Complete Soccer Guide 
Beating players opens up the field. It creates new opportunities because opposing players must leave their mark to put pressure on the ball.
Beating players helps you create opportunities to shoot, cross, or pass.
You become an asset to your team when you beat opposing players consistently. You become deadly because you can create constant opportunities.
Vision is the ability to see potential passes.
For example, a player with mediocre passing ability only sees what’s directly in front of him. He passes the ball to a forward with a defender on his back.
A player with good vision will quickly scan the field and find a better pass. He sees the forward is marked tightly, looks right, sees the right winger can’t shake his man, then looks left. He sees a hole in the defense. He passes the ball through the hole into space and the left winger runs to the ball.
Soccer tennis is a fun game that helps players develop their juggling ability.
It’s played on a tennis court or grass. A net is ideal but not necessary.
Read this article to learn how to set up a soccer tennis “court” and the guidelines of soccer tennis.
Getting cut from a soccer tryout stings.
Every player feels anger, sadness, frustration, or all three emotions in the days, weeks, and months afterwards.
Getting cut from a team doesn’t have to negatively impact your career. This article covers the steps you should take after you don’t make a soccer team to turn a “failure” into a positive experience:
Has this ever happened to you?
Your playing your first game for your new team. Your coach was impressed by your ability in practice so he put you in the starting 11.
A teammate passes you the ball and while it’s rolling the thoughts “I’m going to mess up” and “I can’t do this” pop into your head.
Every player has gotten nervous before a tryout or game and many get nervous every time.
In my experience there are two types of players:
Effective communication will improve the effectiveness of your team. It can be the difference between victory or defeat.
It can be the difference between scoring the goal that results in a college scholarship or being ignored while wide open.
Learning communication is easy. Focus on it for a month and it will become second nature.
Stretching increases flexibility, prevents injuries, and improves performance.
Most players stretch wrong.
They stretch before playing (use soccer warmup drills instead), hold stretches for the wrong length of time, and do the wrong stretches for soccer.
A good active warmup prevents injuries and gets players in the right mindset.
We highly recommend an active warmup over static stretching. Static stretching may increase injuries.
We know you want to start playing as soon as possible, but warming up is worthwhile. Your chances of getting injured will decrease and you will play better.
