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How to Play as a Pivot (in videos)

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  You’ve hopefully already read our guide on how to power up your team’s attack using a pivot, so you already understand what the role is all about. Now it’s time to see it in action. This time we’ve picked a couple of videos to show you how it works and illustrate some of the specific techniques you […]

Filed Under: Tactics Tagged With: Attacking, Futsal, Pivot, Playing, Tactics, Videos

Power-up Your Team’s Attack Using a Pivot

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An extremely effective way to make sure that your 5-a-side (or Futsal) team carries an attacking threat is by using a dedicated attacker. This role is one of the most important to your team and, if you get it right, could be the spark that gets you creating space and playing impressive attacking football. Why […]

Filed Under: Tactics Tagged With: Attacking, Futsal, Pivot, Target

Positioning for Football – A Game Played Sideways

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Attacking on Half-Turn

Football is a simple game, which can be played impressively just by doing simple things well, none more so than positioning yourself correctly. It’s one of the things that nobody ever seems to tell you, how to position yourself correctly, but it’s something that can make all the difference to your game. Putting it Simply […]

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: Attacking, Defending, Playing, Positioning

Creative Skills for 5-a-side players

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5-a-side Fake

By mastering a few simple skills and techniques, you can build a powerful repertoire of moves that will mean you and your team create and score more goals. We’ve created a video guide, filmed with IFC – one of the best 5-a-side teams in the business. There are so many gems that you can pick […]

Filed Under: Skills, Tips Tagged With: Attacking, Creativity, Dribbling, IFC, Kurtice Herbert, Playing, Skills, Videos

The Dummy Pass or Shot

Filed Under: Skills 6 Comments

An absolute staple of your skills collection has to be the dummy (also referred to as a ‘feint’ or a ‘fake’). By feinting to play a pass or shot you’ll throw your opponents the wrong way and give yourself time and space to work your magic. It’s a particularly useful technique if you’re playing against […]

Filed Under: Skills Tagged With: Attacking, Dribbling, Skills

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