Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Double Scissors

Scissor-Scissor

★★★★☆ Age 9+ both feet Level 3 · Beat the Defender

Two scissors, one with each foot. It sends them one way, then the other, then you leave.

Set it up like this. Jog at someone. Ball close under your body.

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

    SWING 1Swing your right foot across the ball.

  2. 2

    SWING 2Now swing your left foot across it.

  3. 3

    READLook at their feet. Wait for the wrong one to move.

  4. 4

    OUTSIDEGo the other way with your little-toe edge.

The five pictures from the book

Jog at someone. Ball close under your body.

7
1. Swing your right foot across the ball.
7
2. Now swing your left foot across it.
7
3. Look at their feet. Wait for the wrong one to move.
7 OUTSIDE
4. Go the other way 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 — Read and go

8 goes. Ask a friend which way they moved.

Coach says

Two swings, then read them.

Watch out

  • Doing both swings so fast nobody sees them.
  • Choosing your way before you look.

Parts of the boot you use

OUTSIDE