Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Toe Taps

Bells

★☆☆☆☆ Age 6+ both feet Level 1 · Ball Mastery

This teaches your feet to find the ball fast. Every player in the world warms up like this.

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

    SOLETap the top of the ball with the bottom of your right foot.

  2. 2

    SOLEHop. Swap feet. Now your left foot taps the top.

  3. 3

    SOLEKeep swapping. Stay light, like the floor is hot.

  4. 4

    EYES UPNow look up. Count your taps out loud.

The five pictures from the book

Put the ball still, right in front of your toes. Bend your knees a little.

7 SOLE
1. Tap the top of the ball with the bottom of your right foot.
7 SOLE
2. Hop. Swap feet. Now your left foot taps the top.
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3. Keep swapping. Stay light, like the floor is hot.
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4. Now look up. Count your taps out loud.

Practise it — 30-second bells

3 rounds of 30 seconds. Beat your best count.

Coach says

Tap the ball. Do not stand on it.

Watch out

  • Pushing down too hard, so the ball shoots away.
  • Watching the ball the whole time.

Parts of the boot you use

SOLE