What I’m Good at
Alright, so tonight I’ve gone through all of the last 7 weeks weekly reflections and concluded on a couple of things.
This is what my strengths are from best to not the best:
- Slide tackling
- Speed
- Long balls/crossing
- Running with the ball
- Dribbling
(and add set pieces there somewhere)
These strengths are consistent with wingers, which do these things (from wikipedia):
- Technical skill to beat a full-back in a one-to-one situation.
- Pace, to beat the full-back one-on-one.
- Crossing ability when out wide.
- Good off-the-ball ability when reading a pass from the midfield or from fellow attackers.
- Good passing ability and composure, to retain possession while in opposition territory.
- The modern winger should also be comfortable on either wing so as to adapt to quick tactical changes required by the coach.
I’m decent now, but I have to really buckle down and get really, fantastically good at these skills if I want to be the next amazing player.
Now that I’ve confirmed what I am good at, and what position suits me. It’s time to formulate a training plan around this.. Watch out for the next post! 