Heewon's Football School 100 skills
59

Fake Cross, Cut Inside

The Winger's Move

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

You wind up to cross the ball. They dive in to block it. Then you take it inside instead.

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 out to your crossing foot.

  2. 2

    WIND UPSwing back like a big cross.

  3. 3

    HE LUNGESThey throw a leg out. Now they are stuck.

  4. 4

    INSIDEChop it back inside with your inside.

  5. 5

    FINISHShoot or pass with your other foot.

The five pictures from the book

Out wide with the ball, someone standing in front of you.

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1. Push the ball out to your crossing foot.
7
2. Swing back like a big cross.
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3. They throw a leg out. Now they are stuck.
7 INSIDE
4. Chop it back inside with your inside.
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5. Shoot or pass with your other foot.

Practise it — Wing and cut

8 goes each side, finishing with a shot.

Coach says

Sell the cross with your whole leg.

Watch out

  • A small wind-up that nobody reacts to.
  • Cutting inside before they commit.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE