay key plays. you have to do your homework. Why did Davids spin around to get past that defender instead of trying to nutmeg him? Why did Figo deak left instead of making the short pass? Apply it to yourself. What I do is I recreate my own game situations. We all remember our own mistakes on the field. If I'm in a game where I've been stripped of the ball in a bad position, that stuff sicks in your head. I visualize it my head....where I was, where my opponent was, where my teammates were. Where did he get me? What would've been the correct move? What movement feels most natural for the situation I'm in. Then take it to the practice field. do it over and over til you know every angle and possibility. After a while it'll be like catching a glass that gets nudged off the table. You don't even realize your hand is moving until its past and everyone thinks you're a hotshot.
Gambeta If you are asking about Tricks/Dribbling then you werent meant to do them. These things you just pick up naturaly from watching a game or playing scrimages. I once saw a highlights of Johan Cryuff and the next day at a pick up game i did one of his moves, i didnt practice or watched the video multiple times. Cryuffs move just stayed in my mind and while playing the game i got to a similiar situation and i subconcuiously did the move, I didnt think about that it just happened. It is the move where hes running with the ball (Right foot in my case) in front of him, then with the left you cover the ball [putting your foot on the side] as if you are about to make a cross then with the right you pull it back and make a side spin. The player goes one way, sometimes they Jump to try and block the fictional cross, while you waltz past the defender..
"how do i know what tricks to do in a particular situation?" A change of direction move to play out of a pressured side is the cryuff. It is also a nice move to get off a quick shot if the ball was first on the bad foot to move it to the good foot. There are things not moves that you can do when defenders are comming at you from certain angles on the field. Work on that. Example Player comes at you from the side just push the ball up, and step up then move diagonally into the direction where the player came from. No trick you just moved into an undefenseable location from where the back came from. Any time you find yourself with a player in your face pull the ball back away from him, and move away from him.
A large part of knowing how to dribble out of tough situations is a combination of instinct, practice, quick reaction, and good field vision. When I played in high school, I was a big forward, but pretty slow. So when I had the ball, running alone down the sideline, I always knew someone was closing in behind me. So I'd fake a cross/shot, and when the defender stepped in front, I'd just cut it back to my other foot and I'd have lots of free space. My teammates even named the move because it worked so well. One thing that you ought to try is dribble the ball with only your left foot for about 10 minutes, then only your right. Use both the inside and outside of the foot, and try doing stepovers and cutbacks while doing it. Try to keep it close (within a foot or two, tops). This helps you get a good feel for the ball, and if you keep the ball close to your foot, it gets very hard for defenders to take it away.
what a joke...white, african george weah...you're quite the joke mate. i take it you dont put as much practice in your spelling eh?