Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Ronaldo Chop

The Chop

★★★★☆ Age 9+ both feet Level 3 · Beat the Defender

At full speed you chop the ball back across yourself. Your body swings all the way round after it.

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

    SET UPPush the ball ahead so you can reach it in one stride.

  2. 2

    PLANTPlant your other foot hard, past the ball.

  3. 3

    INSIDEChop across the front of it with your inside.

  4. 4

    CUTLet your body swing round the other way.

  5. 5

    SPRINTSprint out. You are going the other way now.

The five pictures from the book

Running fast with the ball, someone alongside you.

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1. Push the ball ahead so you can reach it in one stride.
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2. Plant your other foot hard, past the ball.
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3. Chop across the front of it with your inside.
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4. Let your body swing round the other way.
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5. Sprint out. You are going the other way now.

Practise it — Chop at pace

Sprint 10 metres, chop, sprint back. 8 times.

Coach says

Plant past the ball, then chop hard.

Watch out

  • Slowing down before you chop.
  • Planting behind the ball, so you cannot reach across it.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE