If you practice passing, eventually you will get better at it. Passing is one of the most important skills you need to know to play soccer. Passing allows players to connect with each other and work as a team successfully. Passing also helps control the ball and keep possession of the ball when defenders are on you. If you keep the ball and don’t pass, defenders can know where you are and that the ball isn’t moving around the field, making it easy for the other team to take possession of the ball. Without passing in soccer, your team won’t be able to work together.
If you are new to soccer, you should remember that a pass should be made with the inside of your foot. You should use the inside of your foot and laces of your shoe to give you accuracy when you pass the ball as well as control. To pass, you want to remember to step to the ball with the foot you are not passing with and by stepping in the direction you want the ball to go, when you kick the ball with the other foot it is likely the ball will be passed the right direction.
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Even great players know that chasing the ball wears you out so much when you don't have the ball. A way to prevent the opposite team from having possession of the ball is to pass the ball more frequently so that the other team will have to run more and try chasing the ball which will tire them out when they have possession of the ball. Tiring out the other team when having the ball and moving it around the whole field gives your team an advantage because when the other team has the ball and is trying to move it around the field they can't play to the best of their ability because they are