Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Cuauhteminha

The Blanco Hop

★★★★☆ Age 10+ both feet Level 4 · Signature Moves

You hold the ball between your feet. Then you hop through the gap between two players.

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

    SQUEEZEPut one foot each side of the ball.

  2. 2

    GRIPGrip it tight with both feet.

  3. 3

    HOPHop forward through the gap with the ball still held.

  4. 4

    RELEASELet it go and run on.

The five pictures from the book

Two players close together, a small gap between them.

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1. Put one foot each side of the ball.
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2. Grip it tight with both feet.
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3. Hop forward through the gap with the ball still held.
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4. Let it go and run on.

Practise it — Hop the gate

Two cones, one step apart. 10 hops through.

Coach says

Grip hard, hop small.

Watch out

  • A loose grip, so the ball squirts out mid-hop.
  • Trying to hop too far.