Being able to kick the ball hard is a good skill to have but soccer isn't based on that, soccer is about who is better at controlling the ball and who play the game the smartest. Something very common in soccer is players tricking opponents. "On offense, the trickiest players are most likely to score goals" (MacKay, 81). Players who are tricky with the ball at their feet are bound to get past defenders the easiest.
In this pic you can see how the defender is planted to the right, I faked her into going to that side by putting my body in a position to make her think I was going to that side and make her commit. Then I took the ball to the other side in that quick moment that she was unbalanced.
An easy drop of the shoulders to one side and taking a touch with the ball to the other side will fool a defender easily. It is all about how good you fake it, you have to sell your body into it so that the opponent really believes you are going one way when you are really going the other way.
There are many ways you can trick your opponents. My favorite move is called the scissors, it is a super easy move to master. Other moves you can look up and practice are the Maradona, step over, croift, and simply leaning to one side real quick to make the player step.
Which one of these moves sounds interesting to you just by their names?
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