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Soccer Edition 56 Page 2 The next move is called the Pull Cruyff. It's named after the famous Dutch soccer player Johan Cruyff. Although I am not sure that he created this move, he certainly did master it. The ball starts in front of the right foot. Place your foot on the ball with the heal being on the front part of the top of the ball. Pull the ball straight back so that it is behind where your right foot was located when standing. Next, catch the ball with the inside of the right foot (the same foot you pulled the ball back with) and push the ball BEHIND the left foot. Then catch the ball with the inside of the left foot and accelerate forward. This move also is dependent upon the stab so as soon as you see the stab start, do the move and while they will be moving toward where you were, you will be going past where they were. This is a very effective move but takes some practice to get comfortable with it. This move can be considered to be somewhat interchangeable with the V move, so pick the one you are most comfortable with and master it. See the diagram below to see the path of the ball for the Pull Cruyff.
The next couple of drills are different in that they do not require a stab but instead are done when the defender is staying on balance and you need to change their positioning in order to be able to beat them. The first one is the scissors. While dribbling forward at the defender, with a sweeping motion, step over the ball with the right foot (so that the right foot ends up on the outside and right of the ball) and then push the ball with the outside of the LEFT foot. By stepping over with the right, you should be able to get the defender to lean to your right which will enable you to blow by her with the outside of the left. The lower you get with this step of the right, the more you will be selling the move and also the more you will be able to accelerate since you will have loaded your step. One of the keys to this move (and the reason that it frequently doesn't work for players) is that it must be done at speed and also that it must be done a good distance from an opponent. The reason for the importance of the distance from the opponent is that if you get too close to the opponent, as the ball rolls (since you are going at speed) even if they are leaning the wrong way, they defender will be able to win the ball. This move must be done far enough from the opponent so that at no point does the ball get within playing distance of the opponent. Once you have shown the opponent the scissors a couple of times, they will be prepared for it and overplay your left when they see the step over first start. This is when the double scissors becomes an extremely effective move. After the first step over with the right foot, you then STEP OVER THE BALL WITH THE LEFT FOOT AS WELL. The defender is now leaning toward your left so you push the ball with the outside of the right after this second step over. This move is most effective after being set up by the scissors move. Some players will actually string together a series of step overs in order to really confuse the defender (Denilson from Brazil is the master of this). However, for most people, a double scissors is as far as they will ever go with this. |
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