Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Back-Heel Turn

Heel Flick Turn

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

You send the ball behind you with your heel. Nobody can see it coming, because you cannot either.

Set it up like this. Ball just in front. Space behind you, not in front.

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

    STEP OVERStep over the ball with your working foot.

  2. 2

    HEELFlick it back with the back of that boot.

  3. 3

    SPINSpin round to face the ball.

  4. 4

    INSIDETake it forward with the inside of your foot.

The five pictures from the book

Ball just in front. Space behind you, not in front.

7
1. Step over the ball with your working foot.
7 HEEL
2. Flick it back with the back of that boot.
7
3. Spin round to face the ball.
7 INSIDE
4. Take it forward with the inside of your 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 — Heel to a friend

Back-heel to someone standing behind you. 12 times.

Coach says

Heel first, eyes after.

Watch out

  • Flicking it too hard so it runs away behind you.
  • Turning before you flick.

Parts of the boot you use

HEEL
INSIDE