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How to Beat a Player in Soccer

How to Beat a Player in Soccer

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.

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How to Develop Vision in Soccer

How to Develop Vision in Soccer

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.

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6 Steps to Follow If You Don’t Make a Soccer Team

What to do if you don't make a soccer team

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:

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Soccer Shooting Tips

Soccer Shooting Tips

Technique isn’t the only aspect of shooting you should focus on.

I constantly see players with good shots that could score more goals if they made simple tweaks to their play.

This article will cover everything important about shooting a soccer ball that isn’t covered in our articles How to Shoot a Soccer Ball With Power and Accuracy, How to Kick a Soccer Ball, and 7 Types of Soccer Shots.

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Soccer Dribbling Tips

It’s important to learn how to dribble properly. While the other page on The Complete Soccer Guide focuses on technique, this page provides general dribbling tips.

These tips will help you improve your dribbling ability. Make sure to apply them the next time you’re on the pitch.

Here’s 12 soccer dribbling tips:

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9 Soccer Ball Control Tips

Ball control isn’t a flashy skill, but it’s very important. In my opinion it’s the most important skill in soccer. Without it, you’re nearly useless on the pitch.

Use these tips to improve your ball control. Work at it daily and you will notice improvements fast.

Here’s 9 soccer ball control tips:

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