Freestyle football

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Freestyle Football, John Farnworthperforming in Singapore in 2011, where he broke two records.

Freestyle football, also known as freestyle soccer in North America, 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 sportacross the world and is practised by many people.

Contents   [hide]  1 Increase in popularity 2 Freestyle competitions 3 List of International and European Freestyle Competitions and Winners 3.1 Nike Freestyle Competition 3.2 Masters of the Game 3.3 Red Bull Street Style 2008, 2010 and 2012 3.4 Red Bull Street Style Vienna 3.5 S3 Fan2Freestyle 3.6 yarrak 3.7 Komball Contest 3.8 Styllball Beach Style 3.9 French Freestyle Championship 3.10 Nantes City Battles 3.11 Dutch Freestyle Championship 3.12 World Freestyle Football Championship ( Superball ) (Battle Winners) 3.13 World Freestyle Football Championship Tour 3.14 St Petersburg european championship 2012 3.15 Russian Football Freestyle Contest 3.16 Italian Freestyle Championship 3.17 Red Bull Street Style WORLD FINAL Lecce 2012 3.18 Lubasz(PL) Freestyle football european championship 2013 4 Freestyle tricks 5 List of Tricks in Freestyle 6 Freestyle in Association Football 7 Freestyle Football Websites 8 References

[edit]Increase in popularity

Freestyle football has existed since the early 1900's,^[1] but it has seen a surge in popularity as a result of global advertising campaigns and digital media sharing. In the early 21st century, Nikebegan an advertising campaign which relied heavily on the freestyle form of football, including video clips of freestyle performances. The videos are called Joga Bonito which means "play Beautifully." These advertisements featured famous players such as Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo and Edgar Davids. Many link such mass media attention to the start of the freestyle craze. In the YouTube era, however, many previously non-famous players have risen to prominence, and internet searches easily yield thousands of videos by amateur "freestylers" around the world.^[2]

Some of the more notable freestylers include: Hee Young Woo (Mr. Woo) of South Korea, Pawel Skora (Polish), Michal Rycaj (Polish), Azun (Norwegian), Palle (Swedish), Victor Rubilar,Kamalio,mahi. Four time Guinness World Record Holder^[3] and John Farnworth, who appeared in Britain's Got Talent in 2009.In 2009 Mahibalan 'mahi' freestyler came to light,stays underground but one of the bests. Moreover, men are not the only ones capable of training this sports discipline. Since it started spreading all over the world more and more women have been taking up freestyle football. Some of the most notable women in the sport are Mélody Donchet and Indi Cowie.

Freestyle has also become very popular in South America, with countries such as Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Chile forming freestyle crews of dozens or even hundreds of freestylers, some of the most important Latin Freestylers are Charly Iacono who got to the Semi finals of Talento Argentino, an Argentinian talent show, and Cristian "Rocky" Mayorga who came third in the South Africa 2010 Red Bull Street Style world finals.

[edit]Freestyle competitions

Freestyle Footballers freestyling at the Red Bull Arena (Salzburg).

Shortly after the Joga Bonito advertising campaign Nike launched a freestyle football competition on the internet "Nike Football" in which participants could submit their own clips and receive feedback from a worldwide audience.

In December 2006 the "Masters of The Game" competition, held in Amsterdam and was won by John Farnworth. Nutmeg or Panna and other street football competitions have been held featuring street football players such as Edward Van Gils 'Edje', Issy Hitman, and Jermaine Vanenburg 'Vaantje'.

In 2007 there was a competition in Latin America called Red Bull Reaccion.

Also in 2007 Redbull futbol de calle was held in NYC's Webster Hall.

The French Arnaud "Séan" Garnier is the first world champion of Red Bull Street Style Soccer. The final of the Red Bull Street Style competition was held in Brazil In November 2008. Arnaud Garnier "Séan" beat out the other 42 competitors to win the competition. The 2010 Red Bull street style was held in Cape Town South Africa April 24–28. The winner was Anders "Azun" Solum from Norway, who beat Kamalio Ranchod from South Africa in the final. The latest one was held in Italy where Kotaro Tokuda from Japan came first, and Daniel Dennehy from Ireland finished second.

