How To Curve A Soccer Ball
How To Curve A Soccer Ball
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In this video, a freestyle footballer explains and demonstrates the two basic methods of striking a soccer ball so that it travels in an arc, rather than a straight path.
How to curve a soccer ball? These are important kicks when you need to get the ball around the defence or beat the goalkeeper. There are two traditional ways to curve a soccer ball, the inside curve, and the outside curve. For the inside curve, step one - you need to strike the ball with the inside of your foot.
Step two - instead of striking straight through the ball, you need to hit it on an angle. Approach the ball from the side you want the ball to curve into. Step three - put a spin on the ball when you follow it through, by swinging your leg out and then back in.
Step four - for the outside curve, apply the same principles, but you need to take a more straight approach to the ball. In summary, angle the shot, swing the leg around in the pattern that you want the ball to travel in, and this will allow you to curve the ball around the defence, or beat the goal keeper. And this is how you curve a soccer ball.
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