Benefits Of Being Thin As A Soccer Player, Especially As A Midfielder

I have played soccer as a defensive midfielder. Generally speaking, midfielders are particularly active positions, which tend to require more endurance than explosive strength. And defensive midfielders have more opportunities to touch the ball, both defensively and offensively, and requires even more stamina than other midfielders.

I don’t know if that’s why, but I’m a bit slender as a soccer player. I sometimes get compliments on how long my legs look.

Recently, I have been practicing soccer more than before. So I have become even more slender than in this photo. It doesn’t seem like the more I practice, the more muscular I become.

Why I Practice Soccer Ball Juggling In Muddy (Difficult) Conditions

I was very disappointed because I failed when I was about to reach 100 soccer ball juggling challenge. But why did my soccer shorts, soccer socks and Adidas boots, classic Copa Mundial get muddy? Because the field was very damp the day after the rain.

As the photo above symbolizes, when I practice juggling, I often add some difficult conditions to my regular training.

My YouTube video that I uploaded yesterday is one such example.

Soccer cannot always be played in the best conditions. This is a lesson learned from my experience.

Are Compression Shorts The Best To Wear Under Soccer Shorts?

Why do I wear soccer uniform when I just practice football juggling or do independent training? This is because I want to practice wearing the same outfits as I would for soccer games. The same can be said for soccer boots.

Subtle differences in clothes or boots lead to differences in ball control. So I try to avoid wearing clothes that are too different from those for a soccer games. As I am in games, I wear compression shorts under my red soccer shorts.

But of course, I don’t always red clothes and black boots. As my team’s uniform are light blue and white, I wear compression shorts whose color is the same light blue or white.

And I don’ always wear compression shorts. I think compression is the best to wear under soccer shorts for mainly functional reasons. But In terms of comfort, boxer briefs or thongs are especially comfortable to wear during the hot seasons. So I’ve been experimenting with other options, especially in the summer.

Use Your Both Feet Even If You Are A Very Beginner Of Football Juggling

Today, I uploaded my latest YouTube short video titled, ‘Use Both Feet Even If You Are Football Juggling Beginners’. Even if you are a beginner of football juggling, I recommend that you use your both feet from the very basic training stage. Being able to use both feet without losing the balance of your body is important for soccer skills and it will make your football juggling more balanced and beautiful.

In both of my soccer practice and juggling practice, I tried to use my both feet as much as possible. Though I am right handed person, I think I myself am good at passing, a dribble and football juggling using not only my dominant foot my left foot, I mean, my weak foot.

And my left foot skills were developed through juggling exercises using both feet.

What Is Most Important For Football Juggling Beginners

At first, I was not good at football juggling, though I have played soccer. I had been one of the juggling beginners for a long time. But after I changed my way of practice, my juggling skills improved. Now. I can juggle several hundreds times using many parts of my body.

I realized that what is important is catch the ball at the center of my foot, or the lower part of my instep. If the ball I bounce with my instep goes straight up, my juggling will be stable.

The first step was a simple practice of dropping the soccer ball with my hands and letting it bounce on my instep. It was so simple but in changed my juggling skills.

Weak Foot Juggling To Expand The Possibilities Of Passing In Soccer

Today, I uploaded my new YouTube short video titled, ‘Why The Skills To Juggle A Soccer Ball With Weak Foot Is Important’. Though I am a right-handed person and my dominant foot is my right foot, I always do my best to use my weak foot, or my left foot.

My position in a defensive midfielder. The defensive midfielder’s main role is in defense, but it is also a position that requires a lot of physical activity and often takes part in attacks. I receives passes from the front, back, left and right, and sends passes from the front, back, left and right, so if I can freely use my both feet, I will have better timing to pass and will have more options for sending passes.

To improve the ability of ball control using our weak foot, juggling practice using our weak foot is a good method.

Ideal Body As A Soccer Player, Especially As A Midfielder

Besides this blog, I post YouTube video almost every day including short videos.

Please visit my YouTube Channel. → Midfielder Yoshi 25’s YouTube Channel

I shot my YouTube football juggling videos mainly in cold seasons. So I wore jerseys with long sleeves because it was cold. As for my upper body, I wears thicker underwear, which makes me look fuller than I actually is.

But as for my lower body, thick clothing makes it difficult to move and juggle a soccer ball. So I wear soccer shorts and soccer socks, which are almost the same as when I play soccer. I also wear compression shorts and wear my socks over knees which I hope makes my legs a little thicker and stronger. But you may find that my legs are thin as a soccer player. As I am a defensive midfielder, endurance and large amounts of exercise are often more important than instantaneous kicking power.

But still, I think I’m generally thin and don’t have much muscle. Perhaps because I exercise so much, I feel like I’m expending more muscle than gaining muscle even when I train.

In this blog and YouTube videos, I would like to not only introduce juggling, but also the process by which I aim for my ideal body type.

How To Make My Thigh Look More Robust And Strong As A Soccer Player

I did dash training starting from a crouch start. I almost always wore my soccer socks over the knee. One of the reasons is that wearing socks over knees makes my thigh look a little more robust. As a soccer player, especially as a defensive midfielder, I want to make my thin thigh look more strong. I think the compression shorts also have the same kind of effect.

By the way, my soccer team’s uniform is light blue. But I prefer the red jersey when I do football juggling practice. I wear red compression shorts under red shorts. As a soccer player, my legs are a little too thin. So I want to make not only my thin thigh but also my calf more strong.

Flexibility And Range Of Motion Of Hip Joint Is Important

I was doing hip stretches during soccer ball juggling practice. The flexibility and the range of motion of hip joint is very important not only for juggling but also for soccer practice in general. I wear red compression shorts under red shorts which are both sweaty.

I am just resting on the ground after some soccer ball juggling practice. My soccer shorts and compression shorts get even more sweaty, and so did my Adidas red socks. You can see shin guards which I wear under the socks.

Crucial Points Of Juggling Which Aim At Improving Your Soccer Ability In General

Soccer ball juggling itself is fun and gives us a sense of accomplishment. But if we want to improve our ability in playing soccer, I think our juggling practice should satisfy some crucial factors. Here is my YouTube short video about this point.

I think there are two important points in jugging which aim at improving my soccer ability in general. First is the accuracy of ball touch. As for me, I practice juggling in a very small circle which I made by placing a jump rope on the ground. In order to juggle within this circle, I have to bounce the ball accurately.

Second factor is the ability of ball control. Ideally, it’s best to decide which part of my body I’ll tap the ball next, not by chance, but according to my imagination. So I bounce the ball in a regular order with my thighs and my insteps of both legs.