While each great player has their own unique playing style, attributes, and skillset, there are some crucial soccer skills that every player needs to master. There are many different skills that youth players and coaches can work on to improve the team both on an individual and collective level, but some skills are more important than […]
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Smashing the ball into the back of the net from a volley is one of the most satisfying things a player will ever experience in soccer. In part, this is because it’s so hard to get right. But when you do, the results can be spectacular. Who could forget such majestic goals as Zidane’s Champions League winning strike […]
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Throughout the history of soccer, tactical innovations have continually pushed the game forward as each generation of coaches has looked to gain an advantage over their opponents. While the ‘False 9’ has been used to great effect in recent years by Guardiola’s mesmerising Barcelona and Del Bosque’s Spain who won Euro 2012, the role surprisingly dates […]
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One of the greatest coaches to have ever graced the game, Pep Guardiola is renowned and revered for the beautiful soccer his teams’ play and his creative and innovative approach. There’s a lot aspiring coaches can learn from him! Famed for the possession-based soccer and off the ball pressing for which his teams are known, his Barcelona […]
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While you’re watching soccer on TV, you’ll almost certainly have heard the phrase “tiki-taka” used at some point. This usually occurs after one team strings together consecutive precise passes, weaving the ball around their opponents and giving themselves a great goal-scoring opportunity. Tiki-taka was largely made famous by Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona team of 2008 – 2012, who […]
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