I've heard blind people have heightened senses, but I never imagined it could translate to such superb soccer footwork. As you watch below, remember this- all players are legally blind except for the goalie.
These soccer playing robots from TU Freiberg Robotics are programmed using Knesthetic Bootstrapping, which control the Bioloid's motions. Players can send commands to the soccer bots via Wii Remotes, and users abroad can control them directly online. If soccer's not your game, robots can play chess, too.
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the combination. You combine the Ronaldo with the step over and finishing with the Ronaldinho Elastics! Great way to sail by a defender looking like a pro! Beat defenders with Brazilian move the Combination.
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the 'Leonardo'. Beat players the Brasilian way with crazy foot skills. Practice Brazilian moves like the Leonardo.
Reading FC Academy Manager Eamonn Dolan takes you through some advanced passing drills. Basic soccer drills for passing so that you can up your game. The passing square drill is a team drill that teaches passing. Practice advanced passing drills.
Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune demonstrates how to use the tools available in particleIllusion and After Effects to get a particle emitter source to track an element in a video clip. Part One details how to animate the Layer Offset in particleIllusion to eliminate motion in the clip that is caused by movement of the camera that filmed the scene. Part Two concerns the animation of the emitter itself so that it accurately tracks the video element. art Three shows how to mask the emitter layer...
African children have been fashioning soccer balls from condoms since condoms became widely distributed by large health education campaigns promoting AIDS awareness. But it is the anticipation of the hype related to the 2010 South African World Cup that inspired this elegant short to be produced.
The outside hook utilizes what is called the "dummy": feigning to go one way before going the other. This psychological compoment is extremely imperative for successfully bypassing your tight marker.
In order to score a goal and keep the ball with their grasp, attackers master the art of the inside hook. A simple trick that's simply effective, it involves feigning that you're moving outward when you're realling taking the ball in. The move has been mastered by Turkey's Emre Belözoglu.
Players from the Brazilian Soccer Schools show you how to beat your opponent using the Robinho stepover. This is a classic Brazilian move to beat a defender. Start with a figure eight over the bay and then take the ball to the side and stop. Practice the Brazilian skill: Robinho stepover.
Reading FC Academy Manager Eamonn Dolan takes you through some simple turning drills. These are important for every player on the field to turn on a defender. Running, turning and dribbling with the ball is important to moving the soccer ball up the field. You can practice with a square as a group. Practice turning, dribbling and running with the ball.
Annie Liebovitz does Cristiano Ronaldo and other soccer players for Vanity Fair.
Via Sports Game News By the time you finish reading this, you’ll agree with me on the thought that a coach will always be at the center of change. How to coach soccer is a feeling that is innate in a coach and he or she is a natural in it. But, a coach still needs to learn and become accustomed to so many other things if he or she has to shine in the field of coaching.
Nobody anywhere calls the sport "soccer". But here we are, the only ones in South Africa that do not call it some variation on foot and ball. And of course, if you've pondered this before, you are probably equally befuddled that the game we call football is not even played with one's foot in the first place. American football ought to be called handball...
Replace that flimsy, plastic Guitar Hero axe with a soccer ball. These DIY freestyle-footballers play their full-sized, wall-mounted "Football Hero" with skill, achieving a 76 percent accuracy rating after only 17 games.
He is no Tom Brady, but he is talented and charming. Worthy of a British man crush. The trick as you will see is to have the ability to put a spin on the ball (or not) based on the extreme angle of his approach.
Blizzard Cam, a 40 mph mobile spycam on skis, spies on a group of adorable polar bears (um, minus the blood stained faces) as they devour a pile of remains. Operated remotely, Snowball Cam is released from the Blizzard if scientists detect the bears may attack the device. The decoy can roll across most terrains (even up hill), and easily distracts the bears into a game of soccer. From a BBC TV program on polar bears.
Forget the millionaire superstars from soccer’s biggest teams. It is the tournament referees who are the World Cup’s most coddled and protected species...
Call it World Cup fever. Someone or someones decided to make a whole bunch of reenactments of LEGO soccer games, including the infamous US vs England draw. Via MetaFilter.
This reminded me of a few games this last World Cup.
Every day of the week, WonderHowTo curators are hard at work, scouring the web for the greatest and most inspiring how-to videos. Every Friday, we'll highlight our favorite finds.
The 2010 World Cup is upon us and there isn't much that hasn't been said already. All the leagues around the world are finished and champions have been crowned. The media has covered every angle imaginable. Or have they? Or should they? Is this about the sport anymore? What will we remember about this World Cup? A great goal, a new venue, a great comeback, injured players who never made it, a bad call by a referee, a new star rising, overlooked players, 4-4-2, 3-4-1-2, 3-4-3, bad subs, FIFA 2...
Words can't express how awesome this is. These South Korean soccer fans make the American sports stadium tradition of "The Wave" look utterly pathetic in comparison. And high school kids, nonetheless! Via YouTube,
Welcome to the Rudi Latka's Soccer School. In this film top manager Rudi Latka shows you some how to intimidate the opposition! Rudi isn't big on playing fair and has some tips to help you cheat your opponents. We don't know who he actually managed but after the producer had a visit from the Russian mafia in a sushi bar he said we had to make the films. Intimidate the opposition.
Dress up as America's favorite soccer mom this year by going with a Sarah Palin costume. This tutorial will show you how to do your hair like Sarah Palin. After you're finished with the hair, you'll just need a wool coat, some red heels, and a pair of glasses.
Pregnant women don't need to skip out on Halloween this year. Take a look at this tutorial on how to create a costume that takes advantage of your pregnancy and lets you head out to all the Halloween parties in your own costume. This specific example lets you create a soccer player.
If you are a part of youth sports from ages 5-15, ClubHouseGAS has new video each day that is either informative, instructional, newsworthy but always entertaining. The sports include baseball, football, softball, lacrosse, basketball, volleyball, soccer and golf.
This was added a few days ago to all youtube videos! Just click on the soccer ball and listen to the sweet nothings of south africa!
Google, being the practical pranksters, decided to add a vuvuzela button on YouTube videos. Just click on that little soccer ball and the music of the vuvuzela will drown out whatever you're watching!
Caught this shot on my Univision transmission of the Germany - Ghana game in Soccer City's brand new stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.... That is picture perfect!
One of the funniest skits about soccer. In case you haven't seen.
The World Cup's opening ceremony has taken place at Soccer City just outside Johannesburg, featuring local dance troupes and a giant dung beetle...
North Koreans Not Known for Their Jetsetting This article from Deadspin does a bit of investigating into exactly who the DPRK fans are.
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Check out this treasure trove for any sports enthusiast or casual gambler. Microsoft has a database of custom downloadable bracket templates in Microsoft Office (excel mostly) They have everything from soccer to NCAA basketball.
Lamar University Ladies soccer coach, Dewi Hardman discusses the effect of Title IX on girls sports.
From Cape Town to Hobie Beach to Pretoria Host country of the 2010 World Cup has more to offer this summer than just soccer!
By the? underground, for the underground. This was made anonymously for the love of the sport and its ability to touch the whole world, if but for just a moment. Football, soccer, whatever - a rose by any other name would smell as sweet - no organization, no nation, no flag can overshadow its grace. It is all about our love for the Beautiful Game.
