Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Half-Turn Receive

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

You turn before the ball even gets to you. Then your first touch is already facing the right way.

Set it up like this. Wait for a pass with someone 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

    SCANLook over your shoulder before the ball comes.

  2. 2

    OPENTurn your body side-on, not square.

  3. 3

    BACK FOOTTake the ball with your back foot.

  4. 4

    INSIDEYour first touch goes forward, not back.

The five pictures from the book

Wait for a pass with someone behind you.

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1. Look over your shoulder before the ball comes.
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2. Turn your body side-on, not square.
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3. Take the ball with your back foot.
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4. Your first touch goes forward, not back.

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

1 2 3 4 Seen from above · you start at the feet

Straight up the pitch, small touches.

Practise it — Look first

20 passes. Look over your shoulder every time.

Coach says

Turn before the ball, not after.

Watch out

  • Standing square, so you have to turn afterwards.
  • Taking it with the near foot and getting stuck.

Parts of the boot you use

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