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How To: Kick a ball to get different spins on the ball
In this video, professional soccer player Chris Murray, who play for the Wilmington Hammerheads, shows you how to properly kick a soccer ball. Different kicks provide different types of movement and are performed with different areas of the foot.
How To: Do a driven free kick
This video instructs the viewer on how to do a powerful Driven Free kick for soccer. First, you will need to come on to the ball and strike it with your in-step. Your in step is the inner part of your foot that is right next to the laces. The most important tip is that when you do strike the ball, come through the ball and not around it! Finish with a hop at the end which will create more power! You'll want to kick the ball just under the center for proper height and maximum power. Kick the b...
How To: Kick a soccer ball & do a drive pass
In this video from Livestrong we learn how to kick a soccer ball and do a drive pass. Adrian Heath, the head coach of the Austin Aztex, teaches this. It is demonstrated by members of his team in this video. To do a drive pass you want your left foot by the side of the ball, laces kicked through the middle of the ball and drag straight through the center of the ball and straight away through it. Drive through the middle of it. The drive pass is important to learn in soccer because it is a very...
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: Teach kids how to kick a soccer ball
When kicking a soccer ball to achieve the best kick you do not want to kick with your toes, you want to kick where your shoe laces are. To kick the ball you don't want your non kicking foot to far behind the ball because this leads to a toe kick. In fact, you want your non kicking foot to be right beside the ball so that when your kicking foot goes to kick the ball it is not a completed kick. This causes the lace part of your shoe to kick the ball. When kicking with the top of your foot it sh...
How To: Curve a soccer ball
In this video from lkobet1 we learn how to curve a soccer ball. It is very useful for free kicks and set pieces. First you need to focus on getting a good position on the ball. Set up the ball on a really good piece of grass. Put your foot where you will land to kick it. Take a few steps back. Kick the ball with the side of your foot, not your instep. Come through the ball and across your body. That's the key to curving it. Coming through the ball when you kick with your leg will make the bal...
How To: Do the freestyle football move "around the world"
Learn the freestyle move called "around the world" or also known as ATV. This is done with a football or as Americans would call it, a soccer ball. Newer freestylers should start this trick from foot stop which is just balancing the ball on the top of your foot. In the video it is done while bouncing the ball on the foot which is more advanced. A common mistake to avoid is to kick the ball up and then move your foot around, you need a single fluid movement. ATV can be done either inside or ou...
How To: Do Fernando Torres's signature soccer move The Drive
This video is demonstrated completely through visual movement and accompanied with a brief written description. A young man speeds down the soccer field with a ball and scores a goal. His signature move leading up to the goal is broken down into very specific methods of movement, the first of which is a high speed attack as he races down the field. The next method to this signature move is the weight shift, in which the goal scorer shifts his weight, along with the ball, from foot to foot to ...
How To: Do a Nike Go Long soccer drill w/ Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Nike Bootcamp brings you this soccer training video. Learn how to Go Long with this pro soccer drill. It’s that laser-guided pass in the dying seconds of a game that can make the difference between ninety deadlocked minutes and three vital points. Watch Klaas Jan Huntelaar’s masterclass in grasscutting distribution and you’ll soon learn one of Nike Bootcamp’s most valuable lessons: master Go Long, and you’ll go far. Brush up on those soccer drills with this soccer training video from Nike Boo...
How To: Do the Step it Up Nike soccer drill w/ Andrés Iniesta
Step up your game with Andrés Iniesta in Nike Bootcamp's Drill of the Week. When a game's deadlocked and there's no room for manoeuvre, it's the fastest feet that open up space for a match-clinching moment of magic. Now do what The Man says: shoot. Score. Relax. Nike bootcamp brings you this pro soccer drill training video. Brush up on your soccer skills & learn how to do the Step It Up soccer drill.
How To: Do the Dual Goals soccer drill with Nike Bootcamp
Running and scoring. Two things you can never get enough of. It’s a simple formula: grab one ball, two goals and four cones. Add a combination of electric pace and razor sharp finishing. What do you get? Dual Goals: this week’s featured Nike Bootcamp drill. Brush up on your soccer skills. Nike Bootcamp brings you this pro soccer drill training video: learn how to do the Dual Goals drill.
How To: Do the Rebound soccer drill with Nike Bootcamp
Bounce back to full fitness in time for the new season with "Rebound", the latest Bootcamp drill of the week. This one's all about control. Twist and turn with the ball glued to your toe, then knock an inch-perfect pass and accelerate as you receive it back. Constant movement and constant control - two ingredients for next season's complete footballer. Nike bootcamp brings you this pro soccer drill training video. Brush up on your soccer skills and learn how to do the Rebound soccer drill.
