A accomplished soccer player has practiced and perfected his soccer skills to be able to control the ball and move, not just himself, however the ball past the defending team. For those who have any hope whatsoever of getting past this person, you will have to learn how to control the ball in just the same way he is doing. It is not magic. It's practice, practice, and coaching drills.
There are many specific skills required to master manipulating the ball, and no-one can learn them all at once, if you follow your coach and learn to perform because he instructs, you'll increase in dexterity, proficiency and soccer fitness. He may start you off with the "lunge" or "outside cut" where you advance in a forward direction but suddenly kick the ball to either the left or right, powering the ball past the defender.
Another skill that should be mastered may be the "double touch" in places you tap the ball with one foot and then another in rapid succession, which guides the ball around the defender. The very first touch is really a fake out move meant to tease the defender into going one way and the second touch changes the ball's angle of movement away from the defender, thereby, powering past him yet again.
The "scissors" is yet another fake out move you can use on a defender who's directly in front of you, although not too close. While you move directly towards him you suddenly swing your foot up and over the ball, letting the defender think that's the direction of the move, however when that foot meets the floor, another foot directs the ball away from the defender in the other direction. It is known as "scissors" because that is the kind of motion that seems to happen to your legs while you perform the move crossing one leg in front of the other.
A more advanced soccer skill is called the "ice" move where you let the ball come to an end while you move ahead of it but instead of kicking it with the foot that is farthest forward you tuck the 2nd food (towards the back) and kick the ball from behind your other foot. This will possess the effect of "freezing" the defender momentarily, which provides you time to rapidly power past him again. This should be performed rapidly and with an abrupt eruption of speed to get the ball past him.
