SITUATION: • 1v3, attacking the box • pressure from all facing directions SOLUTION: • creates two micro 1v1s (davies/Upa) • drives at the hips to provoke a response; either push (defender retreats) or pull (defender confronts) • shift through the ankle = immediate 2nd touch

This is what’s wrong with football fans these days. Over analyzing everything to feel like some kind of expert when in reality it’s this simple: -Dribble towards the goal -Avoid defenders while doing so

😂Incredible, why hasn’t any player just realised that!

I’m not sure bro but I think this guy is on the right track

@saundzo Bolasie did you see him play? He would complete 2/20 dribbles on a regular basis causing his team more problems than goals

@saundzo 2/20 means he didn’t stop attempting dribbles after losing a bunch of them. My kind of player

He’s just an instinctive dribbler nothing to analyse 😭😭

‘Shifting through the ankle’ as opposed to shifting through what other body part?

Purpose of the phrase is for it to be easily recognisable & associated with that action whenever a player sees it

Ah yeah I see what you mean now Was jw on alternate ways to change direction. You think this way is a ‘one size fits all’ approach or other situations afford for different ways to change direction?

Using a technique like shifting/changing direction through the ankle is usually most effective when moving at speed in tight spaces. Bigger feints for larger spaces perhaps. But quick change of direction with the ball can help you anywhere on the pitch, so id say it suits all

A whole load of rubbish 😂 You must think football players are some machines. Everything here is based off instincts. Lmao

Writing Analysis on this tells me everything about your football knowledge because everyone who's ever played football knows this is happens through intuition and improvising in the moment. no need for paragraphs mate💀

For majority of players, being aware of pressure arriving in different directions whilst moving at speed, they’re likely to be overwhelmed by all that info & either go fast or slow. Doue finds a balance to shift tempo & erase each defender from the game. What’s big, make small.

Dafuq is a micro dribble. Stop trying to intellectualise football you fucking weirdo

"Shift through ankle" Hey, retard, how do you expect him to shift - with his dick?!

I think he’d get done for publicly indecency mate

you definitely ain't kicked a ball in your life cuz wtf is this analysis man ??

Cause I view football differently to you it = my foot never kicking a ball b4? Type of equation they ask you to solve in algebra that

you said "drives at the hips to provoke a response" That's analysis from a guy that's never kicked ball cuz wtf is that sentence even 😭

It’s quite literally a dribbling reference point for someone who spent every day in his life until 21 kicking a football then realised after suffering a big injury that he was never given proper football education. It’s a coaching/analysis reference to help me when I play.

‘Provoke response’ is my shorter way of saying ‘forcing the defender to make a decision’… which is a completely normal thing you hear in every team based sport + 1v1 sports every single day. You need to test the opponents mind, and find methods that do that.

The thousands of people working in academy coaching are in for a shock when X users let them know everything that happens in football is purely instinctual & none of the 10+ years receiving top-level coaching plays a part!

shut up 😂😂

Ever had an alcoholic beverage?

Nah I don’t drink alcohol, never have never will

That tracks

Yh probably does, and i’m calm with that

"Creates two micro 1v1s" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Drive at the hips"

Shut the fuck up! Instinctive dribble by an exceptional footballer, end of story! No need for to get on X and act like the second coming of guardiola with your expertise paragraphs 😂

Are you a fool? Or you haven't kicked a ball in your life? No one calculates like this while playing football. It just comes to you based on intuition and skill level. This is not calculus

only just seen this, whys this getting fried 22k likes on a QT that’s digging this post out which is a perfectly reasonable post?

Idk man, is what it is

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Keep an eye on the ball and you’ll see he moves it to the spots with the most space. It’s about manipulating space with the ball. Don’t need to read the players just need to read the space.

Football has been hijacked by wannabes. It’s all instincts pal. You’d know this if you played the game and if you have played then give your head a wobble because wtf it this “analysis”

Doue has priorities here, choosing to skip past his fellow countryman first

It’s about timing tho, if he attacks Upa first then it gives Davies the opportunity to close the space inside By pushing back Davies it then allows him to use Upa whilst the space inside is still clear to turn into

Shut the fuck up 🙏🏽

I promise you no one thinks of this while they play. The 4 seconds he's dribbling is all on instinct and intuition

😂😂 haha

I’m 99.9999% certain the only thought going through the guys head was ‘get ball in goal’ and none of that nonsense

@gauchOreii Best 10 in europe

Dribblers rely on intuition, not mechanical taught processes.

All instinct and years of learned behaviour based on natural talent. It can't be taught

tell u never played football without telling me u never played football sometimes i dribble past 2 defenders u ask me how i ll tell u idk it just happens they asked ben arga abt dat he told them its instinctive he got nth to say

Called instincts mate stop waffling

Yes because in a millisecond he’s thinking through all these scenarios like Barry Allen slowing down time😂😂 he’s improvising and clearly because he’s so skilled and has great technique he’s able to make that clip happen

Nigga what

This is true, I don't know why midwits choose to believe he's doing everything on instinct and not thinking through the movements. My only gripe is that all the intention is what messed up the shot whereas someone like Kane or Ronaldo puts priority on the shots.

I know I didn’t just see “micro 1v1” 😭