Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Hocus Pocus

The Hocus

★★★★★ Age 12+ both feet Level 5 · Freestyle and Show

You wrap one leg round the ball and trap it against your other leg. Then you swing it out the far side. It looks like magic.

Set it up like this. Ball rolling slowly. You need a very soft touch for this one.

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

    WRAPWrap one leg all the way round the ball.

  2. 2

    TRAPTrap it against your standing leg.

  3. 3

    SWINGSwing your wrapped leg out the other side.

  4. 4

    RELEASELet the ball go where your leg went.

The five pictures from the book

Ball rolling slowly. You need a very soft touch for this one.

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1. Wrap one leg all the way round the ball.
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2. Trap it against your standing leg.
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3. Swing your wrapped leg out the other side.
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4. Let the ball go where your leg went.

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

A full turn with the ball under you.

Practise it — Wrap and trap

Practise only the wrap 20 times first.

Coach says

Wrap, trap, swing. Slow is fine.

Watch out

  • Losing the trap, so the ball just rolls away.
  • Trying it fast before you can do it slowly.