Andy Carroll: The flick-on

Liverpool and England frontman Andy Carroll serves up his guide to the helping the ball on with your nut

The importance of flick-ons often goes unnoticed. No frills spade work by a big centre forward.

But, there’s more to a flick-on than meets the eye. With a strike partnership dovetailing effectively, a well-guided flick-on can put the ball in behind the defence, for a nippy sidekick to latch onto.

Near post flick-ons send the ball to the back post for a lurking predator sensing an easy kill.

Flick-ons can also help a team establish a foothold in the territorial battle. Standing at 6ft 3in Liverpool and England man mountain Andy Carroll is the perfect striker to execute the flick-on.

In this video tutorial the former Newcastle United player explains how he and strike partner Luis Suarez hatch a flick-on plan before kick-off and what he does to pin down his marker.

Andy Carroll wears the classic Umbro Speciali boot. For information visit umbro.com

Also see:
Andy Carroll: The defensive header
Andy Carroll: The attacking header
Andy Carroll: The glancing header
Andy Carroll: The back-post header
Andy Carroll: How to use your head
Andy Carroll: The diving header