Can you summarize the takeaways for this transcript nce you watch this video you won't look at dribbling the same ever again I can guarantee this knowledge I'm going to
give you will take your dribble n IQ past 99% of players even pros and this
isn't just Theory it can be implemented into your game instantly this exact framework I'm going to take you through
that I created which took me over two years of obsessive analysis and practical practice is now being
implemented by Premier League players I had a first team player Reach Out to me last week in one of the top three clubs
and he's already seeing instant Improvement and he continues to work in it daily especially with his individual
sessions the full framework can be found in both of these courses on my website
and we will cover the scope of all of this in this video part two the elite level dribbling guide has just been
released yesterday my biggest project yet and it's a masterpiece still with a
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when I played in League one I always had great dribbling but a dribbling framework didn't exist so I didn't know
how to be more consistent with it through improving my dribbling IQ and implementing more effective training so
let me share with you the most game-changing knowledge that will pave a clear path for you to become an elite
dribbler in any situation one the purpose of a skill now do you ever get
in a situation maybe a 1B one with a Defender and you even do two of these things one you do lots of different
skills back to back moving your feet at lightning speed for the defender to hardly move or do you ever approach a
Defender and freeze not because you don't know any skills but because you know so many and it's almost like okay
which one do I use I've been in both situations countless times and it's not necessarily that you're aware that
you're overdoing it or freezing you figure this out upon reflection after the game going through your mistakes and
if you're honest with your yourself when you break it down you'll realize you didn't know what skill to use in that
specific scenario think about it like this if a builder has loads of tools in his bag but he only knows how to hammer
in a nail on a wall all the other tools in his bag are useless what's the point in having them if you don't know how to
use them and this is how dribbling Works in that analogy the dribbling scenario that you're in is the problem to fix for
the Builder and the way to fix that problem for you the specific dribbling SC Ario you need to use the right tool
the right dribbling skill because football is in the stone ages with Player Development you've never been
taught that each skill only works in specific scenarios the same way a certain tool can only fix certain
problems for players who do multiple skills back to back and the defender doesn't even move you're trying to
hammer in a nail by twisting it with a screwdriver in short you're using the
wrong skill for the wrong SC scenario and multiple of them for the player that freezes and the defender tackles you
before you've even made your mind up you're aware you have a huge toolbox of skills and you're also aware
subconsciously that you don't know how to use each one so every time you come in a 1 V one the pitcher goes blank and
you freeze and in the elite level dribbling guide you will learn what dribbling scenarios fit perfectly with
the right skill to beat the defender and I mean every single skill with every
single possible scenario you will face some skills work amazingly in five different scenarios whereas other skills
only work good in two and we will cover some examples later on two how to spot
the scenario you're in now you're aware that you need to learn what skills work best in which scenarios to become an
elite dribbler you might now be thinking well how do I know what scenario I'm in the three main factors that make up a
scenario are one four dribbling scenarios this is a framework I created
all dribbling scenarios can be condensed into one of the main focuses of my first dribbling course the fundamentals of a
successful dribble breaking each one down we have 1 V one Defenders set in
and around the Box here's an example of what they look
like Defender set outside the box and in deep areas here's an example of what
they look like Defenders running to get set here's is an example of what they
look like Defender set in and around the Box
the defender set means that they have 2V1 deep SL wide areas outside the
box here's an example of what they look like two in and around the
Box here's an example of what they look like compact dribbles usually happen
when the ball is just turned over play and you're being pressed in instantly or when you receive the ball in these areas
with a high concentration of opposition players around the main difference here here is
players that are pressing you are also responsible for protecting certain spaces on the field when you enter the
space they press aggressively when you beat them instead of chasing they fall back to the allocated area to protect
the main tactics used by top players in compact scenarios is composure body faints sharp successive touches and
baiting the defender to tackle it's helpful to group compact scenarios into two subcategories one compact one BL one
scenarios here's an example of what they look like two multiple
opponents here's an example of what they look
like and driving dribbles driving runs are very fastpac and extremely valuable
in a counter attack when the ball is just turned over or when a team is set and seem
impenetrable it's useful to categorize driving scenarios into two subcategories retreating driving
runs and set driving runs the difference between the two with
retreating attacks your attacking Defenders who are retree both back to their goal now with all of these we can
