Easy tricks up first



Around the world
A complete revolution around the ball using your foot. As you are juggling, hit the ball with either the inside or outside of the foot (depending on which way you are going around the ball) to give it a bit of a spin. Your foot should make a complete revolution around the ball and come back under the ball to continue juggling. It is perhaps one of the most basic freestyle tricks. Practice is the key.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnOXI_JqnU

Hop the world 
A touch with one foot, and the opposite foot goes around the ball outside to inside and comes around and under to touch the ball, and to continue juggling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNEMqLF6910

Crossover 
A simple but nice looking move. You jump up and swing one leg around the ball while having a trailing leg underneath that leg which kicks the ball up from under the leg you swung around the ball with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50kBm4-yUE&feature=related

Toe bounce 
The ball is allowed to drop to your standing foot. The other leg swings around over the ball as the ball bounces off the standing foot and comes back up again. Swinging your leg outside to inside is the most common and generally the easier way to perform this trick, however, you can also perform a toe bounce with your leg swinging over the ball inside to outside. Balance is the key.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7RbasBj0JI

Headstall
Balance the ball on your head roughly where the hairline should be*Practise!!*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BXiZW2-tk

Rainbow
Catch the ball between your feet. One foot (usually the dominant one) rolls the ball up your support leg. Then, with your support leg, bring the backheel up and flick the ball up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhM3ekpl2go

Pildriver
From footstall (or juggle), the ball is lifted and slammed against the floor using the shin. This can be used in a combo going into any move such as atw, crossover, TATW etc. The move can also be performed with both legs alternatively as shown in the gif.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96V5Vn1eRZw&feature=related
(Right at the beginning)

Dislocated knee
Bring your leg up. The ball makes contact with the knee but you also kick out with your foot and the ball kind of pops up from your knee as you pull your foot back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9dqcH3VJ8U
(Ecuabol does a dislocated knee at 2:26)

Footstall
Rest the ball on your foot. The move can be done much easier if you point your toes upwards so you clamp the ball between your foot and your shin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9dqcH3VJ8U
(Ecuabol does a footstall at 2:24)

Hotstepper
Pound the ball to the ground continuously using the soles of both feet alternatively. It is just as if you would be dribbling a basketball with your hands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YULnUvy67OA
(Siracua does several hotsteppers at 0:06)

Shoulderstall
There is a groove on your shoulder between your back/neck muscles and collarbone where the ball can rest. However, there are two ways to perform a shoulderstall. One is where you have the ball out in front of you very much similar to a cheststall, and the other is where the ball is out to your side and you are also using the side of your head to hold the ball still.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXIy4eK8so

Hamstring stall
Catch the ball between your heel or the back of your leg, and your ass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJwSy0FlMA
(Fahmy does a hamstring stall at 0:04)

Between Knee Catch
(Follow the same technique for between feet catch) Catch the ball between your legs, about at the height where your knees are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CrO82dR1RQ
(Cristiano Ronaldo does a between knee catch at 0:36)


Intermediate moves


Around the moon
From a neckstall, slightly flick the ball up using your shoulders. Make a complete revolution around the ball with your head and come back around and under the ball to catch it on your neck again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZEBQmfSJE

Neck hop the world
From a neckstall, you slide the ball from off your neck to the side of you while, without a touch, making a revolution around the ball with your leg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SRxRgN4jM0
Buska does a nhtw at 0:26)

Henry flick up
This move must be split into two parts. First, brush the edge of the ball with your heel planting your foot in front it. This should cause the ball to flick up and rebound off the top of your heel. After waiting for the ball to rebound adequately, swing back with the same foot and strike it upward. If you execute the second movement too early, the ball will fly behind instead of over you head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUBwUN15oI&feature=related
(Henry does his flick up at exactly 0:29)

360
Have the ball in a neckstall. From there, swing your upperbody around to bring the ball to a cheststall. Then, get the ball into a neckstall again. The ball follows your upperbody around 360 degrees, hence the name.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOGvI3KnR80

In the ditch
From neck stall, the ball is touched backwards with the head so that it rests in the middle of your back where there is a ridge which explains the name - in the ditch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6fFHjRiKnQ
(Dan magness does a in the ditch at 2:30)

Bambini
from juggling the ball is caught under the t-shirt and hit round using the fist quickly. The ball should spin round your back and fall out of the t-shirt at the front of the body ready to carry on juggling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxL6I-IoK8M
(At 3:11 a bambini is completed)

Khtw
Just like a htw trick but first you hit the ball up with the knee and then make the other leg come around the ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lawbYqLJRY

