Freestylin firsts; What have you accomplished lately?

MUFC1994 · Post 27 Mar 2009, 16:28

Um... I just nailed an outside ATW with my Weak foot, I now can do an Inside ATW with my strong foot, I can do a crossover, with both feet, and I just got a reverse crossover with my weak foot going over the ball. I know that this sucks but I don't really freestyle.

matt_a · Post 29 Mar 2009, 02:57

good stuff MUFC1994 - keep at it

davidtmarquez · Post 29 Mar 2009, 10:55

after some hiatus on juggling, concentrating on faster ground movements, i took a stab at it again and now i can comfortably reach 40-50. after a year and a half from starting football.

recently i've been able to do my ATWs. first from footstall and now from juggling.
i've also done crossovers.. but with the ball on my right foot on footstall, flicking it and doing a circular motion around the ball with my left foot. dunno what thats called though, so i presume its called a crossover.

working on the elastico on air now. its been working up my knees and making them hurt alot. any suggestions on that?

matt_a · Post 01 Apr 2009, 06:02

davidtmarquez wrote:after some hiatus on juggling, concentrating on faster ground movements, i took a stab at it again and now i can comfortably reach 40-50. after a year and a half from starting football.

recently i've been able to do my ATWs. first from footstall and now from juggling.
i've also done crossovers.. but with the ball on my right foot on footstall, flicking it and doing a circular motion around the ball with my left foot. dunno what thats called though, so i presume its called a crossover.

working on the elastico on air now. its been working up my knees and making them hurt alot. any suggestions on that?

dont try it too many times in a row - most freestyle tricks and moves are very unnatural movements so you gotta take it slow, [not too slow, obviously, just slow enough not to hurt yourself]. also some knee exercises are a good idea, google "knee strength exercises" or something similar

by the way this is a crossover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=possY6e70CE
[the first touch can be with either foot, it doesnt matter]

Boomheadshot45 · Post 10 Apr 2009, 17:12

I just started getting into tricks, I started with the basic rainbow. I can do it probably 50% of the time. Its just sometimes hard for me to get the heel kick on it, and lean forward at the same time.

MUFC1994 · Post 10 Apr 2009, 17:24

I just got a heelbounce and I can now nail a rainbow everytime i try it....

Loopy4 · Post 10 Apr 2009, 18:44

ive just learned ATW

and done about 6 today!
(not in a row)

David_93 · Post 12 May 2009, 11:46

Okay. Here is what I can do and what I want to practice.

I can do both outside and inside ATW's with left and only inside with rigth foot (roughly). I want to master the ATW's so I am able to do the four variations 4-5 times in the row, before I start practicing different moves. Though I can do crossover, and barely HTW from earlier pracitces. My record for outside ATW left foot is 3 in the row, so I want to practice my rigth foot more for stabilisation.

Probaly on some saturdays I would be able to record a video. I can practice most days in my room or outside if I really want if I not am too tired from football practice.

I gotta get my shoes on and master the ATW!!

Nat_H · Post 12 May 2009, 12:51

To David_93: Same here...gotta master ATW

Anyways. I did a rainbow for the first time!! lol

pickyourheadup · Post 15 May 2009, 00:16

I'm not much of a freestyler, but this is what I recently did:

I just learned the neck stall. I can get it probably 2/10 times, so it needs some practice.

matt_a · Post 16 May 2009, 06:20

nice work by everybody, and pickyourheadup - the gif in your sig rocks

MUFC1994 · Post 16 May 2009, 14:53

I just nailed a RTB and i can do it with either my right of left!!!

dream_on_go_pro · Post 21 May 2009, 03:01

I started two days ago and i got an atw and kept juggling on the first day and today i can complete both an inside and outside atw from juggling with my strong foot... not great but its an average start

matt_a · Post 21 May 2009, 06:47

dream_on_go_pro wrote:I started two days ago and i got an atw and kept juggling on the first day and today i can complete both an inside and outside atw from juggling with my strong foot... not great but its an average start

i would say thats a great start, keep at it

Rocky · Post 21 May 2009, 15:50

Lately I've managed to do a LATW and I also managed to do 8 ATW's. I need to catch up with my left foot, though.

Other than that, I'm trying to master juggling with my heels and shoulders like Maradona