Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Shoulder-Drop Turn

Body Feint Turn

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

You do not touch the ball at all. You lie with your body, and they believe you.

Set it up like this. Ball in front. Someone standing close, watching your hips.

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

    SHOULDERDrop one shoulder hard, like you are going that way.

  2. 2

    EYESLook that way too. Sell it.

  3. 3

    NO TOUCHDo not touch the ball at all.

  4. 4

    INSIDEPush it the other way with your inside.

The five pictures from the book

Ball in front. Someone standing close, watching your hips.

7
1. Drop one shoulder hard, like you are going that way.
7
2. Look that way too. Sell it.
7
3. Do not touch the ball at all.
7 INSIDE
4. Push it the other way with your inside.

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

Angled past their shoulder, then gone.

Practise it — Mirror game

A friend copies your shoulder. 10 drops.

Coach says

Lie with your shoulder, not your foot.

Watch out

  • A tiny shoulder drop that fools nobody.
  • Touching the ball during the fake.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE