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Sole Stop
Foot on It
You cannot do a trick until you can stop the ball dead. This is that skill.
Study holds every step and names it. Flow runs them together at speed. Space bar plays and pauses; arrow keys step one frame.
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EYES UPWatch the ball come to you.
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SOLELift your foot and point your toes up a little.
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SOLEPut the bottom of your foot on top as it arrives.
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SOLEThe ball stops dead. Let your knee go soft.
The five pictures from the book
Ask a friend to roll the ball to you, or use a wall.
Practise it — Wall stops
Pass to a wall and stop it 20 times
Coach says
Meet the ball. Do not stamp on it.
Watch out
- Stamping, so the ball squirts out.
- Being too late, so the ball goes under your foot.