How To: Curve a soccer ball with the inside of your foot
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to curve a soccer ball with the inside of the foot. The kick is also referred to as the banana kick. When kick the ball, use the inside of your foot. Kick the ball at the lower middle section. As your hitting it, wrap your foot around the ball. Do not place your foot too close to the ball when your planting your foot and make an L-shape with the leg. Kick the ball at an angle. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy playing soccer and would li...
How To: Pass A Soccer Ball With The Inside Of Your Foot
Passng Technique: The instep pass is the most common way and the most efficient to pass a ball in soccer. It requires the use of your inside foot. Passing a ball is similar to shooting. It requires you to have your plant foot a foot away from the ball. Bend your standing leg, and follow through the ball with the inside of your foot making sure you lean forward and with a locked ankle. In this article I will guide you to help improve your passing by talking about the different things you need ...
How To: Master the Mirror Around the World (MATW) freestyle soccer trick
Are you good enough at freestyle soccer that you've already mastered the Around the World? Well then welcome to the next level of tricks. Think you've got what it takes for a Mirror Around the World? This trick is like a double around the world, in which both legs take turns swinging over the ball before it is finally caught. This one is tough, but beautiful and rewarding.
How To: Practice Punt Receiving soccer drills
Play punt receiving drills in order to work on the receiving end of your soccer game.
How To: Spin a soccer ball on the end of your finger
Touching a soccer ball with your hands for a trick is somewhat sacrilegious, but ever since basketball players started spinning the roundball around on their fingers, soccer players have felt the need to answer. This video will teach you how to spin a soccer ball on the end of your finger quickly and easily.
How To: How Do the Blind Play Soccer? With Incredible Skill
I've heard blind people have heightened senses, but I never imagined it could translate to such superb soccer footwork. As you watch below, remember this- all players are legally blind except for the goalie.
How to Freestyle soccer: Foot/nose/head stall & more tricks
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to several different freestyle soccer tricks. The first trick is the foot stall. Pick up the ball and take it backwards. Lock it in between your leg and foot, as you balance on the other foot. The second trick is the head stall. Place the ball on your forehead and keep staring at the ball as you balance it. The third trick is the nose stall. Lock the ball on the top of your nose and forehead, as you keep your eyes on the ball. The fourth trick is the ...
How To: Properly kick a soccer ball
Getting started playing soccer? Considering the main objective is to kick the ball, you should probably learn how to kick a ball properly... and you can with help from this video! In this tutorial, learn simply how to properly kick a soccer ball through this demonstration.
How To: Play the left-back position in soccer
The full-back position in the soccer field is complex: while technically a defensive post, a full-back must also be ready to pass the ball to a teammate and score a goal.
How To: Teach kids how to dribble a soccer ball
This is a video demonstrating how to dribble a soccer ball for children. The presenter says that this is the most important skill for a young soccer player to learn. He says that dribbling the ball is not kicking the ball and chasing it but rather a series of small touches. He teaches that the ball is like a puppy on a leash. If the puppy gets too far away he runs off. If the ball gets too far away the other team will steal it. The next thing he teaches is to keep your head up. Don't run into...
How To: Practice Receiving Airballs soccer drills
Practice playing punt airball drills in order to work on your receiving game in soccer.
How To: Practice the Push/Pull soccer drill
Learn the push/pull drill for soccer by pulling back with the sole and push out with the instep.
Inspiring DIY of the Day: Building a Floating Soccer Field
This may feel like a Nike ad (and I suppose technically it is an ad), but it's also a based-on-a-true-story-hollywood-motion-picture waiting to happen... This inspiring short film is part of an ad campaign series called Make THE Difference for the TMB Bank, but it's also a true story—here are the facts:
How To: Shoot a knuckle shot in soccer
The knuckleball is an important part of both soccer and baseball, oddly enough, and the soccer version is a very effective shot that is probably much more widely used than the baseball pitch. This video will teach you how to shoot a perfect knuckle that will have most keepers confused and crying with shame.
How To: Do the Ronaldinho heel toe fake pass in soccer
Ronaldinho's combination of speed and deceptive footwork have made him a football legend, and his heel toe fake pass is a great way to misdirect defenders. Watch this video for step-by-step instructions on how to warm up for the trick and then how to actually do it.
