Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Hesitation

Slow-Fast

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

You slow down until they relax. The moment they do, you go. It beats most tricks.

Set it up like this. Dribbling at someone with space behind them.

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 right down. Almost stop.

  2. 2

    SELL CALMLook calm. Make them think you are waiting.

  3. 3

    SINKBend your knees, ready to spring.

  4. 4

    SPRINTExplode past them without touching the ball first.

The five pictures from the book

Dribbling at someone with space behind them.

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1. Slow right down. Almost stop.
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2. Look calm. Make them think you are waiting.
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3. Bend your knees, ready to spring.
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4. Explode past them without touching the ball first.

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

1 2 3 4 Seen from above · you start at the feet

Straight up the pitch, small touches.

Practise it — Slow then go

10 goes. Count to one before you sprint.

Coach says

Boring, boring, gone.

Watch out

  • Not slowing down enough to make them relax.
  • Leaving slowly, so the pause was wasted.