Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Thigh Juggling

Knee-Ups

★★☆☆☆ Age 7+ both feet Level 5 · Freestyle and Show

Your thigh is a big flat surface. It is the easiest place to catch a ball that is dropping.

Set it up like this. Drop the ball onto the top of your thigh.

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

    THIGHLift your knee so your thigh is flat.

  2. 2

    FLATKeep it level, like a table.

  3. 3

    UPBounce the ball straight up, not forwards.

  4. 4

    ALTERNATESwap to the other leg and back again.

The five pictures from the book

Drop the ball onto the top of your thigh.

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1. Lift your knee so your thigh is flat.
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2. Keep it level, like a table.
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3. Bounce the ball straight up, not forwards.
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4. Swap to the other leg and back again.

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

The ball stays with you. This one is about touch, not travel.

Practise it — Ten each leg

10 on each thigh, then swap every touch.

Coach says

Flat thigh, ball goes straight up.

Watch out

  • Lifting your knee too high, so the ball shoots forward.
  • Using the side of your leg instead of the top.