Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Head Juggling

Head Bounces

★★★☆☆ Age 8+ both feet Level 5 · Freestyle and Show

This teaches you to head the ball with the right part of your head. That helps in real games too.

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

    FOREHEADUse your forehead, not the top of your head.

  2. 2

    LEGSBend your knees and push up with your legs.

  3. 3

    EYES OPENKeep your eyes open the whole time.

  4. 4

    SMALLSmall bounces. Just above your hair.

The five pictures from the book

Drop the ball onto your forehead from your hands.

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1. Use your forehead, not the top of your head.
7
2. Bend your knees and push up with your legs.
7
3. Keep your eyes open the whole time.
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4. Small bounces. Just above your hair.

Practise it — Five bounces

5 in a row. Then 10. Then 20.

Coach says

Forehead flat, eyes open, knees soft.

Watch out

  • Closing your eyes, so you lose the ball.
  • Using the top of your head, which sends it behind you.