Beginner
How to do La Croqueta - Messi Skills Tutorial (+ Training Drills)
Coach's take: Clearest, most complete breakdown here, this is how you teach it.
3.8
La Croqueta
Soccer (Individual Skills) / Popular
Shift the ball between feet to slip past a defender.
What coaches agree on
- La Croqueta is two touches: push the ball across your body to your other foot using the inside of your foot, then push it forward past the defender with the inside of that foot.
- Time the move for the instant the defender commits their weight and lunges or reaches for the ball — that's when they can't recover in time to stop you.
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- Keep the whole move quick: fast touches through the exchange and an immediate acceleration away afterward — hesitating at either point gives the defender time to recover.
Common mistakes
- Kicking or tapping the ball with two separate hits instead of keeping your foot on it in one continuous push — that's what makes players lose control of the ball at speed.
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Coach's take: Well structured drill, easy to actually go practice.
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Coach's take: Legit pro demo, slow and clear enough to actually copy.
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Coach's take: Nails the nuances - drag technique and reading the defender.
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Coach's take: Smart drill progression, just light on verbal explanation.
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Coach's take: Good actionable cues once you get past the shirt plug.
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Coach's take: Clear, accurate explanation - just don't expect deep technical nuance.
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Intermediate
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Coach's take: Solid rep-builder, but only useful once you already own the move.
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Coach's take: Clear, correct explanation of the move and when to use it.
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Coach's take: Right move, but a short and shallow lesson.
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Coach's take: Good mechanics and progression but buried under boot-ad shilling.
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Coach's take: Covers basics and when to use it, but shallow on technique.
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Beginner
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Coach's take: Good concise explanation of the actual move, just doesn't spend long on it.
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Coach's take: Good next step once you already know the move.
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Coach's take: Clear, credible, straight from a pro — good teaching.
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Coach's take: Silly presentation, but the croqueta cue itself is solid and usable.
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Coach's take: Clear enough explanation of when to use it, decent teaching moment.
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Coach's take: Tidy, practical tight-space dribbling.
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Intermediate
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Coach's take: Good context on why/when to use it, tied to a real example.
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Coach's take: Good clear breakdowns, croqueta included.
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Coach's take: Clear, well-timed croqueta teaching.
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Coach's take: Fine context for when to pull it out, not for how to do it.
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Beginner
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Coach's take: Good timing cue, brief on technique.
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Beginner
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Coach's take: One decent cue on the fake, but it's over before it really teaches the move.
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Coach's take: Some good ideas buried in a messy delivery.
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Coach's take: Solid move encyclopedia, clear but brief per move.
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