How Do You Juke Or Dodge A Defender In Football?
• Get the ball. Spot the defender who’s about to tackle you. • move your hands and head rapidly then strike the other way. • Keep your head up so you can see the field – you need to know where you want to move before you go. The center of the field is usually the best side to run to as it gives you more space to run free. The sideline is the defense’s 12th man. Because of this, it may be useful to juke towards the sideline, then quickly dart in the other direction. • Run directly at the defender before you make your move, do not run to the left or right of the defender if at all possible as you will have to cover more distance if you intend to cut back to the opposite side. Running directly at the defender will make your move less predictable too. • In general you will not have enough time to make more than one move as the defense will be coming at you from behind. • Experienced defenders are taught to watch your hips, not your head or torso. An inexperienced defender (or in the case o
