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| − | In [[association football]] (soccer), a dribble is one of the most difficult ball skills to master and one of the most useful attacking moves. In typical game play, players attempt to propel the ball toward their opponents' goal through individual control of the ball, such as by dribbling (running with the ball close to their feet).
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| − | The ability to dribble is often invaluable especially in the third part of a pitch or at the wings, where most attacks take place. Dribbling creates space in tight situations where the dribbler is marked (closely guarded by a defender), and the dribbler can either create scoring chances or score him- or herself after a successful dribble. However, dribbling, if poorly mastered and used, may result in the loss of possession either when the ball is intercepted or [[Tackle (football move)|tackle]]d by a [[Defender (football)|defender]].
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| − | When used appropriately, a good dribbler is often hard to dispossess; unsuccessful tackles (which do not reach the ball) may result in a useful [[free kick]] situation, a [[yellow card]] for the offender, or both.
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| − | Early references to dribbling come from accounts of medieval football games in [[England]]. For example, [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] offered an allusion to such ball skills in [[fourteenth century]] England. In the ''[[Canterbury Tales]]'' (written some time after 1380) he uses the following line: "rolleth under foot as doth a ball"[http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext00/cbtls12.txt]. Similarly at the end of the [[15th century]] comes a [[Latin]] account of a football game with features of modern [[soccer]] which was played at [[Cawston]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[England]]. It is included in a manuscript collection of the miracles of King [[Henry VI of England]]. Although the precise date is uncertain it certainly comes from between [[1481]] and [[1500]]. This is the first account of an exclusively "kicking game" and the first description of dribbling: "[t]he game at which they had met for common recreation is called by some the foot-ball game. It is one in which young men, in country sport, propel a huge ball not by throwing it into the air but by striking it and rolling it along the ground, and that not with their hands but with their feet... kicking in opposite directions". It is known that dribbling skills were a key part of many nineteenth century football games at English public schools with the earliest reference to ball passing coming in [[1863]] rules of the English [[Football Association]].
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| − | The [[National Association of Basketball Coaches]] (NABC) was founded in 1927 to oppose a move to eliminate dribbling from the sport.
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Revision as of 21:15, 18 May 2007
In sports such as football (soccer), basketball and water polo, dribbling refers to the maneuvering of a ball around a defender through short skillful taps or kicks with either the legs (football/soccer), hands (basketball) or swimming strokes (water polo). The purpose of such an action is to bring the ball past a defender legally and to create opportunities to score.
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