[edit]List of International and European Freestyle Competitions and Winners

[edit]Nike Freestyle Competition

• 2003 –  Abbas Farid

KEVIN CASIPILLAI

[edit]Masters of the Game

• 2003 –  Mr Woo
• 2006 –  anderson
• 2011 –  Péter Kovács

[edit]Red Bull Street Style 2008, 2010 and 2012

• 2008 –  Arnaud "Sean" Garnier
• 2010 –  Anders Solum
• 2012 –  Kotaro Tokuda

[edit]Red Bull Street Style Vienna

• 2008 –  Nam the Man

[edit]S3 Fan2Freestyle

• 2010 –  PWG

[edit]yarrak

• 2007 –  John Farnworth

[edit]Komball Contest

• 2008 –  Nam the Man

[edit]Styllball Beach Style

• 2010 –  Arnaud "Sean" Garnier

[edit]French Freestyle Championship

• 2009 –  Arnaud "Sean" Garnier
• 2010 –  Arnaud "Sean" Garnier
• 2012 –  Arnaud "Sean" Garnier

[edit]Nantes City Battles

• 2011 –  Andrew Henderson

[edit]Dutch Freestyle Championship

• 2009–  Daniel Rooseboom de Vries
• 2010–  Daniel Rooseboom de Vries

[edit]World Freestyle Football Championship ( Superball ) (Battle Winners)

• 2010 –  Lukasz Chwieduk " Luki "
• 2011 –  Szymon Skalski " Szymo "
• 2012 –  Andrew Henderson

[edit]World Freestyle Football Championship Tour

• 2011-2012

Kuala Lumpur –  Andrew Henderson

[edit]St Petersburg european championship 2012

1. Szymon Skalski "Szymo"
2. Akim 
3. Lukasz Chwieduk "Luki"
4. Gunther Celli

[edit]Russian Football Freestyle Contest

• 2009 –  Baruzdin
• 2010 –  MP
• 2011 –  Mc^pro ToJl9lH4uk
• 2012 –  Artes

[edit]Italian Freestyle Championship

• 2008 –  Domenico Grasso
• 2010 –  Gunther Celli
• 2012 –  Gunther Celli

[edit]Red Bull Street Style WORLD FINAL Lecce 2012

• 2012 –  1. Kotaro Tokuda  2. Daniel Dennehy  3. Gunther Celli  4. Daniel Mikolajek

[edit]Lubasz(PL) Freestyle football european championship 2013

1° Gunther Celli  2° Lotar  3° Tobias Becks 

[edit]Freestyle tricks

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Freestyle football is divided into different disciplines/styles:

• 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.
• Upperbody - This style is very popular in Japan and Russia. Most tricks are done with the head, chest and shoulders.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Within the above disciplines, the following individual moves are among the most popular:

• One well-known move is known as the Maradona 7, in which the player must play the ball with the right foot, then the left foot, then the right thigh, then the left thigh, then the right shoulder, then the left shoulder, and finally the head.
• 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.
• 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.
• Toe Bounce (TB): Similar to Crossover but without making the leap, letting the ball bounce in the foot.
• 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.
• Touzani around the World (TATW) is a favorite of most, It is a variation of an outside ATW and a crossover.
• Mitchy around the World (MATW) is also a favorite. The same as TAWT except with an inside ATW.
• Alternative Mitchy around the World" (AMATW) is a variation of a HTW and a crossover.
• Lemmens Around the World (LATW) is a double ATW (you circle your foot twice around the ball in the air without a middle touch between the two revolutions).
• 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).
• 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.
• Combos are where one trick is connected to another without juggling the ball. For example (lower combos):

1. Simple combo : ATW - crossover; ATW - ATW; ATW-cross-ATW; ATW - HTW; HTW-ATW; crossover- ATW. 2. Intermediate combo : ATW - ATW - cross - HTW - ATW; toebounce (TB) - ATW - ATW - HTW - TATW. 3. Pro combo : ATW - ATW - HTW - HTW - ATW - TATW - TATW - {TATW - ATATW (no touch)}- LATW - ATW - ALATW.

Combos were introduced in early 2000-2002 and are popular in freestyle football.

Nowadays, the number of new freestylers is constantly increasing so is the number of new moves. Connecting freestyle football with break dance moves has become more popular recently and has given a name to the new style mentioned above - Special. It adds up to the creativity in this sport and keeps it developing. This style of performing may be easily noticed in Japan but not solely.

