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How to Bend it Like Beckham
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 01:57 Written by admin Tuesday, 26 January 2010 01:53
Bending the ball is an advanced soccer skill that makes it possible to kick around opponents. You’ll commonly see it performed when kicking around a wall.
While beginners should focus on making hard, accurate, straight kicks, advanced players will find this technique an effective weapon in their offensive arsenal. Here are the basics forbending the ball.
CONCEPT
The key to bending a ball is to kick it off-center and hard enough to make the ball spin. The harder the ball is kicked, and the more off-center it is contacted, the greater the spin and the greater the bend. Applying spin to the ball is the same method used by baseball pitchers to make the ball curve and dip. read more
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Coaching Soccer
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 May 2010 07:26 Written by admin Sunday, 10 January 2010 01:04
Soccer is more than just an all American sport or something that some might play in their free time. It has become such a popular sport, that it is now considered to be one of the most popular games throughout the world. Almost every country in the world is found with a soccer team that helps them to get in the extra kicks towards victory.
The game of soccer was known to be developed as early as the 1500s by the Chinese and Japanese dynasties. There are also reminiscent of the game that has been found in Rome. While each of these all has different names to them, they are all based around the same concept of kicking a ball across a field in order to get a goal. The game that is most known today has been revised from these rules with a set international standard that was developed in 1863. The standards that have been set have not only allowed the game to grow in popularity, but also to become an international sport where the greatest achievement is to win the world cup. read more
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Exploiting A Dream In African Football Factories
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 01:55 Written by admin Saturday, 26 December 2009 01:54
Over the last decade the global game has been lit up by an explosion of talent bursting onto the scene from Africa. The continent has evolved dramatically since the days when Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) became the first black African team to qualify for the World Cup in 1974.
This foray onto the world stage is most notably remembered for Zaire’s Mwepu Ilunga receiving a yellow card against Brazil. The defender was in Zaire’s defensive wall awaiting a free kick to be taken. When the whistle was blown, Ilunga sprinted to the ball and launched it upfield. The coverage could have been mistaken for a John Smiths, Ave’ It commercial! read more
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