Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Bergkamp Turn

Touch Around

★★★★★ Age 10+ both feet Level 2 · Turns

Your first touch sends the ball one side of them. You run round the other side. It is the hardest turn here.

Set it up like this. A long pass coming to you, someone tight behind.

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

    LET IT RUNLet the ball run to your far foot.

  2. 2

    INSIDEFlick it round one side of them with your inside.

  3. 3

    SPINSpin round their other side at the same time.

  4. 4

    SPLITYou and the ball go past on different sides.

  5. 5

    COLLECTPick it up on the far side and run.

The five pictures from the book

A long pass coming to you, someone tight behind.

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1. Let the ball run to your far foot.
7 INSIDE
2. Flick it round one side of them with your inside.
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3. Spin round their other side at the same time.
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4. You and the ball go past on different sides.
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5. Pick it up on the far side and run.

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 through the gap, and you run round.

Practise it — Round the cone

Use a cone as the defender. 10 turns each side.

Coach says

Ball one side, you the other.

Watch out

  • Flicking it too hard to catch up with.
  • Running the same side as the ball.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE