Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Rabona

The Cross-Leg

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

You kick with your good foot by swinging it behind your other leg. It lets you cross from the wrong side.

Set it up like this. Ball still. Learn this one standing, not running.

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

    PLANT WIDEPlant your weak foot wide, past the ball.

  2. 2

    CROSS BEHINDSwing your good foot behind that leg.

  3. 3

    INSIDEStrike the ball with the inside of your good foot.

  4. 4

    LANDLet your legs uncross as you land.

The five pictures from the book

Ball still. Learn this one standing, not running.

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1. Plant your weak foot wide, past the ball.
7
2. Swing your good foot behind that leg.
7 INSIDE
3. Strike the ball with the inside of your good foot.
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4. Let your legs uncross as you land.

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

You pass it round them and run onto the return.

Practise it — Standing rabona

20 standing still. Only then add two steps.

Coach says

Plant wide, or you will trip yourself up.

Watch out

  • Planting too close to the ball.
  • Trying it at full speed before you can do it standing still.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE