how can I improve my football skills?
405590
As with everything in life, practice makes perfect! Perseverance and persistence with sheer determination and the will to succeed also helps as well as maybe even trying to get some coaching.  Good luck and make a difference in the future!
1171849
join a good football team. I'm a scout and go 5 matches a day. then try to apply for the Gary Neville school of soccer it has many scouts looking for talent. Blackburn has the best opportunities!
589980
get a heck of a lot better at a lot of different sports
587945
The best thing that i have seen to do and done to improve FG % is to have a goal at home, even a portable one for 150 from wal-mart works, work on just shooting, if you don't make the shot run to the ball and shoot as fast as u can,dont think about it let it begin to come naturally without thinking just shooting
839029
Like the previous guy said, you just have to keep your mind on the job. Obviously, when you are surrounded by people you know, your confidence is high, but when you play with others, your confidence won't be quite as high. Well, I would suggest that you try to play more and more games with other people. Try changing the people with whom you play.\nI have the same problem. When I play with my closest friends, I play really well, but when I play with others as team-mates, I panic too qucikly coz I don't know what is expected of me. In fact, I have even scored 3 own goals : )\nSo, you shouldn't be too worried about it, coz a lot of people have the same problem. Indeed, Sevilla's Jesus Navas suffers from homesickness, but he is still recognised as a top player.\nWell, I would recommend that you try to see somebody to build up your confidence when surrounded by others. Perhaps, you should try a public speaking course or join a drama group. Of course, this does not have any relation with football, but it will help you build up confidence when surrounded by total strangers. I joined a drama group, and with having to perform in front of strangers every month, I have slowly built up my confidence, and I have been playing more like myself when playing with others rather than my best friends.\nWell, hope that helped you...
995631
Well you should definitely practice a lot. You also might want to start playing on a summer team. I play defense and I joined a summer team and I feel like I am improving
748238
Whew.  There's no one single thing which will make you successful.  Good conditioning and good technique are actually more important than strength (at the Pop Warner and High School levels anyway).  D line play is all about technique, actually.  \n\nKnow your assignments, and refine your techniques for getting off blocks.  On runs, your goal should be to clog the inside and create a pile at the line of scrimmage.  You also want to tie up the weakside guard if you are lined up in front of him to prevent him from making a block on the inside linebacker.  This will free the linebacker up to make the tackle.  \n\nOn passes, get a good push upfield, and even if you don't get to the QB, make sure you raise your arms up high just before the QB releases the ball to cut down his field of vision and passing lanes and try to tip the pass.  \n\nUse your hands to grab hold of the offensive lineman's jersey (keeping your hands inside of his shoulders to avoid getting called for a flagrant defensive holding penalty) and use the "rip" and "swim" techniques to shed the block.  I don't recommend the "spin" as it rarely works, unless you have this technique down 100% and are fast enough to pull it off.  Most importantly, when you feel the pressure of the the blocker blocking you one way, fight to get to the other side, as that's where the play is.   \n\nIn practice, practice your techniques against the best OL on your team so you will improve.  If you don't, you are only cheating yourself.\n\nBut as far as exercise, concentrate on squats and bench press.  Try to gain weight (if you need to) as this will help prevent you from getting pushed off the line of scrimmage.  \n\nWind sprints are a must, as this will help your conditioning.  If you are well conditioned, you can go 100% on every play, and tire out the lineman blocking you.  If you play every snap like a madman  because you are well conditioned, and you have relatively good technique, you will be successful.  \n\nYou don't need a lot of talent, you just need to be willing to work hard, especially in practice, and have good conditioning.  Good luck.
503876
NICE ...check out http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com for ideas to improve
91073
what you should go is practice juggleing with a hacky sack, that helps with your feet skills, then later on use a real ball. Also work on sprinting, you have to be fast so you can beat people to the ball. Basically work on the fundementals even if you already know them you still need to practice them so you get better, one touch passes, trapping the ball before it bounces all that stuff.
386630
Run, you can build your wind and Lung capacity before summer Practice and it will continue to grow during practice. Also doing agility drill like 3 cone drill and the L drill will increase your agility on defense and your route running capability at tight end. The most beneficial work out for a football player- Core Workouts and for goodness sake stay off the ground, you don't use your core in football like you do when you do sit-ups. Standing Medicine ball chest pass and medicine ball granny throw like shooting a basket ball granny style but straight up, both will strengthen your core and help you take on blockers and make the big hit.
710918
Try playing with your friends and tell them to run the ball and you try to tackle them or somthing like that also try do a lot of weight lifting and bench a lot so you can tackle better adn try to improve your runnin skills to prevent the blockers from blocking you.
895189
What is necessary to be a good DT is penetration through the gap.  I would try squatting as it works on your burst which is beneficial for a DT to succeed.  You are young so I don't expect much but start doing that and you'll see a difference.  \n\nAlso, polymetrics is the place to go no matter what.  Go and google or wikipedia it and you'll find all you need to know.  It is key in burst, acceleration and explosiveness.  It will hurt a lot at first but it works so well!\n\nAnother underrated thing to do is go out and jog maybe a mile or two per day.  It increases your stamina which is one of the most underrated things in football.  It'll help you have a good motor all game.  \n\nDo not forgot to work out your arms of course but legs come first.
495595
Strength is important, but is not your main concern for improvement. You need to work on your backwards and lateral movement. I assume during warm ups and positional drills, your coach has you do lateral shuffles and karioka/crossover drills. You need to work on those over and over; work on imcreasing your speed and most importantly keeping your balance while doing them. Same thing goes for backward movement. You need to work on running backwards while keeping your balance and not letting your weight shift backwards. If you lean backwards and the tight end curls around quickly, you're either going to lose a step and be out of position, or end up falling. You also need to get used to watching the QB's eyes, shoulders, and movements during practice. I don't really know of any way to improve that on your own, just have to focus on it during practice time.
803567
1st get madden 07 . . .then try to adjust the level of play,if you're on all-madden you can also make the computer smarter by adjusting by going to my madden,gameplay settings,A.I.,go to cpu and adjust any setting you think need to be bettersuch as qb accuracy,pass blocking, or on defense,awareness,interceptions,tackling . . . this can also be done on madden 06 too
163915
Work hard and then harder practice and practice some more!\nThen pester coaches for good teams near you until they have to give you a try out or see how much you want to play.  Then the rest is up to you!\nBest wishes
508313
At only 13 you have a variety of things to try. Corner and WR being most obvious. Don't listen to the "you are too short" stuff. You will grow and the experience you get now will help in the future. Where do YOU feel comfortable playing? Talk to the coach and ask for an honest assessment of your skills. Hell, try out for LineBacker if you have the heart for it.
721960
The below link is to the Football Coaches Professional Growth Association. Maybe they can give you the advise you need.