What should I do to become an excellent soccer player??
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The best thing is live help from someone in person (coach)\nThe second is just as important: practice, practice, practice. That is what distinguishes European teams from teams like Guatemala, Central America. Guatemala has good players, but they practice less than 5 hours a week, and they are the national team of a 14 million person country.\nPS: Nothing happens overnight or with magic.
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Practice with the ball at least half an hour a day. You might want to consider hiring a personal trainer because they do help A LOT. You might also want to play with a bunch of people so you can practice your defensive stance, and technique attacking the ball....\n\nDon't attack the ball... have patience and shuffle backwards... that way you are slowing down the play, and giving your team mates time to come back and cover opponents... it really does make all the difference... \n\nGood luck!
645168
You have to be very educated in playing soccer.
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what do you mean? you are not good enough so you would like to get better for next year?\nif so, you should start by getting in really good shape. coaches always like players who are in good shape. then work on your fundamentals like passing, dribbling and DEFENSE. definately defense.  after you master that, then you can work on shooting.  most coaches would choose a defensive player over an offensive player any day
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Steps:\n1.  Prepare for preseason training. This two-week period can be torture for the unprepared player - or it can be manageable for the physically fit one.\n \n2.  Enter freshman year in good shape. A player who does this is in the minority and has a tremendous advantage.\n \n3.  Become familiar with the program. Go to the high school training and observe the team.\n \n4.  Attend freshman, JV and varsity high school soccer games in the fall of 8th grade to understand the level of play.\n \n5.  Introduce yourself to the high school coach and tell the coach you look forward to playing.\n \n6.  Ask the high school coach or trainer how to best prepare for the season.\n \n7.  Seek out players already on the team for advice and support.\n \n \nTips:\nExpect a big commitment. High school soccer goes beyond many earlier programs. You can expect to play two or three games a week.\n \nPrepare for lots of practice. Practice may be held on every non-game day.\n \nStrike a balance. Learn early on how to juggle academics with soccer.\n \nBrace yourself for the possibility of being cut from the team - something that doesn't often happen in earlier years.
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I played keeper last year it a hard job and a easy job.Like the first guy said work on falling or they will score on you all today.Make sure to work on your punts and free kicks, goal kicks.Practice alot it does make a different.And when it one on one you versus the forward or the attacker charged them if your in HS most kid get scared and mess and stretch your body when you charged the attacker.And comfort in the goal box.Good luck
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"Now in order to become a great footballer you need a variety of different skills. You need to have good ball control/handling for often in a game you can get in pressured situations where you need to be very comfortable with the ball."\n\n"This brings me to a quote from a fellow soccer lover "Treat the soccer ball like a good friend or even a girlfriend." This meant that you should consider the ball as a part of you, "Be one with the soccer ball." Like any team sport without a good team player attitude you will get nowhere. Let me rephrase that, you need good people skills."\n\n"I ,and many other soccer players, feel creativity is a key element. Coaches can drive technical skills, and routine into young players minds which is doing them a disservice. It is teaching them to always do the same thing…not good."\n\n"On your way to become a great soccer player you will need to practice but just how much practice is needed? Around 5 hours a week for kids ages 12-15 should do the trick. "you need different amounts for different ages" quoted my past soccer coach."\n\n"You should have enough practice to make you feel you have learned something. In addition to all this you need to always be prepared to train by living a sport friendly lifestyle, which is free of alcohol etc."\n\n""The greatest players are the ones who practice by themselves and push their team mates." explained John (a online soccer expert)."
