The Catenaccio or The Chain System in football is an ultra-defensive football tactic, aimed at shutting down the opposition defensively and then catching them on the break as they try their best to find a breakthrough. In Italian, the term Catenaccio means ‘door bolt’ and the system in football relies heavily on a highly organized as well as […]
If you’re looking for ways to improve football skills individually, you’ve come to the right place. I know that football team practice sometimes just isn’t enough if you want to become great. Just take a look at most of the great football players in activity. They always say that they spend a lot of hours […]
Football is a great game to be played, but it’s also a great game to be watched. Someone that’s not familiar with football might wonder what exactly it is that makes it the most popular sport on the planet. Just like basketball has its slam dunks and alley oops, baseball its home runs or boxing […]
Let’s face it, even if you’re not much of a football player, knowing how to handle a few football tricks can mean a world of difference in your friends circle. Improving on your football tricks and skills isn’t just for impressing your friends and the ladies though. They can also get your match performance to […]
Meticulous practice, an improved sense of controlling the ball and effective use of the multitude football skills during a match differentiates players who can play ‘better’ football from average players who can merely “kick a ball”. If you want to become the next Diego Maradona , Ronaldinho or even Tony Philliskirk you need to adopt […]
The goalkeeper’s job is certainly the toughest of all football players, since whereas a defender, midfielder or attacker can get off with a couple of mistakes every now and then, a goalkeeper’s mistakes are a lot more visible. To complicate things even further, modern goalkeepers have even more attributions than before: they need to coordinate […]
Goals are the salt and pepper of football and they can only be scored by either shooting, or heading the ball. Heading the ball is an unnatural process, whereas kicking the ball is quite a natural “need” that humans have, deep down. How many times have you walked on the street and instinctively kicked a […]
There are many different ways of kicking the ball. In order to kick the ball to the direction that we want, it requires high level of skills. Kicking methods can be divided as follows: Kick the ball by using foot instep When using foot instep to kick, make sure that the foot you use be […]