City Sporting Club

[Anonymous]

Can you bring the ball down/control it quickly with all parts of your body with someone pressuring you and trying to knock you over. For me, that is one of the first things I look for when scouting a player. Quality of first touch under pressure and the quality of the next action/decision. Most clubs don't look at skill development in this way. It is about making fancy moves for IG and just beating people 1v1. 1v1 is important don't get me wrong. You need to have this skill and confidence but it is one of many aspects of the game. The other, less glamorous aspects of the game often get forgotten in the DMV and that is what hurts ALOT of our players at many of the clubs.