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In the game of football the __________ of the ball to a fellow team mate elsewhere on the __________ is an essential action and those that can conduct it with skill, such as David Beckham at Real Madrid, can become football’s hottest properties with fame and wealth as a result. Beckham has become the __________ of the short and long pass, able at turning __________ of his own goal into a raid upon one’s opponents with a single swift movement of the ball.
If you want to play a low pass with enough power to get past an __________ then you will need to use the middle of the foot, or the instep, to drive through the ball. It is pass that is great for splitting a defence because you can get enough power on the ball to place it past a __________, but still keep the ball on the ground and make it easy for an __________ player to run on and hopefully put the ball into the __________.
The approach to the ball is the same as with the short side foot pass but to keep the ball low you must concentrate on keeping your knee over the ball and do not lean back. The player __________ the centre of the ball with the __________ (instep) side of the football boot, and with the toes pointing downwards. You follow through with the kicking leg to increase power.

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