Great video! That last detail is so important! I have been struggling for months to create backspin and you mentioned that detail. But could you explain it in a little more detail? Do you still keep your ankle locked when you snap it up? Im not exactly sure how to do that.
Of course! So when you snap it, you don’t keep your ankle locked anymore. Having your ankle locked means using your muscles around your shin and calf to keep your ankle stable (or unable to move much) So to flick up you have to release your ankle. This needs to happen as your foot is in contact with the ball to provide the backspin and help it slip across the ground! So as you hit the ball, it should feel like your point your toes down and then snap up by pulling your toes up as you hit the ball. It’ll take lots of practice, and I believe it’s easier to learn on long pings first, then apply a similar technique to your grasscutters! I hope this helps, let me know if you still have questions!
@@KreiderAcademy the fact that he's never maintained less than 92% passing accuracy in last 10 years, while pinging long passes with ease, on top of that creating most chances in UCL since then is absolutely mental.
Great question! It depends on what I’m trying to do with the ping. Here’s some examples. Let’s say I’m pinging a ball over the back 4 for my striker to run in behind. For this pass, I want lots of backspin to help the ball drop and stop behind the back 4. This spin helps prevent the ball from traveling through to the goalkeeper, allowing my forward to get the ball and go to goal. For this ball I would flick my ankle to help get more backspin on the ball. Here’s a different example. Let’s say I’m out wide and I want to play a diagonal ball out to my winger on the opposite side. For this ping, I want it to be lower and have less spin on it since I want it to get to my winger as fast as possible, so that the defender won’t be able to intercept it. For this type of ping I would not flick my ankle. In short, sometimes. My advice is to focus on one variation of the ping first and master it. Then you can make adjustments to your technique and make it more floaty or more driven, and have more or less spin on it depending on the game situation. I hope this helps😁🫶🏼
