SOCCER TIP

Doing regular juggles with both feet is good but doesn't enhance your control and touch on the ball as much as other types of juggling does. A method of juggling I use which prove effective on the pitch for me is punting the ball as high up in the air as possible, and then controlling it with my head, chest, thigh, or foot before the ball hits the ground. Another method I use is punting the ball as far downfield and high up in the air as possible, run down to it before it hits the ground, and control it using any part of my body. Great players like Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Paul Pogba, use these method and it proves effective on the pitch.
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SOCCER AND LOYALTY 

John Terry (Chelsea current captain and England's starting defender) revealed that Chelsea rejected a £29m bid from Manchester City for him in 2009. The Blues defender told the Daily Mail: “There was the thing with Manchester City. They offered £29m for me in 2009 and Chelsea turned it down. “I had a meeting with Roman [Abramovich] about it. I said to him, if the club accepts the offer then it tells me you don’t want me. So then you haven’t got a choice, you have to go. “But if they don’t accept the offer, it tells me everything that I need to know. Chelsea refused the offer and that was it.” John Terry still plays for Chelsea and proves his loyalty by been a great captain who leads the team by professional example. 

  

  

BARCLAY'S PREMIER LEAGUE TRANSFER RUMORS +  LA LIGA AND OPINION 

 Hello guys today's blog is going to be focused on the latest Barclay's Premier League transfer rumors and some Spanish transfer rumors along with my personal opinions on the transfers. The transfer window for January will soon be opened and Premier League giants like Manchester United and Manchester City are planning on some major transfers. Please keep in mind that the transfer rumors I am going to address are only rumors not legit future transfers. 

Let's start off with one of Premier League's best all time team, Manchester United. Manchester United want to bring in a player who will be 'in the top 10 on the list to win the Ballon d'Or,' according to the Sunday Mirror. With Louis van Gaal's (the current Manchester United Manager)side struggling for goals so far this season, a big name player is being targeted with a high-level source at the club quoted as saying: “A club like Manchester United must have a player who will be in the top 10 on the list to win the Ballon d’Or.” Among those mentioned are Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar. Cristiano Ronaldo had played for Manchester before and had tremendous success in the club. As far as Neymar and Gareth Bale go, Manchester have a chance to sign these players  but it will be very difficult due to the fact that other big teams like Paris Saint Germain, Chelsea, Bayern Munich etc. want to sign these players. United have had tremendous success in signing top class players in the likes of Angel Di Maria, Bastian Schwienstiger, and Fellani, so I believe that they have a big chance. Brilliantly for the English giants they are not only focused on transferring Bale, Ronaldo, or Neymar. Manchester United are ready to make a £50m bid for Tottenham striker Harry Kane, according to the Daily Star. It's been a lack of goals that has cost United on a number of occasions this season and yesterday was no different with West Ham holding Louis van Gaal's side at Old Trafford. However, reports suggest United ant to address the lack of goals with a big-money move for England forward Kane.I think that signing harry Kane is a brilliant move because he is one of the leading goal scorers in the league and Manchester United definitely need a top class goal scoring machine like Harry Kane of Tottenham. 

Lets move on to one of Spanish giants, FC Barcelona. Italy forward Sebastian Giovinco has played down the prospect of a January move to Barcelona. The Spanish and European champions are reportedly on the hunt for a new forward to provide back-up for the likes of Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, and Giovinco has been touted as a potential option. However the 28-year-old, who has shone since trading Juventus for MLS outfit Toronto FC in January, has poured cold water over such conjecture by admitting that he would barely feature if he moved to the Camp Nou. He told TodoMercadoWeb.es: “Me to Barca? With the three greatest forwards in history [there], it would be impossible to play.” I believe that Giovinco has a big point because playing alongside Neymar, Suarez, and Messi will be impossible because they are the best trio in the world. He is 28 years old and definitely needs a lot of playing in order to end his carrier at a high note. Barcelona on the hand could look on to other players Diabala of Juventus, Lewandoski of Bayern, Diafra Sakho of West Ham United, and great strikers throughout the world of football/soccer. 

The Manchester United rival team Manchester City, is taking big precautions in signing new players during the January transfer window. Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini will not be rushed into signing another striker in January despite an ongoing injury crisis which threatens his side's increasingly hectic campaign. Pellegrini plugged a gap last year by landing Wilfried Bony from Swansea but believes a stronger squad this time around makes it less imperative for him to hunt for new recruits in the New Year. Pellegrini said: "We made the decision last year because we had three players injured and Kelechi (Iheanacho) was one year younger and he was not the player he is today. "(Stevan) Jovetic and Aguero had a lot of injuries in the first half of the season and that was why we decided to bring in Bony. But we are okay with this - we have Kelechi and we have got to give time to the young players. They are not 100 per cent ready to play every game but he is doing very well. "So I am not concerned that we didn't bring in another player because we have Kelechi and we also have Sterling who can play as a central striker." I personally believe that Pellegrini is making a very smart move because giving young players a chance to show their talent on the pitch and put them under the spotlight is very fantastic. Teams like Arsenal also play young talents straight out of the Academy who turn out to be valuable players and then sold to other teams for millions of pounds. Despite city not signing major players, they are still interested in signing good players as a backup for the starters. Juventus full-back Alex Sandro is a reported target for Manchester City, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The 24-year-old only joined the Serie A club in the summer but is thought to be attracting admiring glances from City, who are ready to offer €40m to secure his services. I think that city has good full backs in the likes of Zabaletta, but I believe that it is smart to start recruiting new fresh legs due to the fact that their defenders are getting older. 

I hope that these transfer rumors have cleared some uncertainty in your thoughts and I hope your favorite team gets the most valuable players in the world of soccer/football. 

