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My guitar teacher in Ann Arbor, Michigan used to always say: "The slower you go, the better you get, faster."

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast!

I am from Brazil and have been playing soccer all my life. After moving to America 25 years ago, I almost lost my style of playing soccer slowly, so I could think. Here is a lot of running and I wasn't doing well because I wasn't playing in the way I always play in Brazil. Our style of play is misunderstood here. Anyway that is a very important point. Best

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This is so true, last week I was feeling kind of sick so I played slower, it was one of my best games, good passes and even won some 1v1s

I used to play soccer as a young kid but only play on ps5 now. This video's philosophy can be applied to all of life or whatever field you're operating in, thanks for the good advice!

So true, I recently recovered from an ankle injury and I am not running as much or playing as fast as before. However, I find myself playing better overall than even before my injury.

A few weeks ago in April a group of our churches (parishes) had a seriously competitive 5 a side indoor football (soccer) tournament (between 60-70 players total). The competition was fierce and there were some great players (mostly from the hood) over here in South Africa 🇿🇦. But there was one player, early twenties, who stood out head and shoulders above all. It was honestly like a video game the way he played. The most distinguishing feature he had, which surprised me the most because it went against everything I knew at that point: he had a noticeably SLOWER pace of play AND slower dribble than everybody else! I’m not saying he played slow, no, but His speed of dribbling and 1v1’s were honestly like medium speed, like slower than how I a social amateur play and dribble 1v1. Yet he was so much more effective and effortless. He played for our parish youth team, 20-29 years. I was for the seniors: 30 and over. I soon found out from my priest he was prospected in Ireland for professional teams, but unfortunately he was soon afflicted with some health problem which caused him to quit his football ambitions. He had a beautifully well balanced style of play, something like Ronaldinho or Adriano (because of his size), never off balance. Sacrificing speed for balance. Which I guess is why nobody could get the ball off him. To his advantage he is fairly tall (like 1.85cm), powerful, and well built (of like West African descent) but he never used that really. He just weaved through players so effortlessly without fumbling, all because he was the only player during that entire tournament who was talented enough to understand that playing your fastest all the time leads to more fumbles and poor decisions. And I’m not saying he was a slow guy, no! But he just played intentionally, instead of reactively. I will never forget it. It was a blessing to witness such raw and TRUE talent. I took advantage of every game he played just to learn. I actually remember saying to myself, I would probably pay to watch this guy play. That’s when I realized why the crème de la crème (cream of the crop) footballers get paid so much, even though i find it ridiculous. But It’s a special thing witnessing rare God given athletic talent, and who wouldn’t pay to experience it. You never realise how well, and differently, these rare talents play until you literally see them in real life play alongside the average guy like the majority of us, including the situations they manage to get themselves out of. You get good, sometimes even seriously good, average guys. But these type guys are just made for it. It all just clicks so naturally for them. I can only imagine what it must be like watching or even playing with the top guys (championship team guys) in real life. Edit: Grrreat video, btw.

CONGRATS ON 10K MARAT! ❤

And that's how I realised why I did very bad recently, I was trying to play too fast

I often play slowly, all the time when I'm playing with friends, often in training and in matches, more rarely because my coach is often on my back and often yells at me to play faster. I'm a winger, I consider myself to have very good technique and passing quality + a good finish (but I can rarely use it in matches), the problem being that I'm not very physical, not very tough and not very fast, so I've always had to play more slowly while knowing when to explode and dribble. But as I said, my coach doesn't necessarily like that, and what's more, he doesn't like me very much (I often have to be excellent, or have other players injured or suspended in order to play a full match), so for a while I had to force myself to play fast in passing, leaving aside my feints and dribbles which allowed me to play more slowly to deliver good passes, being not very fast, it was a very good idea when I can't run on my side and I can send a ball to the strikers. With time, I've become less stressed in matches and, having proved myself, the other players let me play as I like, because they know what I can contribute. At the moment I'm in between the two, so at times I'm able to play free, dribble, play slowly or quickly and send very good balls, and at other times my stress returns and my physique doesn't always follow what my coach asks of me (e.g. pressing a lot on several players at the same time, which isn't possible), so all this is to thank you, I haven't tried your program yet, and in fact I already knew these things, but seeing them synthesized helps me to put these ideas into place more easily, and this program will help me enormously to finally be fully regular and be able to show my true level, which will help me for this end of season and the trials for the next one.

