Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Body Feint and Burst

The Lean

★★☆☆☆ Age 7+ both feet Level 3 · Beat the Defender

You do not touch the ball at all. You lean, they lean, and then you go the other way.

Set it up like this. Dribble at someone. Slow down when you get close.

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

    SLOWSlow down so they stop running backwards.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    READ HIMWatch their feet. Wait for them to lean.

  4. 4

    INSIDEPush the ball the other way with your inside.

  5. 5

    SPRINTSprint. Do not admire it.

The five pictures from the book

Dribble at someone. Slow down when you get close.

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1. Slow down so they stop running backwards.
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2. Drop one shoulder hard, like you are going that way.
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3. Watch their feet. Wait for them to lean.
7 INSIDE
4. Push the ball the other way with your inside.
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5. Sprint. Do not admire it.

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 — Beat the cone

10 goes each way past a cone or a friend.

Coach says

Lean big. Go small and fast.

Watch out

  • Leaning with your head only. Move your whole body.
  • Going before they have leaned.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE