（Teaching and Research Section of Soccer，Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education，Guangzhou 510500，China）

Abstract: The author carried out a statistical analysis on the ball shoveling technique applied by the top 16 teams in 16 games in the 18th World Cup Football Games, probed into the pattern of application of ball shoveling technique by high level teams, and revealed the following findings: As the games went on, the frequency of ball shoveling in-creased; only by enhancing physical energy reserve can ensure that the players have plentiful physical energy for ball interception intensive full court competition, and ensure the rationality and accuracy of the ball shoveling move; the front and rear guards should pay attention to the accuracy and effectiveness of ball shoveling; the vanguards should pursue the awareness of position contesting and ball shoveling as well as the ball shoveling technique; only by enhancing the success rate of face-to-face ball shoveling can the players reduce the ball shoveling foul that re-sults in giving the opponent chances.Key words: the 18th World Cup Football Games；ball shoveling technique；physical energy training