Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Akka 3000

The Street Nutmeg

★★★★★ Age 11+ both feet Level 5 · Freestyle and Show

You lift the ball and spin it round a defender's head. Then you pick it up behind them. It is the king of street tricks.

Set it up like this. Face to face with someone, ball still at your feet.

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

    TOE LIFTLift the ball up with your toes.

  2. 2

    OUTSIDE FLICKFlick it round their head with the outside of your foot.

  3. 3

    SPINSpin round them the other way.

  4. 4

    COLLECTMeet the ball on the far side.

The five pictures from the book

Face to face with someone, ball still at your feet.

7
1. Lift the ball up with your toes.
7
2. Flick it round their head with the outside of your foot.
7
3. Spin round them the other way.
7
4. Meet the ball on the far side.

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

Up over their head, and you meet it behind.

Practise it — Round the cone

Use a tall cone. 12 goes.

Coach says

Lift, flick round, then spin. Three separate things.

Watch out

  • Flicking it into them instead of round them.
  • Spinning the same way as the ball.