Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Nutmeg

Panna · Megs

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

You put the ball through their legs and run round to collect it. Nothing in football feels better.

Set it up like this. Face to face with someone, close and standing still.

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

    CLOSEGet close, so they have to plant their feet.

  2. 2

    WATCH THE GAPWatch the gap between their legs.

  3. 3

    INSIDEWhen it opens, push it through with your inside.

  4. 4

    SPRINTRun round the side. Never through.

  5. 5

    COLLECTPick it up behind them.

The five pictures from the book

Face to face with someone, close and standing still.

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1. Get close, so they have to plant their feet.
7
2. Watch the gap between their legs.
7 INSIDE
3. When it opens, push it through with your inside.
7
4. Run round the side. Never through.
7
5. Pick it up behind them.

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 — Gate megs

Two cones as legs. Pass through and collect. 15 goes.

Coach says

Wait for the gap. Do not make one.

Watch out

  • Trying it when their feet are shut.
  • Running into them instead of round them.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE