Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 3: Dribbling Feints
• Method 2 of 3: Feints in Free Kicks
• Method 3 of 3: Simulation
• Tips
• Warnings

A beautiful game full of feints. Taking the game to the next level will require the ability to fool your opponent with quick passes, smart passes and effective feints. If you want to learn this kind of dexterity, you can learn to hold the ball like magic, take tricky free kicks and act like a champion. See step 1 for more details.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Dribbling Feints

1. 1 Dribbling with both feet. Nothing makes the player more monotonous than constant passes in the same direction. Becoming a two-way dribbler is a great way to outsmart your opponents. If you can be strong on both your left and right side, you can become the dominant player on the pitch and master great technique.
   • Exercise with cones with both legs, one leg with one leg, and the other with the other.
   • Switch to the other side of the field every other workout, so you get the experience of playing from different angles, forcing yourself to hit the other leg.
2. 2 Learn the Matthews feint and the Matthews reverse feint. The most common move in the dribbler's arsenal is Matthews, followed immediately by a reverse Matthews. Learning to incorporate these little feints into your standard dribbling will greatly improve the quality of your game. Learning it is as easy as shelling pears, perhaps you have already done it without even knowing it. Practice Matthews slowly and gradually start doing it at game speed.
   • To perform Matthews, you make two quick touches of the ball with your dominant foot. On the first touch, move the ball to the other side with a step towards you, and with the second, send it back away from you with the outside of your foot. This movement is usually done at a stop, when you bump into a defender and can be great for clearing the area.
   • To do the Reverse Matthews, you also do two quick touches of the ball with your dominant foot, but in reverse order. Show that you are walking to one side by touching the ball with the outside of your foot, then return it back with the inside of your foot. At high speed, this move makes a good fool of the opponent.
3. 3 Practice rollover and reverse rollover. Rollover is a great way to alternate touches and maintain the desired level of ball control. Learning how to quickly execute rollovers with economy of movement will throw the defender off balance, making it difficult for them to understand your direction of movement. It is also an extremely light movement.
   • To perform a rollover, roll the inside of your foot over the ball in front of your body. Don't kick, roll. Use the other foot to return the ball in the opposite direction. Practice walking forward around the cones to calculate the rolls correctly.
   • To perform a reverse rollover, you dribble the ball in front of you while moving backwards. Start with your lead foot on the ball, then take a step backward, rolling the ball in front of you and moving fast enough so that the ball does not overtake you. This is a great way to clear space and change direction.
4. 4 Stepping over. Perhaps the most brilliant move in a dribbler's arsenal is ball stepping, in which you move one way before dashing the other way. To perform this movement, dribble the ball forward at a normal pace.
   • With your dominant foot, step over the ball from your weak side to your strong side. In other words, if you are right-handed, step over the moving ball from left to right. Lean on your dominant foot and use the outside of your other foot to quickly move the ball to the other side. This move should trick your opponent into losing your direction of travel while you go the other way.
   • In a double step, you step over the ball twice before continuing in the same direction. If you are right-handed, step over the ball from left to right with your right foot, from right to left with your left foot, and then with the outside of your right foot, send the ball to the right. Lightning fast!
5. 5 Try the Zidane trick. No, you don't have to go up to the defender and hit him with his head in the chest. On the contrary, it is a 360-degree turn with the ball that will leave your opponent in dust. Easy to practice, but somewhat difficult to use in the game. However, when applied correctly, it has a devastating effect. Perform it when the enemy goes head-on to you.
   • While dribbling at a speed that is comfortable for you, step on the ball with your dominant foot to stop it and rotate your body 180 degrees. If you step on the ball with your right foot, then turn over your left shoulder until you see what was behind.
   • Then continue pivoting another 180 degrees, changing your leg. Do a reverse rollover with the other foot, pulling the ball with you, turn and follow in the direction in which you dribbled the ball.
6. 6 Rainbow performance. Rainbow is a super beautiful, breathtaking and almost useless trick in a real game situation. However, this is a cool skill for learning to handle the ball. Who knows, it might come in handy?
   • To play a rainbow, place the heel of your dominant foot in front of the ball, with the inside of your weak leg pressing the ball against your dominant foot. With your dominant foot, throw the ball forward over you, preferably straight in front of you.
   • Train on the spot and then start doing the rainbow in motion. If you can do it at game speed, you will be a great dribbler.
7. 7 Try rabona. Rabona is a kind of rainbow for one leg and stepping, combined into one whole. Mainly shown at freestyle shows and sometimes in games.
   • For rabona, place your lead foot on the leading side, but with the spear of your lead leg, take a short, chopping forward thrust.
8. 8 Make tricky passes, be alert at all times. One of the best ways to throw your defense off balance is by making smart passes. Work on dribbling without looking at the ball and observe where your opponents are on the field and trick the defense by looking in one direction and passing to an open teammate in the other. Make more blind passes and become the Steve Nash of football.

