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Hi everyone,

Having recently been part of a Q&A session with tennis legend Boris Becker, I have a very special post for you today to share some of the greatest secrets behind his success. These top tips for achievement are not just about tennis. Indeed, their relevance here is that they can help you improve your soccer performance and help you more generally in life too! After all Boris is a massive football enthusiast as well as an incredinly succesful tennis star, so everything here can be applied to soccer to the benefit of beginners and advanced players alike. I hope you find this article exciting and helpful. I was certainly inspired just listening to him. If you do feel this way, please feel free to leave your comments below and share it with others you think it would be helpful to.  Firstly there’s a short sporting bio of Boris, followed by his top tips and mixed with some quotes from him during the event. Let’s get going….

Boris Becker

Boris, at just 17 years old, became the youngest player ever to win the Wimbledon tennis championship. He then followed this up with another victory in this tournament aged 18!  Even at 9 years old he was already considered the best German tennis player in his age group. But it wasn’t just tennis he was great at, for he’s also been involved with various other sports including golf and skiing. What’s more, he’s a life long soccer enthusiast and has been on the advisory board for Bayern Munich for over a decade. His tennis tips are applicable to all sports
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Hi everybody,

Although the whole website (how2playsoccer.com) is designed for soccer fans and beginner players, I thought that today I would make a specific post breaking down the steps for the best ways you can learn to play soccer. So this will naturally include some of the most effective methods of using the information you find here in practice as well as some extra tips you might find helpful.

It is really a simple matter that boils down to just a few things which I’ve listed below. Whilst I can help by giving you all the free information I can on this site, the hard work comes down to you because the harder you work at something, the more likely you are to succeed. To quote the now famous phrase, ‘the harder you work, the luckier you get’!

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Visit the Beginners’ Soccer Guide

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The most important place to visit to start with if you want to learn to play soccer is the section of this website entitled ‘Beginners Soccer Guide’. If you haven’t visited this part before, then I’ll just let you know now that it covers various basic topics from soccer rules and formations, to soccer positions and gear. Reading this information and learning it to some extent will be invaluable so that you can gain a solid understanding of the game. The greater your understanding of the ins and outs of the game, the greater your adaptability to difficult game situations will be when you get to that stage.

But it’s not just theoretical knowledge you should work to improve. Instead, it’s also essential that you support this by learning all the right techniques for the various skills and then find out how you could put these into practice with the section on free soccer drills. When you come to playing, you will be much better equipped if you have all the theoretical knowledge AND the right techniques under your belt.

Visit the beginners’ soccer guide…

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Hi everyone,

Today I woke up and thought about how long a list I could make of all the different ways to score a goal in soccer. Feel free to dip in and out of it or even read it all through and see if there’s anything I’ve missed. You can make your own additions in the comment section at the end of this post.

This list may seem odd, random, bizarre, crazy, fun, geeky or ridiculous…or a combination of all these! But have a read and see what you think when you’ve finished. Until then, you need to get started so here comes my list of 55 possible to score a goal in soccer. Clearly many of them are NOT serious, but some are and the remaining ones may be possible!

1. Score directly from a goal kick
2. Score from a deflection after a goal kick
3. Score from a goalie drop kick
4. Score from a deflection after a goalie drop kick
5. Score from a long kick by a goalie in open play
6. Score from a deflection after a long kick by a goalie in open play
7. Score from a deflection after a goalie throw
8. Score from a deflection after a goalie punch (an incredibly long one!)
9. Score from a deflection after a goalie parry (an incredibly long one!)
10. Score from an initial shot in open play
11. Score from a rebound shot in open play
12. Score from a deflection off an initial shot in open play
13. Score from a deflection off a rebound shot in open play
14. Score from an initial volley in open play
15. Score from a rebound volley in open play
16. Score from a deflection off an initial volley in open play
17. Score from a deflection off a rebound volley in open play
18. Score from an initial header in open play
19. Score from a rebound header in open play
20. Score from a deflection off an initial header in open play
21. Score from a deflection off an initial header in open play
22. Score from an initial flick/poke in open play
23. Score from a rebound flick/poke in open play
24. Score from a deflection off an initial flick/poke in open play
25. Score from a deflection off a rebound flick/poke in open play
26. Score from the kick off with a long shot
27. Score from a deflection off a kick off shot
28. Score from a deflection off a throw in
29. Score directly from a corner
30. Score from a deflection off a corner
31. Score through an opponent’s headed own goal
32. Score through an opponent’s own goal with their boots/legs
33. Score through an opponents chested own goal
34. Score from an opponent’s handled own goal (i.e. by the keeper)
35. Score after a pass has been taken from a penalty (once tried and failed by Henry and Pires)
36. Score from the rebound of a penalty
37. Score from the deflection of a penalty (e.g by the keeper)
38. Score directly from a free kick
39. Score from a deflection off a free kick
40. Score from a rebound off a free kick
41. Score normally from an indirect free kick
42. Score from a deflection off an indirect free kick
43. Score from a rebound off an indirect free kick
44. Score from a deflection off the referee
45. Score if the referee decides to take an initial shoot
46. Score from a deflection off the initial shot of the referee
47. Score from a rebound shot by the referee
48. Score from an initial volley by the referee
49. Score from the deflection off an initial volley by the referee
50. Score from a rebound off a volley by the referee
51. Score if the referee decides to head at goal
52. Score from the rebound of a header by the referee
53. Score from a drop ball
54. Score from the deflection after a drop ball
55. Score from the rebound after a drop ball

Clearly many of these are incredibly unlikely, but possible all the same! Why not see if you can think of anymore to be added to my list of possible ways to score a goal in soccer. I’m sure you can find some other bizarre combinations to add!

Have fun,

Soccer Geek

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P.S.  DISCLAIMER: This post was included somewhat for its novelty value- I take no responsability for any attempts to score in the above fashions by any of the website users in actual matches!!