Heewon's Football School 100 skills
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Foot Stall

Laces Balance

★★★★☆ Age 9+ both feet Level 5 · Freestyle and Show

The ball sits still on your laces and stays there. It proves you have the softest touch of anyone you know.

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

    SHELFMake a shelf: toes up, ankle locked.

  2. 2

    ABSORBAs it lands, drop your foot down with it.

  3. 3

    SETTLELet it stop moving before you lift your foot.

  4. 4

    BALANCEHold it there. Count to three.

The five pictures from the book

Pop the ball up, only as high as your knee.

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1. Make a shelf: toes up, ankle locked.
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2. As it lands, drop your foot down with it.
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3. Let it stop moving before you lift your foot.
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4. Hold it there. Count to three.

Practise it — Three seconds

Hold it for 3 seconds. 10 goes each foot.

Coach says

Drop your foot as it lands. That is the whole trick.

Watch out

  • Holding your foot still, so the ball bounces off.
  • Popping it too high to catch softly.