Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Cuauhteminha

The Blanco Hop

★★★★☆ Age 10+ both feet Level 4 · Signature Moves

You hold the ball between your feet. Then you hop through the gap between two players.

Set it up like this. Two players close together, a small gap between 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

    SQUEEZEPut one foot each side of the ball.

  2. 2

    GRIPGrip it tight with both feet.

  3. 3

    HOPHop forward through the gap with the ball still held.

  4. 4

    RELEASELet it go and run on.

The five pictures from the book

Two players close together, a small gap between them.

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1. Put one foot each side of the ball.
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2. Grip it tight with both feet.
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3. Hop forward through the gap with the ball still held.
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4. Let it go and run on.

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 — Hop the gate

Two cones, one step apart. 10 hops through.

Coach says

Grip hard, hop small.

Watch out

  • A loose grip, so the ball squirts out mid-hop.
  • Trying to hop too far.