Method 2 of 3: Feints in Free Kicks

1. 1 Send the knuckleball. Position the ball with the valve (where the pump attaches) straight in front of you. Shuffle the grass so that the ball sits as high and light on it as possible. Take a few steps back and hit the ball with the top of your foot on the valve with as much contact area as possible. Do not twist the ball in any way.
   • When done correctly, the knuckleball will fly without spinning, but rushing up and down unpredictably. If you pass such a ball over the wall, it can be difficult for the goalkeeper to block it, he may even pass the ball through his hands. This blow practically violates the laws of physics.
2. 2 Don't hit the goal. If you are within effective range of the goal, everyone will expect you to hit. Instead, try to roll the ball past the wall for a very high chance of hitting, or toss the ball over the wall for a chance on horseback. Or even send the ball to a free teammate off the wall. Put the ball into play instead of spinning like Beckham.
3. 3 Pass under the wall. Defenders who form a defensive wall on a free kick often instinctively jump up when they hit the ball. This is especially noticeable when you are close to the goal and have already hit the wall a few times while trying to throw it over. The trick is aiming as low as possible and hoping the ball goes under the defenders and teammates take the shot.
4. 4 Make a short pass over the wall to create a dangerous situation. Look for a pass near the wall and give your teammate a chance to chase the ball instead of trying to send the ball through the air. Use the angles that the wall opens to make a surprise pass, rather than relying on muscle strength to try to push the ball into the box.
5. 5 Coordinate tactics with your comrades. You can sometimes fool the defenders who form the wall and even force the goalkeeper to leave the position prematurely, organizing two or four people fake free kicks, running up to the ball in the prescribed manner, but jumping over it instead of hitting and running forward to receive a pass if necessary. After your teammates rush forward, throw the ball over the wall.
   • The alternative is a teammate who gives a short pass to you to throw the ball into the box, shoot or pass from a new angle, who will put the ball into play.

Method 3 of 3: Simulation

1. 1 Do it without shame. Simulation is nothing more than acting. Football is so fast that it is almost impossible for the referee to keep track of what is happening in the game, which means that the constant fouls from the opponent's side can be largely overlooked. The goalkeeper cannot be everywhere. In order to make sure that unfair touches and elbows are noticed by the referee, you should become an Oscar-working Brad Pitt.
   • Fall to the ground, howling comically in pain. Grab your ankle or jaw - any spot your opponent might have hit like they nearly broke something. Roll on the ground comically with painful despair on your face. Let it look bad.
   • Keep holding what you grabbed on until you hear the whistle. When comrades come up, or the enemy starts whining about what you are pretending, resist the urge to step out of the role. Does it hurt. You may even be mortally wounded. Keep lying around until the foul is protected and you can stand up.
2. 2 Fall when someone rudely interrupts your dribbling. The best time to play injury is when you have the ball and the defense is pressing hard. Even if they take the ball cleanly, throw your feet back as if the protection had cut into your shins.
   • Give your opponent's impulse to influence the force with which you throw your legs. It is best if the other player is running very fast, so the simulation will not cause shame.The enemy has to run fast to make throwing the legs look realistic.
   • Throw your legs in the direction of your opponent's movement. So, if you run at each other, throw your legs back. If you are running parallel to each other, your legs should be thrown forward.
3. 3 Jump up in a fight and feign an elbow strike. If you jump together, your elbows will be exposed. Even if you don't get hit, fall howling holding your jaw / eye / teeth as if you were knocked out.
4. 4 Simulate in the opponent's penalty area. The best time to simulate is when you run into your opponent's box with the ball. If you are dribbling without support and are under heavy pressure, do a big show of the injured actor. Any foul on you while in the box will give your team a penalty, which is a great scoring opportunity.
   • Do not fall if a good hitting opportunity presents itself. When a friend rushes to the empty corner of the goal and opens up for a canopy, do not fall in the hope of a penalty. Pass and score a clean goal.
5. 5 Only feign defense if you have support. When you are on defense and the ball is taken away, a good way to stop play and give your teammates a chance to catch up is through injury. Pretend your opponent has taken the ball by stabbing you in the ankle instead of taking the ball cleanly. The game should stop on the whistle, effectively interrupting the fast break to your goal, giving your team a chance to catch up.
   • This is best done if you have the backing of defenders who can pick up the game if your simulation doesn't impress the referees. You should not wallow, howling in pain when an attacking opponent walks to the goal, and the referee does not react to you.
   • If there is no support, it is sometimes a good idea to foul your opponent to stop the breakout. If the situation looks the most dangerous, it is better to transfer everything to a free kick than to concede a goal from a counterattack.

Tips

• Use feints wisely and better focus on good play.

Warnings

• Practice all feints on your own before putting them into play.