4 Training Tips & Tricks for Soccer Wing Players

Improving Speed

Improve your speed. The most basic physical attributes that a good winger should have is speed. With speed, you would be able to bomb down the wings like Ronaldo or Messi. To improve your speed, follow the steps laid out in this section.

Have a friend place both of his hands on your shoulders.

Try to run as hard as you can in the direction of your friend while he tries to prevent you from doing so with his or her hands on your shoulders.

Ask your friend to let go and move away after about 10 seconds. This should result in you running at full speed in a forward motion.

Repeat this method at least 10 times a week. You should find that your speed will increase in about a month or so. This method is widely used by many athletes to beef up their speed.

Dribbling and Agility

Increase your agility. No winger would be complete without good dribbling and agility. How to build these up? Simple––follow the suggestions in this section.

Do daily dribbling and movement with the ball in confined spaces. A good place to do it would be in your own home. But please avoid any damage to any thing or person.

Do lots of turns with the ball and get accustomed to the leg movements. The more you do, the better your ball control will be. Ball control is essential for dribbling.

Run. As for agility, you can do shuttle runs on a weekly basis. Try to time yourself every time you do it and make an effort to beat your timing at every attempt. Also, you could learn some dribbling moves through viewing tutorial videos on YouTube.

Work on improving your weak foot. You need to be able to cross, pass, and shoot with both feet. Many of the world's greatest wingers are two-footed and are so dangerous because they are able to cut in and shoot or drift wide and cross. Work on using you weak foot to control, pass, and shoot the ball. It may feel awkward at first, but eventually, you will get used to it and it will feel natural.

Positioning

Look for space when your team is in possession. Run to the space and do this very frequently.

Use your vision to help find spaces which aren't offside. Place yourself there regularly at right moments.

Ask for someone to pass to you in that space. If in wing position, cross or dribble and shoot or pass.