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
:
•
Start slowly.
•
Bend your knees.
•
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. .
|
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.
|
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.
|
4. The Drag Back (below)
Click on images for larger version
Turn ball under the body by rolling ball with the sole of the foot.
|
