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The Toe Poke

Hi, my name is Dylan Leeman; welcome back to my blog on Soccer IQ. Today I am going to explain the 2nd of 5 clinical skills that are important to learn. The other clinical skills are: receiving with the proper foot, passing to the proper foot, lifting the tight angle pass, and the ball in behind. If you didnt get a chance to read my last blog on lifting the tight angle pass, you should go check it out. Today I will be talking about "The Toe Poke".


"We teach our kids not to drink, smoke, steal or kick a soccer ball with their toes. So while Brazilian strikers are gleefully scoring goals with their toes, American players treat the toe-ball like its a disease"(Blank 48). This is an interesting quote because poking the ball with your toe is usually frowned upon due to lack of control. It can be very helpful at times, on both offense and defense. On the offensive end it can be used in situations when you are very limited on time, or in a scramble in front of goal when you just need to get a touch on it to score, On the defensive end it is also used when you are lacking time but you are just using it to get the ball away from your goal(Blank 48).

Why do you think more coaches dont teach their players about how to successfully execute a toe poke?
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