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SOCCER TIP 05 

For today's tip, I want you guys to know that playing soccer is not just about winning, we all play to win because it is the nature of the sport but that is not the reason why we play. We play because we love the game, we enjoy everything about the sport from dribbling, scoring, to conditioning. Play as much as you can and always remember to have fun!!!! 

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INSPIRING

Neymar da Silva Santos is  a soccer player who  played for Santos but now playing for FC Barcelona. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He started playing soccer when he was 11. At the age of 14, he travelled to Spain with his father Neymar da Silva Snr. to go on a trial in Real Madrid. Luckily, he passed the trial but the club wasn`t willing to pay enough, so he went back to Brazil and joined a team which paid twice as much as he needed.In 2011, he won the award for the best soccer player in South America and the youngest best player in the world. Neymar is one of the young players that inspire people like me to play soccer. He was determined to be the best at a very young age and with hard work and dedication, he is now what he always wanted to be. 

THE COMPLETE SOCCER PLAYER 

In order to be a good soccer player, one needs to have various components that add up to make one a fantastic competitor. Strength and conditioning in soccer is extremely important due to the nature of the game. At the professional level, conditioning is stressed by the coaches and meds, but in the lower levels, strength and conditioning is neglected. The best soccer players at the lower level is one who has great agility and fantastic conditioning.  

I personally do a lot of research on how to become the most complete soccer player and I have found interesting things that I would like to share with you guys. Strength is an important component of fitness that can benefit athletes in any sport, although it is often viewed as having little importance in soccer. However, strength forms the basis for power and speed. Soccer players also need strength to hold off challenges from opponents. Other benefits of strength training include: injury resistance leaner body composition faster metabolism more energy greater explosiveness improved balance, stability, and agility faster recovery greater bone density. 

According to Josh Hewett, a professional soccer expert, high level soccer players don't need to have the same absolute strength as American football players or rugby players, but a properly designed „off-field‟ strength training program will definitely improve your in performance! Relative strength is more important in soccer than absolute strength. Relative strength is simply your absolute strength in relation to your body weight. Your strength training program should focus on compound, functional exercises (such as lunges, squats, step ups, pushups, dips, chin-ups), and take into account balancing the strength of opposing muscle groups (i.e.- quadriceps vs. hamstrings). Don't waste your time training solely on machines, and avoid useless, non-functional exercises such as leg extensions. The majority of your exercises should be ground-based, using bodyweight or free weights as resistance, and should involve movement of your full body. Train all the major muscle groups, with emphasis on your lower body and core. 

Another significant component of a soccer fitness program is speed and agility training. The speed of play in today's game is quicker than ever. While endurance and strength are very important to improving your performance, faster players have a definite competitive edge. You may have better endurance than the next guy, but if he makes it to the ball first it won't matter that you can run marathons! A simple speed test is a sprint over 30 yards from a standing start. You can try this yourself and have someone else time you. A sprint time under 5.0 seconds is good. Professional players average around 4.0 seconds. Power is the combination of strength and speed. A more powerful player is a more formidable player. To improve your speed and explosiveness you should include power movements in your program, such as jump squats, high pulls, power cleans, and push presses, as well as plyometric drills such as box jumps, alternate push-offs, lateral shuffle, and split lunge jumps.  

Another important aspect of fitness is flexibility. Maintaining a healthy range of motion can be very beneficial, however, few people understand the most effective methods of stretching or when to use them. Many athletes still do passive stretching before their workout or practice, when actually this can diminish performance and increase risk of injury! The safest and most productive way to integrate flexibility training into your routine, is to do a dynamic warm up (walking lunges, bodyweight squats, high knees, butt kicks, arm circles, etc.) before a workout, practice or game, and then spend some time stretching at the end. Also, a better alternative to static passive stretching is static „active‟ stretching (using your own muscular effort to hold the position).  

A very important component towards becoming a complete soccer player and a great athlete is nutrition. It is one of the most neglected components in any sport despite the fact that it is the most important component. Let's start with carbohydrates, the most important fuel for contracting muscles. In fact, our body has its very own storeroom supply of this--called glycogen--in the muscles. Once the blood's supply is used up it will turn to this reserve to break down. Carbohydrates are found in bread, rice, pasta and cereals. Whole grain varieties of these are a better choice as they are broken down at a slower rate and will give longer lasting energy. Next is protein, which is found in meat, fish, beans, nuts and lentils. Protein is needed to repair and rebuild muscles that have been damaged during exercise. It's important to note that you don't need to overdo this. Fat is found in meat, butter, dairy, convenience food and oils. Try to choose monounsaturated fats such as olive oil or canola oil and eliminate trans fats. It will protect your heart and maintain healthy cholesterol levels. You want to ensure that the meals you eat give you the most nutritional bang for your buck. A healthy meal should be made up of 2/3 whole grains, fruits and vegetables and 1/3 low fat meat, dairy, beans or other protein-rich foods. Fast foods have very little nutritional value and, in turn, will hinder performance on the field. However they can be part of a healthy sports diet as an occasional treat. It is vital to fuel your body on a regular basis, having three nutritious meals a day with snacks. Make time for meals, as they are just as vital as the training session.  

If you put all of these components together and use everything to your advantage, you will become the soccer player that every coach will want on their team. It is not even close to been easy to becoming the most complete athlete but hard work and dedication will definitely get you there. One thing that will help towards achieving your goal is to focus on the output, not much on the input. I hope that you will become a great player and use these tips to help you. 

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http://www.livestrong.com/article/314470-soccer-player-diet-nutrition-tips/

http://www.active.com/soccer/Articles/Soccer-Conditioning-Tips-and-Tricks