Ball Control Practice
In my neighborhood, one can always find a group of people playing football in the park or on the streets. The majority of the children preferred football to other sports. I was also in love with the sport and I started to play football since the age of 10.i would often play football with my neighborhood friends at the park or I would just roam around the house juggling with the football and kicking it across the walls of my room. Football was a sport that I was destined to be prolific at. I was one of the best amongst my friends and when a football academy opened up in my neighborhood ground, I did not hesitate and quickly signed up for it. I was excited about playing football for the new academy and I was confident of making it into their
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We jogged around the ground and then did some stretching. The coach then quickly briefed us about the drills we were going to do in training. First, we were asked to do “ball control practice”. We were asked to form a circle and then the coach lobbed the ball towards us, we were asked to control it with our feet and chests. The coach gave us guidelines, but I completely ignored them and I thought I was far better of myself as I was very adept and juggling and controlling the ball with my feet. I had assumed that the drill would be a walk in the park for me. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Every time the coach lofted the ball towards me, I failed to control it with my chest and feet and the ball would always fall a yard or two in front of me. Even if I did control it the ball wouldn’t come down that accurately and precisely as it usually does. The coach had a stern look on his face as not only me, but many others too found the drill to be challenging and did not perform up to the coaches expectations. But this did not comfort me as I knew that I did have the potential to do better. My coach emphasized on the fact that controlling the ball was an essential skill of a “complete football player” and that I was failing to master it.I was disheartened and dismayed by my performance. But over the next few days I viewed my debacle from a different point of view and I began to
We jogged around the ground and then did some stretching. The coach then quickly briefed us about the drills we were going to do in training. First, we were asked to do “ball control practice”. We were asked to form a circle and then the coach lobbed the ball towards us, we were asked to control it with our feet and chests. The coach gave us guidelines, but I completely ignored them and I thought I was far better of myself as I was very adept and juggling and controlling the ball with my feet. I had assumed that the drill would be a walk in the park for me. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Every time the coach lofted the ball towards me, I failed to control it with my chest and feet and the ball would always fall a yard or two in front of me. Even if I did control it the ball wouldn’t come down that accurately and precisely as it usually does. The coach had a stern look on his face as not only me, but many others too found the drill to be challenging and did not perform up to the coaches expectations. But this did not comfort me as I knew that I did have the potential to do better. My coach emphasized on the fact that controlling the ball was an essential skill of a “complete football player” and that I was failing to master it.I was disheartened and dismayed by my performance. But over the next few days I viewed my debacle from a different point of view and I began to