Can i make it as a soccer player?
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I also came from a similar situation.  I grew up in a small town in Colorado and the prospect of any college looking at me was minimum to none.  There are ways around this though.  I was able to get recognition as a player when I went abroad as an exchange student to Germany.  In Germany, soccer/fussball is king to all other sports and I was able to enhance my playing capabilities by playing with a team in Germany.\nYou may not have this opportunity to travel abroad, but in the US there is a large population of hispanic men and woman that play soccer as their primary means of recreation.  If you can start playing pickup games against these weekend clubs or teams your skills will enhance dramatically.  It isn't that American based teams won't offer you the best experience, but the hispanic teams seem to offer a greater skill base.  Most of them grew up where soccer was the king sport and so they are all pretty good at it.\nYou are a Freshman, so you have ample time to hone your skills of the game.  Just get out there, find a team that will challenge your current abilities and those of your current team members on the high school league.  If you keep playing with the same people all the time, you will never truly get better as you will grow accustomed to their abilities and stop growing.\nAs far as getting picked up by a college, you can always walk on for try outs, especially on a soccer team.  Soccer teams rarely recruit players unless they have a lot of recruiting money.  Colleges tend to spend the majority of their cash on football and basketball players.  Most players who will be playing on a soccer team for a college have also walked on for their positions as well. \nBest of luck!\nMatty Gray
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Featured Links\n\nDiscover Advanced Soccer Tricks And Tactics...Free! \n\nFREE Soccer Conditioning & Fitness Course at TotalSoccerFitness.com\n \n\nPassing the Test - Soccer Passing Skills\n\nHaving learned the importance of strategy, one of the most critical skills to develop in applying it—as well as the backbone of teamwork in soccer—is passing. \n\nPassing allows your team to keep possession of the ball and find holes in the opposing team’s defense.  As a team, try to keep the ball moving and spread the defense, taking advantage of open spaces. The best way to accomplish this is to play one and two touch soccer. \n\nStrike the ball with pace so that your teammate doesn't have to wait on the ball.  A firm pass is more likely to arrive at its destination.  In terms of teamwork, the player who is the intended target of your pass must go to the ball.  At the same time though, make your teammate look good by digging out a bad pass and keep possession.\n\nAs a team, train in game-like situations, with the right kind of intensity and pressure. Anybody can play keep a way when they aren't under pressure, but only the good player can do it in a crunch. \n\nYou can recreate game-like conditions by making the areas you are playing in small so that there is constant pressure on those with the ball. Then, when you are getting the right intensity, open the game up and play in a larger area.  For example, start with 8 versus 8 in the goal box and then open up into the whole half once the intensity mimics that of a game.\n\nWhen you’re not training with the team, work on technique by kicking the ball against a wall. Make sure to use both your right and left foot. Keep your ankle locked and strike through the center of the ball with pace.  Get your body behind the ball with a uniform strong sense of balance.  \n\nIn order to become a great passer, you’re also going to need to become familiar with the different kinds of passes, and the various ways in which they are used…\n \n\nPut Your Best Foot Forward\n\nThe way in which you move the ball depends on several things, such as:\n\n·         Where it’s going\n\n·         What you want it to do when it gets there\n\n·         Who’s in the way, and\n\n·         What part of the foot you use\n\nThe first three factors depend on your own strategy, but the last one depends solely on technique:\n\nInside of the foot:  This is the most useful part of the foot to use when passing the ball. It’s the part of your foot with the most surface area, thus giving you the most control and accuracy. \n\nInside edge of the foot:  This is the same as the above but with the upper portion of your foot to bend the ball. Wrap your foot around the ball so it curves into your teammate’s feet or into an area, as with a cross or shot.\n\nOutside of the foot:  This kind of pass is used when you want to bend the ball into a teammate or into an area.  Often, your body is in a position where you can't make a simple pass.  If this is the case, try to strike through the ball.  Follow through with the upper portion of the outside of your foot.  \n\nLong passes:  This is for driving the ball into a teammate..  If you are picking a player out, you don't need to follow through the ball. Instead, strike the ball sharply and stop your follow through just after hitting it.\n\nBy fine-tuning your skills as a passer, you can significantly increase your team’s chances of success. Your victory won’t be complete, however, unless you and your teammates learn to cooperate to control the ball…\n\n \n\nPassing Standards\n\nThere’s an endless variety of patterns and drills that can help your team expand and hone its passing vocabulary. These, however, are the most important passing blueprints that you should be familiar with:\n \n\nGive and Go or Wall Pass\n\nMake a pass at an angle to a teammate and he or she plays the ball back to you after you have made a run behind the defender. \n\nThe key
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if you want to play well in soccer, join a soccer team you will have fun at the same time
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Soccer season usually starts in March or Feb. [Tryouts or Registration]..at least, it is where i am\nCheck with the club or team you want to join, they should be able to tell you.
