Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Scissors

The Scissor

★★★☆☆ Age 8+ both feet Level 3 · Beat the Defender

Like a step-over, but you swing across the front of the ball. Your whole body goes with it, so it lies better.

Set it up like this. Dribble in, ball a little in front of 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

    SWINGSwing your foot across the front of the ball.

  2. 2

    PLANT WIDELand it wide, out past the ball.

  3. 3

    PUSH OFFPush off that foot, back the other way.

  4. 4

    OUTSIDETake the ball with your little-toe edge.

The five pictures from the book

Dribble in, ball a little in front of you.

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1. Swing your foot across the front of the ball.
7
2. Land it wide, out past the ball.
7
3. Push off that foot, back the other way.
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4. Take the ball with your little-toe edge.

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 — Wide landing

10 each foot. Land wide every time.

Coach says

Land wide. Push back off it.

Watch out

  • Landing too close, so you cannot push off.
  • Only moving your foot, not your hips.

Parts of the boot you use

OUTSIDE