Summary: Learn about dribbling and the way soccer players advance the ball with their feet in this free how-to video on the basics and rules of soccer.
Christopher Howell has extensive training in martial arts, running, and track & field events. His military training gives him a physical advantage in discipline, and teamwork in...read more
"Hi, my name is Christopher Howell with Expert Village and today I'm going to talk to you about how to watch soccer and it's basics. Your feet will actually become like your hands, like playing baseball, basketball, whatever, you just get used to the ball so it comes right at you. When they say dribbling or the defender is on a breakaway, watch him go, what he's doing as he goes on the field is he's dribbling the ball from one foot to the other, from one foot. He might switch and use the outside of his foot to do a little fake, come to the other side, maybe use the outside of his foot again. OK, so this will be a little demonstration of me dribbling the ball. So I'll set here, I'll have the ball, I'll be dribbling around, I might kick it with my right foot, I might kick it with my left, I might switch it back, I might kick it between my leg and spin it on the defender. You know, whatever it may take, I might fake it and go back to the outside, step over it again, well basically you're just sitting there, you're keeping control, you're watching the ball, you know where the ball goes itself. And that's what they call dribbling. Just like in basketball, basketball players use their hands. Soccer players use their feet."
eHow Article: How to Dribble in Soccer