Fear

[cigar omar]

Don't panic, just know what you're going to do with the ball before you do it.  Be aware of what's around you.  It's not a good idea to take people on as a defender.  Unless you're an outside back and pushed up in the attack or something.  Bit too risky if it's a close game

If you mean natural and instinctively knowing what your going to do next?

'Because I've noticed when I'm thinking about what I'm going to do with the ball while its rolling towards me it leads to some kind of major screw up.  Its like every time you have the ball and your headed towards the goal against the keeper only and you 'think' about how your going to finish you almost always miss or lose the ball. I call it finishing before you finish. It happens to everyone.  :dontknow:

Looking up and straight away knowing >>> thinking.

it's not natural or instinctive... but u can't be too conscious of what ur doing.  thinking too much about things are distractions.  u can't focus on what ur doing.  and thinking about NOT missing or doing something wrong, gets ur mind thinking about the negative outcomes.  since ur subconscious doesn't register negatives.... "don't do this again" will become "do this again" and u'll end up making more mistakes.

remember there are four stages in learning a skill.

unconscious incompetence --> conscious incompetence --> conscious competence --> unconscious competence

Alright Dr. Edward.

[AznMagic]

fear nothing. being nervous is good but dont be scared. easy things to remember are...
1. know what you want to do before you get the ball
2. first touch is vital
3. rarely should you dribble (if you wach the professionals most of the time they take 2 or more touches)
4. be confident but be smart
5. if you win a ball back you lost all is forgiven

good luck

when u dribble or not depends on the situation.

[Sule]

fear nothing. being nervous is good but dont be scared. easy things to remember are...
1. know what you want to do before you get the ball
2. first touch is vital
3. rarely should you dribble (if you wach the professionals most of the time they take 2 or more touches)
4. be confident but be smart
5. if you win a ball back you lost all is forgiven

good luck

when u dribble or not depends on the situation.

good point

another is that when you have the ball dont be afraid to carry it

the more you keep the ball the easier it is for people to notice you. Dont just play 1 or 2 touch

[john whetton]

one thing

F orget

E verything

A nd

R elax

i play aswell, football comes naturally to me, i never think about what i am doing, it just happens

[AznMagic]

one thing

F orget

E verything

A nd

R elax

i play aswell, football comes naturally to me, i never think about what i am doing, it just happens

that's a brilliant way to sum up the concept.  that's unconscious competence, where a skill is learned well enough to a point that u don't even have to think about it.  u enter "the zone" and it just happens.

but don't ever let distractions, whether outside distractions or inner distractions, get to you (like an annoying inner voice over analyzing things or being too critical)

[manutd.]

Dont just play 1 or 2 touch

Unless the other team is faster and stronger than you.

[AznMagic]

Dont just play 1 or 2 touch

Unless the other team is faster and stronger than you.

even so.

of course u employ lots of quick passing in ur tactics.  but football is a lot more than that.  there is a time and place for everything and sometimes u'll need to do other things.

[Sule]

Thx for backing me up Owen

[moby]

i play the best every time at school when we play against the year 12's but at the soccer feild i feel different

[AznMagic]

i play the best every time at school when we play against the year 12's but at the soccer feild i feel different

mentally rehearse everything that goes right when u play at school and create an anchor for it.  when playing on the pitch for real, use a neutral anchor to bring u to a neutral state.  then use the positive anchor u mentally rehearsed.  then focus on the present, never the past or the future, to bring urself into the zone, remembering to be aware of everything around you.

if u wanna kno more bout what i said, hit me up with a pm.

[Adi]

The more nervous you look on the ball, the harder the opposition is going to come at you. Think about it...

Professionals close players down but they never get too close to them. It's because the attacker is cool on the ball and possesses enough to beat the defender if he commits too much. If you can play calm and confident, the defender will not commit to tackling you as much. On the other hand, if you look nervous and unsure with your first touch, you'll get tackled hard right away.

It all depends on how you put yourself out there.

[AznMagic]

The more nervous you look on the ball, the harder the opposition is going to come at you. Think about it...

Professionals close players down but they never get too close to them. It's because the attacker is cool on the ball and possesses enough to beat the defender if he commits too much. If you can play calm and confident, the defender will not commit to tackling you as much. On the other hand, if you look nervous and unsure with your first touch, you'll get tackled hard right away.

It all depends on how you put yourself out there.

not always true.

i'm always confident on the ball.  and i should be.  when i have the ball on my feet, that's just where i want it.  that's my game.  i can dribble and humiliate defenders, i am excellent at passing, long balls, and crosses... and i have a great shot on me too.

sometimes defenders back off and let me make the first move.  once they're embarrassed enough times or scored on enough..... OR once they see how i play, they'll come at me like fuckin animals.  they'll come in hard, check into me, hack at my legs... anything to try and throw me off.  now usually, since i'm pretty strong i just hold my ground and shield the ball and continue on with the play but sometimes u jus gotta go down and get a free kick out of it, it becomes ridiculous.