strength and sheilding

Strength

Your strength in soccer helps and allows you to move a player off the ball so that your team is able to get possession of the ball and get that scoring opportunity.When getting a player off the ball you have to remember that when doing so the contact cannot be done with the elbow, your elbow has to be tucked in and you move that player away with your shoulder.As you are doing this be sure that you go down and then come up as you are making contact with that player.Shielding the ball is more of a defensive technique because your putting your body between the player and the ball also not allowing them to get the ball.Hope that helps!