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Summary: Slowing down in soccer help you control the ball and make better passes, get expert tips and advice on footballing skills and tricks in this free video.
Ron Weisberg has had the soccer fever since he was 5 years old. He grew up playing club ball in North Texas, and then he helped his high school team make it to the playoffs for the...read more
"So, the advantage that the dribbler has is that only he or she knows what they are going to do with the ball. So, you want to change it up right, we talked about cutting back and forth, changing the direction. Now, I want to talk about changing momentum, changing speed. So, if you get the defender going really fast defending you and you slow it down and speed it up again and slow it down, then he'll be on his heels and he doesn't know if your going to cut back or keep going forward. So, lets sprint this way were going fast and then I slow it down. If I slow it down he'll just keep going and then I can just go straight. Let?s try it again. He's gone, I stopped the ball. It?s as easy as that."
eHow Article: Slowing Down in Soccer