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Soccer Edition 56 Page 3 The next two moves I want to introduce might be the two easiest. The first is simply a fake shot and then push with the outside of the foot. If the ball is in front of the right foot, fake as if you are going to hit the ball extremely hard and then when you see the defender flinch, push the ball with the outside of the right and go right past them. I teach players when they are in an offensive corner of the field early in the game and somewhat stuck to actually hit the ball into the defender hard. The possibilities resulting from this are usually positive (corner kick, throw in, deflection into the goal mouth, ball bounces back to you etc) while the potential negative is very small (give up a goal kick or a throw in). What you really are accomplishing by doing this early is to set them up for later in the game when you want to do a fake shot and a push. Having been hit once, they usually don't want to get hit a second time so this almost assures a flinch which gives you time for the push and acceleration. Next is the foundation. Attack the defender and as they approach you, push the ball with the outside of your right foot and then run around the other side of the defender (see diagram below). This will force the defender to lean one way and then go the other way. The two requirements for this to work are space behind the first defender and speed. If you have these two things, it's an extremely effective move.
The last move I want to introduce is the Mathews which is named after Sir Stanley Mathews who was one of the worlds all time greatest dribblers. With the ball on the inside of your right foot, drive at the defenders right foot and with a small hop touch the ball twice (preferably without putting the right foot down at all as you want the defender to think you are really going hard each time with the right). On the third touch, push the ball with the outside of the right foot in the opposite direction and serve the ball (this move works best around the 18 when you are trying to get a shot hit or a ball served across the goal mouth).
It's important to understand that there are many other moves and variations on these moves. I simply wanted to introduce these to give you something to work with. If you would like to share some of your own moves, please post them here Have a great day |
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