Heewon's Football School 100 skills
47

Matthews Cut

Push and Cut

★★★☆☆ Age 8+ both feet Level 3 · Beat the Defender

You push the ball wide as if you are going down the line. Then you cut it back inside before they can turn.

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

    INSIDEPush the ball out to the right with your inside.

  2. 2

    SELL ITTake one step after it. Make them follow.

  3. 3

    OUTSIDEThe second their foot lands, cut it back inside.

  4. 4

    SPRINTGo past on the side they left open.

The five pictures from the book

Out wide near the touchline, with someone in front of you.

7 INSIDE
1. Push the ball out to the right with your inside.
7
2. Take one step after it. Make them follow.
7 OUTSIDE
3. The second their foot lands, cut it back inside.
7
4. Go past on the side they left open.

Practise it — Wing 1v1

Start wide. Beat a friend inside. 10 goes each side.

Coach says

Push it far enough that they believe it.

Watch out

  • Pushing it so far you cannot get it back.
  • Cutting back before they have moved.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE
OUTSIDE