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Spain's Torres and America's Torres. Both play for their respective national soccer teams. Spain's
Fernando Torres is much better known. However, due to injuries, this year's World Cup may belong to
America's Jose Francisco Torres.
I watched the USA vs. Netherlands game today. The U.S. did not do too well (granted several likely
World Cup starters did not play and the U.S. was playing the third-ranked team in the world).
Though the scoring chances did not reflect it, the first half was dominated by the Dutch. Jonathan
Bornstein gave up [.
Oftentimes, little thought is given to making sure that the throw-in is thrown in accurately. It is
important that the ball is thrown at the player's feet in order to give that player the best chance
to control the ball and to give that same player other options than just passing the ball back to
the thrower.
Most kids like a good game of catch. To give players a fun alternative to soccer practice, turn
futbol practice into football practice. Pick quarterbacks and receivers and then have them run pass
patterns. The only difference is that instead of throwing the ball being thrown, kick the ball.
English players are concerned that the new world cup ball will move and swerve and make crosses
and shots unpredictable.
Now if they had only practiced on Rasenreich Corpus I and II the Jabulani would have been child's
play.As you can see they are oddly shaped ball like objects which are not very badly made footballs
but training devices used in Austria to improve players ball control abilities.
Turf fields are fantastic. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. My concern, however, is
that since the ball rolls and bounces so predictably on turf, players and coaches will spend less
time working on ball control and the first-touch since it will be easier to attain a minimum level
of proficiency.
In this continuing series of posts about the 2010 Soccer MVP Tournament, the inside-of-the-foot
easily won the 'Receiving' discipline. When it came to dictating how the ball was received
(control) and how many types of passes it could receive (coverage), 'Inside' was the clear-cut
winner.
The inside-of-the-foot won five of six disciplines during the MVP tournament, validating that it is
the MVP (most valuable part) in soccer. Too bad 'Inside' could not win the last discipline, 'Ease
of Learning'.
