 But the biggest difference between you if you're at an amateur level and a professional is the speed of play, the execution at which everything is done, the speed at which decisions are made. So in this video, I want to talk about how to play faster, how to play quicker, how to play with your head up, how to make decisions, how to think faster on the field. Now, if you don't know about me, I used to be a huge underachiever, but through obsessive self-improvement, I found my success. Earned a college scholarship, played for my national football team, a YouTube channel with over 100 million views. I've helped players worldwide and I'd love to help you improve faster and achieve more. First of all, you need to know what you're going to do before the ball comes to you. So that is impossible for me to do. Let's say I'm this player. If the ball is coming to me, that's impossible for me to do if I do not look around. The biggest mistake most players make is the only thing that they're watching is this ball. They don't know where their teammates are. They don't know where the defenders are coming from. They don't know where open space is. They don't know what's going on because all they're doing is focusing on the ball. What happens is most players, the ball is coming to them. They're focusing on the ball. They receive the ball. It's at their feet. They're still looking at the ball. Now they get their head up, but by that time it's too late. They're already closed down. Then they try to dribble out of here, take too many touches. The ball gets intercepted. They get scored on and it's all their fault. Worst case scenario. To avoid that, to play quicker, you need to get your head up. Look around more. As that ball is coming to me, I'm already looking around. Before that ball is coming to me, I'm already looking around. I'm already anticipating. Let's say the ball is out here. I'm already anticipating that that ball is eventually going to come to me. As this ball is traveling to me, I need to know. I have a teammate here. I have a teammate who's making a run here. I have a teammate in support. I know the defenders are coming to close me down from here. I know nobody is coming to close me down. There's space to attack. As the ball is coming to me, my head is up. I'm already looking. Yes, I'm glancing at the ball. I'm glancing back up. I'm glancing at the ball. I'm glancing back up. I glance at the ball to take my touch into space. Then I play my pass. Then I support the player and make a run. You need to think about getting your head up, looking around, anticipating, or analyzing the play before it happens. You want to be two, three passes ahead of the play before it even happens. Think about that. Try to catch yourself. Am I just looking at the ball the whole time? Then I receive it. Then I get my head up. Then everyone else is already closed down. Then I have to dribble out of trouble and take too many touches and complicate the play. If you want to play quicker, get your head up. Analyze the play. Find the space. Find where the defenders are. Find where your teammates are. Then you want to think about playing quicker. You've done the hard part, which is getting your head up. Now you want to just play those passes. Make it easier on yourself. In these clips, I'm going to show that it's all going to be one-touch football. A little two-touch here and there, but one-touch football. If you want to play one-touch football, you have to do what we just talked about. Analyze the field. Get your head up. Know what you're going to do before the ball gets to you. As this ball is coming, I already know I have a teammate in support. I'm going to play that one-touch. I'm going to make this run into here. I already know I have a teammate here. I'm going to play that one-touch. I'm going to continue my run. One-touch. One-touch. One-touch finish. Yes, we win the game. Score the goal. All that good stuff. Because you got your head up, you said, okay, I'm going to play quicker. Also, playing quicker is a mindset. Most of us, we get the ball and we're hesitant. I'll take another touch. I took too many touches. Now, everyone's closed down. Think about what you want to do. Have the mindset when you go into today's practice or today's game. Today, I'm going to play way quicker. I'm going to try to play more one-touch, more two-touch. Saying that, I don't want you to panic and just be like, one-touch, one-touch, one-touch. If the ball's whipped at you and you need to take two touches, take those two touches. But if that ball's played, rolling to you nice and slowly, then you can play that one-touch and then move into support. Again, I'm playing with a full back here, but this applies to every position. Let's look at these clips from that recent futsal match that I played. I just want you to think about my movement. Think about how I'm making decisions before the ball even gets to me. Then look at the technique, the passes that I play in certain situations. Sometimes, if a player is on me and that ball comes to me, I'll just play that ball back and then find new space or I'll just play that ball back and then come inside and try to get the ball. Watch these clips and then most importantly, I want you to think about how you're going to apply this in your next practice or your next game. If you like this content, check out the Soccer Success Planner. You can download it for free. There's a link in the description below. And for advanced training, check out the Online Soccer Academy.