HowTo: Play the #10 position

#10: Individual Tasks During Possession

• be open/available for a pass at the right moment
• pick up the ball from the defense/midfield
• pick up the ball from wingers
• cooperation with #6 & #8
• move into the open spaces
• stand wide
• control of ball possession/combination
• individual action
• capacity to score
  
  
  1. ground
  2. air
• high speed of play in tight spaces
• great insight related to space, depth, and finding the third player
• creative player

Here is a video of Wesley Sneijder, one of the best #10's in the world. You can go down the checklist of tasks in the clip below and in this game.