Luis’s Passion Blog

Everybody is different; therefore, everybody thinks differently. What brings us together is the love for a common passion. I’m a very active person so I love to participate in sports such as basketball, soccer, running, etc. One of my biggest passion is soccer; iv’e been playing it since I was nine. Ronaldinho motivated me to play soccer just by watching him preform his skills in Youtube videos. The first trick or skill I tried to do was the elastico; it is a move in which the outside of the foot moves towards the right, quickly followed by a sudden gesture with your inside foot to the left. It took me several months to perfect this technique due to the difficulty, but I felt proud when I accomplished this move. The elastico was Ronaldinho’s signature move in his time playing for FC Barcelona(FC stands for futbol club).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dr1VH-EL7E

Another soccer player that influenced me was and is Ronaldo “El Fenomeno”. He, just like Ronaldinho, is from Brazil and had a tough childhood. Ronaldo was slightly overweight due to a condition he grew up with, but that did not stop him from achieving greatness. This guy was just a beast when he played; as soon as he got the ball the opposition trembled in fear not knowing what would occur. I learned how to do step overs and chops by watching his videos. Step overs are moves in which you step over the ball left or right. Chops is a movement where as you run you push the ball with your right instep and move your left foot over the ball without touching it. This moves really improved my options in situations where I had the ball. Although it took time to preform these moves correctly, it was worth it.

The last soccer player to motivate me was Zinedine Zidane, from France. He was best known as “The Scientist” because he was experimenting when he played soccer. Zidane’s signature move was the roulette and it became iconic in soccer advertisements. This skill I think was quite tough to execute. For some time I was doing this move inaccurately because I only did part of it. Whenever I play soccer I do this skills without thinking; kind of like second nature.