Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Rolling Nutmeg

Sole Meg

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

You wait with your foot on the ball. When they step in, their legs open, and you go through.

Set it up like this. Ball under your sole, someone right 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

    SOLERest your sole on the ball and stand still.

  2. 2

    HE STEPSThey step in to take it. Their legs open.

  3. 3

    INSIDEPush it through the gap with your inside.

  4. 4

    SPRINTRun round and pick it up.

The five pictures from the book

Ball under your sole, someone right in front of you.

7 SOLE
1. Rest your sole on the ball and stand still.
7
2. They step in to take it. Their legs open.
7 INSIDE
3. Push it through the gap with your inside.
7
4. Run round and pick it up.

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 — Wait and meg

A friend steps in. 10 goes.

Coach says

Be still. Their step opens the gap.

Watch out

  • Going before they step.
  • Pushing it too softly to get through.

Parts of the boot you use

SOLE
INSIDE