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First To The Ball - Be Aggressive

Butterfly 2 Butterfly or deerfly, which kind of soccer player do you want to be?  The obvious answer is a butterfly.  After all, it’s beautiful and graceful ---- poetry in motion.  A deerfly has to be the most ugly and annoying bug in the universe.  They constantly bounce off your head until they drive you insane. 

 

When playing against a well skilled opponent, the most important thing that keeps you in the game is aggressive play.  Therefore, be a deerfly rather than a butterfly; that is, win those 50/50 balls; play hard but clean; be bugging, swarming, and totally annoying to your opponent .  It’s a mental commitment that translates into physical play. Fly 1

 

 

The morale of this story is be aggressive!!!  Don’t be a spectator – there are enough of those on the sidelines.   First to the ball (an annoying deerfly) is fundamental at any level of play.

 

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Here's an example of aggressive play leading to a score!!!

 

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