break them down even more one way the area of the pitch that you are in a 1 V one will be slightly different when a
player is approaching horizontally near the goal line
verse horizontally higher up the pitch verse out wide running towards the
goal one way this affects the defender can lead us onto Point number two Defender type there are six Defender
types six different ways of Defending different scenarios will make a Defender adopt a different defending type for
example three of them are a jockeying Defender characterized by the defender move M backwards into space stood side
on showing you down one angle and shutting the other off an Engaged
Defender characterized by the defender running towards the attacker going for a tackle engaged Defenders are easier to
beat as like the and a chasing Defender characterized by the defender chasing from behind or the side similar to The
Defender running to get set the main difference here is the defender so once you understand the dribbling scenario
that you're in a 1 V one a 2V1 a compact dribble or a driving dribble combined
with the area of the pitch that you're in and on top of that the defender type you're facing the patterns we see are
scary in the elite level dribbling guide every possible scenario that you will come across is covered with every
possible Defender type and do you understand how confident you become once you know how each of these scenarios
work you will see instant Improvement and I promise you you will never see dribbling the same again and one of the
main things knowing all of this information gives us is being able to read three the defender psychology
understanding your opponent's intentions in any sport is the aim of the game that's how chess players set traps they
understand how the move that they've just done affects their opponent's psychology now being able to read their
next move a lot easier it's how mixed martial arts work and any other sport as
well as life even negotiations all of this comes down to being able to read your opponent's intentions and fears
let's take one of the hardest Defender types to beat the jockeying defender let's break down the psychology of a
jockeying Defender by diving deep into their intentions and fears okay so let's say you're on the ball I'm a jockeying
defender in this position I would be showing you down the line like this and I'm trying to cut off this
angle so first of all let's break down the intentions of this jockeying Defender the intention of this jockeying
Defender they're trying to get you to go down here and block off the inside and now we also understand their fear they
don't want you to come inside so now we can use this information to our advantage for example if you knock the
ball inside what am I going to do I'll either back off like this or I'll turn my hips
slightly if you fake to go down this way because I'm showing you this way I will
also push up
the reason why I will push up is because if I'm closing off one angle and showing you down one way that means technically
if you knock the ball this way I'm already a little bit behind because I'm also focused on blocking this car my
main intention is to block here and react to you as soon as you go this way so as soon as you go to knock I have to
go quick because I'm giving you all this free space to run into and the closer you get to the goal the more you can use
the goal forat against the defender four the skill starts before the skill this
is a phrase that I came up with once I realize where most players go wrong we often think the skill itself is the most
important part of the skill why wouldn't we but you need to think a little bit differently about dribbling any skill
done without the right setup won't work for example look at this stepover versus an Engaged Defender do you notice
anything the touch before for the step over here the angle of approach set up
the skill perfectly the touch makes the defender plant the feet unsure and in no
man's land as the player can take the ball either way now a characteristic of the engaged
Defender is there are super reactive again you will learn everything about every Defender type in the course
just before we dive into the analysis in order to be able to implement this information into your games and training
there is one vital cue you need to be able to read before anything else and this is the defender type there are six
types or six defending Styles a Defender will be in at any given time now the stepover makes them react here as the
playing catch up reacting to you due to the angle of approach done before the
skill here with a zadan roulette we have another engaged Defender coming from the side this
time look at the touch before the skill touching the ball here to bait the defender
here once he commits he now does there's a dam
roulette against his momentum so as you see the skill always starts before the skill
side this is where Defenders approach directly from the side the main thing you need to
understand is the importance of the touch before the zadan roulette players touch the ball forward
to B the defender across more aggressively leaving the ball vulnerable
momentarily the attack second scenario involves no
passing Lane Bait making the defender commit one way or on the other wrong
Line This slight Delay from Neymar makes the defender run on this
line if he touches the ball with no delay here the defender can run on this
line so Neymar's delay keeps this space
open Bernardo Silva vers Tory and when you're watching dribbling now and you
see a successful dribble ask yourself what set up the skill was it the angle of approach was it the delay and so on
five when to dribble and when to pass I've been asked this question over a 100 times on my socials and it is such a
great question firstly because when you dribble you want to confidently commit to the
