Freestyle Football - the art of juggling a football
Freestyle Football (also known as football juggling) is a sport in which athletes compete to perform various tricks using a football. The sport is wildly popular in all major soccer playing nations, especially in South American countries.
Freestyle football jugglingFreestyle football is divided into five major styles based on the moves performed, which are,
- Lower Body Style - In this style, players are allowed to use only their legs to perform tricks.
- Upper Body Style - In this style, players are allowed to only use their head, shoulders, and chest.
- Sitting Down Style - In this style, all tricks have to be performed with the player sitting down. Both upper and lower body can be used.
- Ground Moves Style - In this style, players perform football moves and are free to move around anywhere in the field while performing tricks.
- Special Style - In this style players perform acrobatic dance moves while keeping the football from falling onto the ground.
A set of moves that are commonly performed in competitions are, Maradona 7, Around the World, Crossover, and Hop the World.
Some of the major international competitions conducted for freestyle foootball are, F3 World Tour, Superball - World Open Championships, Red Bull Street Style, and F3 European Championships.
Similar Sports
- Freestyle Footbag — performing various tricks with a footbag.
- Kemari — Japanese traditional sport with the aim to keep one ball in the air.
- Juggling — maintain multiple objects in the air through continuous, coordinated movements without dropping them.
- Association Football — more commonly known as Football or Soccer. It is the world's most popular sport, played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object is to score by using any part of the body except the arms and hands to get the ball into the opposing goal.
Related Pages
- About football (general)
- Football Decoder — what is called football around the world?
- Complete list of sports
- The Encyclopedia of Sports
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