The Best Seven Soccer Dribbling Tips

May 29th, 2010 by soccer

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Intro to Soccer Dribbling
One thing you need to keep in mind about soccer dribbling is to never play solo just to show people how skillful you are. Dribbling is only justified when you can’t find a free teammate that you can pass the ball to. However, if you can find an unmarked teammate within a striking distance, then passing the ball to him should always be your number one option.

1. Maintain your center of gravity
The center of gravity is extremely important for your dribbling skills. To give you an idea of how the center of gravity works, you could draw an imaginary line form your torso to the ground. The center of your gravity would be located between your feet. If you were too close your feet and stand, your center of gravity would lie beyond your feet and you will fall and lose equilibrium. But if you were to spread your feet and squat a little, you would be able to maintain your center of gravity. Maradona was a master at combining his center of gravity together with his dribbling skills which made him almost impossible to stop.

2. Study your opponents
It’s important for you to study your opponents before you actually play the game. If you have never faced a player before, I recommend you to spy at him during the warm up in order to identify his weak sides.

3. Avoid performing the same move too often
When you are playing a game, never try out the same dribbling moves more than 2 times on the same defender. If you use the same dribbling techniques over and over again, your opponents will soon or later figure out how to stop you.

4. Always look in the direction that you moving
Don’t look at the ball when you are dribbling, instead look at your opponent and the direction that you are going. Lots of young players as well as experienced players are known to make this mistake.

5. Keep the ball close to your feet
Keep the ball close to your feet while you are dribbling. If the ball is far away from your feet, your opponent will surely be able to clear the ball away from you.

6. Use your both feet
If you really want to be good at dribbling, I recommend you to learn how to dribble by using your both feet.

7. Don’t be too predictable
If you were extremely predictable, then you would not achieve anything with your dribbling, even if you have great dribbling skills.

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