dribble we don't want to be thinking in the back of our mind should I be passing right now or what if I lose the ball and
so on you need to be locked into the dribble to read the relevant cues and triggers for that specific scenario and
Defender type and here's why it's impossible for me to answer that question straight away because next I
need to ask well it depends what scenario you're dribbling in I think when we have no dribbling IQ we only
pitch this one scenario as dribbling but as we've mentioned there are way way more this clip for
example paused here the best place for the ball to go is to Iniesta who is in tons of space so we could say the best
decision is not to dribble but to pass but once you understand this specific scenario a compact scenario with a team
in a low block defenders in a compact scenario are highly engaged meaning they react to anything why because the risk
and reward balance the risk and reward balance ties into the defender
psychology if this Defender gets beat it doesn't really matter because others are waiting just
behind meaning the risk is low but if he tackles Messi and intercepts the ball
they can have a dangerous Counterattack meaning the reward is high remember an Engaged Defender is one of the six
Defender types let's compare this to another of the defender types A jockeying Defender if he gets beat
especially in a goal threat scenario it could be a goal and this is why a jockeying Defender is more passive
waiting patiently to make the tackle at the right time due to the risk and reward
balance so now you see how much of a game changer this knowledge is and trust me this is only scratching the surface
but back to our decision- making situation here we said the best decision is to pass not dribble but now we
understand defenders in compact scenarios are highly engaged that means we know if we turn our body to player
pass they will run to try and cut off the passing Lane so the thought process in this specific scenario is different
it's okay but can I pass as I know he will try to cut off the passing Lane here Messi turns to play the pass
but what he's really doing is testing the defender is the passing Lane still open enough for a safe pass okay no it's
not and he does Iniesta skill but hold on remember the skill
starts before the skill let's slow it down what does Messi use here he uses
delay he could do the skill now but he waits and does it now why the more the
defender shuts off the passing Lane the more the space inside is free and in a
compact scenario you need as much space as possible so he hops and leaves his foot hanging next to the
ball before doing the skill and now he passes to Iniesta so this decision making was more
like okay a pass would be good but is it safe the answer no now I need to dribble to be able to play the ball
here there needs to be an intention behind your dribble well let's take matoma as an example in the most popular
dribbling scenario we all think of again against a jockeying Defender should he dribble or pass well
let's think about it more clearly what's the aim of passing anyway to give it to someone in a more dangerous position
than you especially in the final third kamto make a more deadly pass
here or here of course here in these situations if you back
yourself and you know how to read a Defender and manipulate them exactly like matoma does here by faking a cross
inside against the defender's hips then you will confidently back yourself to get in this
situation but Remy what if I mess up and get tackled and lose the ball when I could have kept possession and played
the ball inside you need to think more bold as a dribbler think about it like this in ATA passes a ball from here 10
times how many times will this result in a goal maybe one if he passes a ball
from here how many times would this result in a goal maybe three or even
more if you're always playing it safe you're not going to impact the game if you know how to use the right skills in
the right scenario against the right Defender type then you can get yourself in more dangerous positions to then pass
the ball the four pillars of a successful dribble the more I systemized dribbling the more I realized all
dribbles had four components in them this is called the four pillars of a successful dribble for those who follow
me on Instagram or Tik Tok you will have heard me speak about them a lot but this is the first time I'm showing you them
in order let me introduce you to the four pillars of a successful dribble one angle of approach this is the angle at
which you approach a Defender your angle of approach will determine how much control you have in the jeel your angle of approach can massively set you up for
Success if done right or failure if not when a Defender is defending they're trying to shut off the most dangerous
angle and show you down the least dangerous angle this is how they try to control a one versus one for example
here the defender is blocking off the inside angle and trying to force the attacker down the line if he knocks the ball where the defender wants him to go
the defender is now in control as all they need to do is keep showing you further and further away from danger so
your goal with your angle of approach is to run at an angle which keeps both options open the defender is now in a
world of uncertainty if he wants to continue blocking off this angle he will have to move over giving more room here
a Defender not in control is more likely to fall for your tricks once you've achieved a successful angle of approach
and you're now in the driving seat this can now lead to our second pillar momentum Advantage this is where you
take the ball against the defender's momentum by making the defender slightly
commit one way with a piece of skill and they'll either plant the feet or Edge to block off an angle as the momentum is
either stopping or going one way you're going the other way this now puts you in even more control so you have some
momentum advantage and you've slightly got away from the defender this leads to our third pillar playing catch up now
you've gained some yards over the defender even if it's just one the whole psychology of the defender has changed
they're making up lost yards and now playing catchup in this stage the defender is moving quicker most of the
time sprinting to get back level to find some control in the duel and this is right where you want them this is where
they are more runable to div and get and making a rash tackle once you realize you've achieved the defender plane
capture you're now able to work the fourth pillar bait bait is a piece of skill to convince a Defender to 100%
commit to a tackle you're in control you're ahead and he's desperately playing catch up with a skill time right
here you can go against the defender's momentum again because they're moving faster it will take longer for them to
recover most of the time leaving them in the dust a little side note on this pill coaches teach attackers to not beat
Defenders twice so attackers grow up getting some momentum Advantage whether this be a yard or two yards and they're
Tau to always capitalize on this whether it's forcing out a cross or a shot when you have a Defender playing catch up
their psychology has also been wired this way too that you're going to capitalize on any little yard that you've gained and this is why they're
easier to fool too players who make a difference do beat the Defenders twice in some situations as it makes them way
less predictable the less predictable you are in a dribble the less control the defender feels they have the more Rush
decisions they will make make bait is the icing on the cake the finishing move which leaves the defenders in the dust
in today's game leaving a marker in the dust is gamechanging in modern football teams are so organized and so compact
that games become stagnant and teams can go a full 90 minutes hardly penetrating the opposition a player who can get past
the defender and I mean completely get past the defender remember not capitalizing on Tiny yards but baiting
the defender against a fully shaking doubling down now you driving with the ball unmarked and opposition player has
to leave their slot to engage leaving more spaces on the field for your teammates all scenarios and Defender
types don't always need the four pillars some will only need two again no
stone unturned in both of these two courses we cover every single one to make it crystal clear but hopefully this
opens your eyes and now see if you can spot these happening and this leads us onto something very interesting and I
can guarantee you've never thought about this before seven momentum versus bait Mechanics for the defender how do we
actually beat a Defender what has to happen for us to beat them for example can we only beat a Defender once they go
to tackle and Miss gaining momentum Advantage the second pillar over a Defender most of the time doesn't lead
to us beating them it's after bait the fourth pillar which does the three ways to gain momentum advantage over a
Defender is by getting them to push off in One
Direction plant their feet all slow
down all different against different Defender types but interestingly when we fully
beat a Defender with bait we see more Defenders trying to either block a shot or
pass or tackle and Miss eight strength is also weakness
although we have six Defender types Defenders themselves have different styles of defending the main one most
attackers hate playing against is that lightning fast sharp Defender characterized by the feet moving at
lightning speed when jocking ready to go in any direction the opposite to this is a more slow Defender who uses timing to
their advantage as they aren't as fast they have adapted to be less
reactive sometimes very frustrating to play against as they don't seem to move much when you do a skill when you
walking on the pitch ready to start a game and the whistle blows and you go to try and take on the opposition play
against and this can be in any position you try to take them on they have lightning fast feet and they tackle you
do you ever just lose a ton of confidence and feel like it's going to be impossible to get past that Defender
that game let me tell you one sentence that will help you with that no matter the defender style whether being a sharp
defender or relaxed their strength is also their weakness let's say the reactive fast Defender for example Ben
ARA here he uses the speed against them some body faints to disguise where he's
going and the small burst down the line now making the defender playe catch up then using this space's bait to do a
fate cross and look at the sharp Defender he can't
stop this is how you need to think about dribbling no matter how fast or patient
the defender is that Defender you struggle getting past you can use those exact qualities you struggle against to
actually beat them if you use them correctly and you'll notice especially in part two the elite dribbling guide
some skills are best used against sharp Defenders whereas other skills are best used against more patient Defenders nine
the most underlooked skill in the whole of football or soccer for you Americans
out of every single skill we Deep dive into covering the exact cues and triggers to look for in any scenario to
make your skill as effective as possible there is one skill that I have never heard mentioned in my entire life and to
put it in perspective how much this skill is used in the process of making these courses I have to go through
thousands and thousands of Clips to then try and find patterns and systemize them this skill I'm about to tell you about I
