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HOW
TO MASTER THE TECHNIQUE AND SCORE HIGHLY
ON THE TEST.
Watch good players at live matches and
observe the turns they use. They will
perform many of the turns shown here.
Practice all the turns shown and others
you may have seen with both right and
left feet but then select only the THREE
turns that you are most comfortable with,
and MASTER them.
The turns shown in the photographs are
performed by right-footed players. These
should be adapted for left-footed players.
Practice these turns as often as possible
- in the garden, in the playground, in
games - so that YOU take the responsibility
for YOUR progress.
When practising the turns there are THREE
major DOs:
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Start
slowly.
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Bend
your knees.
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Accelerate
away.
1.
Hooking the ball with the inside
of the foot
Reach and Hook to turn the ball
. . . Don’t run around the ball.
Move the ball on the turning touch
back in the direction you want
to go. .
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2.
Hooking the ball with the outside
of the foot
Reach
and Hook to turn the ball . . .
Don’t
run around the ball. Move the ball
on the turning touch well in front
of you, back in the direction you
want to go.
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3.
The Step Over
Step
over the ball low and quickly. Swivel
your hips and play the ball back
with the inside of your other foot.
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4.
The Drag Back (below)
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for larger version
Turn
ball under the body by rolling
ball with the sole of the foot.
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5.
The Stop/Turn (below)
Trap
ball under the foot, turn, quickly
play the ball with the other foot.
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6.
The ‘Cruyff’ Turn (above and below)
Turn
right foot inward with toe down
and push the ball behind and away
from you.
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