Proper Shooting Skills

Strong finishing can make all the difference between good scoring chances and goals. Developing solid shooting skills involves a small list of mechanical and mental items to perfect.

First, teach your players how to strike the ball correctly. The non-shooting foot should be planted even with the ball, and when they strike the ball their head should be down, as well as their toe.

Next, they should understand shots should be kept on the goal, rather than over it. Low shots are preferable to elevated one and obviously into the corners away from the goalie is always best. Of course there is nothing wrong with missing wide, (that is, unless you have the goalie juked out of his shorts a foot from the goal and still miss) but shooting over should be avoided at all costs.

It is often said that the only bad shot in the one you don’t take, because you can’t score if you don’t shoot. However, it is also important for players to strike the ball properly and take low powerful shots to the corners. Encourage them to take shots, but also not to waste opportunities. Taking a low probability shot from far away can be incorrect if a teammate is open and likely to get a better shot. By the same token, dribbling too long and losing the ball before taking a shot is worse, so if it comes down to not taking a shot or taking a shot, take a shot, but make sure it is on point with something behind it.

回忆过往

突然想起了很多事, 小学时候每天和远勤, 健峰, 业峰, 伟恒, 庆伟, 健兴, 凯胜等每天嘻嘻闹闹... 除了健峰, 伟恒, 凯胜, 远勤等不知道其他的他们还记得我吗? 出去碰到还会认得我吗? 会打招呼吗? 朋友, 我很想念你们... 不知你们现在可好?

中学时期, 很多朋友选择了不同的中学, 有得去独中, 有得去华中, 也有国中的. 中学1年后, 我搬了家转了校, 发生了很多事, 也认识到了现在最好的好友Dennie, 阿俊, 老米, 维生, 阳杰.. 我们成了6人行.. 还好我们不会失去联络, 虽然各奔东西南北, 阳杰去了新国做工, 我则到了PJ读书, 阿俊维生也去了马六甲读书, 不过我们一有时间就会聚在一起, 真的很欣慰.

毕业后做了1年的工终于决定要去读书, 做工认识了一些比我年长的朋友, 教了我一些人生的道理. 我的阿头阿伟, 你还好吗? 很就没有联络了... 真想念和你和阿sam放工后一起去吃斋的日子.. Sam Pirabu, 你当了警察后我们也少联络了, 你好吗? 虽然知道你看不懂华语也肯定不会上来看, 但是真的很怀恋我跟你中学和做工的日子..

3年学院生活, 认识了Calvin, Victor, Kellex, Tong Yew, Yap Seng, Ken等朋友, 也是我觉得蛮快乐的日子.. 其中和Calvin与Victor最常聚在一起.. 如今多几天就毕业了, 能再一起出来喝茶吹水的日子还剩多少? 朋友们, 真的很高兴认识你们... 希望我们以后能再聚首..

人长大了, 回望从前, 总觉得时光匆匆流逝, 朋友慢慢陌生, 让人何等神伤.. 也开始要面对社会带来的压力.. 真的好想回到过去.. 能让我拥有时光机回到过去吗?

烦人的Final Project

好烦, 距离due day剩下不到一个月的时间

但是什么都还么搞定好

System不会走

Documentation还没有搞定好

我不想肥佬啦

最后一个Semester了叻

真的是烦人的final project

How to Develop Good Soccer Dribbling Skills?

Steps

1. One of the best ways to get good at dribbling is to play football with a tennis ball, or other smaller ball. You will get used to the constant adjustments needed and dribbling a full sized football will seem much easier.

2. Use all the surfaces of your foot. Most often you will be using the front portion of your instep, especially when you are dribbling at speed. However, to become a good dribbler of the ball, make sure that you are adept at using the outside and inside of both feet. This way you can cut the ball away from pressure and keep control of the ball no matter where the defensive pressure comes from. You can also use both sides of your foot, like a hockey player's stick.

3. Touch the ball with each step you take with the ball. In very quick succession, touch the ball a little bit ahead of you when you dribble. This will create both good control and increase your dribbling speed with the ball. With this kind of control you can elude defenders when they try to reach in and steal the ball, you can just cut the ball away since it is always so close to you. It is almost as if you are trying to get as many touches in as you dribble forward with the ball. Go slowly and exaggerate this at the beginning when you are practicing, to ensure you are getting a touch on the ball with each step.

4. Change the pace. This is the key to going by a player on the dribble. You don't necessarily need to be extremely fast to beat someone on the dribble; rather, you need to lull the defender to sleep for a second and then break past the opponent with a burst of speed.

5. Lift up your eyes. Subtly be aware of your surroundings as you still maintain focus on the ball while dribbling. Lift your eyes slightly so you know if someone is making a run, another defender is approaching, or there is space to attack.

6. Improve your weak foot. The best advice is just to use it. If you continue to strike the ball against a wall with your bad foot, slowly but steadily you will see improvement. Have patience. However, there are always exceptions; if you look at one of the best players in the world Renaldo de Seta, he only uses his left foot, simply because his left foot is so incredibly powerful and he positions his body so well to protect the ball. He is a player who is so experienced and so skilled with his left foot, that he can get away with it.

7. Use your body to protect the ball. Shield the ball with your body when a defender gets close. Try to keep the ball on the foot that is furthest from the defender and your body protects the ball.

Tips

• Tips/Drills: A great drill is simply weaving in and out of a set of cones, and you can of course get creative. Make variations in the drill and put rules on yourself to make it more difficult.

• Put about 8 to 10 cones in a line, about three yards apart, and dribble in and out of the row of cones without touching or knocking over the cones.
  


• Also, try not to touch the ball too far away from the line of cones; instead, keep the ball close to you and don't dribble out away from the row of the cones.
  


• When you have this down, you can then vary the way that you dribble through the cones and set rules on yourself: just with the right foot and then just with the left foot, and then alternating feet, where you touch the ball to the left and then to the right as you weave through the cones, just with the inside of the feet, and so on.


• You can make up other restrictions to put on yourself to try to improve a specific part of your dribbling technique.
  


• another great way to improve your dribbling is by watching professionals dribbling. Try to get such videos and observe their fakes and feints.
  


• practice these fakes outside until you can do it blindfolded.
  


• Keep in mind that if you have a clever defender against you, he or she will usually offer you a way out of the situation. Watch out for this because it is probably a trick for stealing the ball from you.
  


• Having a good balance while dribbling is crucial.
  Be able to dribble with both feet comfortably [ambidextrous] being able to control the ball with both feet makes you better at more positions