I learned to appreciate soccer sitting with friends at this or that bar in Lipnica Wielka or sitting with my in-laws, watching club play as well as Euro Cup and World Cup tournaments. It’s a deceptive game for the uninitiated, and since I’d never played or even really watched the game, I had no idea about much of it.
And so when it comes time to start helping the Girl with her new soccer skills, I have to rely on the basics, things I’ve inferred from watching but never actually been taught — like kicking with the inside-top of the foot for better control.
It soon becomes clear, though, that the Girl either kicks the ball with the side of her foot or the front of her foot — perhaps too much too quickly.
Other skills are simpler, like stopping the ball.
In the end, though, we deduce that the best option is simply to encourage the enjoyment of the game, The finer points will come later.
You have to begin somewhere. As you noted, to learn the enjoyment of the game is the prelude to developing greater skills. By playing you actually watch it being done properly so you can mimic it successfully.