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Soccer Dribbling

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If your child has taken a liking to soccer and wants to stick with it, you can help her improve her skills by encouraging "dribbling" with her head up. (Dribbling means running while simultaneously moving the ball with small, controlled kicks with both feet, up and down the field.)

Why? As her team's level of skill increases, the players will start to spread out more on the field, and more technical foot skills become part of the game. When this happens, individual "runs" and "carries" with the ball (long, controlled dribbles with a burst of speed to get past the opposing team?s defense) become more crucial to the match.

Keeping her head up allows her to keep an eye on the other...

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