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10 Mistakes You DO, That Pro Footballers DON’T

What to study

Identity & Self-Relevance

  • Seeing YOU in red above a boot and ball makes you check whether that's how you strike it.
  • The pro's shot beside it has the standing foot in a different place.
  • You can see the angle changes, but not why it matters.
How the packaging works
Title

'You DO' and 'Pro Footballers DON'T' compare you with the players you'd like to play like, and 10 makes it likely at least one mistake is yours.

Thumbnail

Red YOU and green PRO read instantly at feed size, and the dashed lines point straight at the one difference, the angle you come at the ball from.

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When your lesson is a small technique gap between beginners and experts, show both from the learner's own eye line. Label them YOU and PRO in red and green, and mark the one difference without explaining it.

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The transferable lesson

Put YOU beside the pro, and mark one difference.

NicheFootball
Video formatList / RoundupAdvice
Click driverIdentity & Self-RelevanceCuriosity Gap
Visual signalSplit ScreenSide-by-Side ComparisonTop-Down ViewPhotographyNo face

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