Nix atw
Just like a normal atw but the trick is executed with a touch of the heel and then your leg comes around the ball.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nBD2QSg0lM

Side headstall
Balance the ball on the side of your head. Somewhere around the temple you should feel a little groove where the ball could easily be placed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oudBQZqcXA

Nosestall
Balance the ball in the area between your eyes, and on the bridge of your nose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsEVWQLj2yI

Reverse toe bounce
Just like a toe bounce but in the opposite direction. Kick the ball up to the outside of you. The foot you will bounce the ball on would come around from underneath the other leg to meet the ball. As the ball makes contact with that foot and you lift your toes to fling it up, your other leg will go over the ball in an inside to outside direction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcmY1Dk2g0M

Head juggles
Juggle the ball with your head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq1IDDF_wx0
(Abbas does head juggles at 1:01)

Heel spin
With your leg coming from behind and around your body, touch the ball up with your heel. Spin around and collect the ball to continue juggling, or go into another move as a combo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq1IDDF_wx0
(Steven does a heel spin at 0:19)

The clock
Consecutive ATW's.*Put extra spin in each atw!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-sFmLyQwg

Tatsulow head trick
Kick the ball really high in the air. As it comes down jump over the ball so the ball falls and bounces on the ground in between your legs and comes up behind you. Lean back quickly to meet the ball bouncing up with the back of your head, to pound it down to the ground.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1D5iLe_rDc&feature=related
(Tatsulow does his head trick just at 1:37)


Next up advanced tricks


Touzani around the world
A more advanced form of the around the world. As you are in the middle of the atw trick, make a slight jump and swing your other foot around as you knock the ball from under that leg. Timing of the jump is the key to mastering this trick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oshQXMkFZxg

Hopping/Homie Touzani Around the World
It is almost the same as the tatw trick except there is no touch in the middle of the trick. The trick is performed with the first leg going around like a atw but from the jump you immediately proceed in throwing the other leg around the ball without hitting it up from underneath with the first leg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKilUothU8

Knee touzani around the world
Almost the same as tatw except with tatw it is almost atw no touch crossover combo while with ktatw the trick is performed with a knee atw first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpf4OdaWPY

Abbas around the world
A trick pioneered by Abbas Farid. It is a complete rewind of the trick tatw. Your first leg hits the ball up. Your other leg goes around the ball inside to outside. Then, you make a jump in which your first leg follows with an atw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVvH1oXFsHk

Lemmens around the world
A sort of double around the world. You touch the ball to start the around the world trick and move your foot around the ball twice (720 degrees) before making contact with the ball again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yn_SI2wuFA
(At 0:29 Ecuabol does a inside latw and an outside latw)

Mitchy around the world
Mitch gave me these blessing steps to matw over youtube
1. Kick the ball up with your right foot.
2. Do an ATW (anti-clockwise) high up in the air with your right foot - almost at the same time lift up your left foot. Your two feet should eventually be off the ground.
3. As soon as you do the ATW (anti-clockwise) in the air your left leg/foot should pass OVER the ball whilst in the air.
4. Land on your right foot - but control the ball with your left.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2kI7mIoBXU

Hopping mitchy around the world
Just like a MATW but the touch in the middle of the trick is exclude. Almost like HT-ATW also but the starting atw is in the inside direction rather than the outside direction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfkNkP-2VMo

Knee mitchy around the world
It is a MATW but an inside direction knee atw is used to initiate the trick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMYnRqy9EwI

Alternate touzani around the world
You first hit the ball straight up. With the other leg you make an inside to outside rotation around the ball. At the same time you make a jump and swing the other leg around the ball and kick the ball up from underneath that leg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GpqoidMC3U

Jay around the world
A move pioneered by Palle originally but since he didn't want a move named after himself he decided to name it after a friend, Jay Ransome from England. It is a tatw but in the end instead of making an inside direction revolution with the other leg, an outside direction revolution is done. A quite awkward move if you have never tried before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvtXjHHfgXU

New shit
A combination move involving the toe bounce, a backheel flick with a spin, and after you have swung around with the spin, a no touch hop the world. Pioneered by Soufiane Touzani in his "Deel Drie".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdufEiej5XM

Timo around the world
Touch the ball with your dominant foot. Your non-dominant foot will make an inside to outside rotation around the ball as the ball falls straight back on the dominant foot. And then a tatw is completed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YxRk_k2Ihc&feature=related

Sole juggles
Stall the ball on the sole of your foot while lying down flat on your back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61aUAuL1BEI

Gerbashi Breakdancing
Have the ball in a footstall. Now clamp the ball down real hard and make sure you have a good feel for the ball. Now get down on the ground and start breakdancing, serious! It appears as if the ball is "glued" to your foot and if you have good dance moves like Gerbeshi (the dance instructor) it can look VERY stylish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Vj4LKh69g
(About 0:51 Leiki Does Start This)


Professional Tricks


Knee alternative touzani around the world
Almost the same as KTATW but the first touch with the knee is performed with the opposite knee instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa6wktQUyP0

Alternative hopping/homie mitchy around the world
A very difficult and advanced trick. It is a HM-ATW but the starting touch is with the opposite foot. Your first foot touches the ball up. With a jump, your other foot makes a rotation around the ball in the inside direction. Without an extra touch, your first foot also makes an inside direction rotation around the ball before touching the ball with your first foot again. Best explained by viewing the animated image.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87nmE9LTzg

Knee alternative mitchy around the world
A very advanced trick. A knee htw is used to initiate the trick with the other leg going over the ball in the end after the knee htw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXw1O0HB66Y

Reverse hopping jay around the world
First an inside direction atw is done in the first part of the trick. Then, with a jump, without hitting it again with the same foot, the other foot goes around the ball in an outside direction and touches the ball.
http://www.vimeo.com/134892

Neck alternative mitchy around the world
From a neckstall, you slide the ball from off your neck to your side. Then, an AMATW is performed directly without an extra touch from your other foot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssFq5mOym00

Palle around the world
also called "the triple" - just like a lemmens around the world but instead of going around the ball twice before touching it again, you go around the ball three times. A very difficult and complex move to perform and only performed so far by a few elite freestylers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=golBYGyHF3A

Alternative lemmens around the world
It is just like the htw trick but instead of the other leg making a revolution once, it will go around twice without another touch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLkrfzp-pZY

Lemmens touzani around the world
Start the maneuver as you would any other LATW. When the second rotation around the ball is almost complete, make a jump and throw your other leg around the ball just as you would a tatw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOXPnu4z8-k

Lemmens mitchy around the world
It is the same as above but with the LATW starting in the opposite direction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igFbYwH-8N4

Maradona toe stall
A trick pioneered by Maradona. others have tried and completed the maneuver, but not totally successfully (couldn't hold it for long). Basically, hold your foot out and point your toes up. Balance the ball on your toes. Since there is so little a surface area to use, the trick is very difficult.*John farnworth has
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2arGacd2e0
(John farnworth does a great toe stall at 1:23)

Tatsulow heel stall

Pioneered by Tatsulow of Japan. Hold your leg out with your toes pointed down to the ground and heel pointed straight up. Balance the ball on your heel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QAl21QNR24
(53 seconds in and 57 seconds Both variations)


Additional moves


ATW 360 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtYA0znnuc
HLC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smx-dhz4W9Q
LAATW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ4f5keE6o4
Magellan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8MauSx-hy8&feature=related
FXATW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd2ecjCdLuA&feature=related
JATOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmcbA0eZKNM

 

freestyle football


Bagaimana trik freestyle soccer dimainkan?
Dalam ‘one man show’ seorang freestyler akan memainkan beberapa trik. Trik dalam freestyle soccer pada dasarnya dibagi menjadi 3 jenis:
  1. Juggling = memantulkan bola menggunakan kaki atau kepala berulang kali.
 Salah satu trik dalam juggling yang terkenal dinamakan “around the world” (ATW). Around the world adalah tehnik memutarkan kaki melingkar mengitari bola ketika bola terpantul di udara. Untuk lebih jelasnya liat aja gambar di samping ini.





Sebenarnya masih banyak lagi trik-trik lain seperti pancake dan hop around the world, tapi mungkin akan dibahas di posting selanjutnya.
2) Controlling = Mengontrol bola agar tetap menempel di kepala, kaki, punggung.
 Ini adalah teknik mengontrol bola dengan kepala dan punggung.





Coba tanya saja kepada Nam the Man bagaimana melakukan controlling bola. Pria berdarah Vietnam ini memang gila dalam mengontrol bola, sehingga dijuluki “The magnetic”. Dia bisa menempelkan bola ke seluruh bagian tubuhnya sambil salto, berakrobat, dan gerakan lain yang dianggap mustahil.




3) Dribbling = membawa bola menggunakan kaki untuk menipu lawan.
Khusus untuk dribbling, para freestyler sering mengadu skill mereka dalam pertandingan 0ne on one atau di Belanda lebih sering disebut “panna”. Panna adalah sejenis game adu dribel dalam sebuah lapangan kecil persegi panjang dan bergawang mini. Siapa yang paling banyak menipu lawannya dan mencetak gol dialah yang menang.