How To: Use the Popcorn soccer flick up move like Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the best offensive footballers in the world, and makes great use of this move, called a Popcorn, to flick the ball into the air and get a nastier angle on his shot. This video will teach you how to do the move if you have the skills, it is quite challenging but devastatingly effective if you can get it right.
How To: Do a pedalada step over soccer move like Robinho and Ronaldinho
Robinbo and Ronaldinho might not be at the top of the soccer world like they were are few short years ago, but the pedalada step over that they favor is still a fantastic move both for confusing opponents and overall style. Watch this video to learn how to warm up to do one and how to do it perfectly.
How To: Use the STR pinball passes to reverse pass in soccer
Tricking a defender into thinking that the ball is going one way and making it go the other is the very heart of offensive soccer, and this pass was created for just that purpose. It's called a pinball pass, and is a deceptive way to reverse pass the ball. Watch this video for step-by-step instructions on how to do this new trick pass.
How To: Juggle a soccer ball and improve ball touch
Juggling is the key to all free styling tricks. Juggling helps the players feel for the ball and his ability to strike the ball on the volley. To juggle use the top of the foot down toward the toes to strike the middle of the ball so that it goes straight up in the air. After practicing this type of juggling continue juggling with one foot, keeping the ball moving straight up in the air about 10 inches. The player should continue practicing juggling with one foot until he can juggle the ball ...
How To: Juggle a soccer ball step by step
In this tutorial, we learn how to juggle a soccer ball step by step. First, drop the ball from waist level and kick it back up so you can catch it. This will give you a better feel for the ball. Next, do the same thing but this time kick the ball twice before catching it. After this, as you get a better feel for the ball, kick it more and more before you catch it. Now, add another juggle and do this with your other foot. Keep adding more juggles in as you get better with the soccer ball. Have...
How To: Eercise proper juggling technique with a soccer ball
In this video, we learn how to exercise proper juggling technique with a soccer ball. When juggling the ball, keep it below your chin so you have complete control of the ball. When the ball is above your head there is more room for error. One way to learn is to put a bounce in between each touch of the ball, which will give you a sense of control. Also, keep it close to your body so you have a lot of control over it. When juggling the ball, do different moves and keep it under complete contro...
How To: Do Andres Iniesta's signature soccer move La Croqueta
In this video, we learn how to do Andres Iniesta's signature soccer move La Croqueta. First, while you are on the field and have the ball, you need to turn and control it. Pay attention to those around you and move around them. Move the ball from left to right around the people coming towards you. Attack the open space to free yourself up and get away from crowds of the opponents. Once you do this, you will be close to the goal. Finish off the shot by kicking the ball into the goal. From here...
How To: Play offense in soccer
This is a video tutorial in the Sports category where you are going to learn how to play offense in a game of soccer. The forward soccer position usually stays on the offensive side in order to score goals. Adrian Heath, head coach, shows you how to play the forward position properly. This is going to be a very easy and simple drill. All you are looking for is a nice little floating pass over the defender's head to your own player in the forward position. And the forward player then tries to ...
How To: Play defense in soccer
This is a video tutorial in the Sports category where you are going to learn how to play defense in soccer. Playing good defense in soccer is required to keep the ball out of your own team's goal. Adrian Heath, a professional soccer head coach, teaches you how to do this. The basics are the angle of approach and the speed of approach of the defender. You should not go too quickly or too square. If you are too square, the opponent can go outside or inside. You should be showing the opponent ei...
How To: Do the AATW (Abbas Around the World) soccer freestyle trick
This trick was designed by its creator, Abbas Farid, the famous freestyle master from the UK, and member of Monta Soccer. If you want to learn this soccer freestyle move, this video breaks it down for you. The AATW (Abbas Around the World) can be complicated for you first-timers, but once you get a handle on the tricks and combos involved, it will be as easy as kicking the football.
