Football Boots – Speed & Technique

There are not many things we love more than football boots, and we know that you love them too because they are one of the most essential parts of your football equipment and probably the most beautiful one.

However, there is a massive range of boots with different shape, texture, weight, material, and size, and as we all football people know those factors do matter on the pitch. Thankfully, we come up with few tips and advises that will help you what kind of football boots you should use for particular skills.

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Importance of Speed in Today Game

If we compared the game today with the game 20 years ago, we would see that the speed has changed a lot and that it has more importance in today’s game. But of course, many technical things have changed over time as well so they can improve the game in terms of speed and quality.

The stadiums become much bigger and modern with various places for entertainment for the fans, and the pitches are with the best surfaces that could be for a better quality of the game, the training grounds are spotless as well. But the main thing for making the game so dynamic and fast is the change in the equipment. Player’s shirts are getting made from lighter materials that can make them move more quickly on the pitch, balls are made lighter and quicker, but the main game-changer it is the football boots.

They are much more different from the one legends like Pele, Maradona, Stoichkov and many more used to play with. Modern football boots are made from light materials which allows you to be as much quicker as possible and make you feel comfortable in them.

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The Necessity of Technique in Modern Football

The technique has always been an essential part of the game, whether you are an excellent dribbler or good passer or you are just gifted with it. Alongside physical ability, today’s game requires excellent technical skills as well. Proper control of the ball is a vital skill to maintain the possession of the ball against the other team and gives you more time to create your attack better.

All modern professional football players possess very good passing skills. Another important thing is the first touch for all players on the pitch. Touch involves bringing the ball under control effortlessly and being confident when you possess the ball.

Another requirement in modern football is to be able to use both feet, which is a big plus for every player — allowing you to get out of difficult situations when you are high pressed from the other team players or scoring goals from unexpected circumstances. Another essential skill is the ability to turn on the ball. Whether you are playing out of defence or trying to find space to pass the ball or finding space to shot in the penalty area, the ability to turn quickly and keep the ball close to your feet has a significant impact on your game.

Depending on what position you are playing in, a particular skill set will be required. For example, the typical central midfielder the type of the great Andrea Pirlo or Paul Scholes will need excellent control of the ball and the ability to see the game a few moves in advance. A defender in modern football it is also required to read the game and to have the reasonable control of the ball and decent passing skills so they can start building the game from the back.

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Choose the Right Shoe for You

So here it is the moment for modern football boots to come in. Depending on your position on the pitch, you will need a particular model whether it gives you speed or control on the ball. If you are winger or striker, you will prefer lighter and faster boots like Nike Mercurial or Adidas X 18.1. But if you are midfielder or defender, you will prefer to have boots which give you better control on the ball and more stability like Nike Phantom or Adidas Predator.

If you are a winger, you have to go for Nike Mercurial which gives you 360- degree Flyknit construction to tick that second-skin feeling and a Micro-textured upper to reduce weight to 191g. But if you don’t fancy Nike, you always can go for Adidas x 18.1 which is one of the most comfortable football boots on the market and their weight it is just 210g.


Practice It Is the Key

To be a professional footballer, it takes a lot of training, sacrifices, and dedication but if you look at one of the best players from past and present you will see how hard they are practising after every training. Not because their training wasn’t hard enough but because they want to be the best and to be the best, it takes one extra mile. Beckham and Ronaldo would stay after training practising free kicks over and over again, aiming in a particular spot in the goal time after time in try to reach perfection. This is the difference between the best players in the world today and the rest of them.

Staying after training practising free kicks or crossing the ball, dribbling the ball in your back garden on your own imaging that the trees around you are opponents on the pitch hours after hours that will improve your touch and control skills.

Be one of the rest or be the best! It is your choice.

Petar Leykov

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