had the most footage for out of any other skill as I came across it the most
and this skill I call the stretched touch stretched touch the stretched touch is a skill
where players poke the ball whilst at a stretch
and this skill in my opinion is the most underlooked skill there is me personally
I've never heard anybody talk about it but it's one of the most commonly used skills and we're going to explore the
five different ways the stretch touch can be used and this is one of messy's Secrets you'll see in the elite level
dribbling guide we break it down in five ways covering every possible scenario and the interesting thing about this
skill is that it's an umbrella skill for other skills me meaning that these other skills incorporate the stretch touch in
them an example of this is the cut across again every single scenario we cover whether it's being coming from the
side the back to the defender or in front all of these cut
across scenarios use a stretch touch to do it you touch the ball across or in front
of the defender and get your body in between them
with this skill there is one man who has mastered it and that is edin Hazard when you see him doing those
crazy driving runs it often involves the cour across
and that's who we will be studying a lot here here we will cover three scenarios
the first one most likely the scenario you're picturing Defender
chasing this scenario is characterized by the defender chasing from behind the goal here is to touch the ball in front
of you on the same line at which the defender is running and then get yourself between the defender and the
ball in turn making the defender have to slow down or give a foul away now with the
basic knowledge of how a cut across Works let's break down lots of scenarios in the defender chasing scenar and there
is a vital piece of information we will cover to make your cut across in this scenario perfect three more skills also
use it the road map to becoming an elite dribbler all in all the the road map to becoming an elite dribbler has two steps
first the knowledge the knowledge of all the defender types all dribbling scenarios how each skill Works in
relation to all those dribbling scenarios and Defender types because remember skills are only effective in
specific scenarios and lastly how the four pillars work in every different scenario the second part is effective
training which is added at the end of part two the elite level dribbling guide we have individual drills to-do that
replicates every single dribbling scenario you will across with every single skill we start off with the drill
and then the coaching points afterwards and here is one drill you can use
a few really important coaching points the first one let's speak about your Escape after you do the Hop especially
with the defender here the jockeying defender they're like this as you're
coming in from this way it's really important with the ball the angle of approach you're taking the ball a little
bit more here so you're encouraging this Defender to come over like this as soon
as you do the Hop that's more information for the defender that you go this way when the defender goes this way
remember the weights planted here this leg will stick out okay so that means this
torch needs to be super sharp here here like a 90° chop you can think about it
like that okay so you comeing slow one two straight down the line make sure
it's not inside because he foot his foot will get it and then with the drill
against the planted Defender it's really important that you don't show where you're going to touch the ball and you've looked up you've seen the planted
Defender you're driving at the planted Defender and the Hop gives you time to assess when he begins to push off to
engage as soon as he does that that's when you can then touch the ball to the side and make sure it's nice and wide
and also a sharp cut as well for that outstretch
leg as always go both sides make sure you're doing it on the other side as well and again remember with the drills
whenever you're doing them try and visualize where you would be on the pitch remember dribbling is all about different scenarios so you need to have
these scenarios ingrained in your mind and then train them effectively like this and then it will become second
nature and the reason step one knowledge isn't enough because we want dribbling to eventually become instinctual and we
can only do this by replicating game realistic scenarios to put into drills I
coach absolutely everything we cover in both of course is combined over 5 hours of footage the cues the triggers for
each specific scenario the defender types and the psychology how they're thinking what their intentions are and
how the specific skill that you use leverages that so you will even know exactly what the skill you're doing is
actually doing to the defender both physically and psychologically my whole goal is to create the most effective
training plans for footballers because I trained and trained and trained yes I
reached a good height but when I think about my training it was useless and it is genuinely so frustrating to reflect
back and think how much time was wasted but it's just because there wasn't a path pave so one of my biggest goals is
that no player ever is left with this frustration of thinking what could my potential have been but in order for the
player to get the most out of the drills they first need to know the ins and outs of the dribbling Theory so I hope this
video has given you tons of value Way Beyond your expectation this is 2 years of studying condensed into video let
alone my whole career starting at the age of six and finishing at the age of 26 and there are quite a lot of other
points I could share too potentially in the future I can make a part two to this video I hope you understand I dedicate
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