Heewon's Football School 100 skills
18

Stop-Start

Freeze and Go

★★☆☆☆ Age 7+ both feet Level 1 · Ball Mastery

Stopping is a trick too. A defender running at full speed cannot stop as fast as you can.

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

    SOLEStop the ball dead with the bottom of your foot.

  2. 2

    SOLEFreeze. Count one in your head.

  3. 3

    LACESPush it forward with your laces and sprint.

  4. 4

    SPRINTThe first three steps are the fastest ones.

The five pictures from the book

Dribble forward at a jog with the ball close.

7 SOLE
1. Stop the ball dead with the bottom of your foot.
7 SOLE
2. Freeze. Count one in your head.
7 LACES
3. Push it forward with your laces and sprint.
7
4. The first three steps are the fastest ones.

Practise it — Three freezes

Dribble 25 metres with 3 stop-starts

Coach says

Stop like a statue. Leave like a rocket.

Watch out

  • Slowing down instead of stopping.
  • Leaving slowly, so the trick is wasted.

Parts of the boot you use

SOLE
LACES