Foundations
Tick-Tocks
This is the fastest way to swap the ball between your feet. You will use it before almost every trick.
Study holds every step and names it. Flow runs them together at speed. Space bar plays and pauses; arrow keys step one frame.
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INSIDETap the ball to the left with the inside of your right foot.
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INSIDEThe ball rolls across. Meet it with your left foot.
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INSIDETap it straight back with the inside of your left foot.
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INSIDEKeep going. Tick, tock, tick, tock.
The five pictures from the book
Ball between your feet. Knees bent. Feet about as wide as your shoulders.
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
The ball stays with you. This one is about touch, not travel.
Practise it — Tick-tock count
Count how many you get in 20 seconds. Try 3 times.
Coach says
Small taps. The ball stays between your feet.
Watch out
- Hitting the ball too hard, so it runs away.
- Using your toe instead of the flat inside.