Every team is like a useless deck if there are no good strikers because you can’t win a game without scoring goals and you can’t score goals without having powerful strikers. The question then is who is a striker? And what are the qualities of a good striker?
A striker is a soccer player whose responsibility is to score goals. This simply means that if a striker can’t score goals, then he shouldn’t be in the team in the first place.
Now, let’s look at the qualities of a good striker or striker. A good striker must have clear vision just like a good goalkeeper. A good striker must be able to turn any chance into a goal. But he can’t just risk it if he can’t see very well.
A good forward must have speed. This is where the counter attack comes into play. If a team’s forwards lack speed, counterattacks become useless. If you take a look at the national teams of Spain, Argentina and Brazil, you’ll appreciate the value of speed for any striker. The Spanish, Argentinian and Brazilian teams are so good at counter-attacking simply because they have strikers who can move very quickly with the ball.
A good striker must have what I call “sense of goal”. This simply means that he or she must know when to use the head or the leg. He or she must know when to touch the ball. He or she must know when to pass the ball to another player who is better positioned to score. He or she must also know when to be selfish with the ball.
A good striker must have inner strength, stamina, stamina or energy. He or she must be able to overcome any type of opposition once he or she has the ball. Great forwards of our time like Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o Fils and Spain’s FC Barcelona, Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba and England’s Chelsea FC and England’s Wayne Rooney and England’s Manchester United are some graphic examples of forwards who have much-needed strength.