[edit]List of Tricks in Freestyle

AIRMOVES:

-Beginners

• Atw
• Htw
• Toe Bounce
• Reverse Toe Bounce
• Cross Over
• Reverse Crossover
• Simple Cross o X Over
• Cross over 360
• Knee Atw
• Knee Htw

-Medio

• Tatw
• Matw
• Aatw

-Intermediary

• Alternate Touzani Atw
• Alternate Mitchy Atw
• Timo Atw o Touzani abbas Atw
• Mitchy Abbas Atw
• Knee Mitchy Atw
• Knee Touzani Atw
• Dore Atw
• 360 Atw
• Homie Touzani Atw
• Homie Mitchy Atw
• Homie jay atw
• Lemmens Atw

-Advanced

• Knee Alternate Mitchy Atw
• Knee Alternate Touzani Atw
• knee Abbas Atw
• Knee Timo Atw
• Knee Mitchy Abbas Atw
• Palle Trick
• Reverse Palle Trick
• Lemmens Touzani Atw
• Lemmens Mitchy Atw
• Alternate Lemmens Atw
• Magellan
• Jatow
• Michryc Atw
• Beck Atw
• New Shit
• Toe stall
• Ahmatw
• Ahtatw
• Filip atw
• jimmy trick

-Pro

• Skora Atw
• Reverse skora atw
• Szatw (szymo mitchy atw,japa atw)(inside szatw is japa atw)
• Palle Atw (alternative palle atw,palle mitchy atw,palle touzani atw
• Skala Atw (skala mitchy atw)
• Eldo Atw (alternative eldo atw,eldo mitchy atw)
• Htlatw
• Hmlatw
• Skora trick
• MP trick
• k3eatw (alternative k3vin eldo atw,k3vin eldomitchy atw)
• Ethan Move
• Ethan Trick

BASICS UPPERBODY:

• Footstall
• Backheel stall
• Around the body
• Hamstring stall
• Kneestall
• Cheststall
• Shoulder Stall
• Neckstall
• ATM (Aroud The Moon)
• 360
• In the ditch
• Sean Upper Trick
• Headstall
• Nosestall
• Lipstall
• Sideheadstall

BASICS SITDOWNS:

• Xover
• Crosover
• Reverse crosover
• Abdulah Trick
• Canillas
• Crosover Canilla
• Half ATW
• ATW
• Sole Stall
• Sole Juggling
• Eclipse

BASICS GROUNDMOVES:

• AKKA(Flip flap,Hocus Pocus)
• Stepover
• Reverse stepover
• Sleeper
• Stretch
• Klapper
• Clapping
• Back stretch
• The hop
• "Edje" move
• Mo'combo
• X skip or Nelson move

Akkas(air moves)

• Basic air Akka move (inside or outside)
• Knee Akka (inside or outside)
• Issy Akka or Akka 3000

0.5Revolution Trick

• Cossover /CO
• Reverse Crossover /RCO

1Revolution Trick

• (in/out)Around The World /ATW
• Half Around The World /HATW
• (in/out)Hop The World /HTW
• (in/out)Knee Around The World
• (in/out)Knee Hop The World

1.5Revolution Trick

• Touzani Around The World / TATW
• Mitchy Around The World / MATW　
• (in/out)Abbas Around The World / AATW
• Alternative Touzani Around The World
• Alternative Mitchy Around The World
• Jay Around The World / outATW+RCO
• Half Homie Jay Around The World
• Lemmens Crossover
• Alternative Lemmens Crossover

2Revolution Trick

• (in/out)Lemmens Around The World / LATW
• Alternative Lemmens Around The World / ALATW　
• Homie Touzani Around The World / HTATW　outATW+HTW
• Homie Mitchy Around The World / HMATW　inATW+HTW
• Alternative Homie Touzani Around The World
• Alternative Homie Mitchy Around The World
• Magellan / ouATW+inATW
• Nallegam / inATW+outATW
• Homie Jay Around The World / outATW+outHTW
• Alternative Homie Jay Around The World

2.5Revolution Trick

• Palle Trick / HTATW+CO
• Reverse Palle Trick / HMATW+CO
• Skora Around The World / AHMATW+CO
• Reverse Skora Around The World / AHTATW+CO
• FX Around The World / HTATW+CO

3Revolution Trick

• Palle Around The World / PATW
• Skala Around The World / outATW+AHMATW
• Eldo Around The World / EATW inATW+AHMATW
• Szymo Around The World / outLATW+HTW
• Zegan Around The World / outATW+LATW
• Homie Touzani Lemmens Around The World / outATW+ALATW
• Homie Mitchy Lemmens Around The World / inATW+ALATW
• Skora Move / outATW+AHTATW
• MP Trick / inATW+AHTATW
• AK Move / inATW+HTATW
• Etahn Trick / inATW+LATW
• Akim Move / outATW+ALATW(magellan)
• Henderson Move / outATW+HTATW
• k3vin Szymo Around The World
• k3vin Eldo Around The World
• Crazy Feet Around The World / outATW+HJATW
• iago Around The World / inATW+HMATW

[edit]Freestyle in Association Football

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.