Amal 5 Power football

To be able to attack the opposition, you must learn to dribble with pace or learn to develop the skills to out manoeuvre your marker. You won't always be able to beat an opponent with speed and acceleration so you will need to learn a trick or two to beat them.Body Feint To throw the defender off balance you can use a technique know as a body feint. Attack the defender at speed, then at about 1 metre from him/her, feint to the left or right, swaying your body, then knock the ball in the opposite direction to the feint and sprint pass them. Another technique to this same feint is to approach the defender then swing either foot over the ball, at a sprint, then knock the ball in the opposite direction.Faced with a one on one with the goalkeeper, there are a number of ways to approach.

The keeper will try to stand on his/her feet as long as possible without committing themselves. A quick early shot may catch him by surprise before he finds the right position. If he is off his line, you can attempt to chip the ball over his head, but you need confidence and accuracy. Fool him into thinking you are going to shoot early with a body feint (sell him a dummy) and commit him to dive, then roll the ball across in front of him for the other corner of the goal. To deploy any of these techniques, you will need composure, accuracy, ball control and above all...quick thinking.