How To: Tackle in soccer
In this tutorial, we learn how to tackle in soccer with Adrian Heath. Tackling is important because it gets the ball back to the team to play. As you try to get the ball, the block tackle includes pushing your foot in front of the ball just as someone else has it in their play. Don't open your body up too much or it will damage your position. Keep yourself right over the top of the ball to have the best control. Practice this position as you are playing so you can a feel for how it's supposed...
How To: Flick up the ball in three different ways for freestyle soccer
You can't do any freestyle soccer moves if you can't get the ball off the ground and into a juggle. There are a lot of different ways to accomplish the flick up that range in difficulty and artistic merit. This video will show you three easy flick ups that you can do to start your freestyle combos.
How To: Do a flick NT HTW freestyle soccer trick
This is a very cool little freestyle soccer trick. It's called a flick NT HTW, and it combines a hope the world with a leg roll and a flick to create a cool combination trick. This video will teach you how to do it.
How To: Do a crossover - 360 - crossover advanced freestyle soccer trick
Are you so good at freestyle soccer that mere crossovers are boring you? Why not try this more advanced combo trick, dubbed the CO-360-CO, or crossover-360-crossover. This video will show you how to do it properly, with the key being mastering the crossover first.
How To: Turn a knee stall freestyle soccer trick into a knee fall
This easy freestyle soccer trick is called a knee fall. All you need to know to be able to do it is another easy trick called a knee stall. This allows you to transition from that to sitting and juggling, from which you can perform a whole mess of other awesome tricks.
How To: Do the Abbas Around the World freestyle soccer trick
The Abbas ATW is a variation of the around the world freestyle soccer trick where it is combined with a reverse crossover to create an awesome new combo trick. It really consists of each trick independently but performed in succession with a small toe bounce in the middle, and it looks so smooth.
How To: Do a 360 freestyle soccer trick
How do you do a 360 with a soccer ball? Like this of course, by rolling the ball around your body from a chest stall to a neck stall and back again. It looks really cool, doesn't involve hands like a lot of the roll tricks do, and is sure to impress your mates.
How To: Perform an Air Jester freestyle soccer move
If you can do an inside around the world and a crossover, you're probably good enough at freestyle soccer to learn the Air Jester. This trick invovles a lot of side movement after the inside around world setup, and is pretty sweet.
How To: Pull off a reverse toe bounce in freestyle soccer
The reverse toe bounce is a pretty easy freestyle soccer move in which the player juggles the ball up, cross a leg over the other, lets the ball toe bounce on their inside toe, then uncrosses. Using you toe to keep the ball of the ground while your leg spins is an integral element of freestyle soccer, best get good at it.
How To: Do a Knee Around the World freestyle soccer trick
Note: Must be this able to do an around the world freestyle trick to try this one.
How To: Do a hopping variation of the Touzani Around the World freestyle soccer trick
If you can do both a hop the world and an around the world, you're pretty good at freestyle soccer already. You're probably ready to learn this advanced trick, a hopping touzani around the world (HTATW). It combines the previous two trick in a graceful and acrobatic way.
How To: Do the advanced freestyle soccer move Touzani Around the World (TATW)
This freestyle soccer move is hard, we're not gonna lie. You have to already have mastered the Around the World and Crossover. If you've got all that down, you might be ready to learn a Touzani Around the World. It combines both of those tricks into one graceful flurry of legs and ball.
How To: Do a crossover freestyle soccer trick sitting down
Are your legs starting to get tired from standing up while you practice your freestyle soccer tricks all day? Here's some good new: there are tons of freestyle soccer moves that can be performed from the seated position. If you can already juggle while sitting, you're ready to learn this trick, a seated crossover.
How To: Execute side head stall freestyle soccer trick
The side of one's head is not very flat, and might not seem like the best place to balance something round and hard to balance like a soccer ball. Well, if you like freestyle soccer and you're up for a challenge, try this side head stall move out. You start with a standard head stall, then roll the ball to the side of your head and keep it there. Sounds simple, but this is a complex move you'll have to practice a lot.
How To: Transition from a neck stall to a head stall in freestyle soccer
The neck stall is a really cool-looking freestyle soccer trick, but transitioning out of it into other tricks can be, well, tricky. This video will show you how to transition from a neck stall into a head stall, from which it is pretty easy to get the ball back to your feet and move on to the next part of your routine.
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