Heewon's Football School 100 skills
7

Pull-Push

Back and Forward

★★☆☆☆ Age 7+ both feet Level 1 · Ball Mastery

This makes a defender stop. When they stop, you go.

Set it up like this. Ball in front of you. One foot on top of it.

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

    SOLEPull the ball back with the bottom of your foot.

  2. 2

    SOLELet it roll behind your standing foot.

  3. 3

    INSIDENow push it forward with the inside of the same foot.

  4. 4

    SOLEGo again. Back, forward. Back, forward.

The five pictures from the book

Ball in front of you. One foot on top of it.

7 SOLE
1. Pull the ball back with the bottom of your foot.
7 SOLE
2. Let it roll behind your standing foot.
7 INSIDE
3. Now push it forward with the inside of the same foot.
7 SOLE
4. Go again. Back, forward. Back, forward.

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 back under you, then away.

Practise it — Ten in a row

10 pull-pushes with each foot, without a mistake

Coach says

Same foot does both jobs. Pull, then push.

Watch out

  • Pulling the ball onto your own heel.
  • Standing too far away from the ball.

Parts of the boot you use

SOLE
INSIDE