A List of Popular Football Tricks
Football being one of the most played games in the world is a very famous game. This game is an absolute favorite with all the men and is enjoyed by all the age groups. While football is enjoyed by billions, it does also have the reputation of being one of the rowdiest and disruptive games. These days it has turned into more of a rowdy and ego clashing games but still does have a staggering amount of fans. A lot of famous names in the world emerge from the world of football such as David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. This game has been termed as one of the games which is completely power pact and requires that kind of strength, power and will power.
Football is a highly energetic game and requires a lot of stamina and the main objective of this sport is to score goals which requires the players to have some tricks up their sleeves in order to win or decide the fate of matches. Football tricks are used by all the professional players in the game. Football tricks are used by the player either to get out of some sticky situation or to get past the defender with the ball. Football tricks are amazing to watch but are equally difficult to perform, these tricks determine how effective and efficient a player is and while all professionals use these tricks but a very few are able to master the fine technique and its art. Although it is not recorded when footballs tricks were started but it is felt that Ferenc Puskás used his first football trick and gave origin to “the Puskas move”. Later other football tricks started coming up like "The Cruyff turn."
Professional Football Tricks
Now there are many football tricks which the professionals use such as the:
1. Puskas Move
2. Blanco Move
3. Akka Move
4. Cruyff turn
5. Scissor Move
6. Marseille turn
There are many more, however, these are some of the popular football tricks.
The Puskas Move and the The Marseille Move
The Puskas Move: It is a simple dribbling technique which allows the player to change the direction very quickly and swiftly and take the ball away from the defender.
The Marseille Move: It was first performed by the great Diego Maradona and has been named as “the Maradona Spin” in his honor. It involves three basic steps for execution and they are the master foot drag back, the body spin and the weaker foot drag back. It is performed usually amongst fast paced footballs in highly challenging situations or environments.
The Cruyff turn: This football trick requires the player to look to pass or cross the ball instead the player drags the ball behind his planted foot with the inside foot’s helped and turns 90 degrees and accelerates away the surprised defender. It is one of the most used dribbling tricks.
The Scissor Move: This move is an old basic one. It is used to take on the field to fake out the defense. The move is very simple , you just pretend to hit the ball with your left foot when actually you hit the ball with the right one and sprint through the defense.
The Akka Move: This move takes place in the air, this move is copied from the street football. It includes the flip-flap moove that was used by Ronaldo, lifting the ball in the air with the foots from behind, turning around make the scissors towards the gate.
The Blanco Move: This move comes from Paolo Bianco that started playing football in the italian second division in the year of 1994. Well let me detail you the moove , the attacker makes a fake stepover that makes the defender to get back a few steps in the right allowing an opening to the left.
Conclusion
These tricks help the player to play amazingly and perform well. It would help in ascertaining the level and the standard and would also help the player to master the techniques as it requires helping to determine how the match is and this will instill a sense of confidence in them to tackle defenders and not be scared or afraid. It would also help in developing their level of concentration and a need to excel which is what all the professionals need these days and this is one of the reasons why football tricks are a necessity these days.
