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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings

Have you ever seen outstanding footballers perform incredible ball tricks? Hard training and patience will help you master the art of football freestyle!

Steps

1. 1 Learning football freestyle takes long and hard work and incredible patience. Make sure you are ready for this.
2. 2 Yoga will help you stretch the muscles in your arms and shoulders and become more flexible, which will make the task easier overall.
3. 3 The most basic thing is regular practice. If you train regularly for a whole month, then by the end of it you will achieve noticeable results.
4. 4 Take a soccer ball (not too pumped) and start stuffing it. The key to hitting the ball is not to lift the ball into the air above the hip and give it reverse spin. The hammering develops ball control and leg speed. Train for at least 1 hour a day for a month, and you will most likely be able to hit the ball 100 times without dropping it to the ground or straining (assuming constant training).
5. 5 Once you've mastered hitting the ball, move on to basic freestyle tricks like holding the ball on the instep. Place the ball on the instep as you did before padding, but instead continue to hold it on the instep. This movement is a basic freestyle move that, once mastered, will allow you to do other tricks. Once you have learned to hold the ball on the instep, you can move on to more complex and interesting movements.
6. 6 Another basic trick is called "around the world." You need to throw the ball with your foot low in the air and have time to move your foot around it, and then start stuffing it. This is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. To learn, you need a high leg speed and a lot of patience. Start by practicing the movement with your foot, without the ball, and try to do it as quickly as possible. When you feel ready, start practicing with the ball. Train 1 hour a day for 2 months and you will master the trick. Please be patient as this trick is much more difficult than just hitting the ball. The trick "around the world" can be started by a transition from a padding or from a static position, but in any case, dodge the ball with your foot only after you have thrown it. If you are right-handed, hit the ball with the right side of your foot, and if you are left-handed, hit the ball with your left.
7. 7 Another basic trick that can delight the audience is keeping the ball around your neck. Similar to holding the ball on the instep, balance with it around your neck. To do this leg hold trick, throw the ball about 50 cm above your head in the air. Catch the ball around your neck, softening its landing. Keep your back parallel to the ground, spread your arms out to the sides, and keep your elbows straight. The key movement is to gently catch the ball around your neck, that is, you need to reduce the force of the ball falling by bending forward at the same time as the falling ball, but slightly slower than it. This will soften the impact of the ball on your neck. Train the trick for half an hour every day for 2 weeks and you will succeed. This technique is much simpler than “around the world”.
8. 8 After mastering the three tricks described perfectly, take the next step by connecting them together. For example, start by hitting the ball, then hold it on the instep, do “around the world,” hold the ball on the other leg and finally on the neck. If you are able to do all three of these tricks without ever dropping the ball to the ground, your viewers will be impressed.

Tips

• There are special professional freestyle balls with which you get better tricks.
• Perform ball tricks in the lightest shoe you can find.

Warnings

• Always warm up before exercising to avoid injury.
• Perform tricks on a non-slip surface.