Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Crossover

The Cross

★★★★☆ Age 9+ both feet Level 5 · Freestyle and Show

One foot pops the ball up and the OTHER foot circles it. Your legs cross over, which is why it is called that.

Set it up like this. Ball on your right laces. You should already juggle well.

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

    LACESPop the ball up off your right laces.

  2. 2

    CROSS OVERSwing your LEFT leg over and around the ball.

  3. 3

    CATCHCatch it back on your right foot.

  4. 4

    SWAPNow do the same the other way round.

The five pictures from the book

Ball on your right laces. You should already juggle well.

7 LACES
1. Pop the ball up off your right laces.
7
2. Swing your LEFT leg over and around the ball.
7
3. Catch it back on your right foot.
7
4. Now do the same the other way round.

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 — Cross both ways

10 each way, slowly.

Coach says

One foot pops. The other foot circles.

Watch out

  • Circling with the same foot. That is an around-the-world.
  • Getting your legs tangled. Pop it higher.

Parts of the boot you use

LACES