Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Drag Back

Pull Back

★☆☆☆☆ Age 6+ both feet Level 2 · Turns

When you do not know what is behind you, this is the safe turn. The ball comes with you.

Set it up like this. Ball in front of you. Someone is coming, so you need to go back.

Study holds every step and names it. Flow runs them together at speed. Space bar plays and pauses; arrow keys step one frame.

  1. 1

    SOLEPut the bottom of your foot on top of the ball.

  2. 2

    SOLEDrag it straight back past your other foot.

  3. 3

    TURNTurn your body to face the way it went.

  4. 4

    INSIDEPush it away with the inside of your other foot.

The five pictures from the book

Ball in front of you. Someone is coming, so you need to go back.

7 SOLE
1. Put the bottom of your foot on top of the ball.
7 SOLE
2. Drag it straight back past your other foot.
7
3. Turn your body to face the way it went.
7 INSIDE
4. Push it away with the inside of your other foot.

Where the ball actually goes

The strip shows you; this shows the ball. Every turn in this book is a shape on the grass.

The shape the ball draws

D 1 2 3 4 Seen from above · you start at the feet

Straight back under you, then away.

Practise it — Line drag

Dribble to a line, drag back, go. 12 times.

Coach says

Drag it behind you before you turn.

Watch out

  • Turning first, so you trip over the ball.
  • Dragging it onto your own heel.

Parts of the boot you use

SOLE
INSIDE