Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Stop Turn

Freeze and Spin

★★☆☆☆ Age 7+ both feet Level 2 · Turns

You stop dead, and the person chasing you cannot. By the time they stop, you are gone.

Set it up like this. Dribble forward with someone close behind you.

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

    SOLEStop the ball dead under your sole.

  2. 2

    SINKBend your knees and get low.

  3. 3

    PIVOTSpin on your standing foot.

  4. 4

    INSIDEPush the ball out the new way.

The five pictures from the book

Dribble forward with someone close behind you.

7 SOLE
1. Stop the ball dead under your sole.
7
2. Bend your knees and get low.
7
3. Spin on your standing foot.
7 INSIDE
4. Push the ball out the new way.

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

A full turn with the ball under you.

Practise it — Chase stop

A friend chases you. Stop and turn 8 times.

Coach says

Stop hard. Turn low.

Watch out

  • Slowing down instead of stopping.
  • Standing tall, so the turn is slow.

Parts of the boot you use

SOLE
INSIDE