How To: Do a Running Volley soccer drill with Nike Bootcamp
You run. You volley. It sounds like the most natural thing in the world. But perfecting your finishing on the move calls for hours of training before you’re skilled enough to send the ball crashing into the top corner instead of row Z. Outfield players, sit up and take note. Keepers, get low and take cover: Bootcamp's clinical Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar is about to bring the latest drill of the week to life. Nike Bootcamp brings you this pro soccer training video. Brush up on your socc...
How To: Do the Nike soccer drill Shoot with Andrés Iniesta
A soccer ball. A 60 metre course. Nets at either end. And an instinctive hunger for goals. That’s all you’ll need for ‘Shoot’ – the latest Nike Bootcamp Drill of the Week. Watch a maestro at work, as Barcelona’s Andrés Iniesta shows how to shake off those tired legs and fire your team to glory in the dying seconds of a crucial match. Nike Bootcamp brings you this pro soccer drill training video. Brush up on your soccer skills with Andrés Iniesta and learn how to do the soccer drill Shoot.
How To: Do a High Gears soccer drill with Nike Bootcamp
Who would you back in a race between a scooter and a sports car? And which would you rather be driving? Changing speed is at the heart of top-level soccer performance, so every player needs a smooth-changing gearbox to win the races that matter over ninety minutes. Nike Bootcamp's High Gears drill gives you the tune-up you need to shift up and down the gears with ease when that match-winning sprint is on – for the loose ball, the last-ditch tackle, or that glimmer of a goalscoring chance. Nik...
How To: Do the Chest and Go soccer drill with Andrés Iniesta
Stopping the soccer ball with your chest is a skill. Controlling it is an art. See how Barcelona hero Andrés Iniesta hones his touch with ‘Chest and Go’ – the latest Bootcamp Drill of the Week. Keep the ball close as you drive forward, then flick it up, control it with a deft chest trap, and spank it into the waiting net. Speed, balance, and explosive finishing – it’s the killer combination that only Nike Bootcamp delivers. Nike Bootcamp brings you this pro soccer drill training video. Brush ...
How To: Successfully learn the Elastico trick
Learn the Elastico trick with this how-to video! 1. Decide which direction you want to fake with a soccer ball. 2. While leaning to the right, slide foot over the soccer ball (faking right). 3. Slide foot, blocking ball, causing it to bounce the other direction. 4. Make sure you keep your foot as close to the ball as possible to increase effectiveness of the fake. 5. Practice makes perfect. Skilled soccer kids show you how to perfect the elite soccer move, The Elastic.
How To: Do dribble tricks in soccer
In this tutorial, the author Carilho gives great text and visual examples of how to do soccer dribble tricks to improve the most inexperienced player. In each trick he also gives an estimated time that the player would need to practice to be able to successfully do each trick.
How to Do dribble tricks: Ronldinho, backheel & pullback
To perform the Ronldinho trick you must drag the ball with the inside of your foot in a sweeping motion, this puts you and the ball into a movement, instead of dribbling out of a standstill. To perform the back heel you must step over the ball and push it with your heel to the leg behind. To perform the pullback you have to kick the ball to the other leg, then you stop it at the top, and then you pull the ball back.
How to Freestyle soccer: "New shit" trick
Oliver Cherek, a.k.a., oLi, shows you how to perform a new freestyle football trick called "New Shit," invented by Soufiane Touzani.
How To: Defend a soccer corner kick
In this sports video tutorial, Adrian Heath, Head Coach of Austin Aztex explains how to defend a soccer corner kick. Corner is awarded to the opponent when the ball goes over the goal line after touching a defender. If the ball is close to the goal post, the goal keeper catches the ball. In case the ball is kicked wide of the goal post and lands in the penalty area, a defender kicks the ball out over the side line or passes to another member of the defending team. If the ball is directed slig...
News: Kid Juggles Soccer Balls Like a Circus Seal
The art of juggling + serious freestyle soccer skills = talented Polish kid who (with a little practice) could possibly fit into a Cirque du Soleil act...
How To: Choose soccer cleats
Learn how to choose soccer cleats. If you’re a soccer player, you know how important a good pair of cleats are. They’re everything.
How To: Make corner kick in Soccer
Put your team in a position to score by mastering the art of the corner kick. Strive to be like Beckham. Master the corner kick with this soccer guide from Howcast.
