Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Fake Shot and Cut

Shot Feint

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

You pretend to shoot. They put a leg out to block it. That leg is now stuck, and you go round 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

    WIND UPSwing your foot back like a big shot.

  2. 2

    HE BITESThey stick a leg out to block. That is what you wanted.

  3. 3

    INSIDEDo not shoot. Cut it round the stuck leg.

  4. 4

    SHOOTNow you really can shoot.

The five pictures from the book

Near the goal, with someone rushing out at you.

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1. Swing your foot back like a big shot.
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2. They stick a leg out to block. That is what you wanted.
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3. Do not shoot. Cut it round the stuck leg.
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4. Now you really can shoot.

Practise it — Fake and finish

10 goes at a friend in goal.

Coach says

Big wind-up, small cut.

Watch out

  • A soft wind-up that nobody believes.
  • Cutting it into the leg instead of round it.

Parts of the boot you use

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