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Cruyff Turn
The Cruyff
You pretend to kick, then hide the ball behind your own leg. It is over fifty years old and it still works.
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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1
BIG WIND-UPSwing your foot back like you are going to kick it hard.
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2
EYESLook up at where you are pretending to kick.
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3
INSIDEDo not kick. Tap it behind your standing leg instead.
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4
SPINSpin round the other way and run onto it.
The five pictures from the book
Ball in front. Someone is close, coming to block your kick.
Practise it — Sell it
10 turns. Ask a friend if they believed the fake.
Coach says
Sell the kick. Then hide the ball.
Watch out
- A small wind-up, so nobody believes you.
- Tapping it into your own standing leg.