Q&A for How to Do a Ronaldo Chop

Try these tips to improve your dribbling technique. Keep your head up. When you're working on any soccer technique, including dribbling, you need to practice it with your head up. That way, during a game, you'll be able to dribble while you're looking down the field to spot your teammates or see whether a defender is approaching. Try drills that will mimic a real game. When you're practicing with cones, you don't really have to make any decisions, so it's not a realistic exercise. Instead, try practicing with someone else, so you'll have to decide whether to dribble, pass the ball, change directions, and so on. Understand the technique. When you're dribbling a long distance, use long touches with the outside of your feet. If it's a short distance, use short touches. However, only use the inside of your feet to change directions, and use the opposite leg from where the opponents are coming from.

Increased speed comes from conditioning. Running sprints and using bungee cords to create resistance helps a lot. It also is important to put your footwork into your speed. Put some cones close together and go through them with the ball as fast as you can. Time yourself while doing this, and then try to get the time shorter each time you go through. Working with ladders also helps if you are preforming the right exercises. Try doing 2 in 2 out into the side of the ladder.

Yes. Wearing shoes will give you more power in your feet.

Yes. Not much, just use it while passing the ball, it will help you learn in a game.

Usually, players use their dominant foot, but if your left-foot is comfortable for you, then you should use that