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What to practice in order to become a more creative midfielder

Vivek	04:53:43 Thursday 1 July 2004
hiya its me again. Your explanation has been very helpful to so THANKYOU. I was wondering what kind of training methods, drills etc a tricky, attacking midfielder can do please. This will be very helpful to me thankyou.
As a creative midfielder, the most important skills that you should emphasize on are ball control and passing. Ball control needs to become your second nature. The best drills to work on are against a wall or with a friend who serves you the ball. Start with trapping the ball on the ground. Learn to control it as it comes to you from different angles. Have the ball served to your feet (or use the wall) as you are standing sideways. When you become proficient at trapping, start working on turning with the ball as mentioned in How to sharply turn with the ball. Learn to cut the ball and throw fakes before handling or turning with it. I highly suggest dedicating an entire training session to one particular move, rather than improvising or trying to come up with new ones. The next stage of training should include air balls. Employ as many surfaces of the body as possible including the head, chest and thighs. To make your passing more unpredictable, learn distributing the ball at your first touch (without trapping). This can be practiced against the wall or with a friend. As you get comfortable, learn to simultaneously turn and pass the ball using the push pass technique. Have the ball served to you from one side and instantly distribute it 90 degrees in a perpendicular direction. Watch tapes of great playmakers like Zidane or Carlos Valderrama. They can pass the ball at first touch in any direction. You may also want to check out these questions which I think relate to your case: How to become a high performance player and What makes players like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Maradona so deadly. by Expert 19:09:09 Monday 19 July 2004