Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Berbatov Spin

Stop and Turn

★★★☆☆ Age 8+ both feet Level 2 · Turns

You stop the ball, stand still, and let them run past you. Then you turn.

Set it up like this. Ball at your feet, someone running at you fast.

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

    WAITStand still. Let them come right up to you.

  3. 3

    SOLERoll it behind your standing leg.

  4. 4

    TURNSpin the other way and walk out.

The five pictures from the book

Ball at your feet, someone running at you fast.

7 SOLE
1. Stop the ball dead under your sole.
7
2. Stand still. Let them come right up to you.
7 SOLE
3. Roll it behind your standing leg.
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4. Spin the other way and walk out.

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 — Let them come

A friend runs at you. 8 spins.

Coach says

Be still. They cannot be.

Watch out

  • Moving too soon and giving it away.
  • Rolling it into their feet.

Parts of the boot you use

SOLE