How to beat A Better Football Team
DO THIS to beat fast opponents!
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lightning pay speed some of us have it
some of us don't and while speed is
something you can absolutely practice
and improve it's also heavily relying on
your genetics and if you're not the
fastest guy on the planet
in this episode I'm going through a few
things slow players like yourself can do
with and without the ball to look and
definitely play faster than they
actually are in order to survive when
playing against faster opponents and by
the way I want to make it very clear
that by no means am I trying to mock the
players mention in this video in fact
this is a testament to those guys to
show you how even the slow players out
there can succeed in top-level football
and as a fun starting point the thing I
really want you to think about is how
can you eliminate the speed of your
opponent to make him in a way come down
to your level you obviously can't just
expect them to all of us are in turn
slow but what can you do on the pitch to
successfully strip away their speed and
not give them the advantage of pace well
number one be in charge of the tempo
let me explain as a slow player the last
thing you wanna do is get exposed and
put yourself in a situation where you
take on your opponent in a long sprint
where both of you just run full-speed in
a straight line because you'll obviously
get beaten by the faster player now with
that in mind when you have the ball you
want to avoid letting your defender
reach its maximum speed and outpace you
and instead you want to be in charge of
the defenders pace as much as possible
oftentimes this can be achieved by
dribbling with the ball in a zigzag like
motion and constantly changing your pace
to make sure the faster defender has to
stay on his toes adjust his run and not
be able to reach his full speed
tons of players like Mesut özil David
Silva nemanja ma teach and especially
Andres Iniesta have all mastered the art
of rhythm and tempo and can indeed beat
players even though they're not fast at
all taking asta for example he's able to
constantly change the tempo when
dribbling he starts off fast
all of a sudden slows down and then
takes off again to not give the
advantage of pace to his opponent and
oftentimes he's not running in a
straight line but change his direction a
lot to prevent the defenders from
reaching too much speed
remember we wanna
the speed of your faster opponents and a
smart way of doing that is learning how
to dictate the tempo and moving
unpredictably on the pitch on the
country fast guys like Leroy sunny can
simply focus on reaching top speeds as
often as possible but you as a slower
player need to approach this in a
different way and disarm the opponents
from speed so stay away from running in
a straight line and be in charge of the
tempo
number two positioning and timing this
is the so called of the ball section and
here I'm talking about being in the
right place at the right time
anticipating the next move and always
trying to stay one step ahead of your
faster opponents now if you were fast
obviously you could get to the end of a
through ball purely based on your speed
but the slower players have to once
again use different tactics and
positioning will ultimately help you
give the advantage over far more faster
players than yourself let's stop right
here and look at Thomas Mueller he spots
rebury with the ball and with a
perfectly time run he's two steps clear
of the defender and then it's already
too late
here the slowest player on the page
david silva times he's run well and with
the help of some horrific defending he's
all alone in the box the point is in
football being one two steps ahead makes
a huge difference and as a slow player
this is something you'll have to excel
at in order to be fast guys now
positioning and timing are crucial
everywhere on the pitch and it doesn't
have to involve you trying to get into
goal scoring positions for example the
midfield is packed with players who are
not fast at all it's more important to
be fast in your mind then than with your
legs but with great timing positioning
and anticipation you can create more
space for yourself intercept passes in
front of far more rapid guys than
yourself honestly you can apply this to
almost anything but unfortunately timing
and positioning are not things a simple
four-minute youtube video can fully
teach you it's about understanding and
reading the game better than the others
but luckily just you knowing this is
something you need to work on we'll give
you some advantage over tons of other
people out there and as a last tip you
want to choose your role wisely if
you're self-aware enough to know that
speed is not your biggest strength
perhaps it's not the best idea to fight
for a spot as a winger in a system we
you are expected to be lightning fast in
counter-attack situations yes
Raheem Sterling might be your favorite
player but if you haven't got the pace
maybe you're better suited in a role of
a midfielder and can make up for your
lack of pace with other attributes but
regardless as a quick recap if your slow
the reality is you won't turn into a
speed monster overnight so in order to
beat faster opponents you want to do
everything in your power to remove the
advantage of speed from your opponents
you can do that with the ball by
actively being in charge of the tempo
adjusting your pace to keep defenders on
their toes and changing directions when
dribbling to avoid getting into Sprint's
with your opponents without the ball try
to anticipate the next move and aim to
be one step ahead of your opponents
remember it's not always the fastest guy
who gets there first
it's usually the smartest one and with
those words it's time to end today's
short episode if you want to learn some
exercises you can do to improve your
speed check out one of the two episodes
down below on your screen smash the like
button if you learn something new and
with those words I'm out