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That depends of many circumstances. How old are you? What position do you play? Are you male or female?\n         For starters , you have to have talent to play sports. And, of course, practice a lot. I am from Argentina, and we used to play almost every day for as long as we could.\nFirst, you have to learn to handle the ball.This you can do for yourself. Kick and kick and kick the ball until the ball goes to where you sent it. Then, try to watch as many games as you can. But not just to do what the other players do. Analize the game to see for yourself what work and what does not, because even profesionals players, making lots of moneys, make lots of mistakes. Also, playing defense it is easier to play playmaker or offense. Defense only have to kick the ball away from the opponent, and do the job.To create plays and score it is a lot more difficult.\n     I have a younger brother who didn't have much talent for soccer, but he practice a lot since he was nine or ten, and he became an excellent player and I took him to play for my team everywhere. So, good luck to you.  Ben
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With whom are you going to train. If you are training by yourself it's going to be really hard. Soccer is team sport so the best advice is to be training with some people. Training with other people is not only more fun, i think it's the only way to accomplish something.\n\nI'm a soccer player myself at a reasonable level in the Netherlands. I only train 2 times a week for 2 hours. This gives me enough practice to act at this level.\n\nI assume you play at a higher level so I think a training of 4 hours a day would be more than enough. Professional soccer players in the Netherlands train about an average of 6 hours a day. When training that much know that it's best to consult a physician.\n\nGood luck with training.
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First you need to get your ass in shape. Try finding some soccer leagues in your age range that you can play. Also, do alot of running, if you've played before you'll know that soccer is a constant running game.....especially if you play midfield. When I was in High School over the winter I would play on 4 different teams so I could keep in shape. You don't have to go to that extreme but try going to an indoor faculty, they're always looking for teams/players.
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hi speed demon , whats u p?/\n\nher's the answer\n\n\nbrazil - dont let them dominate you , play 4-4-2 or 5-3-1 but your defence should be top quality . switzerland lacked in the defence lats night and thats y they lost . and u should have young talent in ur forward.\n\nportugal - u should have an attacking gamrplan for the mand speciall for cron and deco , goalies should be great and ur midfield should be right on target.\n\nfrance - just play good in all 4 departments and they will be pressurized and take the pressure as an advantage and win the matcgh 1!!\n\nitaly - bribe the refrees !!! lol . you have to be perfect in ur forward , great forward line is essential . dont let the italians take the game away from you , you have to be mentaly snrtorng as well as physically.\n\ngermany - defence is the key against them . they have a great forward line . you shouldnt give them lot of chances to their strikers . fast gameplay .\n\nargentina - they lack in midfield but their defence and forward line is extremely great . you have to take advanatage of the midfield and play good soccer all 90 minutes\n\nspain - just play nicely in the departments ,do your job nicely ,assing should be great against them AND DONTLET THEIR MIDFIELD TO GIVE EASY SHOTS TO RAUL OR TORRES .\n\nengland - play good soccer , try to pressurize the mand dominate them .\n\nthe main key to win is to play great soccer ,it doesn matter which team u r playing . nut ur gampelay shoul d be good.\n\nthanks
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Practice, but make sure you are working on the areas of your game that need the most improvement.  Work on your off foot, juggling with both feet, and if you can, find someone to work with you on different skills such as shooting, passing, trapping, and heading to name a few.  The more touches you get on the ball the better off you will be.  There are aspects of the game that can only be improved by playing, but you can work on your skills alone.
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The top thing you can do is practice for 2 hours twice a day. One major thing you need to practice for is "ball controle" just dribble the ball inbetween your feet and try not to look at your feet when you do this. It will give you more controle over the ball and it will help you to not look at your feet every 5 seconds. And another thing. Watch as many online soccer clips and soccer games on the tv. And when I say this I mean it. Dont for get to practice every day.
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You can play and become better if you practice a lot, but its kind of hard to become really good, most people that play soccer start at an early age, you also need a lot of experience in order to be a good player, but you can try to play and practice and you will become better
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Learn how to play soccer really good I mean Amazing   \nin one of the 32 countries of the world cup
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Soccer can be a tough sport to train for. Soccer athletes must have not only an endurance base, but also the ability to sprint at full speed for short distances.  Try this workout once or twice a week, it will give you more endurance without taking away from your speed.\n\nWarm up: 1/2 mile\n\nWork out: Use a 2:1 Rest Ratio (ex. if it takes 30seconds to run 150m, then rest for 1:00 before the 200m) \n\n50m-100m-150m-200m-250m-200m-150m-100m-50m \n\nRepeat the pyramid one or two more times depending on how tired you are.
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Play more competitive competition with better teamates\n\nIdentify your weaknesses and construct strategies in improving your play in those areas\n\nIdentify oppononents main weakness and focus your training on those areas