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★ Signature moves

Learn the moves by the legends who made them famous

36 signature moves from 21 players. Pick your idol and learn their trademark skills — with an honest read on your body movement for the ones a camera can judge (no fake scores).

Lionel Messi

3 moves
Quick Direction Change
Messi's superpower — a tiny, explosive change of direction at full speed that leaves defenders grasping at air…
Shoulder Drop
Dip your shoulder and lean hard one way to sell a direction, then cut the opposite way. Messi's signature way …
Body Feint
A fake with your body — no touch on the ball — to send a defender the wrong way. You drop your shoulder and le…

Cristiano Ronaldo

4 moves
Triple Step Over
Cristiano Ronaldo's rapid-fire three step-overs — circle your foot around the ball three times in a blur befor…
Chop + Elastico Combination
Ronaldo's combo — sell a chop one way, then whip an elastico the other in one flowing sequence. Two of his sig…
Knuckleball
A powerful shot with almost no spin, so the ball wobbles and dips unpredictably in the air. It's one of the ha…
Ronaldo Chop
A sharp change of direction at full speed — you hop onto one foot and chop the ball behind it with the inside …

Ronaldinho

4 moves
No-Look Pass
Ronaldinho's magic — pass the ball one way while looking another, freezing defenders and the keeper. Deception…
Toe Flick
Ronaldinho's cheeky toe poke around a defender — a quick flick with the tip of the boot to send the ball past …
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Reverse Elastico
The elastico flipped: push the ball with the inside of your foot, then snap it back with the outside in one qu…
Elastico
One of the flashiest tricks in the game, and one of the hardest. You push the ball one way with the outside of…

Neymar

4 moves
Neymar Roll
Neymar's signature rolling move — roll the ball across your body with the sole and quickly snatch it back, wro…
Fake Rabona
Neymar's showpiece fake — wind up a rabona (wrapping your kicking leg behind your standing leg), then pull out…
Rainbow Flick
Flicking the ball up the back of your leg and over your own head (and a defender behind you) so it lands in fr…
Sombrero Flick
Lifting the ball up and over a defender's head — 'over the hat,' hence sombrero — then darting around them to …

Andrés Iniesta

2 moves
Drag Push
Iniesta's escape — drag the ball back with the sole then push it out the other side with the same foot, glidin…
La Croqueta
A quick shift of the ball from one foot to the other to slip past a defender in tight space — Iniesta's signat…

Zinedine Zidane

1 move
Maradona Spin
A smooth 360 spin right on top of the ball, using your body to shield it from a defender. You drag the ball ba…

Johan Cruyff

1 move
Cruyff Turn
A fake-and-spin to escape a defender. You act like you're about to pass, then drag the ball behind your own st…

Jay-Jay Okocha

2 moves
Okocha Flick
Jay-Jay Okocha's outrageous flick trickery — flashy, unpredictable flicks and lifts to embarrass defenders. Th…
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Step-Over
You trick the defender into thinking you're about to push the ball one way. They lean that way to block you — …

Michael Jordan

1 move
The Fadeaway
The fadeaway is an advanced, difficult shot where you jump BACKWARD (away from the defender) as you shoot, tra…

Kobe Bryant

1 move
Turnaround Jumper
Turn and face the basket out of the post, rising into a jumper over a defender — create your own shot with you…

LeBron James

1 move
Chase-Down Block
Sprint back and block a shot from behind on a fast break — LeBron's iconic hustle play. Explosive chase, a wel…

Stephen Curry

1 move
Catch-and-Shoot
Catch-and-shoot is scoring quickly off a pass — the skill is footwork and readiness that let you flow straight…

Kevin Durant

1 move
Pull-Up Jumper
Rise into a jumper off the dribble — gather, plant, and shoot in rhythm without losing your form. The bread-an…

Kyrie Irving

1 move
Kyrie Combo
Kyrie Irving's handle package — chain crossovers, between-the-legs, and behind-the-back in rapid, unpredictabl…

Allen Iverson

1 move
Killer Crossover
Allen Iverson's ankle-breaking crossover — a huge, violent weight shift one way to sell the drive, then a ligh…

Hakeem Olajuwon

1 move
Dream Shake
Hakeem Olajuwon's legendary post move — a rapid sequence of shoulder and pivot fakes that freezes the defender…

Dirk Nowitzki

1 move
One-Leg Fadeaway
Rise and fade off one leg, drifting back to shoot over any defender — Dirk Nowitzki's unstoppable, nearly unbl…

Luka Dončić

1 move
Luka Slow-Step
Luka Dončić's deceptive change of pace — lull the defender with a slow, probing tempo, then a sudden slow-to-f…

James Harden

2 moves
Step-Back Jumper
The step-back creates separation from a defender by pushing off into a controlled step AWAY from them, then ri…
Euro Step
The Euro step is an evasive finishing move: after picking up your dribble, you take two long steps in DIFFEREN…

Ja Morant

1 move
One-Hand Dunk
The fundamental dunk — jump off one foot on the move and throw it down with one hand. Explosive takeoff, and a…

Nikola Jokić

2 moves
Sombor Shuffle
Nikola Jokić's signature one-footed floating shot — a soft, high, one-legged push shot over the defense that's…
No-Look Pass
Pass one way while looking another to freeze the defense and hit a teammate they didn't expect — flashy, but t…
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