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Category: Basic, intermediate and advanced soccer moves for players ages 10 and older. 20 moves are demonstrated. You should also check out "Play Like Champions" (in-depth demonstrations), "Gol! (Brazilian Footwork Training and "Super Soccer Skills" (for beginners and younger players), which are also "moves" DVD's.

Combo Deals: We offer this DVD as part of a special Combo deal with "Play Like Champions" and "Gol! (Brazilian Footwork Training)" Together they make a great gift for any player or coach who wants to learn soccer moves….they are the best 3 "moves" DVD's available and together provide plenty of moves to choose from.

Review: This is the best concise video available for teaching both basic, intermediate and advanced soccer moves. In 30 minutes it demonstrates 20 soccer moves (including 7 basic moves and concepts) and is very efficient and well done. This video gives players and coaches the information needed to learn and teach those moves. The tips are excellent and it shows the moves in clips from professional games and then demonstrated by youth players. It starts with tips and then shows video of most of the moves from professional games in real speed and slow motion, and then shows the move demonstrated by youth players (female and male players) from several angles, in slow motion and with and without a defender. The commentary is excellent. A player or coach who wants to learn soccer moves can do so from this video. However, we recommend the "Super Soccer Skills" video for beginning players and for players younger than age 10. This video is most useful to intermediate, advanced or motivated players, or for coaches who want to learn the major moves so they can teach them or at least recognize them. We offer this DVD as part of a Combo deal with "Play Like Champions", and together they make a great gift for any player or coach who wants to learn soccer moves….they are the best 2 "Moves" DVD's available and together provide plenty of moves to choose from and excellent demonstrations. Keep in mind that there is no one "best" move. Rec coaches should teach the basic moves and Travel Team coaches should teach the basic moves and also the intermediate or advanced moves that they believe are important…a player should practice on his own the intermediate or advanced moves that he or she likes best and that work best for him or her.

Suitable for: This video is most useful to intermediate, advanced or motivated players, or for coaches who want to learn the major moves. We recommend the "Super Soccer Skills" video for beginning players and for players younger than age 10. We offer this DVD as part of a special Combo deal with "Play Like Champions", and together they make a great gift for any player or coach who wants to learn soccer moves….they are the best 2 "Moves" DVD's available and together provide plenty of moves to choose from. Keep in mind that there is no one "best" move. Rec coaches should teach the basic moves and Travel Team coaches should teach the basic moves and also the intermediate or advanced moves that they believe are important…a player should practice on his own the intermediate or advanced moves that he or she likes best and that work best for him or her.

Roby Stahl: Roby Stahl has coached and trained numerous youth teams. In addition, he has coached college soccer and was one of the first American coaches to ever coach full time professionally in Europe. He played pro soccer in Ireland, in the American Soccer League and in the North American Soccer League. He holds U.S., Canadian, Swedish and Brazilian coaching licenses.

User Tips: The DVD has a Menu that makes it easy to switch from one Move to another and to find the different moves on the DVD. It also has Dolby Digital Stereo, Interactive Menus and Scene Selection. NOTE: Some moves are much more important than others. Below, we've noted the moves that are basic and most important to learn. We suggest Rec coaches emphasize those and that Travel Team coaches also teach the intermediate or advanced moves they believe are important. Also, we've noted the moves that will be difficult for typical players to learn.

Contents:

Minute	Topic
00:00	Introduction
1:20	Tips for success (how to make the moves part of your "muscle memory")
2:00	Proper progression for learning the moves (this is excellent!!)
3:27	"Basic Scissors" move (An intermediate move that's good for practicing footwork, but not used very much in youth games because it's difficult to do successfully under pressure. Nonetheless, it's an important move for travel players to learn).
4:45	"Reverse Scissors" (this is difficult)
5:59	"Double Scissors" (this is difficult)
7:05	The "Chop" Move (The idea of using the inside or outside of the foot to "Chop" or Cut" the ball is a very important basic concept to teach and learn… the move shown pushes the ball to the right using the inside of the left foot and then the outside of the right foot).
8:35	"Dummy Step" (This is misdirection move that is basic and important to teach and learn)
9:51	"Pullback" and flick behind (A Pullback, which is also called a "Drag Back", is a basic and important way to reverse direction. The move shown is an intermediate move that combines a Pullback with flicking the ball behind the standing leg.)
11:40	"Pullback" variation (This isn't a standard pullback…what's shown is similar to the "V" move. This is a fairly easy move to learn and combines stopping the ball and pulling it back with the bottom of the foot, and using the inside of the same foot to change direction. It's important is to teach players to use the bottom of the foot to control and move the ball).
12:35	"Cruyff" turn (this is difficult)
14:22	"Spin" turns (3 variations are demonstrated). Ignore the 1st one. The 2nd and 3rd turns are basic and important to teach…they are called an "outside hook turn" and an "inside hook turn". These demonstrations are excellent.
17:12	"Hesitation" Move. A simple hesitation (slowing down so the defender also slows down, and then "exploding" to beat the defender) is an important and basic concept, but the version shown is difficult and not well done. The hesitation concept is also used in basketball and other sports.
19:25	"Faking shots or crosses" (The idea of faking a kick is basic and important to teach. That concept is shown here in the game clip, but we don't like the "move" demonstrated, which is difficult and involves reversing direction. It's much more useful fake kick a kick and then use the same foot to push the ball to the right or left as shown in the game clip).
20:45	"Push and Go" (This is a very important and basic concept. The idea is to beat the defender by passing the ball past the defender to "open space" and then beating the defender to the ball. This can work best if the ballhandler is running toward the defender and the defender is standing still or moving toward the ballhandler. Conversely, you should teach defenders "jockeying" and "defensive containment" as described in SoccerHelp Premium so they can't be beaten easily).
21:57	Inside Out (This is a basic and very important move to teach and learn. It is important to teach players to use the inside and outside of the same foot. The SoccerHelp "Inside/Outside Figure 8 Dribbling Race" and "Dribble Across A Square" practice games are good ways to practice this).
23:20	Maradona (This is very difficult and rarely used).
25:00	Double Touch (This is difficult).
26:15	Stop and Go (This is difficult).
27:02	Nutmeg (This is the term used when the ball is passed thru a defender's legs. This is a basic concept that both attackers and defenders need to be aware of).
28:34	Blanco (Fun, but very difficult and not practical).
29:05	Putting It all Together
29:30	Ball Mastery Tips (This is excellent and explains how to practice the moves)
30:40	End

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