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the ground. It can be just as effective or more effective than a volley. Chips are when the ball goes up in the air when a player kicks it on the ground. You can perform a chip by using the top of your toes (front part part of your shoe when looking down to your shoe) to kick the bottom of the ball. This adds down spin to the ball so it goes straight up, then straight down. Another cool technique to shoot with is a curve. To perform a curve, (If you’re right footed) you kick the bottom left corner of the ball and follow through with your foot to create spin on the ball. Therefore making the ball turn which ever way you followed through (to the left or right). If you’re left footed, you repeat this procedure on the opposite side so you kick the ball in the bottom right corner and follow through etc. This shot helps because it normally confuses the goalkeeper. spin to the ball so it goes straight up, then straight down. Another cool technique to shoot with is a curve. To perform a curve, (If you’re right footed) you kick the bottom left corner of the ball and follow through with your foot to create spin on the ball. Therefore making the ball turn which ever way you followed through (to the left or right). If you’re left footed, you repeat this procedure on the opposite side so you kick the ball in the bottom right corner and follow SPORTS defend their goal and get the ball up field to the midfielders. because it normally confuses A midfielders' job is to dribble the goalkeeper. and support the forwards and Position defenders by getting the ball up Without defense, your team will field to the forwards. Therefore, take in a lot of goals so  a they need a lot of stamina and defender’s job is to get the ball speed. A midfielder helps the away from the goal and stop them defense by giving support to them from scoring. Defenders need to so they can pass and get the ball cooperate to trap  the players and out of the defensive area. A steal the ball from them. There can midfielder can also play the role of be up to two to five defenders. a forward. When the ball is up field, Goalkeepers are also defenders. midfielders can give a cross or a Defenders are the furthest back on through ball to the forwards which is why forwards also need a little speed. A forward’s  role is to score, score, and score. Because of that, forwards need good aim and a decent shot. Good forwards have speed so they can get to through balls before the defenders do. A through ball is when a player lobs a pass in front of a running player and that player is normally a forward. Therefore, sometimes forwards need to have good headers and ball control. Forwards use their ball control to pass through defenders and score. In all, every position has their own job, so without a position your Green=