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I think there are moments to play slower and fast, you just have to know your next move before you receive the ball and your surrounding

Best advice I've seen on the internet for football I've seen. Period. Smart guy great video. Highlight of my day and reassurance of how I guide my son on the field. Thank you.

Thank you for this video! This is literally the exact problem I am trying to solve!

Old military adage: 'Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.' Mind you, the key is _deliberate action._ Decisiveness remains absolutely crucial.

Summary of this video- QUALITY OVER QUANTITY (Great video by the way, you explained it very well❤)

Thanks for giving me those drill suggestions! I was able to do them for about 60 minutes at my local pitch yesterday! But if you know anything about the climate here in the UK it’s always raining!!! But today I have the semifinals for the league playoffs and I’m super nervous. Anyway have a great day you baller!

thanks brother for your Advice, i will definitly use it❤💪

Literally watched this on my way to practice for the first time and it helped so freakin much

More that type of videos😍

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Thanks for this video! I totally get nervous when I get the ball, due in part to my beginner level dribbling.

First rule: THINK, all the time. Second rule: playing faster does not mean playing in a hurry.

always play slow that way u dont have to get tired quick. but never aim to be pro, aim to be maybe sunday league.

Bro I needed this after bad match yesterday

Slowing down is more like focusing on football your skill set not your coach your family your dreams etc. Dont let your emotions overwhelm you and you gotta always have a smile on your face and keep playing no matter what. Remember when your on the pitch its just You that makes that change You want the goal and You make the assist you want. Only you can make yourself the best

Coaching my college's soccer club team. I just decided this week to start making my players carry water jugs while scrimmaging at practice for exactly this reason. Slow it down and play with deliberate purpose

This is true. I have been playing soccer for 3years and was paying attention at other players to see how they play so I can copy it and get better. Most people try to play fast and one day I play with an older guy in his early 50’s. He was slow, but he would be betting 2 to 3 defenders back to back and then pass the ball or shot. At first I thought that he had some great magic skills that took years to develop. However, a few months passed and I played with a different team that also had another older guy and too was slow but was able to beat defenders easy. That’s when I started to realize that maybe is just them playing slow lets them have time to think and slow down the defenders giving you ability to see their body movements. I started to play slow and it has been working for me.

Your right its not abt slowing down your play its about slowing down the pressure, anxiety beats goingg inside you. Playing in flow state=playing at your best

thank you so much

i thought the only reason why i played better when i played slower was because my ball control wasnt good enough for me to go fast but this makes so much more sense

I’d like to add that when you do play slower, your touches are supposed to be more deliberate and with a bit of confidence behind it. I found that when I perform skills like stepovers, defenders tend to overcommit when I really sell that initial slower, but deliberate, feint; going faster makes it much harder to perform with full technique. Again, as the others said, there’s a time and place for playing at different speeds.

nice video

Too true. This actually worked for me

This is all positional and situational. Not always fast and not always slow. Everything in football is about decision making. The best players know when to play quick and when to slow it down.

Marat I know I already asked this but are you still working on the forms from the other video about training alone because I still have not received anything about it and I thought that I was one of the first people to do it. I just want to make sure this isn't a problem on my end.

“Sergio biscuits”

1. Playing Fast will make you not know what to do or play the wrong way 2. There are 7 advantages of playing slower: • Controlled Movement • Unnecessary Pressure on yourself • Change in quality • Control Game Pace • Greater Tactical Vision • Increased Confidence • Accuracy and Energy Management

Thank you for helping us out Bruv! But I have a question who is your favorite player? Mine is Phil Foden.

Hello, I applied to join in the form for your football training course, I hope I get accepted, I always watch your videos and I'm subscribed. I'm very motivated to go pro, I practice daily and I feel I just need guidance and the right training to make my dream come true, thank you❤

The player that come to mind in this conversation is thomas muller sergio busquests

Hey you told me to do passes in air from a wall I can do it with my right leg while feeling a bit Brazilian but my left leg isn't that good rn This video is also very helpful your content is underrated :D

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Hey man love your channel how old are you?

Other prime examples of this style of play include - Ozil, Pirlo, Zidane and Berbatov.

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I think this video will help me out because I am a defender who panics whenever he gets the ball and clears it immediately

Wake up boys, soccer with marat dropped a new vid!

We lost in the semis 2-1 The field was caked bruv! Our kits were covered in mud after the match. But I won’t let one loss get the best of me time to keep training👏👏👏

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Tf are you talking about, busquets is not playing slow, he just seems slow because he is smooth. Count the time he takes between each decision and touch with a stopwatch and see for yourself - he is extremely quick. He is under pressure usually well under a second after receiving the ball and has to make a snap decision and evasive action to get into free space. Then he has all the time in the world to play slow, but most players won’t have the luxury of that space so playing slow “like busquets” is not a very good advice.

Yo Marat I got a question, I've been training hard but honestly my area is trash, the goals are on a downhill angle and I can't do 1v1 drills because of it, and there's another area that has goals but no goal nets. Do you got any ideas on what I can do to find a good pitch I can train at? I've tried searching on google maps but they're all too far

Hello! I have a question! I want to be a footballer, at the moment I'm not in a team, but I train 3 times a week with the ball for 1 hour each training... And the rest of the days I go to Gym and I do cardio and fitness for soccer. How about, will it help me progress and to be good to join a team?

Marat I filled out the form from the last video is there something wrong on my end because I haven't received anything yet or have you not gotten to some of them yet. Btw I play lw

Playing slower is actually really true to calm your game down guys

i play football since i was 5 but i still suck💀🗿

Bro is on a adventure through the forest

What’s the curved yellow wall/net thing he uses to rebound?

disagree about the passing point, better to make the right pass than trying to force the hero pass

Truth, look at pirlo

in order to play slowly, isnt it a bit team reliant? if your team is a fast-paced, punt the ball forward type of team, how can we play slow?

im pretty slow in my team but im the best in technical abilities should i play as u said or should i workout??

wdym by play slower like just stay calmer and take your time to make a decision?

Hi Marat how are you ??

Your coach looks like a certain former usmnt player which idk what his name is

The military has a saying, “slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”

hows bro not famous yet

One time (I’m a gk) the cb passed to me I had the ball the coach was screaming at me to kick it up but there was a problem I did not know how to make a goal kick i ended up trying to do it but it just went to the oppositions feat. One positive is that I saved the shot but I ended up getting kicked of the team now I’m at another team. Any way I can improve shot power and how to lift the ball Dang I did not need to type to much

Can i be a prosseionel footballer

Would this work for goalkeepers?

You should try addidas crazyfasts those boots are sureal

is this applicable in 7-8 sided games , where the field you will play slower is smaller too?

We want eye veiw of your match

I play striker and i want to know how i can play slower.

Yo can we talk?

How do I know when I should play slower in game?

Bro dropped a hint to his stupid teammates dd

Which team do you play in and which league?

hey

im an 8 or a winger but mostly an 8

what does it mean to play slower

Im confused how do u play slower pls answer me

What Boots do you use?

This video is interesting but you focus so much on WHY one should play slower that you don't adress at all what you mean by playing slower. It's not obvious at all and can be interpreted in so many ways imo

This video confused me so much bro what do you mean by play slow

Your motion and editting so dizzy

Didn’t really help

Perhaps start making less hectic videos. The cuts every second are a pain in the ass and make a comedy of your message.