1. What is it?
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Wikipedia- is the art of expressing yourself with a
football, while performing various tricks with any part of the body. Similar in
style to keepie uppie, kemari and the ball discipline of rhythmic gymnastics,
it has become a widespread sport across the world and is practised by many
people.
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For
me it’s a great idea to make my free time, a nice time.
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2. Freestyle tricks
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Lowerbody/Air
Moves - This is the most popular with the new generation of freestylers. The
ball is kept aloft using mainly the feet and legs. This style is considered to
be the most difficult and the one that gives a multitude of opportunities to
come up with new moves and impressive combinations.
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Upperbody
- This style is very popular in Japan and Russia. Most tricks are done with the
head, chest and shoulders.
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Sitting/Sit
Down - This style has become well known. 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.
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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.
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Special
- This style has been introduced recently and refers to the acrobatic or break
dance moves performed with a football that are becoming more popular in the
freestyle football world.
3. The most popular tricks
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Around the World (ATW) is also popular; in this move, the player plays the ball off of
one foot, and that foot then circles up and over the ball before returning
underneath to play the ball again. It is subdivided into Inside and Outside
depending on the direction in which you make the turn.
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Crossover is
one of the basic tricks. This move requires the player to kick the ball into
the air by his trail leg, while the other leg goes around the ball.
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Hop the World
(HTW) is a famous move performed by pro footballers and freestylers all around
the world. Kick the ball up with one foot, and circle the other around the
ball.
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Mitchy around the World (MATW) is also a favorite. The same as TAWT except with an inside ATW.
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Palle Around the World(PATW) is a triple ATW (you circle your foot three times around the ball
in the air without a middle touch between the three revolutions).
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Stall moves
involve catching the ball in a stationary position. Many freestylers are able
to catch the ball on their foreheads, the backs of their necks, or wedged
between their heel and the back of their thigh.
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Combos are
where one trick is connected to another without juggling the ball.
4. The most famous players
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John
Farnworth- He holds four Guinness World Records including the most around the
worlds in under a minute.
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Hee Young Woo- a former football player from South
Korea. Born in Seoul, South Korea, at a very early age Woo realized he had
football talent.
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Szymon Skalski- from Poland
Krzysztof Golonka- also from Poland
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Łukasz Chwieduk- European Freestyle Football
Champion 2013
5.
Freestyle in Association Footbal
Although freestyle football exists on a standalone basis in its own
right, the incorporation of freestyle skills into association football has
enabled both sports to leverage off one another. Notable association football
players who incorporate freestyle tricks into their game include Diego
Maradona, Ronaldinho, Carlo Costly, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimović,
Robinho, Ricardo Quaresma, Garrincha, Neymar and many other players.
1. Do You like such "unusual" sports
like freestyle football? Would You consider starting doing such thing?
2. Have You ever tried doing sports requiring
lots of agility? What in Your opinion are main factor of success of such
sportsman?
3. Have You ever played "zośka" when
You were in school? Do You think that it has any similarities to freestyle
football?
I've never tried something like this, it seems quite difficult. Since I can't catch a ball, trying to do some tricks with it would be rather difficult ;)
ReplyDeleteBut I love watching it! It's amazing, what people can do!
I like such unusual sports very much. My favourite are freestyle kitesurfing and windfurfing. All freedtyle disciplines are very creative because you can do all kin of new moves but also very interesting to watch. Freestyle football also looks very cool but I don't think I would try it because I am not even good in normal football:P You have to be very brave and flexible to achieve something in freestyle sports. I have never played "zośka" but my friends did. I am convinced that if one is good in zośka he will also be succesfull in freestye football.
ReplyDelete@To the author - Are you goog in performing such tricks?:P
I can not master, but a little well. Once with colleagues trained high school. with quite good effects. maybe someday you will: D
ReplyDelete1. Do You like such "unusual" sports like freestyle football? Would You consider starting doing such thing?
ReplyDeleteNot my thing really. I like to play football because its a great way to socialise with my mates, spend some time and have fun. Now doing this on my own is not interesting from my point of view.
2. Have You ever tried doing sports requiring lots of agility? What in Your opinion are main factor of success of such sportsman?
Nah I don't think I did. The main factor of success would be agility and experience. You can get both of those factors by training. Best would be to start when still young. This would give opportunity to become better and better with time. I don't see a guy at age of 35 getting in to this post if he did not tried it before.
3. Have You ever played "zośka" when You were in school? Do You think that it has any similarities to freestyle football?
I think I played :)... But I do not remember the rules of this game. For the reason I would not answer this question directly.
I do like unusual sports however I’m more of a winter person and I love winter sports so no, I wouldn’t like to try free style football. The only sport which I do that requires agility is freeride skiing. I never played ”zośka” as I never had the required coordination to keep the little thing in the air. It’s really entertaining to watch freestyle football as it definitely is a show.
ReplyDeleteI consider freestyle football as quite an interesting sport. Personally I would not consider doing it myself as I prefer to leave it to the professionals but I would certainly enjoy watching them at it.
ReplyDeleteMy local gym is as close to the sport as I get since my daily duties do not allow me too much of a free time, but I am quite happy with that as I have other hobbies and passions to pursue. Definitely passion for what you are doing and loads of hard work will be the main factors that add to the success of sportsmen and any people in general.
When I was younger I had a go at “zośka” but I wasn’t any good. If compare it to freestyle football one will definitely find some similarities between the two and I think that “zośka” would be a great way for the beginners to practice before going out to the field with a proper football ball.
I think that "zośka" is very similar to freestyle football. You can do similar tricks bag of peas: D The most important in this sport is Opava and patience because it can not be just as do need a lot of exercise.
ReplyDeleteI like to try unusual things, so could play freestyle football. However, I am pretty sure I wouldn't be good at it...
ReplyDeleteI prefer prefer endurance sports. I used to run a lot. I think that in sports like freestyle football a key factor is practice.
Frankly speaking, I have never played "zośka" but many of my friends did when we were 15. One of them was starting in intentional competitions. I must say "zośka" has never been in field of my interests.
When I was a kid I used to play a lot of football, but thought I "grew out of it". Obviously my favorite part of it were tricks, and I tried many of those. I thought they looked really cool but my favorite part was using them during a game.
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