~Vision
~Composure
~Speed of play
~Decision making
~Soccer Brain
~Awareness
~ Soccer IQ

Anyone who has played, coached, or watched soccer Im sure heard those terms.

These are maybe the qualities that more than any others separate the levels at which you will be able to compete as a team or individual player.

The question is that these are hard to quantify qualities, and only truly expressed in real match situations.

So today, we will let a soccer maestro guide us on a master lesson.

His name is Xavi Hernandez. He is short, he is skinny, he is not extremely fast, but he has all those special qualities above in abundance. 

Listen, watch, read, think, learn, DO IT!!!!

Lesson #1 VISION & AWARENESS – Xavi, Chameleon Eye!!  

Lesson #2 COMPOSURE - Rotational Dribble

Lesson #3 SPEED OF PLAY - Minimum touches, positive first touch, variety of surfaces to hit the ball, read teammate's and opponent's paths. 

STATS

148 - Number of passes that Xavi completed during the Champions League final vs Manchester united, a high for the Champions League this season. He misplaced only seven, giving him a completion rate of 95%.

INTERVIEW "The Guardian"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/feb/11/xavi-barcelona-spain-interview

Says XAVI: "Some teams can't or don't pass the ball. What are you playing for? What's the point? That's not football. Combine, pass, play. That's football – for me, at least."

Soccer, the world's game!!! :)