Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Shimmy Hop

The Hop Feint

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

You hop sideways with the ball. Their feet have to hop too, and feet in the air cannot tackle.

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

    HOPHop sideways with both feet.

  2. 2

    LAND LOWLand low with your knees bent.

  3. 3

    PUSH OFFPush off hard the other way.

  4. 4

    INSIDETake the ball with your inside as you go.

The five pictures from the book

Ball under you, someone standing close in front.

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1. Hop sideways with both feet.
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2. Land low with your knees bent.
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3. Push off hard the other way.
7 INSIDE
4. Take the ball with your inside as you go.

Practise it — Hop and go

10 hops each way past a cone.

Coach says

Hop one way. Push off the other.

Watch out

  • Landing stiff and straight, so you cannot push off.
  • Hopping so far the ball is left behind.

Parts of the boot you use

INSIDE