How To: Practice long throw ins like Rory Challinor
With Stoke's Rory Delap terrorising defences with his long throw this season, former Tranmere player Dave Challinor explains the technique required to be 'king of the flingers'. Hand placement and grip is really important to sending that ball sailing. Practice long throw ins like Rory Challinor.
How To: Practice Lampard and Smith's keepy-up game
Frank Lampard and Kelly Smith show a fun way to improve your control using your head, shoulders, knees and toes. This is a mid level practice and drill for younger kids. Practice Lampard and Smith's keepy-up game.
How To: Practice freestyle tricks Maradona's Around the world
Ball Fusion footballer Ollie Hayes shows you how to master the original freestyle trick - Around the world. This is a trick from soccer great Argentinian Diego Maradona. It is a classic juggling move.
How To: Practice Brazilian soccer skills: The Rai flick
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the Rai flick. The Rai flick is a classic Brazilian move to beat a defender. This is a dramatic move where you send the ball in an arch. Now take it high over your head on an advancing defender. Take the ball between your heels and launch it. Practice Brazilian soccer skills: The Rai flick.
How To: Practice Brazilian soccer skills: The Ronaldo chop
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the Ronaldo chop. Beat a defender with the Ronaldo Chop. This is a fast break move to fly by a defender or goalkeeper. Cut the ball behind the back heel and charge at the defender to chop to the side. Practice Brazilian soccer skills: The Ronaldo chop.
How To: Beat your opponent at soccer with the Zico
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the Zico. This is a classic way to beat the defender the Brazilian way- with flourish and style. The Zico is a 180 spin turn to keep the foot tight on the outside of the foot. It is seen as one touch. Beat your opponent at soccer with the Zico.
How To: Practice Brazilian soccer skills: Stepover 2
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the 'Ronaldo stepover 2'. Beat the defenders the Brazilian way. The Ronaldo 2 is the same Ronaldo move but you flick the starting leg behind the ball. Practice Brazilian soccer skills: Stepover 2.
Practice the Brazilian skill: Robinho stepover
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the Robinho stepover. This is a classic Brazilian move to beat a defender. Start with a figure eight over the bay and then take the ball to the side and stop. Practice the Brazilian skill: Robinho stepover.
How To: Beat defenders with Brazilian move the Combination
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the combination. You combine the Ronaldo with the step over and finishing with the Ronaldinho Elastics! Great way to sail by a defender looking like a pro! Beat defenders with Brazilian move the Combination.
How To: Practice Brazilian moves like the Leonardo
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the 'Leonardo'. Beat players the Brasilian way with crazy foot skills. Practice Brazilian moves like the Leonardo.
How To: Warm down and recover after a practice or hard game
Warm down after exercise with this typical Premiership routine from Reading FC Academy manager Eamonn Dolan. A cool down is vitally important to avoid lactic acid build up that makes you sore and stiff in the following days. Warm down and recover after a practice or hard game.
How To: Practice turning, dribbling and running with the ball
Reading FC Academy Manager Eamonn Dolan takes you through some simple turning drills. These are important for every player on the field to turn on a defender. Running, turning and dribbling with the ball is important to moving the soccer ball up the field. You can practice with a square as a group. Practice turning, dribbling and running with the ball.
How To: Practice shooting drills for strikers
Reading FC Academy Manager Eamonn Dolan takes you through some simple shooting drills. These are great basic drills for forwards or strikers to practice finishing. The shot is critical for obvious reasons. He covers volleys, bouncing balls and the knee/head placement in the shot. Practice shooting drills for strikers.
How To: Practice advanced passing drills
Reading FC Academy Manager Eamonn Dolan takes you through some advanced passing drills. Basic soccer drills for passing so that you can up your game. The passing square drill is a team drill that teaches passing. Practice advanced passing drills.
How To: Score on a break away one on one with the keeper
Jason Roberts shows you how to score when you are one-on-one with the goalkeeper. This is most used when you are on a break away against a GK. This is important for strikers and forwards. Remember you have the advantage over the keeper. Goalies will come out strong, be ready to counter. Score on a break away one on one with the keeper.
How To: Practice Brazilian soccer skills: Ronaldinho elastic
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the 'Ronaldinho elastic'. Beat players the Brazilian way like Ronaldinho! The Ronaldinho Elastic has you pivot on one leg and move from a standing position to move your foot over the ball and back as if one touch. Practice Brazilian soccer skills: Ronaldinho elastic.