Shadowing Practice: Learn FAST dribbling (like Messi 🐐) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Today, my friends, we have a video about a man named Messi.

Most of you haven't heard of him, but I can assure you, he's pretty good.

Let's go.

Now, most everyone is aware of Messi's feint, and that is not what we're focusing on today.

However, if you cannot do a good feint, the rest of these skills are not going to be for you.

So, in order to do a perfect feint, you have to lean your body to one way, right?

Get your whole entire essence.

Your whole soul should move this way.

The defender moves with you.

And then once you're down here, boom, you immediately push off the other way.

That's the essence of a good feint.

You got to believe it.

In order for us to get to the skills now, we have to tell you that he's not the guy that's going to do all these sort of crazy stepovers,

all this crazy stuff like that Neymar guy or the Arnaldo.

They do that stuff.

Messi doesn't.

To do this first Messi skill, all you've got to do is approach the defender very slow.

One of the best things Lionel Messiah does is approach the player with complete and total hesitation.

Slowly, slow, slow, slow, fast.

And what he did to Skulls, you can also do.

Approach the player slow.

Now, you have to pick up your foot before this croquetta, and you have to know how to do a croquetta.

But as you pick your foot up and put it down, the player, he stops.

The defender stops.

And once he comes to reach in, boom, boom, you croquette out.

Not even going to finish that sentence.

That's how sick that is.

Now, Moosey plays in the MLS.

Skills are good there.

Not sure if he's going to be able to cut it in Europe.

We'll see.

One of the other things that he does is he turns, right?

Now, with your back -to -goal, you always have the option of doing the simple thing.

What Messi's mastered is a way to turn.

He receives this pass, and the bender comes knowing he doesn't want him to turn.

Messi uses that feint like this.

So what you can do when receiving a pass, always make sure to take a little bit of space for you.

Move with the ball.

Once you move with the ball, you throw your feint, and then you turn.

Now, one thing to remember when doing this skill is that when you're doing a feint, you don't have to run way past the ball like Frankie de Jong.

What Moosey does is he does a little bit and then he moves out here, all right?

And that is all you need.

The beauty of this player is that he does the very simple things, excellent, every time.

Now, Lenile Masaya has an excellent nutmeg skill.

The best thing about it is that you can employ this anywhere on the field, whether you're in the middle or on the outside.

Check, William, can you hear us?

I'm getting a little bit worried.

He actually played in Europe, Messi, yeah.

The producers are telling me that he's played somewhere in Europe.

In a club called Barcelona.

But it's not a very big club, so they told me not to worry too much about it.

The point is that when you're on the sideline, the feint is your friend.

I told you, in order to do all these skills, you have to master the feint.

That's the best thing that he has in his arsenal.

To do a nutmeg like this, you would be facing a player, a defender, if he's coming right at you you faint as

if you're going to take off

which is the whole entire basis of all the skills today and once

that player thinks you're going this way he opens up his

legs you pass the ball through exactly he did it well

he did it again again James Milner Milner of England I don't know I'd like to see the footage of

that because I haven't seen it so if he did

that to somebody

and it worked uh i got nothing else to say looks

like a good player that's all i'm that's all i'm saying

this linal messiah guy is going to be huge check out

the rest of his skills link right down below subscribe like comment

and check out everything from us here Unisport right down below.

See you guys later.

After this crossbar.

Hey, watch out!

Watch out!

Lanol Messiah

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn FAST dribbling”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: feint, skill, player, Messi, slow. This video has 72 sentences and 771 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:20. The speaker talks at a natural 178 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
skill noun	/skɪl/	A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
defender noun	/dɪˈfɛndə(ɹ)/	Someone who defends people or property.
boom verb	/bum/	To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
messiah noun	/məˈsaɪ.ə/	The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
essence noun	/ˈɛsəns/	The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
producer noun	/pɹəˈdjuːsə/	An individual or organization that creates goods and services.
arsenal noun	/ˈɑːsənəl/	A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
footage noun	/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/	An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording.
lean verb	/ˈliːn/	To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
assure verb	/əˈʃʊɹ/	To make sure and secure; ensure.
subscribe verb	/səbˈskɹaɪb/	To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
employ verb	/ɪmˈplɔɪ/	To retain (someone) as an employee.
faint adjective	/feɪnt/	Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
hesitation noun	/ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/	An act of hesitating
feint noun	/feɪnt/	A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
check out verb	To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
watch out	Used to warn someone of an imminent danger.
move out verb	To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.
open up verb	To open.
pick up verb	To lift; to grasp and raise.
push off verb	To go away; to get lost.
take off verb	To remove.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: assure /əˈʃʊɹ/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like skill, defender, boom.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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