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Well when you find out do let me know, because thats what I'm interested in becoming too. I've searched for Bios of famous soccer coaches like Bruce Arena etc.. to see where they start. My absolute best guess is once youve finished college (and its a must for this route) get a job at a highschool as a soccer coach. But you definately need to somehow contact a soccer coach and ask them.
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Just pop down your local job centre, fill in a few forms, and hey presto!\n\nBasically, if you are not signed up with a club by the age of 14, you will never play high level football.
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try your best and play your hardest and ask your cotch for help and contact some pro soccer players and ask what's the next step
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Y not .. keep working with devotion..Robin Singh is the best example for u that how quickly he made place in national team.. so play play and play :D
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You have to be very educated in playing soccer.
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ask a soccer player       .............                           i kinda think they do
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Learn from watching games and trust me this is the time to watch (the World Cup!)\nPractice!\nFind your personal style\nLook at your weaknesses and strengths:\nfocus on improving your weaknesses and get better at your strengths. \n\nHere are some tricks:\nOver: the inside of your foot goes around the ball.\nUnder: the outside of your foot goes around the ball.\nOver-under(or vice-versa): The inside goes around then the outside all in one motion\nRoll-under: the sole of you foot rolls the ball over to your other side but then you take a quick hop to get the foot that you originally rolled it with and do an under\nRoll-exit: sole of you foot rolls the ball to the middle of you body then then the outside of your foot brings it to the your outside.\nHow to do a header: DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES WHEN YOU DO A HEADER! Try to hit it with your forehead or else it will hurt!!!\n\nIf you need more help you can IM me at: soccerallstar4444 \n\n--i use yahoo! messenger
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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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I played soccer for 14 years before an injury took me out of the game. My favorite time to play was when I was inexperienced. I had the most fun. It didn't matter if I scored a goal on my own team, I was just out there having a good time. You can't walk onto the field and play like Mia Hamm. It takes practice, and the best way to learn is from making mistakes. Go out, and have a good time, and give it your best. Thats all anyone can ask.
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There's a lot of useful information at this website:\n\nhttp://sportsvl.com/soccer/general/training.html\n\nBelieve in yourself. \nWork at it. \nNever give up. \n \nGood luck!
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so what u dont believe me now, OF COURSE GIRLS CAN PLAY SOCCER!!! stop being such a punk :p, and yes i did score 17 goals and i told u it was advanced soccer so u can score up to 50 goals it depends on the timeing of the game. by the way when we talk your soooooo died!!!! \n\np.s i still love u but your such a punk :p
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there are soccer leagues all over the place.  your state should have a youth soccer organization and an adult organization.  al you have to do is call and they can get you hooked up with a team.
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there are hundreds of options to play proffessional soccer, however none are the equivalance of any top men's league. the best are in sweden and other european nations. the top one use to the be the WUSA in the USA but it folded due to lack of corporate sponsership however man forgein players play in the semi-pro Y-League\n\njust look around and keep and open mind :)