Heewon's Football School 100 skills
68

Elastico Chop

Flip-Flap Cut

★★★★★ Age 11+ both feet Level 4 · Signature Moves

An elastico with a chop on the end. Three changes of direction in about a second.

Set it up like this. Running at someone with the ball under control.

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

    OUTSIDEPush the ball out with your little-toe side.

  2. 2

    INSIDESnap it straight back in with the inside.

  3. 3

    PLANTPlant your other foot hard, past the ball.

  4. 4

    INSIDE CHOPChop it back across yourself with the inside.

  5. 5

    SPRINTSprint out the way you came.

The five pictures from the book

Running at someone with the ball under control.

7 OUTSIDE
1. Push the ball out with your little-toe side.
7 INSIDE
2. Snap it straight back in with the inside.
7
3. Plant your other foot hard, past the ball.
7
4. Chop it back across yourself with the inside.
7
5. Sprint out the way you came.

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

At speed: push on, then chop it back hard.

Practise it — Three moves

10 slow, counting out loud. Then 10 fast.

Coach says

Out, in, chop. Say it while you do it.

Watch out

  • Doing all three at the same speed. The chop must be the hardest.
  • Running out of room before the chop.

Parts of the boot you use

OUTSIDE
INSIDE