Weekly tips Watch this spot every week for a tip that might improve your soccer skills. Several area coaches will take part. This week, R.I. Stingrays and La Salle Academy coach Mario Pereira extols the virtues of trapping. We need to do away with the hockey style of soccer and incorporate more of a basketball style, where possession is an absolute must. The solution to possession is through the development of the trapping skill.
Trapping is the skill most often overlooked.
The advantages of having good trapping skills are endless. It enables a player to get time and space that will allow the player to make the proper decision with the ball.