Flicking the Ball On with Your Head

Video Transcript

"So now what we want to talk about is the flick header. So basically, what this is, you're going to be receiving the ball from a long pass or in the air and you're not going to have time to trap it and control it and bring it to the ground because there's someone on you, you have an opponent that's ready to take the ball. So the quickest thing to do is to just pass the ball off with your header or flick it and chip it up with your head so, instead of a shot that's going down, you're lifting it and spinning it up and further on. And hopefully you'll have a runner that's going to come into the space that you flick it. Here's an example. And then he has the option to take a shot, make a pass, drop it back to me, it's all about the combinations."