The most common mistakes made when
trying to catch the ball on the back of your neck are:
a) Throwing the ball up too
high. The ball only needs to go just above your head.
b) Not watching the ball. You need to watch the ball until the last
possible second so you know when to bend your knees and if you need
to adjust your body position.
c) Bending your knees too early.
Do it when the ball is just about to touch the back of your neck.
Now, try incorporating a push-up(s)
with the ball balancing on your back without falling off. You can
start from the throwing the ball up as mentioned earlier or start from
heading the ball a couple of times.
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Some hints to accomplish this are:
Relax your body;
Lock your ankle;
Point your toes down.
This will help with your first
touch and shooting!
3) The Scoop Slam!
This is a quite rare way to flick the ball up but like all tricks you
have to follow the steps. The most common mistake with this trick is
to try to do everything at once. Timing is the secret here. You must
swing your leg up before you lift the ball otherwise your foot isn't
in the right place to bang the ball in to the ground to make it bounce
up. A phrase I use when I'm teaching is 'Swing - Lift - Bang' and
this helps
people understand the timing. Your left or right big toe will scoop
the ball up while your right or left leg is in full swing and as the
ball is being scooped up, the bottom of your right foot bangs the ball
into the ground making it pop up to your foot, thigh, chest or head.
Two common problems:
A) The ball flies away in front of you.
What you are doing here is lifting the ball at the same time as you
swing your foot up. This means the ball goes up like it should but
your foot isn't there yet so the ball just keeps on going up away in
front. To fix this concentrate on Swing - Lift -Bang.
B) You back heel the ball behind you.
This means you aren't swinging your foot up high enough and your
swinging foot is coming back down just as you lift the ball so it hits
your heel and goes behind you.
To fix this concentrate on getting your swinging foot as high as you
can.
Sometimes when the players are having a real hard time learning the
Scoop Slam, I eliminate the swing and ask them to begin with their
foot already in the air. This way all the player has to do is lift the
ball and bang it down. It shows them they can do the trick and just
need to time the swing better to do it properly.
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*** Benefits of learning "football" tricks:
A. Improved Ball Control ~ to complete a trick the ball must be
delivered to a certain spot at a certain speed, therefore the ball's
movement must be accurately controlled. Trying to learn a trick is
simply repeating it until you can deliver the ball to the right spot
every time. I prefer to think of "football" tricks as ball control
exercises made fun.
B. Good ball control gives a "footballer" more time to decide what to
do with the ball during a game.
C. Improved co-ordination ~ the dictionary describes being coordinated
as 'to act in harmonious combination'. To do "football" tricks each
leg must alternate between two tasks. It either kicks the ball or
balances the body. A failure to alternate correctly causes you to fall
over or drop the ball.
D. Good co-ordination allows a "footballer" to adjust his body
position quickly in a game situation.
E. Improved Confidence ~ somebody who regularly does "football"
tricks has mastered the ball. They will be at ease whatever height or
speed the ball comes to them as they have practiced controlling the
ball with all parts of their body.
F. A confident "footballer" can take advantage of an opportunity that
arises during a game before it has passed.
G. "Football" tricks and simply keeping the ball in the air are an
integral part of training at all levels of "football" in Brazil and
they have been World Champions more times than any other country.