Ever heard of freestyle football? It's sort of circus tricks with a football.
And of course, being an offshoot of football its not simply a matter of learning a few tricks. There are a whole set of disciplines around it:
- Lowerbody/Air Moves - The ball is kept aloft using mainly the feet and legs.
- Upperbody - Most tricks are done with the head , chest and shoulders.
- Sitting - All tricks are executed while sitting on the floor with your legs in the air, and the inability to move after the ball greatly increases the difficulty of any trick performed.
- Groundmoves - These are normal football moves , but then executed without an opponent. Skillful players can make the performance of groundmoves seem like a choreographed dance.
Seems to me something like this would provide much better half time entertainment than what is currently rolled out at football matches. For example, when I went to watch the Foxes play at Barnsley last season we spent about 20 minutes watching people trying to kick a ball at a pretend shed. I mean.............duh! ...... what is that about?
Bit of urban freestyling instead would be pretty groovy I reckon.
2 comments:
Yea....freestyle football is something I've never seen on the street. It could improve England's chances in the years to come if boys and girls start to take it up. Imagine if all aspiring english footballers became as skilled as this bloke
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-4031400969572153068&q=skateboard+tricks&total=4170&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5
JVIP
I quite agree it would make better entertainment
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