Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Knee Stall

Thigh Balance

★★★★☆ Age 10+ both feet Level 5 · Freestyle and Show

The same trick on your thigh. It is easier than the foot stall. It looks great in the middle of a run of juggles.

Set it up like this. Juggle up to thigh height and let it drop.

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

    FLATLift your knee so the thigh is flat.

  2. 2

    DIPAs the ball lands, dip your thigh down.

  3. 3

    ABSORBTake all the bounce out of it.

  4. 4

    BALANCEHold still. Arms out for balance.

The five pictures from the book

Juggle up to thigh height and let it drop.

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1. Lift your knee so the thigh is flat.
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2. As the ball lands, dip your thigh down.
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3. Take all the bounce out of it.
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4. Hold still. Arms out for balance.

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 — Juggle, stall, juggle

5 juggles, stall, then 5 more. 8 rounds.

Coach says

Dip with the ball, not against it.

Watch out

  • A stiff thigh, so the ball jumps straight off.
  • Standing on a bent leg. Straighten the other one.