SCHOOLBOY SOCCER.

NZ Truth, Issue 1017, 23 May 1925, Page 10

SCHOOLBOY SOCCER.

■■■.' ' '' ■'.'.■ Ball Control. i Wilii, Charlie, did you read my 'notes last Week, and did you tell your chum? '" ■■.■'Ndtjy, "ball control" is one cf the first things? a .lad should study, because without vit; you will be a footbailer of any class. Whatever position' with perhaps goalie excluded you occupy., you need.it.. 'When you have •the..bail at your feet it should, never bevmore than fU few inches away from yopr foot. If you are on the. run, with the ball you should be able to tap it to either side of you, stop it dead, lift it with your' toe air ,with , one action, and without getting out of your stride. When dribbling the ball, don't kick it. iust tap it , every, stride you take, if. necessary. fiVst with one foot and then; the other: ,, I cannot recommend you to study any player m this town as a ijerfect - v ball -controller, but ■" y° u can .' watch the% following • players and you will get some idea of what I,.want you' to study. .Logan and Wallace (Thistle). Ballard; and Nicholle (V.M.C.A.), Hughes and Dick (Hospital), Cudby (Marist), Irvine (Watersiders), and Stocks (Diamonds). : Get th'a tennis;

ball out of your pocket again and run with it at your feet say twenty yards, slowly at first and see how you get on, then faster and faster. After a 'while try running so far and stop it dead, and away again quickly. Then get three stumps, kerosene tins or three boys at playtime. Place them , five yards apart and dribble around them. Keep at it and. every chance you get, get three or four chums, no more, and try and take it from each other. Once you get' the swing of it, it will come easy to you. Use .the- outside of your; foot when dribbling, you will find it easier to 'get along, the toe must be pointing inwards. Next week I will give you a lesson on how to kick with both feet. Don't forget my mottos: "Play the game" and "play the ball," never mind the man. "Cheerio!"