Di lapang yang sesungguhnya, para pemain bola juga sering melakukan trik-trik cantik untuk mengelabui lawan atau sekedar meghibur penonton. Inilah berbagai trik dan pemain yang biasa melakukannya:
1) Step over : kaki melangkahi bola berulang-ulang.



Pemain pengguna : C.Ronaldo, Robinho.


2) Flip-Flap : menyentuh bola dengan menggunakan kaki bagian luar, lalu menarik bola kembali ke depan.
Pemain pengguna : Ronaldinho, C.Ronaldo

3) Hocus Pocus : menyilangkan kaki untuk membuat gerakan tipuan.


Pemain pengguna : Ronaldinho, Totti
4) Rabona : menendang bola dengan menyilangkan kaki.
Pemain pengguna : C.Ronaldo, Maradona



5) Nutmeg : Bola melewati selangkangan lawan.
Pemain pengguna :kebanyakan pemain bola


6) Roulette de Zidane : Tubuh berputar ketika membawa bola
Pemain Pengguna : Zinedine Zidane



7) Rainbow : Mengangkat bola dengan tumit (double heel kick) untuk melewati lawan
Pemain Pengguna : Jay-jay Okocha, Ilhan Mansiz.

Perkembangan gaya bermain sepakbola memang berubah sangat progresif dari masa ke masa. Mulai dari gaya bermain suatu tim yang kuno seperti kick and rush-nya Inggris atau pertahanan Grendel ala Italia, ke gaya yang lebih modern yang mengutamakan penguasaan bola atau ball posession. Saat ini bahkan sepak bola bermetamorfosis lagi, menjadi suatu permainan yang atraktif dengan beberapa trik dalam permainannya.
Tehnik mengolah bola juga berubah seiring berjalannya waktu. Cara passing, drible, shooting, dan lain sebaginya, berkembang dari tehnik standar ke tehnik baru. Tehnik dribling baru seperti ”roulette de Zidane” alias gerakan memutarnya zidane ketika dia sedang membawa bola merupakan contoh kreasi baru dalam tehnik sepakbola yang membuat sepakbola semakin indah dan memukau.
Perkembangan tehnik dari masa ke masa ini melahirkan keinginan para pemain bola untuk berkreasi melahirkan sesuatu yang baru di dalam sepakbola. mereka ingin menciptakan keindahan yang lebih besar dalam sepakbola. Mungkin terinspirasi dari permainan indah para pemain Brazil, beberapa pemain sepak bola baik yang amatir dan professional melakukan percobaan demi percobaan menciptakan gerakan dan tehnik baru. Dari percobaan-percobaan ini muncullah sebuah gebrakan baru dari olah raga sepakbola, yaitu freestyle soccer.
Freestyle soccer adalah sejenis gabungan antara olah raga sepak bola dan keindahan. Keindahan disini tercipta ketika gerakan sepak bola yang sudah divariasikan bertemu dengan gerakan-gerakan lainya seperti gerakan breakdance, akrobat, dll. Dalam freestyle soccer tidakada lagi aturan-aturan dan tehnik standar permainan sepak bola yang dipraktekan.
Tidak seperti ‘sepak bola biasa’ yang harus dimainkan oleh satu tim berjumlah 11 orang, freestyle soccer bisa dimainkan dengan jumlah pemain yang lebih flexibel, bahkan boleh dimainkan oleh satu orang saja. Seorang freestyler (panggilan untuk pemain freestyle soccer) biasanya mengolah si kulit bundar dengan menggunakan kaki, kepala, punggung, dan bagian tubuh lainya. Freestyler akan menggunakan bagian tubuhnya untuk menciptakan suatu trik yang unik dan dapat membuat tiap mata yang menyaksikannya terkagum-kagum. tapi hal ini juga bukan berarti freestyle soccer hanya bersifat permainan individu. Freestyle soccer tentu saja bisa dipraktekkanface to face di dalam sebuah pertandingan.

Kapan Freestyle soccer diciptakan?
Sebenarnya tidak ada satu pihakpun yang pernah mengklaim dirinya pernah menciptakan freestyle soccer. Freestyle soccer mulai berkembang di pertengahan 90’an dan populer di periode selanjutnya. Awalnya permainan sepak bola indah yang diperlihatkan Pele dan Maradona menjadi dasar inspirasi freestyle soccer. Perkembangan freestyle soccer juga tidak bisa dipungkiri lahir dan terinspirasi dari freestyle basketball yang sudah ada. Inovasi dalam olah raganya si Michael Jordan itu lahir lebih awal dari freestyle soccer dan mempengaruhi para pemain bola dan soccer freestyler untuk mengembangkan tehnik-tehnik baru dalam sepakbola.
Iklan perusahaan apparel seperti nike dan adidas di akhir tahun 1990-an dan awal periode 2000-an yang berisi pendramatisan cara bermain sepak bola oleh bintang-bintang sepakbola ternama juga menjadi faktor perangsang lahirnya freestyle soccer. Tengok saja iklan-iklan Nike yang bertema ”joga bonito” pada periode Piala Dunia 2006. Dalam kampanye tersebut nike memperlihatkan bahwa saat ini sepakbola sudah menjadi lebih berwarna dengan cara bermain yang indah.
Belum lagi muncul atlet-atlet yang konsentrasi di cabang freestyle soccer, seperti Nam the Man, Pale, Abbas farid, . Orang-orang ini muncul dan terkenal sebagai masternya freestyle soccer karena skill mereka mengolah bola dengan trik memang luar biasa. Mereka berdua sering tampil ’gila’ di depan para penonton di eksibisi maupun pertandingan freestyle soccer.
Sejak saat itu, para penggila freestyle soccer di seluruh dunia mulai membentuk komunitas Freestyle soccer dan mulai berkembang di wilayah Eropa dan Amerika Selatan melalui jaringan internet. Video amatir freestyle soccer mulai memenuhi ruang cyber dan banyak orang yang tertarik bertukar atau mengunduhnya. Lambat laun komunitas Freestyle soccer menjamur ke seluruh dunia, tak terkecuali Asia khususnya Indonesia. Sekarang yang menjadi daerah pusat komunitas freestyle soccer adalah negara Belanda dan Brazil.

Bagaimana trik freestyle soccer dimainkan?
Dalam ‘one man show’ seorang freestyler akan memainkan beberapa trik. Trik dalam freestyle soccer pada dasarnya dibagi menjadi 3 jenis:
  1. Juggling = memantulkan bola menggunakan kaki atau kepala berulang kali.
 Salah satu trik dalam juggling yang terkenal dinamakan “around the world” (ATW). Around the world adalah tehnik memutarkan kaki melingkar mengitari bola ketika bola terpantul di udara. Untuk lebih jelasnya liat aja gambar di samping ini.





Sebenarnya masih banyak lagi trik-trik lain seperti pancake dan hop around the world, tapi mungkin akan dibahas di posting selanjutnya.
2) Controlling = Mengontrol bola agar tetap menempel di kepala, kaki, punggung.
 Ini adalah teknik mengontrol bola dengan kepala dan punggung.





Coba tanya saja kepada Nam the Man bagaimana melakukan controlling bola. Pria berdarah Vietnam ini memang gila dalam mengontrol bola, sehingga dijuluki “The magnetic”. Dia bisa menempelkan bola ke seluruh bagian tubuhnya sambil salto, berakrobat, dan gerakan lain yang dianggap mustahil.




3) Dribbling = membawa bola menggunakan kaki untuk menipu lawan.
Khusus untuk dribbling, para freestyler sering mengadu skill mereka dalam pertandingan 0ne on one atau di Belanda lebih sering disebut “panna”. Panna adalah sejenis game adu dribel dalam sebuah lapangan kecil persegi panjang dan bergawang mini. Siapa yang paling banyak menipu lawannya dan mencetak gol dialah yang menang.

Di lapang yang sesungguhnya, para pemain bola juga sering melakukan trik-trik cantik untuk mengelabui lawan atau sekedar meghibur penonton. Inilah berbagai trik dan pemain yang biasa melakukannya:
1) Step over : kaki melangkahi bola berulang-ulang.



Pemain pengguna : C.Ronaldo, Robinho.


2) Flip-Flap : menyentuh bola dengan menggunakan kaki bagian luar, lalu menarik bola kembali ke depan.
Pemain pengguna : Ronaldinho, C.Ronaldo

3) Hocus Pocus : menyilangkan kaki untuk membuat gerakan tipuan.


Pemain pengguna : Ronaldinho, Totti
4) Rabona : menendang bola dengan menyilangkan kaki.
Pemain pengguna : C.Ronaldo, Maradona



5) Nutmeg : Bola melewati selangkangan lawan.
Pemain pengguna :kebanyakan pemain bola


6) Roulette de Zidane : Tubuh berputar ketika membawa bola
Pemain Pengguna : Zinedine Zidane



7) Rainbow : Mengangkat bola dengan tumit (double heel kick) untuk melewati lawan
Pemain Pengguna : Jay-jay Okocha, Ilhan Mansiz.